Treking for four

My 110 Km FKT attempt is not my first ultramarathon, but it is my farthest, I have found in the past since a running coach is way out of my budget that there are some good free plans on the web. My personal go to site is irunfar.com, I find the training plans feel do able and the site also has lots of great articles related to ultra and trail running. For this run I am using a version of irunfar.com's 100km training plan, but I have adjusted it to reflect all of the other commitments I have and in some cases reduced the mileage required. I find when I struggle to follow a training plan O can get really negative and I am hoping that by building the plan around my life instead bid trying to fit my life into the plan I will have more success. One of the challenges I know I will have because of the timing of the run is the winter running and the likelihood I will be spending time running on the treadmill. I know that both running in the cold and snow and running on the treadmill will b...

  Today is day one of training for my Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the Thames Valley Trail, in 25 weeks I will be heading out on the 110 km trail with the goal to finish it in under 12 hours ( actually I would really like to finish it in 11 hrs and 30 mins but that feels scary to say out loud). Why am I starting on this very long training cycle to run a pretty long distance? There are several reasons, the one that is most important to me is to do something big in honour of my son Isaac and his trek with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.  This run and the journey to it, is my opportunity to share the experience and impact of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).   DMD is a neuromuscular disease that causes all types of muscle cells to be weak and breakdown when used because their cell membrane is missing an important structural protein dystrophin. Over time the muscle is destroyed and cannot be repaired, it is replaced by fat cells and water.  DMD primarily affects boys a...