{"id":13574,"date":"2011-01-17T03:44:02","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T08:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=13574"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:45:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:45:13","slug":"taking-it-up-a-notch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=13574","title":{"rendered":"Taking It Up a Notch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Running has turned into my addiction or maybe obsession, I\u2019m not sure. This may not be a symptom of type 1diabetes, but it is certainly a side effect. So one week after the Tiberias marathon I\u2019m training again. I don\u2019t mean just running, I mean training for another race.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It didn\u2019t come as a surprise since I knew ahead of time that I was going to run another serious race before the summer heat made any real races unthinkable. I don\u2019t know why, but I always find myself thinking about the next race half way into training, only this time I didn\u2019t decide which race to run until after I&#8217;d finished the marathon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two races I\u2019d been considering were the Tel Aviv Marathon which is taking place on April 4<sup>th<\/sup> and a local off road race \u2013 The PRO:SPORT Ultra \u2013 scheduled to take place March 4<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PRO:SPORT Ultra is \u201ca cross country adventure race; expect mud, water crossings, and maybe even rain.\u201d \u00a0According to the web site it \u201cwill require runners to scale hills with amazing views, make their way through a number of rivers and streams in addition to other natural challenges\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PRO:SPORT Ultra includes a 15k, 30k, 50k and 100k race, and I have been debating the 50K (31.25 mile).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I decided to let the Tiberias marathon make my decision for me. \u00a0\u00a0I thought, if I run a sub 4 marathon I\u2019ll go for the 50K, if not I\u2019ll try again in Tel Aviv in April. So now, after completing <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/michael\/blogs\/exercise-blogs\/not-thinking-of-diabetes\/13388\/\">Tiberias in under 4<\/a> hours, I find myself ready to train for my first Ultra Marathon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The truth is, I don\u2019t feel comfortable calling it an ultra marathon. When I hear the term I usually think of 50 \u2013 100 mile races, but my friend (who will be my running partner during the race) keeps telling me that if it is longer than a marathon it\u2019s an ultra marathon. Maybe it should be considered a mini or a baby ultra marathon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Philosophy aside, I have eight weeks to train for the race. The first two weeks will be a sort of reverse taper (I\u2019m on the second week of this now), allowing my body to fully recover from the marathon. Then I\u2019ll train hard for 4 weeks and then taper off again. I\u2019m not entirely sure on how best to train for this race but since it\u2019s not much longer than a marathon I imagine that the training doesn\u2019t need to be all that different. I do need to get used to carrying a back pack with water in it and I need to do some hill training. The good news about the back pack is that I won\u2019t have to worry about how to fit my glucometer in and I\u2019ll be able to bring a small camera (I plan on taking some pictures and don\u2019t care if it takes me a little longer to complete the race). The bad news is that it will add 4-5 pounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So here I go again. But this time it\u2019s a little more of an adventure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I don\u2019t know why but this Simon Cat cartoon is posted up on the PRO:SPORT Ultra home page\u00a0 but I enjoyed it and Adam can&#8217;t get enough of it. Hope you do too:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EKvNqe8cKU4&amp;feature=player_embedded#![\/youtube]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[575],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Taking It Up a Notch - The PRO:SPORT Ultra<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Running has turned into my addiction or maybe obsession, I\u2019m not sure. 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