Ran a 10k in June (5 Viewers)

[tri-man 47]

I've been lurking here but haven't posted in a while, so I'll give a quick update:Since my 10K about 1.5 weeks ago, I've decided on my next race. Lake County 1/2 Marathon in WI....September 5th. It'll be my second 1/2 marathon this year! I want to lower my time from 2:04:43 to 1:45:00. I have 11 weeks to go and have begun a training program this week (from Runner's World). I'm excited by the challenge (I know it's been just week one of training) and I'm confident I'll be able to stick to the program. No excuses for not being able to get a training run in. Have to get up early and train before work? Done! Can't train until the sun goes down? Done! No excuses this time around! Wish me luck....

I love the attitude, Keggers. Get after it!

!!!

 

[wraith5]

Still sick, and this humidity kills me. I ran like 3 miles yesterday morning and I swear I lost like 2lbs of sweat for my effort. I'll get out there tomorrow morning again and give it another shot.

Swam at lunch at the outdoor community pool - 550 yds (22 laps), but just 50 yds at a time after 2 x 100.

 

[Sand]

Here is a pic of our 2nd-place relay team from last Saturday.

For future reference please get some hot tri chicks for your next relay team. TIA

 

[2Young2BBald]

I've been lurking here but haven't posted in a while, so I'll give a quick update:Since my 10K about 1.5 weeks ago, I've decided on my next race. Lake County 1/2 Marathon in WI....September 5th. It'll be my second 1/2 marathon this year! I want to lower my time from 2:04:43 to 1:45:00. I have 11 weeks to go and have begun a training program this week (from Runner's World). I'm excited by the challenge (I know it's been just week one of training) and I'm confident I'll be able to stick to the program. No excuses for not being able to get a training run in. Have to get up early and train before work? Done! Can't train until the sun goes down? Done! No excuses this time around! Wish me luck....

I love the attitude, Keggers. Get after it!

Not today, it's too hot Kidding. I ran this morning....on the treadmill.

Call me a massochist, but I think I'm actually gonna try going 10 this afternoon. But I'll take it easy, and I'm wearing my Fuel Belt.

You're a massochist. I just got back from an easy 5K, figuring I better acclimate to hot, hot temps as it is supposed to be 88 degrees for Sunday's tri. The heat index is 97 ####### degrees here. I emptied an entire 4 bottle Amphipod Belt in 3 miles of running and still drank about 20 ozs of water since getting back. If you haven't left and see this, be careful. In the least, find a shady route & max out the bottles on your belt (and maybe plant more water on the route).

 

[2Young2BBald]

Here is a pic of our 2nd-place relay team from last Saturday.

For future reference please get some hot tri chicks for your next relay team. TIA

He knows better, I am sure he'll be posting them as soon as they are available

 

[gruecd]

You're a massochist. I just got back from an easy 5K, figuring I better acclimate to hot, hot temps as it is supposed to be 88 degrees for Sunday's tri. The heat index is 97 ####### degrees here. I emptied an entire 4 bottle Amphipod Belt in 3 miles of running and still drank about 20 ozs of water since getting back. If you haven't left and see this, be careful. In the least, find a shady route & max out the bottles on your belt (and maybe plant more water on the route).

Thanks, 2Young. Made it just fine. 10 miles at 8:14 average pace in 90-degree heat. I did run on an old "rails to trails" route, so it was probably 3/4 shaded. I downed my entire 4-bottle Fuel Belt (total 32 ounces), but I actually felt fine afterwards. Glad I did it. Probably not the smartest idea in the world, but one of those runs that makes you feel invincible.Nice job on your run, too.

 

[Sand]

Small breakthrough - ran 3.14 miles in 25:05. That comes out to be 7:59/mi. Considering the heat here (brutal) and the fact that the track at the Y has ~150 feet of climbing over that 3 miles I'm pretty pleased with it. I know I have a long way to go training in this sport - I can go much, much faster.

Followed that up with a 1600yd swim. Pretty much want to melt into the sofa here.

 

[Sand]

Just thought you guys might like this. A video of Lance at the Nevada City Criterium. He and Levi lapped the general field twice. Evidently one (awesome) local hung on through to the end.

 

[gruecd]

For future reference please get some hot tri chicks for your next relay team. TIA

He knows better, I am sure he'll be posting them as soon as they are available

Oh, relax, you hornballs. Busy at work, but here's a little something to quench your thirst. I thought this girl was gorgeous. This girl took 2nd in the sprint. She's not anything special from the front, but from behind.....OH MY GOD! The should find a way to put numbers on the competitors' backs so that the photogs could take butt shots!

And this girl won the women's Half IM. Again, nothing special from the front, but beautiful from behind. She passed me in the second half of the run, and I did everything in my power to keep up, but to no avail.

ETA: One more. And another (too bad the dude got into the shot). I guess I really like her.

 

[gruecd]

Wow, I spend all that time pulling together pictures for you pervs, and two hours go by with nary a comment?! Could a brother at least get a "thank you?"

 

[tri-man 47]

Wow, I spend all that time pulling together pictures for you pervs, and two hours go by with nary a comment?! Could a brother at least get a "thank you?"

Only for the last pic ...thank you, kind sir.Back at it for me - 45 minutes in the pool today. I'm starting to psych up for a 'double' weekend ...doing the third trail run (12K) on 8/8, then the Oly tri on 8/9.

 

[gruecd]

Wow, I spend all that time pulling together pictures for you pervs, and two hours go by with nary a comment?! Could a brother at least get a "thank you?"

Only for the last pic ...thank you, kind sir.

Really, only the last one? If I didn't know better, I'd think maybe you caught a case of the ####.... NTTAWWT

 

[Keggers]

Wow, I spend all that time pulling together pictures for you pervs, and two hours go by with nary a comment?! Could a brother at least get a "thank you?"

Only for the last pic ...thank you, kind sir.

Really, only the last one? If I didn't know better, I'd think maybe you caught a case of the ####.... NTTAWWT

Sorry gruecd, I have to agree with Tri-man here.

 

[gruecd]

Wow, I spend all that time pulling together pictures for you pervs, and two hours go by with nary a comment?! Could a brother at least get a "thank you?"

Only for the last pic ...thank you, kind sir.

Really, only the last one? If I didn't know better, I'd think maybe you caught a case of the ####.... NTTAWWT

Sorry gruecd, I have to agree with Tri-man here.

To be clear, I'm not talking about their faces. But their bodies are smokin.

 

[Sand]

Wow, I spend all that time pulling together pictures for you pervs, and two hours go by with nary a comment?! Could a brother at least get a "thank you?"

Only for the last pic ...thank you, kind sir.

Really, only the last one? If I didn't know better, I'd think maybe you caught a case of the ####.... NTTAWWT

Sorry gruecd, I have to agree with Tri-man here.

To be clear, I'm not talking about their faces. But their bodies are smokin.

I will agree that #2 would look spectacular from behind. Other than that, though, they are strikingly average.A for effort.

 

[gruecd]

I will agree that #2 would look spectacular from behind. Other than that, though, they are strikingly average.A for effort.

What a bunch of ingrates. If these girls are "strikingly average," I'd love to see the ladies that you guys are shacking up with!

 

[2Young2BBald]

I will agree that #2 would look spectacular from behind. Other than that, though, they are strikingly average.A for effort.

What a bunch of ingrates. If these girls are "strikingly average," I'd love to see the ladies that you guys are shacking up with!

I, for one, am just happy you delivered something for a change AND, add the context that these fine ladies didn't exactly just exit a salon, I like what I see (even better when it shoved in to a suit a few sizes too small).

 

[tri-man 47]

2Young - have a fantastic race this weekend! (Not recalling if any others are racing.)

I head out in the morning to Boston for a conference through Tuesday, with a quick day in Maine before that begins ...the highlight of the trip will be picking up two more states for my running list. Oh, and some time away with my wife.

 

[gruecd]

Oh, and some time away with my wife.

Too funny.

 

[pigskinliquors]

I will agree that #2 would look spectacular from behind. Other than that, though, they are strikingly average.

A for effort.

What a bunch of ingrates. If these girls are "strikingly average," I'd love to see the ladies that you guys are shacking up with!

NO offense GB, but the "lady I'm shacking up with" is much better than what you've posted; but I don't mind even a bit looking at your contributions. My update:

Yesterday was a nice 5 mile run with the Mrs. followed immediately by a euphoric swim in the lagoon. I did three laps, which I equated to approximately 1 mile (most likely a little less). It was undoubtedly the best non-race swim I've ever had. Mrs. Liquors took some pic's from our hotel room, and I can't wait to share. Today we ran from our hotel to Diamond Head and back (a total of 7.6 miles). We ran most of the way up, but had to stop near the top where there is a $1 fee to enter the park. We'll bring a couple bucks with us, and finish the task on Saturday. Tomorrow will hopefully be a 1.5 mile swim, followed by another day of drinking multiple Mai Tai's. With it only being 3:20 pm right now, I could produce a PR for consumption today, as my pacing has been great thus far, and a luau is in our near future. Tomorrow I might do Mai Tai intervals (quick drinking, followed by slow).

 

[gruecd]

Awfully quiet around here lately. Must be the heat.

Woke up this morning with some pain on the top of my foot, which is strange, because it felt fine when I went to bed last night. Held off on my morning run, took some anti-inflammatories, and it's already feeling better. Weird.

Did an easy 4-miler yesterday afternoon, and I'll do another one later today. I've got a hilly 14-miler on tap for tomorrow morning with my running club's marathon training group. Actually looking forward to it.

2Young - Good luck on the tri this weekend.

tri-man - Safe travels.

Anyone else racing this weekend? I'm debating doing a notoriously hilly 5-mile race on Sunday morning, but it's 90 miles away, and it hardly seems worth driving that far to run for 32-33 minutes.

 

[BassNBrew]

See ya guys in a couple of weeks unless i catch free service somewhere on the Blue Ridge Parkway. BSandG up tomorrow. Shooting for top 30 if I ride the 1/2 and top 1/3 if I do the century. Good luck to anyone racing.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Awfully quiet around here lately. Must be the heat.

Woke up this morning with some pain on the top of my foot, which is strange, because it felt fine when I went to bed last night. Held off on my morning run, took some anti-inflammatories, and it's already feeling better. Weird.

Did an easy 4-miler yesterday afternoon, and I'll do another one later today. I've got a hilly 14-miler on tap for tomorrow morning with my running club's marathon training group. Actually looking forward to it.

2Young - Good luck on the tri this weekend.

tri-man - Safe travels.

Anyone else racing this weekend? I'm debating doing a notoriously hilly 5-mile race on Sunday morning, but it's 90 miles away, and it hardly seems worth driving that far to run for 32-33 minutes.

Taking the decoder ring to you post, I anxiously await your race report Good luck on the run, knowing your runners OCD you'll be in the car driving there before you even realize what you are doing.Thanks for the luck sent my way. This one has me nervous a bit only because all of the distances are longer that what I have raced before & its going to be HOT. I am my typical pre-race bundle of nerves.

 

[gruecd]

Taking the decoder ring to you post, I anxiously await your race report Good luck on the run, knowing your runners OCD you'll be in the car driving there before you even realize what you are doing.Thanks for the luck sent my way. This one has me nervous a bit only because all of the distances are longer that what I have raced before & its going to be HOT. I am my typical pre-race bundle of nerves.

We'll see about Sunday. It depends on whether or not I find something to do tomorrow night. If I stay home, then maybe....And regarding your race, I won't waste my breath telling you not to worry, because I know it won't do any good. But I'm sure you'll do great.Still hot here (low 80's), but a lot less humid, and I could tell on my run this afternoon. Ended up going 6 miles, starting slow, and picking up the pace gradually with each mile -- 8:25, 8:08, 8:02, 7:55, 7:49, and 7:26. Looking forward to tomorrow's hilly 14-miler.

 

[DolphinsPhan]

Had an awesome 11 mile run this morning. It was very easy and felt like I could have run for a few more miles with no problem. Hadn't run that far since my 1/2 in Oct 2007

Did a 10 miler a month ago and this morning finished 11 miles in 3 minutes less time. HR for 10 miler a month ago was 175 avg and today HR averaged 162 bpm for the run. And my pace was 2 m/m faster than a month ago...great feeling.

Can't believe I just finished my 4th week of my marathon training program already...

would also like to thank the makers of body glide.

Hope every one has good runs (and not the kind from eating too much taco bell)

 

[2Young2BBald]

And regarding your race, I won't waste my breath telling you not to worry, because I know it won't do any good. But I'm sure you'll do great.

Alright, I'm going to try something and thought putting it in writing would help my chances of making it happen. I have never treated a race as a "training race", but I think tomorrow just might be a good opportunity to do so. I just registered last night for another tri on 7/11 that I think fits what I can do much better that what I'll face tomorrow. The 7/11 tri will have a slightly tougher swim, but a shorter and flatter bike & run. So, I am going to try and just take it easy today & not stress tomorrow's race logistics. Unless something crazy happens with the weather, I am going without the security of a wetsuit. I can swim 2,000+ yards straight in the dang pool, I can't figure out why I am stressing so bad about 800 meters in a shallow lake (ya know, other than the whole drowning thing). The plan is to stay out of the thrashing, hug the bouys and find room to swim versus fighting for space like I did two weeks ago. Cool part is that it is a clockwise swim & I breathe on my right side, if/when I get to the inside it should be smooth sailing. I have no idea why, but I think I want to do the entire event in just the tri shorts to speed transitions and to se if it works for me for future events. The bike is advertised as "hilly" & "challenging", I have trained mostly on flat land. Then comes the run. If I can get to the run intact, then its on. If I am feeling good I would like to then pick off as many of my age groupers as I can. Now I just gotta make it happen

 

[gruecd]

Hilly 14-miler felt GREAT this morning. Averaged 7:45's, but picked up the pace towards the end and ran miles 12-14 at 7:30, 7:12, and 7:11.

DP - That's a great run. Awesome improvement.

2Young - Deep breaths. You'll do great.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

ETA: One more.

The big drawback here is that I can't comfortably run backwards. Otherwise, awesome.

 

[prosopis]

Man it sucks being a marathoner with marital difficulties. Like gruecd, my household isn't going very well these days.

Sorry to hear that, GB. On a more positive note, at least you found a productive way to blow off some steam. Me, I'm strongly considering buying a road bike that I can't afford so that I can add a cycling addition to my existing running addiction. I think I'm addicted to addictions.... Not that I've gotten to this point yet, but I'm wondering if there's a stat somewhere showing the divorce rate among households where one spouse is an endurance athlete and the other spouse isn't. Hmmm....

Interestingly enough I am noticing something in my marriage to. I cant put my finger on it but it is there. I do think it has something to do with all my exercising. I dont get the feeling that my wife is as happy about the shape I am getting into as I am. I have made the YMCA a family membership but she wont go except to use the pool with the kids. When I say lets go to the Y she flat out says she wont work out there. She does work out at home. She has the wii fit and had an eliptical which recently broke. I dont know? Not a big issue but I want to keep it from becoming a big issue.Anyway I am glad to read that triman made a wise decision and I hope all goes well with Roarin.

 

[prosopis]

I did 3.65 miles this morning. It was already over 90 at 8:00am It really sucks the energy from you. I just picked up a book that was recommended to me called Marathoning for Mortals. Anyone here read it?

 

[gruecd]

I did 3.65 miles this morning. It was already over 90 at 8:00am It really sucks the energy from you. I just picked up a book that was recommended to me called Marathoning for Mortals. Anyone here read it?

Yep, I own it.

 

[Sand]

I did 3.65 miles this morning. It was already over 90 at 8:00am It really sucks the energy from you. I just picked up a book that was recommended to me called Marathoning for Mortals. Anyone here read it?

I just did my run tonight at ~8 and it was still 85 and pretty much pea soup. Managed 8:30 miles which I was very happy with considering the hills and weather.

 

[pigskinliquors]

epic run with the Mrs. Today. She certainly H'dTFU. We ran to Diamond Head, up it and back! Multiple times I thought she was "Done" but she kept climbing and pushing. In all 8+ miles, lots of elevation and a finishing euphoria.

 

[2Young2BBald]

I did 3.65 miles this morning. It was already over 90 at 8:00am It really sucks the energy from you. I just picked up a book that was recommended to me called Marathoning for Mortals. Anyone here read it?

Loved it. Read it just after placing 3rd in my age group in a 5K and hadn't run longer than a 10K ever. I had decided I was going to do a 1/2 marathon and had no idea how I ws going to accomplish the goal. Literally 3 days later this thread started and the combination of the two got me there & WAY more. I really liked the combo of The Penguin & Jenny. My wife & I read the book together and both ran very successful 1/2 less than 5 months later. My wife is more like The Penguin, enjoy the jounery & I am more business like. I re-read most of the book before doing my marathon this spring and we have shared the book with over a dozen other folks. We have added their names on the inside cover.If I am up at 4:30 am without an alarm & there are 5 posters in the FFA it must be race day The radar doesn't look good. Hopefully the thunderstorms stay away as I do not want to do a Du vs a Tri.

 

[tri-man 47]

I do pushups once a week and am up to ~275 (week 6 day 3 of the hundredpushups.com workout). My problem with doing more pushups is that I strength train on other two days of the week and want to give the arms some chance to rest in between. Situps (along with other core work reps) are better - I get ~750 or so done a week (and for the first time in my life I have a six pack showing). These can be done without interfering with normal workouts.I need to do more dumbell work - most of my strength stuff is machines and I need to evolve into more free weights.

Sand, I wanted to follow-up on this from some days ago. If you're already doing strength work twice a week and a full dose of core reps, adding a lot of push-ups doesn't seem to be overly necessary! I need to find a way to get to some weights/machines once or twice a week. My core work is solid ...I need to be more intentional about the weights.While in Maine for a quick day and a half, I got in a very nice 8 mile run in Bath, ME. Good rolling hills; kind of scenic. We did a lot of driving as we headed to north-central Maine to visit old friends who run a really nice B&B overlooking Moosehead Lake (town of Greenville). They're actually just an hour from Canada. Beautiful area ...they're up in a hill region; lots of signs to watch out for moose on the roads!And man, do I Hate Conferences! One bad session this morning, now a 2 1/2 hour lunch break. Staying a ways away from the Boston convention center (Hynes) - staying right next to Beacon Hill - so pretty much stuck here. Yuck. Maybe I'll flip around in the pool for a while when I get back, then take the Mrs and head to the North End for dinner. We caught the "Cheers" restaurant last night then walked back through the very cool Beacon Hill area. I can catch a run tomorrow ...maybe head into Cambridge and Tri-man the Harvard campus. 2Young -

 

[2Young2BBald]

2Young -

Killed it. Rather, killed the swim and the run & survived the bike. Ended up 6th out of 25 or so in my AG, 6th on the swim , 15th on the bike :X & 5th on the run Water temp was 77 (one degree from no wetsuits). I packed the shorty and am glad I did. Stroms were rolling through just north of the lake and it was churning quite a bit. I hung back a bit and let the big boys and those that thought they were beat the heck out of each other and then found a nice lane around the entire course. I only broke from free style a few time to remove seaweed from my head, neck & shoulders. I did get about a 50 yard draft, but to be honest I was too quick to stay behind anyone. I even dolphin swam twice and then had tons in the tank to sprint to T1 (which went a little slow, but no real issues).Then came the 15 mile bike. Like a dope, I had the bike in one of my biggest gears and didn't change it. The ride started out with 1.2 miles of climbing. There were five or six really tough climbs and the downhills never seemed long enough. The CPU said I averaged 15.2 MPH, but it sure felt slower. Possibly the 39 MPH max speed on one of the long downhills helped (and helped me to pee myself a bit I think, it was scary fast). Crushed T2 in 48 seconds with a shoe change.This was definitely bike heavy field and I knew it from getting passed on the bike by guys in my AG. I was telling myself on the bike, get me to the run so I get get some of the ####### back. And I did, the run was equally as hilly as the bike and inculded 1 mile+ of dirt & wet grass. I mowed down a bunch of guys in my group in the first mile, which I did in 7:32. Hills/dirt made me back it down a bit, but I still did the 4 miles in 32:30ish. If anyone recalls (or cares I suppose), the only one of my friends that beat me 2 weekends ago is a 20 year tri vet and former college swimmer who ended up 3rd in his AG in that race. Well, I got him at mile 2 on the run and added 2 minutes of space. He is a GREAT guy so there was no smack talk at all, but it felt damn good to beat a guy a know is darn good at these. I couldn't be happier (well, I could have won the Giant G2 tri-bike they raffled off at the end) with how I did. Got another in two weeks on a FLAT run and ride course, CAN'T WAIT!!!!Oh & PSL, add more beers to my tab. I did the Rolaids thing again and while I felt I was heading towards cramps a bunch of time (sun came out & it was 80 for the run), I never did cramp or stop to stretch. Off to nap so I can at least function a little for or City's fireworks tonight & a pre-party before.

 

[prosopis]

2Young -

Killed it. Rather, killed the swim and the run & survived the bike. Ended up 6th out of 25 or so in my AG, 6th on the swim , 15th on the bike :X & 5th on the run Water temp was 77 (one degree from no wetsuits). I packed the shorty and am glad I did. Stroms were rolling through just north of the lake and it was churning quite a bit. I hung back a bit and let the big boys and those that thought they were beat the heck out of each other and then found a nice lane around the entire course. I only broke from free style a few time to remove seaweed from my head, neck & shoulders. I did get about a 50 yard draft, but to be honest I was too quick to stay behind anyone. I even dolphin swam twice and then had tons in the tank to sprint to T1 (which went a little slow, but no real issues).Then came the 15 mile bike. Like a dope, I had the bike in one of my biggest gears and didn't change it. The ride started out with 1.2 miles of climbing. There were five or six really tough climbs and the downhills never seemed long enough. The CPU said I averaged 15.2 MPH, but it sure felt slower. Possibly the 39 MPH max speed on one of the long downhills helped (and helped me to pee myself a bit I think, it was scary fast). Crushed T2 in 48 seconds with a shoe change.This was definitely bike heavy field and I knew it from getting passed on the bike by guys in my AG. I was telling myself on the bike, get me to the run so I get get some of the ####### back. And I did, the run was equally as hilly as the bike and inculded 1 mile+ of dirt & wet grass. I mowed down a bunch of guys in my group in the first mile, which I did in 7:32. Hills/dirt made me back it down a bit, but I still did the 4 miles in 32:30ish. If anyone recalls (or cares I suppose), the only one of my friends that beat me 2 weekends ago is a 20 year tri vet and former college swimmer who ended up 3rd in his AG in that race. Well, I got him at mile 2 on the run and added 2 minutes of space. He is a GREAT guy so there was no smack talk at all, but it felt damn good to beat a guy a know is darn good at these. I couldn't be happier (well, I could have won the Giant G2 tri-bike they raffled off at the end) with how I did. Got another in two weeks on a FLAT run and ride course, CAN'T WAIT!!!!Oh & PSL, add more beers to my tab. I did the Rolaids thing again and while I felt I was heading towards cramps a bunch of time (sun came out & it was 80 for the run), I never did cramp or stop to stretch. Off to nap so I can at least function a little for or City's fireworks tonight & a pre-party before.

Awesome

 

[pigskinliquors]

Awesome race and report 2Young! You are turning into a machine! Great to hear that rolaids did the trick for you.

My update: last day in paradise. I got a short swim in early and am now on my second Mai tai and it's only 8:45 am here. My liver needs me to get back on the mainland soon.

 

[RoarinSonoran]

I have never treated a race as a "training race", but I think tomorrow just might be a good opportunity to do so.

When I did the Rockstar series in '07, I used the Country Music Marathon as my 20miler, five weeks before I PR'd in the San Diego Marathon. After using the Virginia Beach Half as my 10miler, I PR'd again in the San Jose Half 5-6 weeks later. It's all a state of mind, I guess. If you treat everything as "race, race, race", I'd imagine that you'll burn out at some point.

 

[gruecd]

Nice race, 2Young. For reasons that I really can't get into, I'm having about the worst weekend ever, so I'm glad to see some of you guys having a good one. Later.

 

[pigskinliquors]

Nice race, 2Young. For reasons that I really can't get into, I'm having about the worst weekend ever, so I'm glad to see some of you guys having a good one. Later.

So sorry to hear Gruecd Hang in there.

 

[gruecd]

Nice race, 2Young. For reasons that I really can't get into, I'm having about the worst weekend ever, so I'm glad to see some of you guys having a good one. Later.

So sorry to hear Gruecd Hang in there.

The 8-mile trail run (on my scheduled day off) and the bottle of Ménage à Trois Red are helping a little bit, but not much. Like I told my one friend, at least I'll have ripped abs from the lack of appetite....

 

[gruecd]

On a more positive note (I'm grasping), today's 8-miler got me to 179 miles for the month and 788 for the year. Despite the injury, I'm almost back to flat year-over-year!

 

[meeka]

Well the good news is that I think my hamstring is fully recovered.

The bad news is I just got to work after spending 40 hours in bed with the a triple digit fever. I would still be in bed if that were an option.

Saturday morning I ran a 10K in a race for Children's Cancer Research. Nothing makes you HTFU like seeing signs along the course dedicated to kids with cancer. The ones with the dates on them are tough to run by. I ran for a co-workers 5 year old daughter who had both of her eyes removed in the last year to save her life from cancer. This girl is only 6 months younger than my oldest boy, and I am amazed by her strength and courage.

I ran the 10K with a buddy from work, and we did not race. We finished somewhere around 54 minutes, but I was not feeling to good, and I did not want to push things with my hamstring. With traffic and starting at the back of the pack we probably finished the first mile at about 11 minutes, so the rest of the run we spent passing people. Things felt good during the run, but during the day things took a turn for the worse and by that night I was forced to the couch feeling like crap.

I am hoping to feel better tomorrow or I will be missing yet another training run. Good to get this out of the way early but it is very frustrating.

 

[gruecd]

Well the good news is that I think my hamstring is fully recovered.The bad news is I just got to work after spending 40 hours in bed with the a triple digit fever. I would still be in bed if that were an option.

Hey, Meeka. Glad to hear that the hamstring is coming along. Hope you feel better.I know what you mean about the kids. I did the St. Jude Marathon in Memphis last December. Like you said, I kept thinking to myself, "If that 10-year-old can handle chemotherapy and radiation, then I can handle some sore legs."

 

[Sand]

I do pushups once a week and am up to ~275 (week 6 day 3 of the hundredpushups.com workout). My problem with doing more pushups is that I strength train on other two days of the week and want to give the arms some chance to rest in between. Situps (along with other core work reps) are better - I get ~750 or so done a week (and for the first time in my life I have a six pack showing). These can be done without interfering with normal workouts.

I need to do more dumbell work - most of my strength stuff is machines and I need to evolve into more free weights.

Sand, I wanted to follow-up on this from some days ago. If you're already doing strength work twice a week and a full dose of core reps, adding a lot of push-ups doesn't seem to be overly necessary! I need to find a way to get to some weights/machines once or twice a week. My core work is solid ...I need to be more intentional about the weights.

Yeah, but I like doing the pushups. Tuesday and Thursday are strength days and Sunday is pushups (except last night - drove 5 hours to vacation on the beach last night).

On a good note I went for an ocean swim today. Wasn't sure how far I went until I walked the beach (love my 305). Ended up clocking in at 1200yds and could have easily done more. I hear these horror stories about how OWS is much harder than pool swims. I found the ocean swim much easier than a pool swim. Seriously, with a wetsuit I would have been able to do a couple miles. I need to time myself and see if I was going significantly slower than in the pool, but it felt reasonably fast (excepting the waves).

 

[2Young2BBald]

Nice race, 2Young. For reasons that I really can't get into, I'm having about the worst weekend ever, so I'm glad to see some of you guys having a good one. Later.

Thanks and sorry to read about your weekend. I'm glad that running is giving you some relief, but be careful. Last I checked, SRD meant scheduled rest day. You are on track for an amazing marathon in the fall & I'd hate to read about you blowing up due to too much running.

 

[2Young2BBald]

I do pushups once a week and am up to ~275 (week 6 day 3 of the hundredpushups.com workout). My problem with doing more pushups is that I strength train on other two days of the week and want to give the arms some chance to rest in between. Situps (along with other core work reps) are better - I get ~750 or so done a week (and for the first time in my life I have a six pack showing). These can be done without interfering with normal workouts.

I need to do more dumbell work - most of my strength stuff is machines and I need to evolve into more free weights.

Sand, I wanted to follow-up on this from some days ago. If you're already doing strength work twice a week and a full dose of core reps, adding a lot of push-ups doesn't seem to be overly necessary! I need to find a way to get to some weights/machines once or twice a week. My core work is solid ...I need to be more intentional about the weights.

Yeah, but I like doing the pushups. Tuesday and Thursday are strength days and Sunday is pushups (except last night - drove 5 hours to vacation on the beach last night).

On a good note I went for an ocean swim today. Wasn't sure how far I went until I walked the beach (love my 305). Ended up clocking in at 1200yds and could have easily done more. I hear these horror stories about how OWS is much harder than pool swims. I found the ocean swim much easier than a pool swim. Seriously, with a wetsuit I would have been able to do a couple miles. I need to time myself and see if I was going significantly slower than in the pool, but it felt reasonably fast (excepting the waves).

COOL! I think its more fear in OW than more effort and cold water zaps some strength. I swam the 800 meters in yeasterday's tri at about the same speed as I would have done 800 pool yards, so I was faster in the lake than the pool and agree that I felt I could have swam the additional 700 meters to get the Oly distance with ease.

 

[gruecd]

Nice race, 2Young. For reasons that I really can't get into, I'm having about the worst weekend ever, so I'm glad to see some of you guys having a good one. Later.

Thanks and sorry to read about your weekend. I'm glad that running is giving you some relief, but be careful. Last I checked, SRD meant scheduled rest day. You are on track for an amazing marathon in the fall & I'd hate to read about you blowing up due to too much running.

I know. I'll try to be careful.

 

[Sand]

I do pushups once a week and am up to ~275 (week 6 day 3 of the hundredpushups.com workout). My problem with doing more pushups is that I strength train on other two days of the week and want to give the arms some chance to rest in between. Situps (along with other core work reps) are better - I get ~750 or so done a week (and for the first time in my life I have a six pack showing). These can be done without interfering with normal workouts.

I need to do more dumbell work - most of my strength stuff is machines and I need to evolve into more free weights.

Sand, I wanted to follow-up on this from some days ago. If you're already doing strength work twice a week and a full dose of core reps, adding a lot of push-ups doesn't seem to be overly necessary! I need to find a way to get to some weights/machines once or twice a week. My core work is solid ...I need to be more intentional about the weights.

Yeah, but I like doing the pushups. Tuesday and Thursday are strength days and Sunday is pushups (except last night - drove 5 hours to vacation on the beach last night).

On a good note I went for an ocean swim today. Wasn't sure how far I went until I walked the beach (love my 305). Ended up clocking in at 1200yds and could have easily done more. I hear these horror stories about how OWS is much harder than pool swims. I found the ocean swim much easier than a pool swim. Seriously, with a wetsuit I would have been able to do a couple miles. I need to time myself and see if I was going significantly slower than in the pool, but it felt reasonably fast (excepting the waves).

COOL! I think its more fear in OW than more effort and cold water zaps some strength. I swam the 800 meters in yeasterday's tri at about the same speed as I would have done 800 pool yards, so I was faster in the lake than the pool and agree that I felt I could have swam the additional 700 meters to get the Oly distance with ease.

I was surprised. The OWS was easy. Perhaps the turns take something out that I didn't realize (and I don't do flip turns in pool swims - no need for that). Oh, and cold water speeds you up (up to a point). Swimming in pea soup is sloooowwwww.If only the run was so easy to extend the distance... Did my 5K run tonight in a bit over 8 minute pace. Extending that to 10K would have been brutal. Didn't help that i got caught in a storm with 40+ Mph winds (the weather station at the house clocked 43) or that it was 92 or so before the storm hit. Still, I think I could do an Olympic with the exception of the run (well, I could finish it, but not in the manner in which I would want to finish it).