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Runner's World 50km Trail Race Recap

6/9/2014

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I am back from my trip to the Wuyuezhai National Park, Hebei Province, via Beijing, and I have  lots to tell. So, grab a coffee, a tea, a wine, whatever’s your figurative ‘cup of tea’, and get comfy: this is going to be quite a long one.

Firstly: hell yeah! I DID it!! I completed this extremely beautiful, extremely hard (at certain times) 50km ultra running trail race and completed it in a faster time than I ever would have expected (7 and a half hours). I also came in the top twenty females (either 18th or 19th, according to different people) so got a prize and had to go up on stage during the big prize giving ceremony – more on that later. Not bad for a previously virginal ultra runner, and for a first attempt at a trail race?! Here’s a sneak preview of many many more photos to come of where this race took place: so beautiful don’t you think?

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First things first, let’s start with the lead up to the event: the travelling, the race gear pick-up, the pre-race meeting and greeting etc. I flew up to Bejing from our little city of Yiwu, which took just over 2 hours by plane. The plane was delayed and there was shitloads of turbulence, but other than these two minor issues, I was reminded of how much I really LOVE to fly and travel. I love it. All of it. The getting to the airport way too early. The mooching about while it’s too early to board. The pre-flight beer and snacks (carb –loading hey). The miniature meal on board. It’s all good.

After having arrived at Beijing’s airport, some way out of town, I then spent the next two hours ish getting across town to my hotel next to Bejing West railway station. This was a bit of mission, and the day was so very hot. Initially I got the airport ‘express’ which is a dubiously named train, and by no means express (not after Shanghai’s airport express Maglev train which reaches speeds of 430kmph!) and maybe should be called the airport plodder or airport normal speed train or something. I took this photo of the ticket as it amused me. Hmm, Beijing is not really famous for its blue sky, and even the picture next to this little fibbing phrase showed no blue sky nor any green land. It’s got a nice ring to it though, sounding more like some kind of vertical, space-train perhaps?

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After settling in and going in search of some tasty pre-penultimate race day treats, I predictably ordered too many dishes (being used to there being two of us sharing many plates of food), and continued to carb load by the means of another cold beverage.

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I chose the ‘Standard Bear’, and was relieved when it came out as a cold beer and not at all bear-like, haha...
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I had a very quiet night and then left bright and early to meet the coaches and other runners the next morning. I was directed to coach number 7 and the real trip took off from there.

I slept a bit and chatted a bit to the other runners (lovely people) on board for the 6 hour ish it took to get to Wuyuezhai.
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I have to say that this was the BEST and most well run and organised event I’ve ever taken part in. Names were ticked off upon boarding the coach, the race gear pick-up was smooth and hassle free as was the hand out of room key cards for the hotel (all went by coach number initially), with no queuing and no confusion.

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Even during the race, this high level or care and organization was held up – markers clearly marking the course (so, no getting lost in the mountains as I was worried about), and the check points (where your bib number would be written down, to check you were there within the cut-off time) were laden with every different kind of refreshment you could want: water, sports drinks, bananas, cherry tomatoes, cakes, watermelon, noodles – it was great! (I ate a LOT during the race hey – had everything they were offering.)

 

So, back to the penultimate race day settling in. Once we’d found our rooms (I got lucky hey – for some reason I got a room all to myself! So, my fears re: sharing a room/glass bathroom walls etc, never eventuated) the other ‘laowei’ (foreigner) runners and I met up for some eats and carb-loading beers, in one of the restaurants in this picturesque little town, set into the mountain side, up a long, winding, fairly steep road (one that goes for about 4 kilometres that formed both the start and finish of the race – yes, that’s right: the last 4 kms were spent trudging up a seemingly endless tarmac hill, in the direct burning sun – brutal).

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Then, later that day, there was a delicious (carb-loading?) dinner:

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Followed by beers in a hill-side gazebo:

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Followed by a pre-race safety briefing where I learnt that runners would be disqualified if they didn’t carry either a camelback or the designated drinks bottle we’d received in our race pack. So glad I invested in the camelback option! Even though I ran with the heaviest backpack I’ve ever ran with, it was worth it to have my hands free to steady myself at times.

 

The race pack was a GREAT one! Lots of goodies, check it out:

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Ok, onto the part you’ve possibly come here for! The race day recap!!

So, the day started off with a twenty minute aerobic session courtesy of the head coach (I think) of the running group Hey Runners from Beijing who I booked through and who most of the other laoweis (all 8 of us I think?) belong to.
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This was a lot of fun!

And, nicely warmed up, we then headed to the starting line, excitement and adrenalin kicking in now.
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The race started on time, and we began our descent, down the steepish, tarmac, winding mountain road.

For the first 11kms or so, I was badly needing to go to the loo, but could see no appropriately private tree or bushy area in which to do so. It was getting pretty dire, and was actually causing me to run too fast I think, as I sped up searching for a place to stop and pee. Not good when all the advice you’ve been given is to watch your pace at the beginning and especially going downhill straight off. Eventually it got too much and I found a handy wall/billboard to hide behind. Ahhh. All being much better, I continued with the race.

After about 19kms, just before checkpoint two, I realised something about this race: I would not be able to run the whole thing, as previously imagined and how I thought I would be able to. I eventually succumbed to stopping running up the hills, and began to hike the hard uphill sections, along with everyone else around me. Before then, I had been powering up past others, but perhaps using too much energy too soon by doing so? I had it in my head that I would be able to keep running, no matter what, and come on, even the first hotel was rooting for me:

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So, a new plan evolved and was established: hike up the steep/uphill sections, run the flat, downhill, and gently uphill parts. Seemed to be the go for everyone else that I could see too.

From 20 to 30kms or so, it was a very steep ascent, and reminded me of a hard day’s hiking, let alone a running race. This is where people’s poles came into play. Initially I was a bit confused as to all the gear people were carrying. I mean, how do you run with poles? And why?? Well, all was revealed when we were hiking up (in single file at some points), and later, scrambling down, this mountain.

 

Reaching the ‘top’, or so I thought, at the 30kms mark, I was then told we had to ‘just run over there’ to collect a rubber bangle and have photos taken beside the elevation marker. Hmm, maybe ‘over there’ in an ultra event is not the usual ‘just over there’! This bit was tough. But here I am, feeling on top of the world, quite literally:

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It was after this that a noodle break occurred, due to a fellow runner offering me half of his and thus beating the queue (thanks Cedric!).
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I have never eaten noodles and then continued to run before, but all was fine. No nausea or spewing as feared. And on with the race:

 

I can see why people love trail running so much. There were a good many points during the race that I could feel myself grinning inanely and thinking to myself ‘I LOVE THIS!’, especially as I was running through some shady forest sections, with gentle up and downs. It was just such a beautiful course:

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That’s not to say it wasn’t hard though. There were certainly some tough sections. Another out and back section took place at the 37kms mark. This again came as a surprise to me. Again, we had to collect an arm band and have our photos taken and again, this was an extremely tough section. The reason being? A very steep ascent AND hundreds of stairs, akin to the Great Wall race. I was actually really happy to see these stairs (I know, I’m a sicko right?) due to all the stair training I’ve done for this race, and I didn’t think there would be stairs on the course. Stair running after 38kms of mountain running/hiking is a bit different and a bit of a challenge hey! But amazing views from the top. And I soon found out that THIS was the highest point of the mountain, and not the previously though 32kms mark.
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Coming back down the mountain there were some VERY steep, rocky sections, where I had a few near misses with twisting my ankle. Had to keep reminding myself to take these bits slower than I was trying to, as it just wouldn’t be worth it to have an injury out there hey. There were quite a few dangerous sections. I didn’t take a photo of the terrain here as I was concentrating on just getting down, but again, it was like a hard hike or climb down a mountain side, I though.

 

The route spread out again between 42kms to 45kms, and I still felt pretty good running. Actually, I felt kind of euphoric – this was the furthest I had EVER run before, and maybe the hardest too (although, I’m not sure –I think the Great Wall event may have been more challenging still, although was half the distance of this one – so, short and sweet/painful?).
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The sun was quite intense though – it got hot quite early on in the day, so for the whole race we were running mainly in the hot sun. (Note to self: take sun cream to an event in the mountains where there is little to no shade! Rookie mistake.) The last 4 ish kilometres were tough. And not just because they were the last 4kms of a 50kms race – it was purely that they back up that hill. Nooooooo! Everyone struggled with this apparently. Most walked for most of it, it was practically impossible not to (not sure about the elite guys/winners though), and I did a mixture of hobbling/jogging/attempting to run before walking/hiking up most of it (I think it may have been quicker to walk?). It was the hill that kept on giving. Every twist and turn I’d think, ‘surely this is the last turn and I will see the finish line looming ahead soon?!’ Eventually, when I finally did see the finish line, and the markers marking every 100kms away from 500kms down, a fresh surge of energy came back to me and I managed to run the last 100kms feeling pretty strong and awesome. I had done it! Finished! And well under the 12 hour cut-off time too! (My time was 7 and half hours.) I was ecstatic!!!

Then they told me I was in the top 20 (and someone later told me I was either 18th or 19th place)! Wow. I was amazed. And thrilled. Here’s me with my medal, woohoo:
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Later, there was yet more shared, delicious meals:

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Followed by the awards ceremony. There I was casually sipping a beer and chatting to another runner, Hendrick, when I heard my name being called. What the?! Why was I being called up?? Getting up there, they gave each of us a extra prize for being in the top twenty! We worked out they were doing the prize giving in groups of 5 at a time, so here is me in the 16-20th place group:
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My prize was a giant tub of protein and oats powder plus some joint capsules:
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To put it in perspective just how large the protein powder is, here’s another photo – it is half the size of my whole torso! Or maybe bigger:
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So, all in all, the race went great: I had a blast, I loved the course, the guys I met are lovely and everyone was very friendly/I made new friends etc, AND my legs seem to be recovering pretty well now, as this is the start of day 3 post-race and they’re feeling pretty good. The day after the race was a different story however: even standing up and making my way off the coach to use the toilets when we stopped at service areas was a huge, painful struggle, let alone having to attempt a full squat, courtesy of all the toilets being squatters hey (can you imagine the pain of this?!). However, when I got to my third and final hotel back in Beijing (after a mammoth 8 hour coach journey ,then 2-3 hour trek across town via car/subway/taxi) I dived into their (actually open, operational!) swimming pool and did a form of pool running (not sure if I was doing it right – had no floatation belt or anything, but just tried to jog up and down doing gentle laps) for about 30 minutes, and perhaps this has helped with active recovery? A little bit of walking (mainly through the huge terminal 3 of Beijing) and cycling yesterday too, and this morning: legs are feeling ok.

 

Ok, that’s enough from me. If you’ve stuck with the race recap thus far, thanks for reading! I now need to catch up on all the things I’ve missed on other running blogs since being away. I did think of all your amazing comments while I was running the race, and I was sending positive thoughts out to Amy over at Run Write Hike who was running a trail race relay over this same weekend! Looking forward to reading all about her event too.

 

So tell me, what have you been up to over this weekend? What was your high point? What was your favourite part of your weekend?

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Beijing Bound!!

6/4/2014

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All that talk of keeping things short and sweet in yesterday's post will now come to fruition haha - off to catch my plane to Beijing soon! Woohoo! Excited, but nervous. I don't think I'll have internet access in the National park (deep in the forest/mountains I think), so stay tuned until Monday or Tuesday for an update. Hopefully, I'll have LOTS to tell you all about this 50km trail race adventure weekend. Thank you for all your awesome, encouraging words on here, and thanks to Husband/Coach too! (best coach ever, and I will really miss him this weekend, another reason for the nerves, going there solo, oh well)...

Have a great rest of the week and awesome weekend everyone!



ps - If I had internet or my computer with me, you'd probably here this from me in the next post, so here you are, pre-emptively:





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Happy Dragon Boat Festival!

6/2/2014

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Hello Hello from me, Puppy, and Husband (Husband not pictured as he is the resident cameraman)! Gotta love a public holiday courtesy of Dragon Boat Festival. The weather has turned it on for us too - hot and sunny days, with minimal pollution, yay. Got in a fairly challenging stair running workout (30x reps of our building with a few 100m recovery jogs chucked in) this morning followed by about 45 minutes of strength/weights. Great start to the day. Since then, we've been cruising around eating delicious things and drinking some of China's finest red (well, the finest is debatable, but we like it anyway).

Got my final email re: the race on Saturday. Apparently there is a 12 hour cut-off time!!! Shithouse. Hope I make it. Don't know what to expect really. Oh, and no plastic bottles allowed on the course apparently ,so that might be tricky. (I have a camelback but have lost the bladder which I guess is the most important part if you're using it for water! D'oh...)

In other news: this website is being really RUBBISH and not letting me reply to any comments today. So, sorry about that! Will reply as soon as this is fixed. How frustrating!

I hope everyone has had a great Monday!

Do you run with a camelback?? Do you think I should invest in a new one before I depart for Beijing on Thursday?? (My instinct is telling me 'yes', hmmm...)







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That Awesome Moment When...

5/31/2014

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...you realise what was once your long run, is now your shortish/medium run. I tell ya: running a couple of 30kms+ runs recently makes a Sunday 17km run seem like a breeze.

I hope this is a good omen for Saturday's trail race! I feel like I have put in enough training (hopefully), so that's all I can do. I read somewhere the other day re: the importance of being mentally ready as well as physically. So, if you have trained as much as you wanted to and feel physically ready, the only thing that may let you down come race day may be your mental readiness. Apparently, it's a case of mind over matter. If you've trained your body enough, all you have to be is 100% mentally ready and you know you will succeed. So, hmm, the big question is do I feel ready for it? Are we ever really 100% ready? I think we're all as ready as we'll ever be and in every race: the time is NOW.

Come at me 50km trail race! I am ready.

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Unbelievably it's somehow gotten to JUNE already. Have a Super Sunday and 1st of June everyone!

Doing any special/fun today? (Think we're off to go to a long lazy lunch now.)

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Nervous

5/27/2014

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As promised, here is Husband and I hard at ‘work’ being the voices of the English oral exams yesterday. Loads of fun. Hmm, I wonder if we could do this professionally and get paid for it? Oh yes, that’s right, we kind of do at the moment. But I would love to do this on a more regular basis, not just every couple of months. Anyone out there looking for a voice-actor? Who specializes in having a half English/half Aussie accent?? I am available.

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Today I’ve got some yoga and a stair session on my schedule, as it’s really NOT. LONG. NOW. Eek… Got another slightly confusing email from the race organizers again, complete with directional signs, course map, and an elevation chart. Shit’s about to get real hey.

Here’s a snippet of the detailed email (translated using Google translate again, so maybe not the best):

“Prior to the beginning and end of the game are located in the Five Sacred Mountains Scenic Village Hotel in clear water, the track length of 50 km, the track surface types include: cement roads, dirt roads, gravel, board the oil, gravel, grass mountain Austin, deciduous jungle road, boardwalk, stone staircase, wild dirt roads and so on. The race track located mainly between the mountains, the highest elevation of 2281 m, the lowest elevation of 553 meters, with an average altitude of 1233 meters, the cumulative climb 2605 m."

 
The ‘grass mountain Austin’ and ‘deciduous jungle road’ sections sound fun, don’t they? Hmm, there is a fair bit of elevation too.

Nerves are setting in now. For two main reasons: nerves about the course (I am aiming just to finish and not get lost); but also, nerves about going and meeting other seasoned trail runners and ultra running superstars. I will be going sans-Husband (my usually excellent companion/coach/support team/photographer), so will be sharing a room at the hotel there with another runner. Let’s hope there’s no see-through glass bathroom wall that many of the Chinese hotels favour over here. Nothing says ‘hi, nice to meet you!’ like waving at your new room-mate from the toilet.

 

Do you get nervous before an event? What do you do to calm or get rid of your nerves?
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One Step At a Time

5/22/2014

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This morning I FINALLY made it for my track session. Hallelujah! It's only taken me 4 days... (I know, I was going to do it yesterday - instead I went for a beautiful run in the peaceful drizzly afternoon followed by 15 sets of our apartment stairs = job done.) So, this is what happened early this morning: 1.6km warm up/easy pace, 9.66km at threshold pace (yep, you read that right - 9.66 fricken kilometres!), then 1.6km cool down/easy pace. Phew. I did it! This is the longest I have run at this quicker pace (between 4:07-4:18) Feel awesome that I completed it.

Not gonna lie - the first 7-8kms or so were tough. Really tough. Maybe from the not-much sleep I've had this week or maybe from some really rubbish womanly pains or whatnot, but whatever, I digress and ramble... So, I had two choices: I could do maybe half of my planned session, or just stop and call it a day early, OR, I could keep going, focusing on ONE kilometre at a time (and at times, one hundred metres at a time, or even one step.) I am so glad I chose the latter. And with each kilometre closer to the end of the faster threshold pace section, it got easier and easier, and I felt miles better. I am feeling pretty confident about my improved pace now, and have shown myself that I can run faster for longer. So, am giving serious consideration to running most of my next half marathon at threshold pace, with a 1.6km ish warm-up and a kilometre or so, in between each 9.66km at threshold, at an easy pace. Something along those lines anyway.

This is my plan for my next half marathon, which is: the Gold Coast half marathon!!! Yes, it turns out I can make it after all. I am pumped! However, I now have a 50km trail race to run exactly one month prior to the Goldy race, so I hope my legs recover quickly enough for me to put this new plan into action. Watch this space.

In other news: it's FRIDAY! Kind of ecstatic about that. Hope you all have a blinder. Tell me something you are doing today / over the weekend!

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Not Long Now...

5/18/2014

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Not long now until the Runners' World 50km trail race. I was reminded of this fact when I excitedly opened an email from the race organisers this morning. This is what I was faced with:

各位尊敬的2014RW五岳寨国际越野大奖赛参赛者:    您好!    感谢您参加2014RW五岳寨国际越野大奖赛!    赛事最新行程如下:6月6日从集合地出发,7日参加比赛,8日早晨8:00从比赛地便返回出发地(北京),具体信息如下:    1.从北京出发的集合地点是北京西客站大方饭店门口,集合时间是6日早晨8:00,出发时间是早晨8:30。   2.由于车程较长(北京出发车程至少5个小时),在大巴上我们也为参赛者准备了简单水和食物,除此之外您也可自备食品。   3.由于五岳寨海拔较高,六月初虽是夏季,但当地早晚温差会很大,请您带好长袖衣物! 
 PS:①请保持您的手机畅通,我们的工作人员将在近期联系您并告之乘坐大巴车车号(如北京一号车)信息。         ②本周组委会还会将赛道以及补给等相关信息以邮件形式发送给所有参赛者。         ③ 号码布、芯片以及装备包在选手们到达赛地签到时统一领取。


Hmmm, so, after using the not-so-trusty Google translate, this is the result:

Hello !

    
Thank you for participating in the International Cross Country Grand Prix Walled 2014RW Sacred Mountains !

    
Race latest itinerary is as follows : June 6 Depart from the collection , the 7th race , the 8th from 8:00 game will return to departure ( Beijing ) , specific information is as follows :

    
1 Meeting Place starting from Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing generous hotel entrance, the collection is the 6th time 8:00 , the starting time is 8:30 .

   
2 Due to drive longer ( Beijing starting drive at least 5 hours ) , on the bus we have prepared a simple water and food for the participants , in addition you can also bring your own food .

   
3 due to high five岳寨海pull , though it is summer in early June , but the local morning and evening temperature will be great, could you take a good long-sleeved clothing !


PS: ① Please keep your phone unblocked , our staff will contact you to ride the bus and told the license number ( such as Beijing-1 car ) information in the near future .
         
② committee this week will be the track and supplies , and other related information is sent to all participants by email .
         
③ number bib , chip and equipment bag in the race to sign players to reach a unified collection.



So, not entirely sure about everything they wanted to tell us, but hopefully I've got the gist of it anyway. Sacred mountains sound awesome! As does Grand Prix! Glad I'm picked up running on stairs again, think my legs will need it for this race.

Any fluent Chinese speakers / translators out there - was Google close enough? Any further translation would be much appreciated. Cheers! Have a great Monday everyone!



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Really Rather Rocky-esque

5/17/2014

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Another rainy, wet Saturday here in China, so no run outside as planned (I pussied out - I was aiming to run it on the track, as when I speed up to threshold pace or VO2 max pace or whatever is on the plan, I like the convenience of not having to stop for pedestrians or traffic, hence any session that specifies a pace to aim for, I have been running on the track. When it's wet, I have this inner fear that: speed work, looking at Garmin for my pace, and trying seamlessly to run through puddles and water will somehow lead to me tripping over my own feet. Anyhoo, I digress...)

Instead, I chose to do some stair running (30 reps of the building again) followed by some strength moves (i.e. squats, push-ups etc, nothing too fancy). I was harnessing my inner Rocky, and it was intense hey! Here's a sweaty, tired snap of me on the stairs in question:


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Yes, that IS a Rocky t-shirt! (Thanks again Josh, love it!). And yes, I did put my camera on a self-timer mode to take this red-faced shot, haha...

So, I know these stairs aren't exactly the terrain I'll be running on, but I hope they'll prepare me somewhat for some of the uneven surfaces and up and down sections (which, I'm pretty sure form the majority of the trail race).


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Hope you're all having Super Saturdays. Got to run now (no, not literally) as watching an awesome documentary series with Husband that is kind of blowing our minds! Will post the links soon. See you!
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May Day

4/30/2014

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It is the May Day holiday here in China, which means it's a holiday today, tomorrow, AND Saturday (which is usually a 'holiday' for us anyway). So, in true Chinese fashion, we're working the Sunday to compensate for having a holiday fall on a weekday. Hmm, I think someone in charge must have got confused re: what constitutes a holiday! Hey-ho... I kicked mine off with a speed session at the lovely track this morning which saw me doing the following: 1.6km warm-up, 5x 1.6km at VO2max pace (around 3.55 for me) with 3 minute rests in between each 1.6, then 4.8km easy pace run/cool down/recover. My calves were still a little tight but overall it was a good session. Then Husband and I went on a cycle/explore around town, drank some coffee, and we will soon be drinking beer and meeting our friends to go shopping. BUT, it's a beautiful, sunny, HOT day today, so maybe too nice to spend indoors doing our least favourite activity of shopping? Hmm, needs to be done though (Husband needs new clothes).

As for the rest of our holiday? Not sure. I have a long run scheduled for Saturday morning: I'm aiming to do around 25kms and include LOTS of steps and mountain trails. I paid the entry fee for the 50km race this morning, so this trail race business just got real.

Think we'll also be doing lots of planning of our itinerary for our upcoming amazing caravan adventure, and I'd love to do some writing and general chilling and resting. Hopefully this beautiful weather lasts all three days of it!

Last year today, I was HERE undertaking this extremely difficult, crazy adventure 'running' race on the beautiful Great Wall of China:




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All the best to those runners who have gone back for a second year running - you guys are amazing! Once was enough for me, haha.
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Runner's World Fifty Kilometre Trail Race

4/28/2014

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I thought I'd post some more re: this trail race coming up on 7th June. I will really need to step my training up for this one, quite literally, and may soon be visiting my old friends the hundreds of steps up the mountain at the Southern edge of town. (Yes, will definitely keep you posted re: my training for this race Kristina!). Re: this training. Hmm, now I'm not too sure what to do for it exactly. I am aiming to alter my current 'advanced half marathon training plan' and add in a couple of stair/mountain sessions each week, and try to add in a few extra kms to the long run each weekend, as currently the training plan goes up to 28.8km but no higher. Watch this space. Did some excellent work for this training plan this morning by choosing to sleep in and get a little bit more rest before a long day of teaching begins, but hopefully I will get out there this arvo for that 9.66km one I had planned.

Ok, so on to the info for this race. This is on the website I found when researching events in China:

"Runner’s World China 50KM Trail Race – Registration Open!


Hey!

Spring HeyRunning Camp Chinese Media Partner, Runner’s World China, is organising The Ultimate 50KM Trail Running Grand Prix for the second year and we can help you register if you want to run!

The race is set to take place on Saturday 7th June in the Wuyuezhai National Forest Park, Hebei Province! This is an off-road trail race so expect wild trails, mountains, steep climbs, streams, technical downhills and some amazing views. There are no shorter race distance options, but if you’re looking for an extra challenge then this is it! A bunch of HeyRunners, including Head Coaches Linus & Neil, raced last year and had a really FUN (exhausting) time!

More info available via the race website HERE and below:


What: The Ultimate 50KM Trail Running Grand Prix (Male & Female races)

When: Saturday 7th June 2014

Who: 300-500 Chinese and international runners

Schedule: Leave Beijing at 13.00 on Friday 6th June by coach to reach race destination (est. 5 hours). Race starts at 6AM on Saturday 7th June. Return to Beijing either late Saturday afternoon/early evening or Sunday morning.

Registration: Email 
heyrunning@heyrobics.com titled ‘RWC 50KM Registration (Name)‘ and we’ll send over the registration form.

Cost: RMB700 (includes hotel accommodation, transport, meals, race registration and race prize)

Contact: Email 
heyrunning@heyrobics.com for questions a full schedule and more info or say Hey at one of our weekly sessions!"




So, I'm all registered, just need to finalise a few travel and logistical details, and soon I'll be running/scrambling through here:



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