In two weeks, We'll have started Badwater

Runs
Mon – Rest
Tues- 8 miles, 4 at 7:20 pace
Wed- 4 miles- Recovery
Thurs- 10 miles
Fri – Rest
Sat – 4 miles
Sun – 14 miles

Total: 40 miles


Badwater
The preparations are really heating up. It’s palpable and real now. The travel arrangements have been made. We’re compiling crew strategy now. Decisions, on who the crew teams will be, the amount of time each will crew and run before resting, shopping lists for food and supplies, hotel reservations, spreadsheets keeping track of food, hydration and weight. Where are we filling up gas and getting ice? How are we getting to the start line? Short or long sleeved shirts? Short or long pants? Ice hats, Ice Bandanas. Sunglasses SPF 5000 sunscreen? Insect repellent. Snake repellant? Log books. Computers. Satellite phones. Rental car contracts. Needles, scalpels, gauze, betadine, alcohol swabs, benzoin, tape and other blister care products. Articles on heat illness, dehydration and hyponatremia. Books on footcare.

This is a stream of consciousness partial list of things running through my brain. I’m making lists, checking them 100 times. I’ve been on the REI, Moosejaw and zombierunner websites 50 times the past week, making sure there wasn’t anything else I could buy.

Garden
The plants are starting to take hold. I suspect in a few weeks, the tomatoes will be really growing. The okra have a while to go. The peppers are coming along nicely.