No Sleep till Steamboat

At least that is how I'm feeling as of late. Work has been nothing less then a swift kick in the ass over the past week and will continue to be so thru this weekend and all of next week.

Normally, a week or so from race day, I'm all about going to sleep a bit earlier, waking up a bit later and getting in some lazy runs. Right now, work days of 12 hours dominate my life. I guess that is the down side of my profession. As a Sr. Financial Analyst, when things are busy, they are freakin busy. And this forecast cycle is no different.

I'm still taking Friday off, regardless of where work stands. It's race day in the beautiful mountains surrounding Steamboat Springs and there's no way I'm missing out on that.

I'm feeling pretty good going into this race. Far from how I felt during my past two races. So what does this mean? Who the hell knows. If it were a marathon I was running, then I can throw out some thoughts. But this is a 50 miler I'm about to tackle. All I can hope for is that I've better figured out my hydration and fuel intake. The past months of training would indicate I have...for the most part at least.

So with that said, I'm staying hush on my various goals for the race. However, as always, the main goal is to get out there, run as strong a race as I possibly can that day and enjoy every second of it. And drink IPAs afterwards of course!