Trail Dad Running Reports

So on came week 2 of the  Chuck Norris Challenge ! If you missed the event description and the write up of week 1, see my previous post: Chuck Norris Challenge (Part 1) . A big part of why I did this event was the pure challenge of it. I've run further in one day. In fact, I've run longer distances regularly in the past two months or so. I've run multi-day, stage race style events. But never had I raced for so many days straight at the kind of speed that would be required. The challenge intrigued me. Despite the intrigue of the challenge, I was also nervous about injury. The distances didn't phase me, but the stress from the intensity was something my body wouldn't be used to. How would my body react to the stress on my muscles, tendons, joints, bones? I certainly didn't want to get injured. But as week 1 turned into week 2, the fatigue mounted, and these concerns started to feature more prominently in my thoughts. It is from this backdrop that I b

How often do/did you race? Once a week? Once a month? How about every day? For two weeks? Welcome to the Chuck Norris Challenge ! I don't know exactly how this event was dreamed up (or why) but with all of the race cancellations and amidst the plethora of virtual events that have popped up, this one stood out. THE CONCEPT The concept was one of speed and durability. For two weeks, race against your watch every day. It was like a daily time trial. No pausing the watch. The Distance Week one: Monday-Sunday with this progression: 5K/10K/15K/20K/25K/30K/35K. Week two: Monday-Sunday, laddering down from 35K. The Rules Each day, after completing the distance, your time was entered into a spread sheet with made two calculations: Adjust for age and gender. Assign points based on adjusted time 1st place = 1 point; 2nd place = 2 points, etc. That adjusted time is where it got interesting. Times were purposefully adjusted based on half marathon data set