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Congrats on the PR and showing! Looks like I have my work cut out for me this spring!19:02 for my 5K this morning.
Down and back course on the boardwalk with some light rain, 50 degrees and starting into a 15 mph headwind (worked well for a tailwind). Wasn't expecting much but ended up with a PR and 3rd overall finish. First time I ever had a negative split on a 5K. Splits went like this:
6:11(187)
6:16(190)
6:05(194)
:30 (194)
3/326 overall 1/37 in the 30-39 age group. Oh and they actually gave me a $50 gift card to a shoe store! Sub 19 is coming soon.
Excellent! Great job!19:02 for my 5K this morning.
Down and back course on the boardwalk with some light rain, 50 degrees and starting into a 15 mph headwind (worked well for a tailwind). Wasn't expecting much but ended up with a PR and 3rd overall finish. First time I ever had a negative split on a 5K. Splits went like this:
6:11(187)
6:16(190)
6:05(194)
:30 (194)
3/326 overall 1/37 in the 30-39 age group. Oh and they actually gave me a $50 gift card to a shoe store! Sub 19 is coming soon.
Liberal application of BodyGlide everywhere that might hypothetically chafe.
Essentially because by the time I get home from work I'm beat and don't want to think about running 3-4 miles regardless of how slow they are. My day starts at 3:30 usually, get a run in, to work by 8, home by 6-6:30, dinner, family stuff and I'm done.
Keep running, it will suck for a few hundred yards but your body will adjust. Might blow any PR opportunities but just keep running. Part of the reason I ran nasty, wet, muddy trails this morning in a rainstorm...practice like you play so there aren't surprises race day or at least you know better how to deal with them.
don't open your mouth.... unless you're into that... otherwise bleach works pretty well at getting that stuff out.
Awesome!19:02 for my 5K this morning.
Down and back course on the boardwalk with some light rain, 50 degrees and starting into a 15 mph headwind (worked well for a tailwind). Wasn't expecting much but ended up with a PR and 3rd overall finish. First time I ever had a negative split on a 5K. Splits went like this:
6:11(187)
6:16(190)
6:05(194)
:30 (194)
3/326 overall 1/37 in the 30-39 age group. Oh and they actually gave me a $50 gift card to a shoe store! Sub 19 is coming soon.
Thanks. Went to sleep a while afterwards, fell asleep in like 8 seconds.............now celebrating with some whiskey on the rocks.
If not for Boston coming up I'd say leave it alone. But in this case you should treat it as you described - just be sure everything is really clean.
Some of you people are fast. I couldn't do 400 repeats at that pace. Hell, I don't think I could do 200 repeats at that pace. Not that I ever do track repeats, just sayin'.....Awesome!19:02 for my 5K this morning.
Down and back course on the boardwalk with some light rain, 50 degrees and starting into a 15 mph headwind (worked well for a tailwind). Wasn't expecting much but ended up with a PR and 3rd overall finish. First time I ever had a negative split on a 5K. Splits went like this:
6:11(187)
6:16(190)
6:05(194)
:30 (194)
3/326 overall 1/37 in the 30-39 age group. Oh and they actually gave me a $50 gift card to a shoe store! Sub 19 is coming soon.
Congrats on the hardware and booty.19:02 for my 5K this morning.
Down and back course on the boardwalk with some light rain, 50 degrees and starting into a 15 mph headwind (worked well for a tailwind). Wasn't expecting much but ended up with a PR and 3rd overall finish. First time I ever had a negative split on a 5K. Splits went like this:
6:11(187)
6:16(190)
6:05(194)
:30 (194)
3/326 overall 1/37 in the 30-39 age group. Oh and they actually gave me a $50 gift card to a shoe store! Sub 19 is coming soon.
That's what she said.Congrats on the hardware and booty.19:02 for my 5K this morning.
Down and back course on the boardwalk with some light rain, 50 degrees and starting into a 15 mph headwind (worked well for a tailwind). Wasn't expecting much but ended up with a PR and 3rd overall finish. First time I ever had a negative split on a 5K. Splits went like this:
6:11(187)
6:16(190)
6:05(194)
:30 (194)
3/326 overall 1/37 in the 30-39 age group. Oh and they actually gave me a $50 gift card to a shoe store! Sub 19 is coming soon.
Sure, but your workouts would cripple most of usSome of you people are fast. I couldn't do 400 repeats at that pace. Hell, I don't think I could do 200 repeats at that pace. Not that I ever do track repeats, just sayin'.....Awesome!19:02 for my 5K this morning.
Down and back course on the boardwalk with some light rain, 50 degrees and starting into a 15 mph headwind (worked well for a tailwind). Wasn't expecting much but ended up with a PR and 3rd overall finish. First time I ever had a negative split on a 5K. Splits went like this:
6:11(187)
6:16(190)
6:05(194)
:30 (194)
3/326 overall 1/37 in the 30-39 age group. Oh and they actually gave me a $50 gift card to a shoe store! Sub 19 is coming soon.
Fair enough, as they've crippled me for a few days on occasion. I was a little sore this morning, and I usually take the day after a 4+ hour run completely off. But as I need to work towards being able to do long back-to-backs by mid-summer I decided I'd head out and at least get in a few recovery miles on the roads near my parents' house. A good 1/3 mile walking, a slow jog for a mile or two, and by then I started to actually feel pretty good! I ended up knocking out 5 miles total and then spent some extra time stretching and with a foam roller (yes, I even have one at my parent's house).Sure, but your workouts would cripple most of usSome of you people are fast. I couldn't do 400 repeats at that pace. Hell, I don't think I could do 200 repeats at that pace. Not that I ever do track repeats, just sayin'.....Awesome!19:02 for my 5K this morning.
Down and back course on the boardwalk with some light rain, 50 degrees and starting into a 15 mph headwind (worked well for a tailwind). Wasn't expecting much but ended up with a PR and 3rd overall finish. First time I ever had a negative split on a 5K. Splits went like this:
6:11(187)
6:16(190)
6:05(194)
:30 (194)
3/326 overall 1/37 in the 30-39 age group. Oh and they actually gave me a $50 gift card to a shoe store! Sub 19 is coming soon.
Have a great day out there fellas.
Same - except 26.2 and I ran 20k this afternoon heading into the two week taper.
Awesome job Hang10. You speed guys are a treat to watch. It's cool to hear you working so hard internally but making it look so effortless to those on the sidelines. I ran a race with a local guy that broke a 5 minute mile a few times. Watching him run always reminded me of watching a deer run. Just long, effortless gluiding more than running. Very natural stride, fun to watch, not something I've been blessed with.Hang 10 said:9 mile trail run this morning. Legs felt surpisingly loose this morning and I actually ran pretty fast coming off a PR 5K. Averaged 8:09...last 3 miles were in the 7:20's.
Reflecting back on the 5K, I once again come to the conclusion that the 5K is the pound for pound most brutal race there is. BUT there were some pretty cool moments for me from this past race.
First was the fact when you run a 5K it's just a different kind of race than the rest because they are generally smaller and it seems more so that you're racing your competition more than the clock. I get to the start line and I'm actually sizing up the other racers...see a few familiar faces. Me another guy I know, look around and we both ask, "whose going to win this thing?" He responds that it's going to be me...I hate hearing that but I wasn't sure he was wrong. I can't imagine a scenario in a longer race where this would be possible. In the end, the winner dropped into the 17's and coasted to victory. I finished a distance 3rd but still...3rd out of 300+ is better than I've ever done.
Second, after reading more about road racing, it was pretty cool to actually pull off a nice racing tactic. Around the 2 mile mark I see that I'm closing in on the 3rd place runner and I'm probably running about 6 minutes flat at this point. I know that I'm going to pass him eventually but I knew that when it was time to make my move, I didn't want him stick with me. I had to dig deep but when I got close enough, I shifted gears (not easy to do at that pace for me) and passed him like he was standing still and never flinched or looked back. Worked like a charm. Dude never changed his stride. That was great feeling.
At the end, I'm just trying to purge my mind of the word quit and finish well. I'm dying to just coast but I hear someone cheering for someone close behind me. I even start to hear footsteps around the 3 mile mark. Ah hell no...noway I'm going to run this hard to get out kicked at the end and denied my first overall top 3. I also realize that no one is catching me that's behind at this point unless I slow down. I kicked like a ******* the end. I looked at the gps data later and I actually ran a 5:59 pace the last 1.1 miles. How I didn't end up puking, I'll never know. Turned out the guy behind me was a friend of a friend and we chatted on facebook this morning. He mentioned that he couldn't believe how it looked like I was hardly working and he was struggling so bad to try to keep up. If he only knew, I thought. Was good feeling hearing that. At least I looked strong.
One last stray observation...3 seconds away from 18:59!? I was trying to think could I have done anything any different if I knew I was so close. I know I couldn't have run any faster on the second half, so maybe I could have shaved some time at the beginning...but that's easy to think in retrospect. I gave it my all yesterday considering the wind and not treating this as an important race. There's always the next race. This gonna make me work that much harder because I know how close I am.
Anyways, enough rambling. Happy Easter, Fellas.
Great stuff, Hang10!Hang 10 said:9 mile trail run this morning. Legs felt surpisingly loose this morning and I actually ran pretty fast coming off a PR 5K. Averaged 8:09...last 3 miles were in the 7:20's.
Reflecting back on the 5K, I once again come to the conclusion that the 5K is the pound for pound most brutal race there is. BUT there were some pretty cool moments for me from this past race.
First was the fact when you run a 5K it's just a different kind of race than the rest because they are generally smaller and it seems more so that you're racing your competition more than the clock. I get to the start line and I'm actually sizing up the other racers...see a few familiar faces. Me another guy I know, look around and we both ask, "whose going to win this thing?" He responds that it's going to be me...I hate hearing that but I wasn't sure he was wrong. I can't imagine a scenario in a longer race where this would be possible. In the end, the winner dropped into the 17's and coasted to victory. I finished a distance 3rd but still...3rd out of 300+ is better than I've ever done.
Second, after reading more about road racing, it was pretty cool to actually pull off a nice racing tactic. Around the 2 mile mark I see that I'm closing in on the 3rd place runner and I'm probably running about 6 minutes flat at this point. I know that I'm going to pass him eventually but I knew that when it was time to make my move, I didn't want him stick with me. I had to dig deep but when I got close enough, I shifted gears (not easy to do at that pace for me) and passed him like he was standing still and never flinched or looked back. Worked like a charm. Dude never changed his stride. That was great feeling.
At the end, I'm just trying to purge my mind of the word quit and finish well. I'm dying to just coast but I hear someone cheering for someone close behind me. I even start to hear footsteps around the 3 mile mark. Ah hell no...noway I'm going to run this hard to get out kicked at the end and denied my first overall top 3. I also realize that no one is catching me that's behind at this point unless I slow down. I kicked like a ******* the end. I looked at the gps data later and I actually ran a 5:59 pace the last 1.1 miles. How I didn't end up puking, I'll never know. Turned out the guy behind me was a friend of a friend and we chatted on facebook this morning. He mentioned that he couldn't believe how it looked like I was hardly working and he was struggling so bad to try to keep up. If he only knew, I thought. Was good feeling hearing that. At least I looked strong.
One last stray observation...3 seconds away from 18:59!? I was trying to think could I have done anything any different if I knew I was so close. I know I couldn't have run any faster on the second half, so maybe I could have shaved some time at the beginning...but that's easy to think in retrospect. I gave it my all yesterday considering the wind and not treating this as an important race. There's always the next race. This gonna make me work that much harder because I know how close I am.
Anyways, enough rambling. Happy Easter, Fellas.
Nipguards. Lack of those will be a big, big regret.
No argument there!Hang 10 said:
For most of us that would be a superlatively good 5K time even if we didn't have to run another 23.1 miles afterward.
