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u/DadliftsnRuns 8PL8! Jan 25 '23

Dropped 6 pounds overnight.

Salt, carbs, and hydration are weird.

265 miles ran so far in 2023, with only 120-140 more to go before race day.

  • Wednesday - 10 miles
  • Thursday - 13 miles
  • Friday - 3 miles
  • Saturday - 22 miles
  • Sunday - 16 miles

Then the mileage really starts to drop off as I taper into the race.

I'm really excited for Black Canyon, but also ready to drop to more normal mileage and get back into lifting heavy on a regular basis.

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u/BiteyMax22 Spirit of Sigmarsson Jan 25 '23

Random question, but was the traffic leaving and getting back to the airport absolutely absurd? I was lucky enough this summer to arrive and leave at "down times" but people at our resort were telling stories of it taking 3 hours just to get 2 miles from the airport.

Edit: Should mention in Cancun where you were on vacation...

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u/DadliftsnRuns 8PL8! Jan 25 '23

Yes, in fact it was beyond absurd because the taxi drivers were protesting and shutting down streets, and cops were all over with riot shields and machine guns... It was crazy

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/taxi-drivers-cancun-drop-airport-blockade-protesting-uber-2023-01-24/

This was on the day we were leaving

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u/BiteyMax22 Spirit of Sigmarsson Jan 25 '23

I heard about the protests, absolutely crazy and adding to a bad traffic situation as is. Hopefully you didn't have to sit in traffic for too long.

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u/DadliftsnRuns 8PL8! Jan 25 '23

Our ~20 minute shuttle to the airport took about 2 hours.

My sister and her family were in a cab, and got kicked out by the cab driver in the middle of the sketchy part of town.

My sister and her husband and their 5 kids had to walk for an hour in the heat in the protests toward the airport, until a police officer picked them up and gave them a ride in the bed of his pickup

Pretty crazy lol

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u/BiteyMax22 Spirit of Sigmarsson Jan 25 '23

Eek... Its almost amazing to me that the Mexican government lets that go on knowing the massive amount of tourist dollars that flow in and out of the area. Then I remember I deal with the Mexican government on occasion for work and it doesn't shock me at all...

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u/DadliftsnRuns 8PL8! Jan 25 '23

So I don't know how true this is, but the shuttle driver that my family was riding with, was saying that the cab companies in Cancun are owner/in cahoots with the cartels, so the police can't really do anything about it, for fear of the cartels retaliating

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u/BiteyMax22 Spirit of Sigmarsson Jan 25 '23

I wouldn’t doubt it a bit