My 100-Mile Week Challenge

The Pandora 24, Quebec's first 24-hour trail ultra, is getting closer every day. I'll be running it with fellow Mas Locos and good running friends, pipe dreaming of maybe pulling a 100 miles. But that, I now know, usually goes better with at least some training.

I took a longer commute yesterday, running to work from my Belle's. It's roughly 3 times farther than my place, at about 15K each way. So it's a pretty good running day, a 30k "twofer".

Silly little maths started playing out in my head, and I realized that if I run commute every single day this week, it amounts to 150K. Add a little 10K thrown in somewhere and you hit the 100-mile mark.

See where this is going?

:)

And I *might* have a little suprise for the "little 10K"...





Si je veux faire une belle course à la Pandora, j'aurais avantage à m'entraîner un peu... Après quelques calculs, j'ai réalisé que si je cours au travail de chez ma Belle chaque jour cette semaine, et que j'ajoute un petit 10km pour compléter, ça fera 100 milles en 5 jours...

Tribesports Giveaway - I Train Because...

Our friends at Tribesports have launched a contest to create a new "inspirational image". By completing the phrase "I train because...", you could become the instigator of that new image, or win a Tribesports t-shirt or elasticized laces.

You can participate just by completing the phrase on the site, in the comments section. Give it a shot!

Let's Run To The Moon!

Over the Holidays, my friends at Tribesports have reviewed a number of interesting challenges their members created and selected some for us to share. The one for runners is simply awesome; we'll run to the moon!

Back in August, triber Nick B was saddened by the loss of the great astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, and decided to create a challenge in his honor.


So he invited the Tribesports running community as a whole to run the 384,000 km journey from here to the moon. I jumped in, of course, and I'm inviting all my readers to do the same :)

To join me in this challenge:

1. Create a Tribesports profile. It's 100% free.

2. Join the tribes that you like (the one I created is "Ultra Runners - North America")

3. Take the challenge (It's actually called "One giant leap for mankind, one small step for Tribesports").

4. Start logging your mileage :)


Nick B promised that, when we all reach the moon, we're going to Mars next!

So suit up and let's run to the moon! Who's with me?