We have bought our cheap tent, a camp stove and some camp cookware. We have
packed most of our clothing. We have rented a car.
My partner is picking me up from work at 5 and we are either going to spend an
hour waiting for traffic to die down or we are going to head out braving traffic.
Either way we are going to try to take naps in rest stops along the way rather than
paying for a motel. We hope to arrive in VT early Friday Morning and set up our
tent and sleep until it is time for the pre-race briefing. I wish they would do these
briefings just before the race rather than the day before. It makes these things more expensive having to be there the day before.
Anyway - we are going to enjoy ourselves !
My plan for the race is to go out slowly and average 16 minute miles for the first
70 miles and then slow down to 20 minutes per mile over the more rugged last 30. I have a pacer for the last 30 miles. It will be a new experience. I have been a
pacer but i have never had a pacer - well i did at Old Dominion but i did not make
it to 75 miles where i would have run with her.
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