8/2/2023 0 Comments 100k running challenge![]() We planned to get started at 3a at the Trumansburg High School track and go from there. ![]() Here's what it looked like, using our pessimistic times in the tracking spreadsheet I created.Īt worst, we'd finish just under the 24 hour cutoff, and at best, we'd finish in the early evening. We hatched a plan, using our most optimistic and pessimistic times. I'd be able to get the external motivation from two friends doing this crazy adventure with me, and we'd all be committed together. As she shared her plans, though, I reacted aloud, "You know, if you do this, I'm gonna want to do it too." Would I really do that, though? By myself? She replied, "What if you came with us?" I thought that sounded awesome. The distance is still quite out of my wheelhouse. Yeah, I've done a few ultras, but by no means would I advertise myself as an ultra runner. Prior ultra challenge completions came from really serious runners, some with really impressive ultrarunning pedigrees. As I listened, I felt a pang of jealousy. How it StartedĪmy shared her plans with me. Amy wondered if she and her friend Teressa could do the ultra challenge? The challenge season ends in just one week, so the time was now or never. You can run the 10 courses in any order, but you’ll need to figure out the logistics of traveling between them, decide how you’ll fuel and stay loose in between, and make sure you can navigate each course successfully.Īmy and I completed the main challenge of running all 10 courses at least once. Where most people will be running, walking, or hiking as many courses as they can from April to August, can you complete all 10 courses-slightly more than 100 kilometers-in the space of one 24-hour day? That’s the goal of the FLRC 100K Ultra Challenge, a unique test of your ultrarunning prowess. The courses this year varied from the prior year, but I again really enjoyed the variety of "10 area courses, split evenly between road and trail, and with distances ranging from 1 mile to the half marathon." Now, that's challenging enough, with plenty of gamification throughout: who can run the fastest/most frequent/be most social? But what about the challenge in the challenge? The race page tells the tale: ![]() ![]() This is my second year participating in the FLRC Challenge ( last year's recap is a great explainer). Time to Read: ~8 min A Challenge in a Challenge ![]()
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