Grading Hallucination
It has been one week since Hallucination. To help me with training for future races, I’ll grade my training/performance on various race details.
- Training base (mileage): B I could have used more mileage. Specifically, I could have built my base over a longer time. In my next 100, I will be shooting for a faster time. A solid year-round endurance base should help with this.
- Crosstraining: B+ The program I used was very successful, but I probably stopped too soon. I stopped crosstraining about four weeks before the race. Next time, I will only taper for two or three weeks.
- Hydration: A Gatorade/water for first third of race; HEED/water for last two thirds of race.
- Electrolytes: A S-caps every hour.
- Heat acclimation: Didn’t do… and didn’t have problems. The race conditions were cool.
- Chafing prevention: A- Tried SportSlick… reapplied every four-eight miles. It worked like a charm!
- Foot care: B+ Feet were in good shape for the entire race except for some maceration around mid-race. Frequent sock changes, powder, and Sportslick was a winning combination.
- Caloric intake: A- I consumed about 500-550 calories per hour, a little more than planned. I only had one crash for the last two miles. I used a lot of chia with good success.
- Clothing: B+
- Gear: A- I could have used some better organization, but I had everything I needed.
- Lighting: A
- Pacing/ race strategy: A I had four excellent pacers, and my crew did an exceptional job of keeping on my desired pace.
- Drop bags: Did not use
- Mental toughness: B I could have pushed harder over the last two laps, but still did MUCH better than Burning River.
2 Comments
clynton
October 13, 2009Great job! Glad to hear the chia worked out well for you, too.
shel
October 3, 2009hard work = good grades… great job out there jason. you're next 100, huh? bet you started thinking about that 20 minutes after this one was over.
i'm going for a 12 hour on a whim in 2 weeks. hopefully poor preparation will still equal good grades for me!