The Grand Slam of ultra running is completing the top four major 100's (yes, as in miles) in a years times. Tom Green of Columbia Md. was the first person to ever do so back in 1986. I've had the good fortune of running with Tom and he truly is an ultra lengend as well as kind and generous with his near unlimited running knowledge. My own "mini" grand slam is approaching - three 50k's between February 1th and March 3rd. With training it should be doable, yet more than training alone will be diet and recovery. These two go hand in hand for me as it's my diet that allows me to put in the hard (and some easy) miles in day after day, along with the kettlebells and other activites. A vegan (near raw) diet allows me to ease my digestive system and free it from the heavy burden of processing meat, dairy and processed food and instead repair and recover from these workouts. January 7th I ran my first 50k for the year, the day after I ran a nice easy 3 mile recovery run and in three days I was again doing speed work. or me diet is (one of) the key. Perhaps others will get great results on a meat based (Paleo) diet and that's fine - I never did endurance wise and it was damaging to my over all health so I won't go down that road again. One more key issue for my recovery has been my practice of meditation as it helps me eliminate and cope with stress on a inner level. When my mind is calm my body respnds in a sharper, more precise manner. Plus I'm happier, I run happy. And when you're on your feet for 6+ hours in a race - happy is nice (and maybe vital)
So here's my little update on current plans for goals and races and some of the stragedies I'll use to get there. Stay tuned and thanks for reading!
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