50 miles of fun!

The Squaw Peak 50 is Saturday! I’m definitely excited, as this is one of the more challenging 50 milers in the country. Running it as a member of the Air National Guard is a bonus for sure! Allen Steele has agreed to pace me for the last 16.4 miles, so I’m extremely grateful to get that mental boost at the last part of the race! I’ll be video blogging using the iPhone again, but I’m going to conserve battery life by keeping it off except for when actually recording and uploading the posts. Hopefully that will make it last the full run! Stay tuned and definitely comment on my posts on Saturday!

I’m planning to complete several difficult races this year as a part of the preparation for next year’s effort on the 24 Hours of Utah Solo Challenge, and hopefully the Wasatch Front 100-miler. I’ve decided to use the Solo Challenge as an annual MORE Project Fundraiser. It’s a great event, and one which serves the idea of “pledge-based” giving well. By getting pledges per-mile, I push harder to get more miles in during the event, and those donating have a reason to “watch” during the event by following the blog.

The Wasatch Front 100 is one which I hope to luck into… as it’s a Lottery entrance. Too many people out there want to hammer themselves across 100 miles of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains… ;) I’ve paced a runner in that event once, and have thrown my hat into the ring to pace again this year. So throw out your good wishes to the universe and maybe I’ll get into the Wasatch 100 for 2011!