Moab 100 fast approaches!

In just 26 days, I'll embark on the first of 18 5.37 mile loops on the Monitor and Merrimac trail 16 miles north of Moab in an attempt to do my first sub-30 hour 100 mile run, and at the same time once again assist my daughter Paislee in raising funds for a service expedition to Brazil.

The realities of "normal" life always make me question the training I've been able to do leading up to an event like this... was it enough, was it the right kind, etc. However, it ends up being the training I did regardless, and therefore it's what I enter the event with and I always hope it was "enough".

For this event, I'm hoping my new "clown shoes" (www.hokaoneone.com) will give me just a little advantage when running across the off-angle, hard-as-concrete sandstone mountain that makes up the trail. This stuff is brutal on the legs, and over the period of 100 miles, having a little extra cushion can't be a bad thing!
An ultra-runner friend of mine commented "welcome do the dark side!" when he found out I bought my first pair of Hoka's, so I have to assume good things!

So, in the coming three weeks I'm tyring to get in a few good long runs 20-30 miles, a bunch of short runs (6-10 miles), and get limbered up for some serious abuse! Stay tuned to the blog during the event, as I'll be posting from the trail wherever possible, and Paislee will be posting from the base-station. Happy Running!