I fear I have awoken a stupid, stupid beast...

Since Sunday I have thoughts like "At 30 miles I'd be more than half way to a finish of a 50 miler." Now I know, I unquestionably KNOW that '20 more miles' is a lot at mile 1, let alone mile 30 but I also now have this stupid new confidence that is well aware of the fact that these distances are all very doable. I read an article in the 2007 Nov./Dec Marathon & Beyond (Vol 11, #6) last night which drilled in an idea I have read numerous times before, that is, to run from aid station to aid station. Running 50 or 100 miles at one time seems insurmountable but if you can break it down into more manageable distances, all of a sudden it (at least seems) possible. I know 50 miles won't be easy, I have no delusions regarding the distance, and I know there's still the doing that needs to be done, but I'm convinced that the believing that it can be done is a large part of it. Even after Sunday, 50 miles still seemed frightening at best, but since then I've come to realize that this is something that I can do.

I knew I could run a marathon, I knew I could run 50K, and now I know I can run 50 miles. (What I didn't know is that I may be doing it sooner rather than later... but I'll save that story for Monday...)

Also, I've (half) committed to running the Green Lake Dizzy Daze 50K next month... 10 laps around the lake... uhggg...