Weekly Summary - race week - 11/26 to 12/1/2012

11/26 Monday - 7.5 miles/ 7 running
am- road loop all run easy
pm- Fittek w/ 5 x 1 min fast

11/27 Tuesday - 4.3 miles/ 3.4 running
am -  BP + hilly route, less last up goat

11/28 Wednesday - 4.9 miles/ 4 running
am - 60 min at fittek treadmill

11/29 Thursday - 2 miles/ 1.2 running
am - trails easy 2 mile
pm- start travel to Chicto state park , LA near Villa Platte, LA, thru Memphis, eat at Gus fried chicken w/ don/bill

11/30 Friday - 0 miles/ 0 running...travel day
am - finish trip to cabin at park...meet up with tim/karen/Lucia...warm/ a bit humid..discover at pre-race meal this race is a fun run with no water at aid station 12M...will be tough for 100K and 100 milers

12/1 Saturday - CajunCoyote 20 mile trail race - 20 miles/ 12 running estimated
9am - start after 100K/100M at 6am....feel humid at 60deg, got up to 75+..ran 4h 16min..did not feel great but keep pretty even effort.   first 4 miles were toughest, the 4-12 miles got into a 1min walk/4 min run routine which keep me going, 12- 20 miles, alot of walking,  ate many gels (not sure if these are good for me, uneven energy?) ended up in about 20th place of 30...race director was not interested in the runners times or efforts of the 20 milers or the 100k/100milers.  he did not seem to notice when many came into the finish line.  he even had the aid station volunteers buy there own food. he appeared to me more interested in the money he made (IMHO) .
Overall the race was reminding me how to race...my left foot was sore on outside just below ankle.  feet felt good.  ran in hoka one evo.  never fell but tripped once.  dry, lots of roots but okay.  the course was well marked and thru swamps over foot bridges, cool.  course had mingo like short/steep up/downs

12/2 Sunday - 0 miles/ 0 running....rest/ travel day 15 hours thru memphis, ate with brian at city of blues rib place, GOOD!!...about 850 miles

Nice fun road trip. Fun to catch up on Don's stories.  I have missed alot of these in the last 5 years.

week totals = 40 miles / 27 running
Nov. monthly miles = 194 miles/ 140 running
Yearly totals = 2477 miles/ 1390 running