The past two years I completed the self-transcendence six day race. This year I’m going to do the ten day race. It starts on Wednesday.

They are putting up camp now, here’s a photo:

photo by Utpal

 The grassy area in that photo will soon be covered in tents.

I packed all my supplies and shoes. I need to get clothes together. It always seems like the ten day gets rain before the 6 day starts, so I bought a waterproof/windproof running jacket and I’m bringing an umbrella. I was surprised that I only had 6 pairs of running shoes, I thought I had a million. I did buy a new pair of adidas megabounce because I usually wear Brooks and I notice they don’t have a lot of support in the toe area. Usually that doesn’t matter, but once I’m doing the ultra shuffle, the balls of my feet hurt.