Training week #2 completed.

I had a pretty good week. I ran 36.30 miles, biked 10.40 miles in 8h20m and burned 6596 calories. My mileage is getting and will stay higher than I planned but, it is a necessary part of the big plan. I need my mileage high so I can complete the 50k in Goblin Valley. As long as I do a 3 week taper, (cutting mileage 3 week before the run in half, then 2 weeks out cutting it in half again, then doing light running the week of the race), I should be ok. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon I had a very bad case of the blahs. This week I will try having a larger lunch and a snack around 2 pm and see if that helps. It got to 95 during my long run. I ended up doing more walking than I planned on. I also ran on dirt road in my new trail shoes and my new gaiters. The gaiters kept the rocks out of my shoes, which was wonderful. I had the toe box of the shoes laced to tight and ended up with a blister on the top of my right little toe. I felt this happening early on but didn't take the time to fix the shoe. The bike ride was around Manti again with the wind blowing like crazy. Training is going really good and I hope I can say the same next week. All this training is really paying off. I have been 216 now for a couple of days. My clothes that were tight are now lose on me. I just might make it to 200 lbs for the race in Goblin Valley on Oct. the 24th. We'll see.