Today is Sunday, December 4, 2005, and I just found out that I won one of the two spots raffled for the 2007 Western States Endurance Run. Once a year, in addition to the lottery, the race coordinators sell tickets for the coveted prize - an automatic entry to the race for a qualifying runner. The proceeds go to a great cause - the maintenance and protection of the trails. With such an awesome prize and great use of the proceeds, I treated myself to a bunch of tickets. Today, I learned what, God willing, I will be doing the last week of June in 2007.
Since my 2005 JFK50 run has already qualified me, now all I need to do is train like crazy for 18 months! The problem: my Iliotibial Band (IT Band) is killing me - a gift from my recent JFK50 run. I can only run for a few miles before a sharp pain on the outer side of my right knee instantly freezes my running. The IT Band is a tendon going from the hip, alongside the outer portion of the leg, passing through the side of the knee and turning to connect at the tibia. When inflamed, it can rub at the knee, creating a piercing pain on the side of the knee (much like when you hit your funny bone) that only subsides by stopping immediately. Supposedly, it's one of those injuries that can take months to cure. So I am not taking any chances; I'll be making an appointment tomorrow morning with a sports doctor.
This is the first entry of my blog, which will detail my training and activities leading to the 2007 Western States Endurance Run. Hope it helps someone attempting the same feat after I have completed mine.
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A training diary leading to my first Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run (2007). I hope it helps you -- it's my way of giving a little something back to this great race.
READ THIS FIRST
This is my training diary for the 2007 Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run, which was also my first 100 mile ultra. I recommend that you read the top post first ("Race Day Report") and then go to the first post (at the bottom) and read them in chronological order from bottom to top. It will take you a few days to absorb all the information here, but if you are an average runner like me, it will help you in many ways (particularly if it is your first WS100). I hope it will encourage you to run WS as you will have a life changing experience in the process. If you then want to read how to finish the race in under 24 hours, go to http://2010ws100.blogspot.com and read about my second Western States run!
Links
- Sub-24hr Western States 2010
- Western States 100 Site
- Volunteer to Western States
- WS100 Elevation Profile
- Race Day Equipment & Nutrition
- Race Day Picture Summary
- More Race Day Pictures
- I won the 2007 Raffle!
- 2007 Race Program
- Scott Jurek's Blog
- Scott Dunlap's Blog
- Greg Crowther's Story
- Ultrarunning Magazine
- Run100's (Stan Jensen's Site)
- My 2005 JFK 50 Miler
- Cancer of Appendix Info
- About Me
- Contact Me
3 comments:
This far out you can probably move to other workouts, such as swimming, ERG, or biking, to maintain overall conditioning while allowing your legs to heal.
Hi, I just completed my first 50 miler last weekend (white river) and I'm pretty sure I'll be throwing my app in for the WS 100 lottery in a few months. Regardless of my success in the lottery, I'm pretty much decided to step up to the 100 mile distance next summer. I found your blog and will refer to it many times over the next 12 months. I appreciate your efforts in putting this together and thanks for telling your journey (and a huge congrats on a great race!). Best, Dave
Congrats Jose on completing this incredible goal, and in creating this great wealth of knowledge for aspiring ultra-athletes. Very cool!
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