{"id":9578,"date":"2010-06-03T15:12:46","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T19:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/?p=9578"},"modified":"2020-02-27T16:44:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T21:44:20","slug":"50-miles-or-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Miles or Bust!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is it.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I leave for Washington, D.C., where on Saturday I’ll attempt to run 50 miles at the North Face Endurance Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I went for my final training run.\u00a0 It was kinda hot, and I really wasn’t feeling the whole “running” thing.\u00a0 After what felt like a few miles, I looked down at my watch to see how much time I’d been out there.<\/p>\n

10 minutes.<\/p>\n

10 minutes, when on Saturday I’m going to be running for 10 hours.\u00a0 And that’s if it goes well.<\/p>\n

The longest I’ve ever run in my life is 5 hours, 40 minutes.\u00a0 The funny thing about this ultra running deal is that you can’t really train anywhere near the distance of your race.\u00a0 Sure, I could try to run 40 miles one day if I really wanted to be confident going in.\u00a0 But the general concensus is that the cost of doing so (in the form of stress on one’s body) is more than whatever might be gained from such a run.<\/p>\n

I’ve heard that it takes 30 days to fully recover from a 30-mile run, 50 days for a 50-mile run, and so on.\u00a0 (Dean Karnazes<\/a>, who’ll be at the race presenting awards, would beg to differ.)\u00a0 But if it’s true, then it’s hard to run an ultramarathon without taking a big leap of faith on race day.<\/p>\n

In my case, the chasm I’m faithfully leaping is 19 miles long.<\/p>\n

Bagels, Hummus, and Lots of Vaseline<\/h3>\n

My “to pack” list looks a little different than it has for marathons or 50K’s.\u00a0 Gels and sugary drinks have been replaced by bagels and peanut butter, hummus and pitas, and other actual meals.\u00a0 After all, in a 10-hour span on any other day, I’d eat three meals.\u00a0 If anything, I’ll need more than that on this day.<\/p>\n

This time I’ll bring a change of shoes and socks for a nice refresher after 20 or 30 miles.\u00a0 And a tub of Vaseline and some blister shield powder for whatever new body part I discover when it’s chafing at mile 40.\u00a0 And a headlamp, required for all runners during the first hour of the race, since it starts at 5 in the morning.<\/p>\n

And somehow, this all seems like a lot of fun.\u00a0 I guess that’s because it used to seem impossible.<\/p>\n

Here Goes Nothing<\/h3>\n

So that’s it.\u00a0 I’ll head down to DC tomorrow to meet my friend Billy<\/a> for a drink. (Even the night before an ultra, who can turn down the chance to have a beer with a beer blogger<\/a>?)\u00a0 And then dark and early Saturday morning, I’ll take on the challenge I’ve been working toward for the past seven months.<\/p>\n

If I can get it working, my Facebook page will automatically post updates as I cross several checkpoints on the course.\u00a0 If you’re into that, go join the page<\/a>.\u00a0 (Personally, I’d suggest going<\/em> for a run instead of sitting inside watching for Facebook updates!)<\/p>\n

And for those of you who will be there running the race or one of the other distances, I’ll be wearing a red Charm City Run singlet (since they got me in free).\u00a0 So come give me a shout; I’m sure it will help us both keep going.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Christine will be back tomorrow with a post on five ways to spice up a dish that’s an absolute staple for vegetarian athletes.<\/p>\n

Time to face the music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is it. Tomorrow I leave for Washington, D.C., where on Saturday I’ll attempt to run 50 miles at the North Face Endurance Challenge. Yesterday I went for my final training run.\u00a0 It was kinda hot, and I really wasn’t feeling the whole “running” thing.\u00a0 After what felt like a few miles, I looked down […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-fitness","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n50 Miles or Bust! | No Meat Athlete<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My thoughs as I prepare for my 50-mile race.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"50 Miles or Bust! | No Meat Athlete\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My thoughs as I prepare for my 50-mile race.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"No Meat Athlete\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NoMeatAthlete\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-06-03T19:12:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-27T21:44:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/AdobeStock_111662556-1000.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"561\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matt Frazier\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nomeatathlete\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nomeatathlete\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matt Frazier\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matt Frazier\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e3eb620b2ce4bda7d1f8b0915ba0b993\"},\"headline\":\"50 Miles or Bust!\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-06-03T19:12:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-27T21:44:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/\"},\"wordCount\":589,\"commentCount\":36,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Fitness\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/\",\"name\":\"50 Miles or Bust! | No Meat Athlete\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-06-03T19:12:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-27T21:44:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"My thoughs as I prepare for my 50-mile race.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"50 Miles or Bust!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/\",\"name\":\"No Meat Athlete\",\"description\":\"Plant Based Diet for Athletes\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"No Meat Athlete\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/brown.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/brown.png\",\"width\":432,\"height\":184,\"caption\":\"No Meat Athlete\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NoMeatAthlete\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/nomeatathlete\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nomeatathlete_official\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/nomeatathlete\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/NoMeatAthlete\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e3eb620b2ce4bda7d1f8b0915ba0b993\",\"name\":\"Matt Frazier\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c8ad7227fd7cd430dc7d318823d4ae69fee2208b972c6ca0c5319b8da741f60?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c8ad7227fd7cd430dc7d318823d4ae69fee2208b972c6ca0c5319b8da741f60?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matt Frazier\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/author\/nomeatathlete\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"50 Miles or Bust! | No Meat Athlete","description":"My thoughs as I prepare for my 50-mile race.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"50 Miles or Bust! | No Meat Athlete","og_description":"My thoughs as I prepare for my 50-mile race.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/","og_site_name":"No Meat Athlete","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NoMeatAthlete\/","article_published_time":"2010-06-03T19:12:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-02-27T21:44:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":561,"url":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/AdobeStock_111662556-1000.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matt Frazier","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@nomeatathlete","twitter_site":"@nomeatathlete","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matt Frazier","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/"},"author":{"name":"Matt Frazier","@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e3eb620b2ce4bda7d1f8b0915ba0b993"},"headline":"50 Miles or Bust!","datePublished":"2010-06-03T19:12:46+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-27T21:44:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/"},"wordCount":589,"commentCount":36,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Fitness"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/","url":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/","name":"50 Miles or Bust! | No Meat Athlete","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-06-03T19:12:46+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-27T21:44:20+00:00","description":"My thoughs as I prepare for my 50-mile race.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/50-miles-or-bust\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"50 Miles or Bust!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/","name":"No Meat Athlete","description":"Plant Based Diet for Athletes","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#organization","name":"No Meat Athlete","url":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/brown.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/brown.png","width":432,"height":184,"caption":"No Meat Athlete"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NoMeatAthlete\/","https:\/\/x.com\/nomeatathlete","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nomeatathlete_official\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/nomeatathlete\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/NoMeatAthlete"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e3eb620b2ce4bda7d1f8b0915ba0b993","name":"Matt Frazier","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c8ad7227fd7cd430dc7d318823d4ae69fee2208b972c6ca0c5319b8da741f60?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c8ad7227fd7cd430dc7d318823d4ae69fee2208b972c6ca0c5319b8da741f60?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Matt Frazier"},"url":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/author\/nomeatathlete\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}