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This thread is for anyone who decides to hit the road. No one here cares about how fast the other is. Some of these nutcases doing 50k races started with this same kind of message a few years ago. Look forward to seeing your progress.
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Nice job. I started with couch to 5k also. I don't post much but I lurk in this thread often. It is a great source of info and inspiration. Stick around.
I live in Indiana. Trails are not so prevalent in my part of the world. I could run through a corn field and blaze a trail ... until the farmer catches me.
That's what I said (and several others). Setting the o/u on your first marathon at Oct 2015.
Half marathon. In Indy, it is called the Mini-Marathon ... though everyone calls it the "Mini."
It's ridiculous. Usually I'm fine going on 5-6 hours of sleep. The last few days I've been getting plenty of sleep, and yet I'm still dragging ###. As we speak, it's not even 1 PM and I feel like pulling a Costanza and taking a nap under my desk for a bit...I'm a complete wuss when it comes to sleep deprivation. If I'm consistently getting up at 3:00 or 4:00 to run, it means that after a few days of that I'm asleep by 8:00 even though it's still daylight out there. It's kind of life-disrupting. GB you guys who can function on 5-6 hours of sleep a night. I can't do it.I'm starting to remember what I don't like about marathon training. It's only been a few weeks at 50ish miles per week, and I don't even "officially" start my 12-week training program until next Monday, and already I'm tired ALL THE TIME...
So yeah, let's revisit this. I had another "episode" where my heart rate spiked working out a couple weeks ago and remembering this post I figured maybe you were right. Needless to say, I went to my doctor and then eventually made it to see a cardiologist. So far so good. (haven't had any episodes since) Last week the cardiologist said that he wasn't worried, said I could continue running and exercising but scheduled me for a stress test today and then I was fitted with some kind of monitor that's affixed to my chest for the next two weeks (real bummer is that it can't be submerged in water :( ).
That was my reaction as well. I was more stressed out arguing with her than I was on the treadmill. If my max is 185 then how the hell do a run a 5K with a higher heart than that for over half the race?
Wow, first I'm glad you are listening to the warning signs. Two, I'm glad everything's checked out so far!
That was my reaction as well. I was more stressed out arguing with her than I was on the treadmill. If my max is 185 then how the hell do a run a 5K with a higher heart than that for over half the race?
Exactly, what's worse is another nurse backed her up. These women are supposed to be trained medical professionals and they are still pushing this outdated crap? You'd think they'd a little more than that working for a cardiologist.
Because that's your max, but not your max max. Duh.That was my reaction as well. I was more stressed out arguing with her than I was on the treadmill. If my max is 185 then how the hell do a run a 5K with a higher heart than that for over half the race?
Ha...I remember posting something very similar to what phatdawg posted, and tri-man posted something very similar to the above. I remember thinking "what's a PR?" ...had to go look it up.I third them. Good luck with the first 5K! If it's your first one, good news - you'll set a PR.
That sucks.
Exactly. Who the hell would be so stupid?!
here is what it looked likeThat sucks.
Could you maybe find a different marathon in a week or two? On top of the physical stuff, I can't imagine your head is gonna be right for this one, either.
Oh man. That sucks.here is what it looked likeThat sucks.
Could you maybe find a different marathon in a week or two? On top of the physical stuff, I can't imagine your head is gonna be right for this one, either.
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No telling, but idiots abound everywhere. Gators are pretty docile, but not in my worst drunken stupor would I consider jumping an 11 footer. Even without the teeth (and, more importantly, tail) a gator that size weighs ~400lbs. I don't think that guy with those size arms is moving anything like that, living or dead.
You have a huge base that you acquired by pounding out huge miles. You then did a huge number of events stacked together and really didn't take an off season. Your body finally said enough and forced you to take some down time. Now that your rested/recovered, you're reaping both the rewards of being fresh and the base you acquired. Hence I'm not surprised that you're seeing these types of training results and you should have a really good season in front of you.
Nope, it's just a remnant of the early days of trail/ultra running - an informal race with minimal to no aid, no schwag, no entry few, just some dudes getting together to run some trail miles. Not sure where the term Fat ### came from originally, but it's the term used for these kinds of events.
He and I laughed about that after the finish.
Ooof 85 sucks. Good smart racing there, Ivan.My 10K is in the books. It was about 85 at the start, so I decided to abandon any particular time goal and just go out at a pace that I thought I could hold. I still ended up with a small positive split, but most people faded a lot worse than I did and I noticed that I extended my lead over slower runner by quite a bit during the last couple of miles. This is a small event (~60 folks) so you're running alone a good chunk of the time. With about a mile to go, I finally reeled in a lone guy that I had been gaining on for a while. Upon passing him he said "You got me -- I'm hurting bad here" but I figured if he had the energy to strike up a conversation, he probably had quite a bit left in the tank. Sure enough, he passed me back 3-4 minutes later with a half mile to go. Sandbagging mother####er.
Finished in 47:27, about a minute off my PR. I thought that might have been good for an AG win because I didn't see anybody obviously in their 40s ahead of me, but the race director just sort of packed up without announcing any results, so I guess I'll have to wait to find out. Regardless, that's a poor 10K time for me attributable to the weather. I was doing 5-6 mile tempo runs a couple of months ago at that same pace or faster, but of course those were on nice 40 degree days. No worries.
@ sandbagger"I was doing 5-6 mile tempo runs a couple of months ago at that same pace or faster, but of course those were on nice 40 degree days."Congrat Ivan. Sounds like you adjusted appropriately for the conditions.Ooof 85 sucks. Good smart racing there, Ivan.My 10K is in the books. It was about 85 at the start, so I decided to abandon any particular time goal and just go out at a pace that I thought I could hold. I still ended up with a small positive split, but most people faded a lot worse than I did and I noticed that I extended my lead over slower runner by quite a bit during the last couple of miles. This is a small event (~60 folks) so you're running alone a good chunk of the time. With about a mile to go, I finally reeled in a lone guy that I had been gaining on for a while. Upon passing him he said "You got me -- I'm hurting bad here" but I figured if he had the energy to strike up a conversation, he probably had quite a bit left in the tank. Sure enough, he passed me back 3-4 minutes later with a half mile to go. Sandbagging mother####er.
Finished in 47:27, about a minute off my PR. I thought that might have been good for an AG win because I didn't see anybody obviously in their 40s ahead of me, but the race director just sort of packed up without announcing any results, so I guess I'll have to wait to find out. Regardless, that's a poor 10K time for me attributable to the weather. I was doing 5-6 mile tempo runs a couple of months ago at that same pace or faster, but of course those were on nice 40 degree days. No worries.
I don't care how many times I tell myself that conditions have a ton of influence on performance, I don't know that I can ever come to peace with it. Drives me crazy.
