The Beacons Ultra - Ready for the off.

Last run today, 45Min's over the mountain, the shortest run I've done in a long time. Over the past five days I've been doing one hour runs over the mountain and I've been feeling excellent. I am going to take the next five days off, I want fresh legs on Saturday, I've got a feeling I'll do well.

Beacons Ultra

The training has gone ok. Last week thurs and fri done a full lap of the course, 48miles in two days, not bad for me, although they were slow. I have got a plan, i hope to complete the first lap within 5 hrs and then crawl around the second lap. I think once the tor y foel is out of the way on the second lap the hard work is over, just head down to the finish. I am illness free at the moment, if i could wear a face mask in work i would, I'll just make sure to be on my best guard in relation to prisoners. Fingers crossed everything will be ok, the taper is drive me nuts though.

Feeling goood at the moment

Had a good 4hr run on the mountain trails today. I even had 10 min walking break, felt a lot better and stronger after the walking break. Sunday and Monday were 2 hr mountain runs and tomorrow will be approx 3 - 2 hrs, Thursday will be 3 hrs on the mountain trails and on Friday i will do my best to try spend alot of the day out....... Next week i will calm it down a little bit and then it's into taper madness for 2 weeks.

Beacons ultra............?

I had one day off after snowdonia, then on the Monday it was back to it. After some awful runs on the Monday and Tuesday i had pain in my right foot. I seen the doctor at work, he said i had tendentious said and to rest up for a couple of days. (gutted) By Saturday i was all better and started training again. Ive managed to have six days of two and half to three hour runs, they weren't to bad but i could have done better, i am lacking motivation.

I am reading forum posts on the beacons ultra, i think almost everyone doing the event has done it before or are experienced ultra runners and i think that's my problem, its getting me down. I am thinking of how good everyone is then the there's me, never run an ultra before.

The course has altered a bit, it includes a hard mountain climb , i went up today and almost got blown of the top. Ive decided to follow the two week taper program for the beacons as i did for snowdonia. I wonder how I'll do?