I've got a 38 mile race a week on Saturday (The Fox Ultra) It's the same one I did last year as my first ultra, plus it's local, so I know the course and feeling much better prepared than last year.
However, I still hit a wall everytime I reach ~18 miles with my legs in constant pain after that. So it will be tough and I'm not exactly sure what time I can expect to achieve but here are my main goals just over a week before the race:
- Complete the race without injury (I have a 66.6 mile ultra 5 weeks after this!)
- Beat my time from last year (8hr 40min) by at least an hour (7hr 40min)
- Don't stop at any aid station for more than 2 minutes.
- 26 miles in there is the biggest hill of the race. It is one mile long and I want to run it without stopping. I can do it on fresh legs, but not sure I'll be able to at that point of the race.
I'll report back next weekend with the results.