I was asked this morning if I was ready for the next 100 as Leadville it is just over two weeks away. It is ten days since VT and while I can still notice some tiredness in my legs, all the aches and blistering seems to have healed. Over the weekend, I did nothing more than between 60 to 90 minutes a day but did also fit in a short bike ride. Yesterday it was back out on the roads for a short loop near home, while this morning we took an early morning bimble in the woods before work. Tomorrow I plan a longer road run.

By coincidence, I started to gather all my notes on the Leadville race yesterday so Guthrie and I can plan a strategy for her support during the event. It seems that she’ll be able to access more aid stations than I originally expected but there are a couple of 16 mile sections between access points, so we may still need to deploy drop bags. Being a mountainous area, the weather conditions could be a mixture of everything and the temperature range could dictate the need for warm thermal layers as well lighter apparel. The course is an out and back route with the highest climb occurring just before the turnaround. Near the climb it seems there are also several river crossing to negotiate and all the accounts I’ve read indicate that if you can make the aid station after passing the high point for the second time within the cutoffs, you should (barring injury) make it to the finish. It might be a little presumptuous to take that for granted though!