with less than 50 days to go......the stress levels are increasing day by day. but going hand in hand with stress is excitement. I've been looking forward to the Sahara Race for a very long time. and now it's almost here.
this past weekend was a recovery weekend, with only a few hours of running. I love to run, but I must say I quite enjoy recovery weekends.....then I can fit in a bit of social and family time!
my raidlight trekking poles, ie. Javier and Jorge Rodrigues Rodrigues, joined me on my beach run this weekend. Seeing that we will be spending alot of quality time together, I figured that it is only appropriate to name them. and i must say, they made the few hours on the beach an absolute JOY! they are SO going with me to the Sahara.
The poles only weight 120g each, fabulous little numbers from Raidlight. a must have for the desert.
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| Javier and Jorge Rodrigues Rodrigues |
After a recovery week, comes a heavy training week - but I'm looking forward to spending some serious time on the legs this week. Speed work, hill work and some sand!!!! BRING IT ON!
Ok, training does not only exist of spending hours on the trails and in the gym, but also sorting out what food to take with on my race.
Do you have any idea how quickly a few grams turn into a kilogram? shocking!
I made up a potential food packet for one day.......820gram. and believe you me, there is not alot in that ziplock bag!
and I have to take 7 of those for the race....crap. when push comes to shove, i'm gonna go with a bottle of olive oil and a few blocks of parmesan cheese. sounds appetising hey! delicious!!
food update and some pics to follow later this week.
the serious countdown to the race has started.
