Thumb Coast 50 - 2024
Race: Thumb Coast 50 Date: 4/20/2024 Time: 6:55:28 Place: 3rd male / 4th overall Pre-Race Conditions: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" - Chinese Proverb I spent some time trying to find the right quote to use for this race. Nothing was coming that felt just right. Then scrolling Facebook avoiding my last little bit of race prep I saw someone post a fortune cookie fortune with that on it. It’s seems fitting. Tomorrow is going to be a long day. Best to think about it step by step. Mile by mile Aid station to aid station Start to finish I’ve had a really good training block and have been feeling really good. My speed last week finished with 2x 1500s at a 6:30 mile pace. I remember turning the corner at the service drive and Farmington road and feeling like it was a comfortable trot. This was 9 miles into the workout too. My basic goal is to do the 50 miles in 7 hours. That’s an overall average of 8:24/mile. If I factor in 20 minutes for aid station st...