We are now 16 weeks out from my first 100 Mile ultra marathon in Auburn California. I am pumped to be running the Canyons Endurance race on a large portion of the Western States Trail.

It has been 3 weeks since my backyard ultra where I ran 52 miles and came down with a little bit of knee pain that I later found out was runners knee. We didnt have a chance to check in last week with Christmas so I want to fill you in on how I have been handling the runners knee and how Ive treated it over the last 3 weeks to be virtually pain free today, even after running 17 miles this am.

We will look at the next week of training and how Im handling a 54 mile training week with a 4 day trip out of the country with not a lot of running options while Im away.

Lastly we will talk about another 100 mile race that I signed up for today and will be doing in the fall as well as some races that I am crewing!

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This past week was a roller coaster of emotions for me coming of the 50 mile backyard ultra last week. My knees were hurting in ways I hadn't really felt before and I really feared I was injured.

After talking with coach I realized I just needed a week to recover and rest. This episode will talk about how I recovered from the backyard and what my volume looked like in the days following.

I will also give a brief look at what next week looks like 18 weeks out from the Canyons Endurance 100 Miler.

Tune in live every week at 8pm EST on youtube.

Here is the link to the video from this week:

https://www.youtube.com/live/FFmG97MKLPI?si=PAm3rInbHZQN2nDh&t=43

Joining me this week will be Jacob Mooney who won the SRC Backard Ultra on Long Island. A Backyard Ultra is a race where runners run a 4.16 mile loop with the only goal of being under 1 Hour. They continue to run 1 loop every hour on the hour until there is only one person standing. This race has no finish line. It has no end time. Quit or get timed out. The world championships have gone for DAYS!

We both threw at the race. But the best man won. And it wasn't me!

Jacob beat over 190 people to take the title. Learn all about his day and what it takes to win a backyard ultra as well as both of our journey to running the canyons endurance run in April

Welcome to week three of training for a 100 Mile Ultramarathon on April 26th 2024 in Auburn California. This week live stream will cover all the training that I am doing leading into the Canyons Endurance Run including other races along the way.

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