Ah . No I had not <| sep |> hell yeah man ! Money spenders will never catch any flak from me haha . <| sep |> I ' m resting up today and tomorrow , I ' ve got my a half marathon on Sunday I ' ve been running each of the last few years . It ' s been a year since I did a road half so I should reasonably expect to be able to PR . I prefer trail races but a whole lot of friends do this half so it ' s fun to be able to talk about with people after the race and it ' s very important to have a decent time for bragging purposes . And what I ' m actually much more excited about , this morning I registered for my first 50 mile race . The White River 50 is a local classic , it was the national trail 50 mile championships for many years so it ' s got a history of some very strong performances , and with about 8000 feet of elevation gain it will be a good vertical challenge as well . It ' s not until August and I have a whole spring racing season to go through first but I am already excited for it . This is the thing to get me out of bed for early morning training runs for all of 2017 .