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Damn, very impressive! Glad to hear it went well, and agree that an 8:24 pace sounds doable (which is insane for a back-of-the-packer like me)! You'll obviously need to be a little quicker than that to account for aid station stops, but if you can be efficient with those you'll be golden.
Does she come in blond?SteelCurtain said:
One thing to consider that was brought up earlier is, if you want to do zwift, it's advantageous to get a smart trainer. You're probably familiar with this, but a smart trainer means that the Zwift app/game sends a signal to the trainer to increase resistance on uphills and decrease on downhills. It's more interactive. You can still use other trainers with Zwift such as the NordicTrack, but resistance stays constant (or manually adjusted) and it's a more static experience.SteelCurtain said:
@Brony summed it up, options. I had bikes long before a trainer so I was on the roads for a year or two first. Traffic around me is difficult and was causing some trepidation on my part as well as multiple flats far from home, it all just led to a bad biking experience. When the opportunity to get a trainer presented itself I was a little apprehensive but Zwift + Smart Trainer is as close to real feel as you're going to get. They've just introduced steering as well so if your trainer is capable, you can steer like you would on the roads/trails.SteelCurtain said:
I haven't run since Saturday. This has been a bad week so far.
Today feel you, I’ve lost whatever routine I had when I started a couple days back in the office a few weeks back. Been getting to around 35-40 miles recent weeks but lots more random time runs.
So, how's that half marathon training goingI haven't run since Saturday. This has been a bad week so far.
Every day has been a minor emergency or something going on. Getting cranky right about now.....
Awful start to that.So, how's that half marathon training going
You reading that right from the excuses manual or just making them up on the fly? Dog eat your running shoes yet?Awful start to that.
I ran ten miles on Saturday, so I'll be able to run the 13.1 on that day. Hoping to get a run in today, but it will be late due to son's high school soccer game. I was all set to run yesterday right after work but one of my techs quit 30 minutes before I was supposed to go home. So I had to deal with that, which took away my running time because my son's birthday was last night so we had dinner, presents, etc....
Monday night was high school soccer....
It's nice sports are starting up again but it's totally screwed up my schedule. Ugh.
No
I’m out for this one. Still planning on doing Fall 50 in October, so while I am starting to add back “quality,” my near-term focus is going to be on mileage, not speed.
I'm out for this as well. Just have zero motivation to race right now, especially when a PR won't be in the cards (as I still ramp-back from my injury).
It's not really a race. It's just a 13.1 mile run so people can be motivated to go out and run it.
Right, and I thought the prediction idea might be a fun way for those who can't or would rather not run 13.1 miles to participate. Maybe it doesn't fit into wraith5's training schedule, but he would like to follow along. So, he sees Zasada is participating, and has to make a prediction. Well, Zasada runs a lot of miles, so no issues there. But, he's treating it as a training run, so knowing him he might spend 6 hours the previous day climbing mountains, so that would so slow him down some. But on the other hand, maybe he can't resist the urge to push a bit and treat it more as a tempo. But, 13 miles is a long time to sustain an effort with no crowd or other racers.
Count me in! Any chance we can give people a 48 hour window to do it? Just thinking about kids activities and weather considerations. I really don't feel like running in a downpour if I can avoid it.ChiefD said:
I second at least a little bit of flexibility. I am probably driving out to MAC-land to pick up the daughter from college that weekend, so timing could be dicey for me.
I do not look forward to going back to the office. Mostly because they expect me to wear pants. (No return date set yet)
Not sure which one she has in mind, but Houston is as flat as a pancake and PHX/Mesa is net downhill. Both early in the year.
I guess the shark move would be to do the gian/grue thing, where you lead me to a PR while attempting to murder me via asphyxiation.
thanks for the bump. haven't been in the thread much in a while cause I'm a lazy slacker. glad to get a chance to participate/donate.
when is this?ChiefD said:
Maybe wait til summer and just build the house on your own. Plenty of trees for lumber up there.
We actually looked into this, but they said I couldn't build a house with a shovel.
