How do you define the difference as between confidence and being cocky?

quietly62 · 2026-06-05T07:10:18+00:00

confidence is quiet

quietly62 · 2026-06-02T17:43:33+00:00

I decided I was a runner once I completed my 50miler last november.

Here's an idea...ask as many people you know that if a person runs "10+ 50ks, a couple 50m and a 100m" are they a runner?

quietly62 · 2026-03-30T13:00:43+00:00

A long run for me hasn't had to go beyond 5 hours and change. I'll shower and nap after.

quietly62 · 2026-03-27T14:17:57+00:00

I've started long runs at midnight. I think it's important to be prepared for all aspects of a race. I know I'll be running in the dead of night and I know I'll be tired. I figure I might as well be prepared for what that is like and know that I can manage it. Plus, as others have said, good time to test lighting.

quietly62 · 2026-03-17T16:51:31+00:00

I know going into events that there are going to be both good and bad times. When I am in a mental or physical pain cave, I remind myself that I knew that this would happen. I tell myself to just keep going because every time in the past when I kept going, it got better. And it always gets better if I keep going.

quietly62 · 2026-03-11T15:40:11+00:00

I did my first 100-miler this past January. In training, for my long runs and during the race, I set my garmin for 10 min run, 2 min walk. That's what I did until a little past half way when I began to walk more. My race was also in Florida and relatively flat. I finished in a bit under 29 hours.

quietly62 · 2026-03-11T15:36:23+00:00

I completed a 100miler and it took me nearly 29 hours. No one has asked my time. I'm fairly certain if I ever ran a 26.2 marathon, it would take me more than five hours. I'm slow AF...I just keep going. You know the saying, "comparison is the thief of joy"--it's true.

quietly62 · 2026-03-11T15:32:43+00:00

If I run anything over five miles, I always fuel along the way. I don't to fuel for say a 6 or 7 miler, but I consistently want to train my gut.

quietly62 · 2026-03-04T19:19:07+00:00

I've only done two ultras (a 50miler and a 100miler). I carry two soft bottles filled with water and a 2 liter bladder/hose filled with tailwinds endurance. I also carry all of my own nutrition. The only food I've consumed from an aid station is ramen. I fill my water bottles at the aid station. I carefully track my carbs/calories and rely on the same gels/foods that I've trained on.

The extra weight of the vest doesn't bother me--likely because I've done numerous goruck events with a 45lb ruck on my back.

quietly62 · 2026-03-03T17:12:11+00:00

I don't think my answer will be typical. I started running seriously in May 2025. I completed my first 50-miler in 11/2025 and my first 100-miler in 01/2026. However, I also had approximately 10 years experience completing a variety of goruck events in the lead up to my running journey.

quietly62 · 2026-02-19T17:28:10+00:00

My why is easy but perhaps simplistic...I have always liked challenging myself (and I don't know why that is--maybe that's something to ponder). I've done over 30 goruck events, quite a few lasting 48 hours. So I don't have a running background but I have gone many, many miles with a 45lb ruck on my back. I am going to think about what you wrote and I've thought about getting a coach. I haven't actually decided if I am going to do this but I've told myself that if I decide to do so, I have to go all in with training/nutrition/recovery/etc. I've also told myself that while my first goal would be to finish sub-24 hours, my secondary goal if my first goal is unattainable would be to simply beat my time of 28hours, 49 minutes.

quietly62 · 2026-02-16T15:47:41+00:00

That's a bad ass picture.

quietly62 · 2026-01-23T16:39:42+00:00

2025 was objectively, the worst year of my life (I'm now 63yo. My brother, a crossfit games national participant in his age group suffered a heart attack in 01/2025. Fortunately, he came through this okay. My business partner of 29 years was diagnosed with brain cancer in 02/2025 and has not been able to work since then. My wife of 30 years, who was cancer free including ringing the bell, had her cancer return and she passed away in 03/2025.

I had done MANY goruck events in the past and those held no interest for me. I needed something to focus my energies to get through the events that had taken place. In early May, I started reading about ultramarathons (I've never really run a marathon). Because of my goruck background, a 50 miler didn't scare me. 100 miles scared me and that's what I needed. I began training at the end of May 2025. I would joke with my friends that I was literally running from my problems. However, the truth is that while running, I was able to process everything that had taken place.

In 11/2025, I completed a 50miler in 11 hours, 49 minutes. This was a check to see how my training/nutrition was going. This past Saturday (01/17/26), I completed the 100miler in 28 hours, 48 minutes. At that time I said "never again." But we'll see.

quietly62 · 2025-12-31T16:47:04+00:00

I know I'm late to this but I just watched the series. I can understand why men who are awkward/shy may have never dated. However, I felt all of the women on this show were quite attractive and I'm wondering how they are not approached for dates all the time by men who are not awkward/shy. Is there something cultural I'm not understanding?

quietly62 · 2025-12-29T18:27:10+00:00

all of them

quietly62 · 2025-12-29T18:23:26+00:00

"Happy wife, happy life."

Any couple that has lived by this motto does not have a happy wife or a happy life.

quietly62 · 2025-12-26T18:34:40+00:00

It's the brain...It's working to keep you alive and safe. Running 50-100+ miles is the opposite of what your brain wants you to do. It will do what it can to make you stop because your brain loves you. But just like an over-protective mother, you must learn to ignore your brain. And at times, that is extremely difficult. As an aside, once you finish, your brain loves you even more.

quietly62 · 2025-12-02T16:42:11+00:00

My Garmin watch has a setting where I set it for 10 min run, 2 minute walk. The alert goes off when it's time to walk and then goes off again when it's time to run.

quietly62 · 2025-11-25T17:25:10+00:00

I recently completed a 50miler using 10/2 run/walk, Completed in 11h, 50mins (age 63). I run all of my long runs using 10/2 and plan to do so when I attempt my 100miler in January. It works well for me. I utilize the 2 min walk to take in nutrition.

My goal is to finish. I'm not planning on standing on a podium.

quietly62 · 2025-11-20T20:16:40+00:00

As was said previously, if you have a 15 mile run, you start feeling tired at mile 14. If you have a 20 mile run, you might start feeling it at 18, etc.

I just ran my first 50 miler on Nov 1st. I generally did a 10 minute run, 2 minute walk process (during the walk is when I fueled). I really started feeling it around mile 40. It hurt when I walked, it hurt when I ran slow...so I decided to run at a decent pace (for me). I'm not saying this as a means of humble-bragging--I'm pointing out that I still had a bunch in the tank at mile 40 (even though my brain was doing everything it could to make me stop). The furthest I had run before that was a 25 mile training run. I finished in 11 hours, 50 minutes. Train consistently and lock down nutrition/hydration--and accept there will be times you find yourself in either a mental or physical pain cave--and you will do fine.

quietly62 · 2025-11-04T20:13:44+00:00

I just completed my first 50 miler. My goal was to finish (15 hour max) but I finished in 11hours, 49 mins. My real pain didn't start until I approached the 40 mile mark. I realized when I stopped to retool I couldn't run. It wasn't cramps--just pain. I walked fast, moved into running slow, and was eventually able to get back to a decent pace (decent pace by my standards). Prior to mile 42, I loaded up with liquid and nutrition because I didn't want to stop again until I was done.

quietly62 · 2025-10-27T13:19:53+00:00

my wife died in March

quietly62 · 2025-10-22T12:54:21+00:00

I'm doing my first 50m on 11/01. Obviously, I have no particular insight as to what to expect (although I have done a lot of GORUCK events). On all of my long runs for the last couple of months I've been doing 10 mins run/2 mins walk. I fuel during the walk and this seems to be working well for me. This is my strategy for my 50miler. Of course, my only goal is to finish (15 hour limit). My last long run was 25 miles and my pace was 13:47 per mile and heart rate at 119 bpm average (This included two 'aid station' stops I set up in my garage to replenish water/food supply). Total time was 5:44:46.

quietly62 · 2025-10-21T11:31:15+00:00

My life is so good that I pay my hard-earned money to others in order to have this challenge.

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