Table of contents for Running From An Angel (2009)

  1. Running From An Angel 50 Miler (2009) » Training Schedule
  2. Preparing For A Race While On Vacation
  3. Running From An Angel 50 Miler (2009 Recap)
  4. The 50 Mile Diet – Don’t Knock It ‘Til You Try It
  5. The 2 Products That Helped Me Recover From Running 50 Miles

Now that I’ve covered my training schedule for my first 50 miler, here’s what I did in the week or so leading up to the race.

I tapered very aggressively. I basically just did not worry about how much I was going to run from Christmas through the New Year (the race was on January 3rd.) Any training benefits that I was going to get were achieved well before, and my priority was recovering as much from my training as possible. After a few brief runs after the Christmas holiday, my wife and I flew to Las Vegas which involved a 2 hour bus ride and a 6 hour flight. We arrived in Vegas around 10:00 p.m. which was more like 1:00 a.m. for us. We were relatively tired, given that we normally turn in pretty early.

Mountains and ConstructionWhen you fly into Vegas, you can see the lights from the city (especially the strip) but you can’t see much else at night. Our drive to our resort was similarly unenlightening for what we could expect when we woke up in the morning.

Imagine our surprise, then, when we wake up and step outside for a short run and we see this directly in front of us:
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