I was 50 miles into last year’s painfully flat Antelope Island 100 Miler in Utah. While I was trying to stay on Speedgoat Karl Meltzer’s sub-15 hour course record splits, my early season fitness was a little less than desirable.

Personal records or “PRs” can be overrated. Once you’ve conquered the fastest, flattest marathon courses around, then what?

It has taken years for my stubborn mentality to recognize the following:  a plan without some form of consistent accountability is wasteful. This past January, I completed my first 50K…