Goggins 4x4x48 challenge

David Goggins author of "Can't hurt me" is definitely a mentally tough person. As he has proved on many occasions. He came up with a challenge to run 4miles every 4 hours for 48 hours. 

Challenge website 

The 2022 challenge is due to take place on the 4th March 2022, due to my work schedule this was not possible for me. 

I started my challenge at 8pm on the 19th February 2022 as I had booked a couple of days off work. 

In true Duluth 2022 winter fashion we got a snow storm and cooler temperatures during the 48 hours I ran. 

How did it go?

Pretty well actually, I had not really planned on doing this until about a week before I started it. 

I knew it was going to be more running than I'm used to doing at the moment so I planned on running at around 9:30min/mile to 10:15min/mile as this should be a pace I could maintain. 

The Runs

Run #	Time	Day	Miles	HR AVE	Pace
1	20:00	Sat	4.13	143 bpm	10:09/mile
2	00:00	Sun	4.06	138 bpm	9:46/mile
3	04:00	Sun	4.06	140 bpm	9:44/mile
4	08:00	Sun	4.12	143 bpm	9:20/mile
5	12:00	Sun	4.01	145 bpm	9:11/mile
6	16:00	Sun	4.03	142 bpm	9:45/mile
7	20:00	Sun	4.01	136 bpm	9:33/mile
8	00:00	Mon	4.06	134 bpm	9:38/mile
9	04:00	Mon	4.06	135 bpm	9:51/mile
10	08:00	Mon	4.02	135 bpm	9:55/mile
11	12:00	Mon	4.02	137 bpm	9:50/mile
12	16:00	Mon	4.01	138 bpm	10:12/mile
		Total	48.59

Mostly I ran on the roads with the exception of run 6 on Sunday which was partly on trails. 

All runs started and finished at my house and were on pretty flat courses. Runs 2,3,8 and 9 were a double 2 mile loop. 

It started snowing on run 10 so the last three were on "plowed" streets closer to home and as out and back runs trying to take advantage of the clearer streets and avoid traffic. 

Running in the sun for run five.

Heading out for run 12. 

Thankful for my wife clearing me a path to the street
for run 12.

"Plowed" road about 2" deep in snow.

Final thoughts

It was a tough challenge, by the end I was tired! If (ok when) I do it again I would like to start the challenge better rested. Having routes planned ahead of the event helped me. Listening to music or audio book was good though I should have probably charged my headphones before the last run. 

The midnight run was harder than the 4am run for me. 

I was very thankful for my family support throughout this event, I would have struggled without their help. 

The Mid South Double 2020 - Mileage tracking

The MidSouth Double is almost upon us

Today is my last rest day before I attempt the MidSouth Double. The 50km run is on Friday (13th March) and the 100mile ride is on Saturday (14th March). 

I believe I am as prepared as I can be. 

I have followed my training plan and as of the beginning of this week my stats stack up like this from week ending 25th September 2019. Full data set

Ride miles total	2056.2
Run Miles total	545.9
Total Time (Hrs)	235.75

I will say that I feel fitter than last year when I took part in the LandRun 100. It has been interesting to see how my VO2max estimate on in my Garmin account has improved over my training time. (Estimates coming from my watch)

Heading in the right direction

Now all that is left is to go through my final check on my bike. 

Cleaned and shifting great

Wait on the arrival of my friends from Alaska and help them put their bikes together and finally not worry about the weather. 

Oh cock!

Why not worry? 

It is totally out of our control! 

All we can do about a lot of rain on clay before the event, is to make sure we have our mud sticks and hope we get lucky.

Fingers crossed that most of the course is not like this....

Ahhh a wet MidSouth.....

Finally thanks to my family for all the support whilst training for this event. It has been a huge help. 

Until later take care all! 

A quick update at the end of the year

Wow 2019 is almost over already!

We have had a busy year with many highlights topped off by becoming a USA citizen just before christmas.

I am now a USA citizen!

I hope all my friends have had a great year and festive season.

My training for the Landrun double has been progressing nicely.  The running is going better now I am a few weeks in, it's actually fun to run again. The cycling is, well it is just always fun once I get out on gravel. 

Obviously with an event that can have such varied conditions as Landrun setting time goals is mostly out of my hands, If I get good conditions I would be over the moon with a 12.5hour combined finishing time however that is with near perfect conditions which can't be guaranteed. Therefore I am looking to just finish both events with no major body problems or mechanicals, and my training is geared towards that. 

As I get closer to the events I will dial in my kit a little better but right now it is looking like I will be using a camelbak chase for the running event and going probably with just two waterbottles on the bike and not using a camelbak.

New tyres for christmas 38C
but more like a 35C, seem to roll pretty well too

Sunrise rides never get old :)

Always nice out here, even
better when there is almost no wind.

I had been running in some hoka shoes but I am not sure about them so I switched out to some Saucony shoes. It is still early miles in them but they feel lots better. I want to get a few longer runs in before committing to that.

New shoes :)

Dirt running

I am also sending in my biking shoes for repair as one of the boa lace eyelets failed on them, hopefully I will have an update soon as to if they can be repaired.

Ooophs :-/

With just over 10 weeks to go before the Landrun double it's all go go go here. Until next time, have fun everyone.