Many of you are concerned about how to train for the Wasatch Back. The answer is simple: there is nothing you can do to fully prepare for the Back. However, if you don't want to end up like the guy above, you can follow the training schedule provided by our dear friends at Ragnar (the organizers of the race). This may disturb some of you, so read ahead with caution, but the training schedule officially begins February 1st. Sorry Trent. There are actually two training schedules, one for Patrick Newman and one for everyone else. I didn't list the schedule here because I could not find a non-tedious way to transfer the schedule from the Ragnar site to this post. However, here are the links: Patrick Newman Training Schedule and Non-Patrick Newman Training Schedule.
Except for Trent, don't worry about religiously sticking to the training schedules. If you do your best, you'll be fine. If you don't, well, falling across the finish line isn't that embarrassing.
Just got a new pair of kicks, things are lookin better and better for the back.. Chances of Pat wanting to ride with me probably increased...
ReplyDeleteThen perhaps you shouldn't tell Pat you'll be running in a "tall tee" and cut-off sweats.
ReplyDeleteMy new "kicks" are white lightning with blue stripes. That's what it said on the side of the box. Watch out- there will be a lot of road kill when I'm on the road or whatever we're running on.
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