I am signing up for 3 races this year, the Keys100, Cremator 100 (back-to-back 50s Saturday/Sunday) and the Javelina Jundred. My goals will be simply to finish the Keys100 and not hate the idea of running 100 miles. Finishing the Cremator day 1 looking forward to day 2 and then finishing day 2 alive (lol). My "A" race will be the Javelina Jundred and my goal will be to go sub-24 hour.

I'm actually scared of ever doing a flat 100miler. I like having lots of excuses (hills) for walk breaks. A flat course would make me feel very guilty, lol.

I'm kinda surprised a coach would sign on with goals that ambitious.

But hell she works for Sharman, and we all know that guy makes horrible choices when it comes to his athletes.

I was expecting someone to come bust my balls at some point, haha.

I'm not exactly coming from no running background going into this. While not ridiculous I did run 1400 miles last year, and yeah I got 4 months to train for the 100. The course has a 30 hour cutoff and I am perfectly fine using up 29 hours and 59 minutes if that's what it takes to do this. My first one will certainly not be easy, lol. But I am fully confident I will be able to do it.

Also, these aren't the "hardest" ones, there is essentially no elevation on the Keys100, after all it is Florida. Not like I'm trying to run sub-24 on Hardrock with only a few months training.

I guess we'll find out if my goals are too aggressive or not. I already paid for the coaching, so I'm going to go full on into it, its all on me to do it or not do it.

Will make post later with my first couple of weeks of training, looked over it and there is some speed and hill workouts that I haven't done so that'll be interesting.

I talked to a couple people who have done flat loop 100 milers and they said it wrecked them for a long time. With trail 100's you are mixing up the terrain and using different muscles, with a flat 100 you are just pounding the same muscles over and over. You need to be in very, very good shape to do them.

what's it like DNF'ing when you're like 40+ miles from nowhere btw? just curl up in a ball and wait to die?

Again, this is just another reason I got a coach, experience is helpful.

I get the whole a flat 100 sounds tough because mentally you think you can run the whole thing. And that's something I'll have to work on, I don't train walking, I just go out and run. So I'll be taking a different approach with this.

I know it is ambitious, and possibly dumb. But that's life, I have these goals and I want to stick to them. I have no idea if I'll be able to finish, but I feel confident I can. Time will tell.

This is why I got a coach though, to get everything best for me and tailored to me. I'll be updating this with my runs and how everything goes.

I am fully expecting the race to be difficult and suck, lol. Again, this is just another reason I got a coach, experience is helpful.

Why not do a couple 50k's then a 50 miler and finally Javalina? These races aren't going anywhere.

I get the whole a flat 100 sounds tough because mentally you think you can run the whole thing. And that's something I'll have to work on, I don't train walking, I just go out and run. So I'll be taking a different approach with this.

I know it is ambitious, and possibly dumb. But that's life, I have these goals and I want to stick to them. I have no idea if I'll be able to finish, but I feel confident I can. Time will tell.

This is why I got a coach though, to get everything best for me and tailored to me. I'll be updating this with my runs and how everything goes.

I am fully expecting the race to be difficult and suck, lol. Again, this is just another reason I got a coach, experience is helpful.

I'm going to see Ian next weekend and I'm going to tell him Liza just took on a client with these goals and that he should have a good sit-down talk with her

Good luck, sir - I'll be following along with great interest!

The reason I'm doing the 100's is because I have a desire to do them. The 50k/50m versions of the races I'm doing don't interest me. I realize I may just be sealing my own fate, so to say, but, again, that's life. This is what I have my mind set to do and I'll be doing my best to achieve these goals.

I don't want to start doubting myself and second-guessing it. I plan to stay focused and stay positive.

Well plan on building your mileage slowly and doing a 100, then see if you like it and sign up for more then. You dont like marathons, dont have a desire to do 50k's or 50 milers but you think you will like 100's? I dont know man.

I feel really proud of how I’ve improved my times in just the matter of a year. I want to take at least a week off of running entirely, but not sure what I want to do next. I really want to scale back my mileage, as I was running so much for this 50k it became more of a chore and it wasn’t fun anymore. I got busy and skipped a few of my long (20+ mile) runs, partly from being away and busy and partly because I didn’t want to do them anymore. The only running goal I currently have is to do a sub-1:40 half, I just think it would be cool to do a half-marathon in under 100 minutes, no real other reason for this goal.

I get what all you guys are saying. And I appreciate the input and advice. The 50k I did was in October of 2013, so it was almost 16 months ago. Which is a long time and I'm a different person and runner since then.

I'm going to give it a few weeks to build up into. I'm not signed up for the Keys100 yet. And there is a 50 mile version of it. So I want to see if I feel over the next few weeks that I'm good with the mileage I'm doing and can build on it to be prepared for the 100, if not I can change my racing ideas. The 50 doesn't interest me very much, but the Cremator in July is 6 months of training and 2 months after the Keys100. I already had the thought of doing the Keys100 as a 50miler then the Cremator will be 100.

I decided I'd rather go after the race(s) that interest me more. But since I'm not signed up for Keys100 yet I can decide to re-evaluate that and go for the 50miler. They actually apparently are adding a 50km version as well this year.

And I also just started this coaching, literally first talk last night and doing first run of 5 miles today. I'll contact her and see what she thinks. She didn't say anything last night about it. My guess is because she figures she can get me through the race alive, which is what I want, and if I'm determined to do that race specifically then that's what we should aim for.

So that's why I don't think I'm being too insane with the idea of running a 100 miler in May.

Again, I do appreciate all the thoughts, ideas and feedback guys. Please keep it up.