Tomorrow Kate and I are going to do the Moab Trail Half Marathon. Kate’s gonna run it and I’m going to walk it. I figured it’d be more fun than waiting around for her to finish.
My goal is to have a nice walk, finish in around 4 hours, and avoid any injury. The weather is looking pretty nice in the high 40’s and minimal chance of rain. Nice for keeping cool.
I’ll carry my hydration pack with 3 liters of water and about 1200 calories of food. The route it pretty remote and the first aid station isn’t till mile 9.7. So I’m treating it as self supported. I’ll pack a rain jacket and winter hat and gloves as a precaution.
As a half marathon it’ll be 13.1 miles with 1200 ft vertical gain. Not the steepest but it’ll be a lot of up and down. Add the rocky terrain and it’s going to be a slower race for many.
Start time is 9am and we have to shuttle out to the start area. I’m close to going couch to half marathon on this one. I’ve been doing one to three mile hikes on and off the last few months. I did five miles on similar terrain last weekend and did an 18min/mile average. Also I’m gonna have a blast walking through some amazing canyon country!
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