I'm just under seven weeks out to the Tough Mudder. I really don't have a clue how to train for running so I'm just going to run a bunch. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I did five miles Saturday morning and another five this morning. The plan is to get in 20 miles this week. That should come out to around 4 hours of running for me. The unknown here is how my squat/deadlift workout will affect my runs for the latter half of the week. But right now I don't really care. I'll crawl for an hour if I have to. I'm gonna drop 20 lbs in the next 6 weeks if I have to live on water and beef jerky to get there. Obviously, no alcohol till the race. This has always been the hardest part for me and I don't think this will be an exception, except that I'm going to make it this time. I've executed a plan that is working miraculously. I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. And that would be weird.
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Oh, and the new headlamp worked magnificently this morning.
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Sweetness. i'd say the main thing is to keep running. Don't push hard and really spend time on your form so you don't get shin splints. And keep going. If you can walk for two hours, you can run for two hours. Just gotta build it up. So like daily, or nearly daily 1 hr runs, and one increasingly long run per week. Just take water with you, and food when you get much over an hour. You get up to the longer distances, though, and you start getting sloppy. That's where you have to practice form: really keep it together when you're tired.
But good on you, dude! That's inspiring.
very nice my brother... im also very proud of you!
what happened to your old headlamp?
Still got it, but I wanted a light weight one to run with. Picked up a a sweet Black Diamond. I've run with it the last two morning and it worked great.
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