and i've now done play-by-play for 5 separate editions of western states all within this thread. thats kinda scary.

and the point of quoting yourself was?

I think he meant to edit but hit the quote button instead.
Even happens to the best (mostly just me) of us.

believe it or not folks, i'm actually running again, not just jawing off on online forums and playing poker.  This is about my half dozenth (thats a word right?) comeback attempt, so we'll see how long it really lasts. My main immediate motivation, of course, being to make a run at my highly beatable marathon PR (3:28)....and hopefully drop another few toenails in the process. Given the vast amount of time i spent being a couch potato and working on my keg, and the magnitude of fitness I lost as a result, this will take at least a year's worth of consistent training to work.....but it's doable. I would estimate my 100% max potential, max effort, max favorable circumstances performance to be somewhere in the low 2:50s, but that would be a few years away IF i can somehow keep myself consistently fit for that long.  As far as time goals go, the one I really want to hit is <3:11 for the BQ.   Right now I'm still at the point where i'm thrilled about being able to complete 30 minutes.......compared to my ultimate peak when anything under 60 felt short. It's all about the baby steps.  At least I'm only 22, so I have a lot of peak time to ride things out......and 8 years to have enough endurance to crawl my way through 100.2 miles in <30:00:00.

I trust everyone else is tapering already?

The Kenyan is back at it! Woooo!
That's it if you can do it so will I. I'm going for a run today.

I am down for that but 13 years is a long time how about 7 years.

Of course. <10k races rely heavily on your VO2 max. You'll neglect this aspect of training when training for ultras in preference for pure endurance and a high lactate threshold, however, it's very easy to get back. You can max out your VO2 max (get it to the highest level your genetics will allow) in a matter of months and then your speed will return.