Blast from the Past

So I stockpile gels, bites, basically anything I can grab for free at races. I was gathering some running essentials for a 31 mile fun run Saturday and came across a PowerGel with a "best by" date from April 18, 2009. I have about 7 of these old packets. Should I eat them?

Skewed Training

I'm thinking the only way to prepare to run a marathon in March is to run an ultra marathon in February. Perhaps I'll run 20 miles and walk 11 in the Cowtown. How long will that take, no more than 8 hours I'm thinking.

I Must Break You

I am either:

A) Building myself up

or

B) Slowly breaking down

It is easy to listen to your body, just tough to know which is happening.