ROCKY RACCOON - MY FIRST 50 MILE RACE EXPERIENCE
BEFORE I’ve been training for about 20 weeks leading up to the race, the Dallas marathon being part of the training, along with back to back long runs on the weekends, so I felt I was adequately trained to complete the task, although completely in the dark as to what the experience would be, other than painful at the end. I packed late Thursday night and only slept about 5 hours... my goal was at least 6-6.5 quality sleep hours. Work deadlines and family commitments made planning and getting to the race a little tricky- but we were able to leave at Noon Friday, relieving some of the stress. My favorite sunglasses broke just before we left, I was hoping this wasn’t an omen of the weekend about to unfold. Cathey has been certain for the last few months that I was going to end up needing medical care as a result of this activity, so she came along to crew for me. THE TRIP DOWN We headed out for Huntsville , stopping for the first time at Bucee’s… where we were duly im