Ran a 10k in June (7 Viewers)

[pigskinliquors]

Taper madness is in full swing...

Hang in there GB!

I had a choice between the 305 and 405 at the same price and I went with the 305 because I wanted function over form. I think I made the right choice. I think the 405 has a cooler looking map, but I never use the map on my 305. All I need with these watches are time/pace/HR info. Not sure but the 405 might not show you as much clear info at once as the 305 because the screen is smaller. I usually need to see 3 or 4 measurements at the same time, especially during intervals where I want to know my pace, HR, and distance easily without touching the watch.

I have had both. I LOVE the 405 and dislike the 305. I gave the 305 to my ex FWIW.

Guys, I make my own shirts for races, trips, events, etc. I have some pretty good ideas on shirt ideas for my first marathon, but wanted to see if anyone had any better ideas.Examples:Run Far, Eat Freely!!In Memory of Pheidippides530 BC–490 BC My sport is your sport's punishment!! Forget team sport, I rely on my own two feet.I was Kenyan in a former life.On the front - "Kenyan's rule!!" On the back - "Kenyan's suck!!"

Love 'em!!The 5k we had last week had a large group of middle aged moms that had "Mommy's who run" on the front. I thought it would have been awesome if they had "...from their kids" on the back.

"If you see me passed out on the side of the road, pause my GPS. TIA"

LMAO!

* Boston 3, Chad 1.

I'd just say "Ran Boston 4x." I'd die happy with just 1x. Getting there = beating it! ___________________________My updateid Ab Ripper X last night and Legs and Back this morning. I jumped on the scale and I was .4 pounds from goal #1 regarding my weight. Hopefully I'll make it there next Thursday (only day I weigh in).

 

[pigskinliquors]

Thanks for the idea and it was too much rest. My heartrate was too low when I started up again. My buddy wants me to do 6X800 as my next speed workout.My 5K race is in 1 month.

For a 5k, I'd concentrate on 400's with 200's for recovery for 5k training. I'd only use 800's for distances longer than 10k.

 

[gruecd]

The 5k we had last week had a large group of middle aged moms that had "Mommy's who run" on the front. I thought it would have been awesome if they had "...from their kids" on the back.

....or "Mommies who run."

 

[tri-man 47]

* Boston 2, Chad 2. Any questions?

Fixed? Last year was your first sub-3:00 attempt, as I recall it, and it did not go as planned. HTH But see? Now you've got motivation to go back next year and swing the tide in your favor. I hear what you're saying about sweating before you even begin. In a smaller race, you could have kept the body temp down by chilling (literally) in a building or your car. No such luck at Boston. When your temp is elevated at mile 0, it makes for a long day. Anything good to share from Wellesley or the BC crowd?

 

[Sand]

* My ####ty-### finishing time does not reflect my fitness. I feel like I need to race another marathon. Soon.

Bah - that was obvious from a week before the race. This is one of those "I survived" type races. My Oly a year or so back had a heat index of 96 at 6am the morning of the race (it got much worse from there). I stopped 17 times (darn GPS makes it easy to spot these) on the run. But you survive and have a killer story to tell.

 

[tri-man 47]

* My ####ty-### finishing time does not reflect my fitness. I feel like I need to race another marathon. Soon.

Bah - that was obvious from a week before the race. This is one of those "I survived" type races. My Oly a year or so back had a heat index of 96 at 6am the morning of the race (it got much worse from there). I stopped 17 times (darn GPS makes it easy to spot these) on the run. But you survive and have a killer story to tell.

I DNF'ed my third and fourth Half-IMs due to similar conditions in back-to-back years. So I guess I've got my own "2 to 2" to deal with in a couple of years when I can get back to the tri's.

 

[prosopis]

Guys, I make my own shirts for races, trips, events, etc. I have some pretty good ideas on shirt ideas for my first marathon, but wanted to see if anyone had any better ideas.

Examples:

Run Far, Eat Freely!!

In Memory of

Pheidippides

530 BC–490 BC

My sport is your sport's punishment!!

Forget team sport, I rely on my own two feet.

I was Kenyan in a former life.

On the front - "Kenyan's rule!!" On the back - "Kenyan's suck!!"

I'd buy this one.

My favorite as well.

 

[prosopis]

5 miles on the treadmill today. We may break 100 this weekend. To soon for that.

 

[ATC1]

Guys, I make my own shirts for races, trips, events, etc. I have some pretty good ideas on shirt ideas for my first marathon, but wanted to see if anyone had any better ideas.

Examples:

Run Far, Eat Freely!!

In Memory of

Pheidippides

530 BC–490 BC

My sport is your sport's punishment!!

Forget team sport, I rely on my own two feet.

I was Kenyan in a former life.

On the front - "Kenyan's rule!!" On the back - "Kenyan's suck!!"

I'd buy this one.

My favorite as well.

Problem is, I don't think many people will get it. Should I put, "How far to Athens?" on the front? I jogged for a little today. My achilles tendonitis feels better daily, but I can still feel it when I take off to run, so I didn't push it. 10 miles on the bike. Wind much better. Averaged 4:44 mile.

 

[BassNBrew]

4/17/2012 2:17 PM

Distance 41.15 mi

Riding Time 2:02:57

Cals Burned 1691 kcal

Avg Max

Power 239.8 681 W

Speed 20.1 39 mi/h

Wind 19.8 37 mi/h

Caden 74.4 106 rpm

HR 151.1 167 bpm

Climbing 1754 ft

Elev 674 to 902 ft

Slope -9.8 to 7.7%

Stats from my ride the other day. Road bike, poopy wheels.

Power broke down to 249 on the front half, 231 on the back half. Cadence and speed fell off too.

 

[Sand]

Avg MaxPower 239.8 681 W

That's just gaudy. And a quick question - how stiff are wheels made of excrement?(On my end another 2k in the pool done. Boring workout - another 500 in 6:25 and a 5x100 set holding 1:13-17 or so).

 

[wraith5]

The 5k we had last week had a large group of middle aged moms that had "Mommy's who run" on the front. I thought it would have been awesome if they had "...from their kids" on the back.

....or "Mommies who run."

 

[sho nuff]

Nursing a tight calf a week out...did 3 recovery miles and was going to go 5 til the calf started talking to me again.

Definitely not looking forward to the hills of this race...just keep reminding myself that Im doing this one for fun with friends and not going to push it (especially through the crowds and hills of this one).

Also kind of pissed that I will miss a race in October while we are in Florida. The same half that I ran as my first last year. Really liked that race and wanted to keep doing it. Just happens to fall on the wrong weekend this year. Was wanting it as a tuneup for the December Marathon.

Will look into another fall race or two.

 

[comfortably numb]

* My ####ty-### finishing time does not reflect my fitness. I feel like I need to race another marathon. Soon.

Bah - that was obvious from a week before the race. This is one of those "I survived" type races. My Oly a year or so back had a heat index of 96 at 6am the morning of the race (it got much worse from there). I stopped 17 times (darn GPS makes it easy to spot these) on the run. But you survive and have a killer story to tell.

Survived is the perfect word.

Any runner 15 years from now will be more interested in you finishing Boston in 2012 at whatever time than you telling them you finished Boston in sub 3:00 in 2014.

You have earned a battle scar for life finishing that race.

 

[comfortably numb]

1 9:59.5 1.00 9:592 10:57.6 1.00 10:583 10:29.3 1.00 10:29

Summary 31:31.3 3.01 10:28

Made it a point to go slower and continue focusing on form with not landing on my heel.Off today and will do 5miles tomorrow.Was gonna enter in a 5k on Sunday but wind/rain for Sunday and being a wuss looks like I will pick something else next weekend

 

[Juxtatarot]

* My ####ty-### finishing time does not reflect my fitness. I feel like I need to race another marathon. Soon.

Too soon to switch to the full at Green Bay?

 

[pmbrown_22]

Gru - can't argue with the logic around here. It was great to just finish this one. Sure it sucks that things did not turn out the way you wanted it, but at least it was something that you could not control and not because you ran a bad race.

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Did a hard 8 miles last night. I was kind of in a time crunch so I pushed it a bit. Covered them averaging 8:09 per mile and HR was reasonably low at 158 average. Did not really look at the data all that much, but felt pretty good through out. Couple of things I found out.

- Running in the heat still sucks. Was only 70 or so, but just at that point where it was starting to get uncomfortable for me toward the end.

- The bugs are hatching around us so I had the pleasure of swallowing 4 or 5 of them just to make sure they tasted the same as last year. Nothing like choking on a bug right after taking in a big suck of air.

- And lastly, it is not fun to run with a bloody nose. I was in my last mile and it started to bleed. I walked for a bit to and then did not want to ruin my run so I said eff it and took off. Finished it out without too much problem. It was not a gusher which I get sometimes, but just a trickle. Still let the blood run out and took care of it with my shirt. I was glad it was getting dark so the people that I passed could not see me looking like I am running from an abusive wife. That could have been interesting.

Have a great weekend all.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

* My ####ty-### finishing time does not reflect my fitness. I feel like I need to race another marathon. Soon.

Bah - that was obvious from a week before the race. This is one of those "I survived" type races. My Oly a year or so back had a heat index of 96 at 6am the morning of the race (it got much worse from there). I stopped 17 times (darn GPS makes it easy to spot these) on the run. But you survive and have a killer story to tell.

Survived is the perfect word.

Any runner 15 years from now will be more interested in you finishing Boston in 2012 at whatever time than you telling them you finished Boston in sub 3:00 in 2014.

You have earned a battle scar for life finishing that race.

You got a nice story out of it, and you'll be able to get the good finishing time in Green Bay. Not too hard to look on the bright side.

 

[jb1020]

Guys, I make my own shirts for races, trips, events, etc. I have some pretty good ideas on shirt ideas for my first marathon, but wanted to see if anyone had any better ideas.

Examples:

Run Far, Eat Freely!!

In Memory of

Pheidippides

530 BC–490 BC

My sport is your sport's punishment!!

Forget team sport, I rely on my own two feet.

I was Kenyan in a former life.

On the front - "Kenyan's rule!!" On the back - "Kenyan's suck!!"

I'd buy this one.

My favorite as well.

Problem is, I don't think many people will get it. Should I put, "How far to Athens?" on the front? I jogged for a little today. My achilles tendonitis feels better daily, but I can still feel it when I take off to run, so I didn't push it. 10 miles on the bike. Wind much better. Averaged 4:44 mile.

The other problem is you're basically mocking all the people out there that are actually running in memory of a loved one. I still like it though.

 

[gruecd]

The other problem is you're basically mocking all the people out there that are actually running in memory of a loved one.

No, he's not.

 

[ThreeThousand]

On tap for me this weekend, the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 in New Orleans. Has been my "A" race since October.

News is that due to high winds and thus, high chop, the swim is likely to be cancelled and the race turned into a duathlon .

The bike has been shortened from 56 miles to 52 miles due to debris on the roads (you're telling me that you can't find a 2 mile out and back somewhere on the bike course, to keep the race 56? That's just lazy, Mr. Race Director).

The run has been changed from a 1 loop course to a 2 loop course, to avoid the aforementioned debris. Don't care about this, as long as it's 13.1 miles.

All in all, I'm pretty bummed about the changes. I know that the race organizers can't control the weather, but you'd think that, after the past 3 races having their swim cancelled, the organizers would have a backup plan . Oh, and also, there's going to be an airshow at transition/the finish line, expected to draw between 60,000 and 100,000 people. That's not going to cause a gigantic traffic jam at all, and be insanely unsafe for cyclists to try and get out of T1 and into T2. At least I'm hopping on a cruise ship after the race for a week's vacation with the family.

 

[AcerFC]

Just a heads-up. Target has the Garmin 405 on clearance for $109.

Thanks for this and thanks to pigskin. Just picked it up. Looks great and has great features my FR60 doesnt have. That is going to my wife.Cant wait to use it for my 2 races this weekend. Only bummer is that it is going to pour all weekend.

 

[pigskinliquors]

On tap for me this weekend, the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 in New Orleans. Has been my "A" race since October. News is that due to high winds and thus, high chop, the swim is likely to be cancelled and the race turned into a duathlon .The bike has been shortened from 56 miles to 52 miles due to debris on the roads (you're telling me that you can't find a 2 mile out and back somewhere on the bike course, to keep the race 56? That's just lazy, Mr. Race Director).The run has been changed from a 1 loop course to a 2 loop course, to avoid the aforementioned debris. Don't care about this, as long as it's 13.1 miles. All in all, I'm pretty bummed about the changes. I know that the race organizers can't control the weather, but you'd think that, after the past 3 races having their swim cancelled, the organizers would have a backup plan . Oh, and also, there's going to be an airshow at transition/the finish line, expected to draw between 60,000 and 100,000 people. That's not going to cause a gigantic traffic jam at all, and be insanely unsafe for cyclists to try and get out of T1 and into T2. At least I'm hopping on a cruise ship after the race for a week's vacation with the family.

That sucks 3 Grand. Just like Grue just experienced, it sucks to spend so much time preparing for something that doesn't end up being what you expected. Make the best of it, and have a blast!

Just a heads-up. Target has the Garmin 405 on clearance for $109.

Thanks for this and thanks to pigskin. Just picked it up. Looks great and has great features my FR60 doesnt have. That is going to my wife.Cant wait to use it for my 2 races this weekend. Only bummer is that it is going to pour all weekend.

At that price, you could just wear it as a regular watch, and time yourself doing crap all day long. ____________________________My updated:Today is 70 minutes on the elliptical and Ab ripper X. This weekend's workouts will be difficult to get in as it's one daughter's birthday and the other has a soccer tournament.Edited to add: When did weights (dumbbells) become so freaking expensive?? I have been pricing them and they are typically well over $1 a pound. I finally found a set of dumbbells on Craigslist and broke down and got them. I got 150 total pounds for $100. Still seems expensive, but I'm glad to have them.

 

[2Young2BBald]

On tap for me this weekend, the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 in New Orleans. Has been my "A" race since October.

News is that due to high winds and thus, high chop, the swim is likely to be cancelled and the race turned into a duathlon .

The bike has been shortened from 56 miles to 52 miles due to debris on the roads (you're telling me that you can't find a 2 mile out and back somewhere on the bike course, to keep the race 56? That's just lazy, Mr. Race Director).

The run has been changed from a 1 loop course to a 2 loop course, to avoid the aforementioned debris. Don't care about this, as long as it's 13.1 miles.

All in all, I'm pretty bummed about the changes. I know that the race organizers can't control the weather, but you'd think that, after the past 3 races having their swim cancelled, the organizers would have a backup plan . Oh, and also, there's going to be an airshow at transition/the finish line, expected to draw between 60,000 and 100,000 people. That's not going to cause a gigantic traffic jam at all, and be insanely unsafe for cyclists to try and get out of T1 and into T2. At least I'm hopping on a cruise ship after the race for a week's vacation with the family.

On the plus side, you'll be one of a select few that can stick a 69.3 sticker on your car's back window (assuming 4-mile first run) In all seriousness, that blows. The closest IM 70.3 branded event to me is Steelhead and I know lots of folks that have fallen victim to swim cancellations there over the years. Heck, wasn't it the Long Course Worlds in Vegas last year that had the swim cancelled and they went right to a time trial start Aquabike? Good luck and enjoy!!!!

 

[wraith5]

* My ####ty-### finishing time does not reflect my fitness. I feel like I need to race another marathon. Soon.

Bah - that was obvious from a week before the race. This is one of those "I survived" type races. My Oly a year or so back had a heat index of 96 at 6am the morning of the race (it got much worse from there). I stopped 17 times (darn GPS makes it easy to spot these) on the run. But you survive and have a killer story to tell.

Survived is the perfect word.

Any runner 15 years from now will be more interested in you finishing Boston in 2012 at whatever time than you telling them you finished Boston in sub 3:00 in 2014.

You have earned a battle scar for life finishing that race.

You got a nice story out of it, and you'll be able to get the good finishing time in Green Bay. Not too hard to look on the bright side.

I keep being reminded of Chicago 2010 when I got killed by the heat, then went with you to Fort Wayne five weeks later and got my PR by 20 minutes (and bested Chicago by 41 minutes) on a much tougher course. Of course, IIRC you ran about 3:10 for both of those races... point being, these guys are right. You have a great badge of honor now, and you're still set to race your next one.

 

[wraith5]

Edited to add: When did weights (dumbbells) become so freaking expensive?? I have been pricing them and they are typically well over $1 a pound. I finally found a set of dumbbells on Craigslist and broke down and got them. I got 150 total pounds for $100. Still seems expensive, but I'm glad to have them.

I ended up getting a PowerBlock 50 lb set that was a display model, and it was still crazy expensive. I like them though.

 

[wraith5]

Another 4 miler today for me - overcast and in the 40s so it felt darn cold. I had been thinking about when I was going to start re-introducing speedwork, and started out kinda slow on the run, so I decided to run mile 3 "hard," which ended up being 7:23 (right about where I was doing mile repeats at this time last year). Finished the 4 miles in 8:22s, same as earlier in the week.

My PT has officially moved focus to my achilles with continued stretching of the calves and hammys. I guess as long as insurance keeps paying, I'll try to keep going.

Thinking about "pushing" things to a slow 5 or 6 miles this weekend, as I'm only five weeks out from the SoldierField10 and want to hit that 10 mile distance before race day.

 

[pmbrown_22]

Another 4 miler today for me - overcast and in the 40s so it felt darn cold. I had been thinking about when I was going to start re-introducing speedwork, and started out kinda slow on the run, so I decided to run mile 3 "hard," which ended up being 7:23 (right about where I was doing mile repeats at this time last year). Finished the 4 miles in 8:22s, same as earlier in the week. My PT has officially moved focus to my achilles with continued stretching of the calves and hammys. I guess as long as insurance keeps paying, I'll try to keep going. Thinking about "pushing" things to a slow 5 or 6 miles this weekend, as I'm only five weeks out from the SoldierField10 and want to hit that 10 mile distance before race day.

Great to see you back out there enjoying it. You will be itching for a marathon again in no time.

 

[Cold Dead Hands]

So, softball season started for me. Church league, but we hit pretty well and I am left field or center field so I run a lot. I don't want to screw around and hurt myself doing too much. I played last night and play again tonight. Do you guys think and easy 4 miler tomorrow would be ok, or should I wait to run a normal (for me) 5 or 6 miler on Sunday? At this point I hate to not run... never thought I would say something like that.

 

[wraith5]

Another 4 miler today for me - overcast and in the 40s so it felt darn cold. I had been thinking about when I was going to start re-introducing speedwork, and started out kinda slow on the run, so I decided to run mile 3 "hard," which ended up being 7:23 (right about where I was doing mile repeats at this time last year). Finished the 4 miles in 8:22s, same as earlier in the week. My PT has officially moved focus to my achilles with continued stretching of the calves and hammys. I guess as long as insurance keeps paying, I'll try to keep going. Thinking about "pushing" things to a slow 5 or 6 miles this weekend, as I'm only five weeks out from the SoldierField10 and want to hit that 10 mile distance before race day.

Great to see you back out there enjoying it. You will be itching for a marathon again in no time.

Thanx GB - tho I'm not so sure any more 26.2s are in my future. We'll see how the 70.3 goes first. I meant to ask - what's up with the nose bleed thing? You're pushing some nice running times these days.

 

[pmbrown_22]

Another 4 miler today for me - overcast and in the 40s so it felt darn cold. I had been thinking about when I was going to start re-introducing speedwork, and started out kinda slow on the run, so I decided to run mile 3 "hard," which ended up being 7:23 (right about where I was doing mile repeats at this time last year). Finished the 4 miles in 8:22s, same as earlier in the week. My PT has officially moved focus to my achilles with continued stretching of the calves and hammys. I guess as long as insurance keeps paying, I'll try to keep going. Thinking about "pushing" things to a slow 5 or 6 miles this weekend, as I'm only five weeks out from the SoldierField10 and want to hit that 10 mile distance before race day.

Nose bleed thing is mostly allergies and my nose being dry. I get them all the time not running. Rarely do I get them when I run, but I have been sneezing like a mother so I am sure that is why.Workouts have been pretty good, but still not sure what my pace is going to be on race day. I am hoping that I am planning on 8:00 being conservative and really feeling good for the second half. Here's hoping though.Great to see you back out there enjoying it. You will be itching for a marathon again in no time.

Thanx GB - tho I'm not so sure any more 26.2s are in my future. We'll see how the 70.3 goes first. I meant to ask - what's up with the nose bleed thing? You're pushing some nice running times these days.

 

[pigskinliquors]

Lots of races lately, but no stalking. Pictures needed.

 

[17seconds]

Pretty good Boston report

 

[ATC1]

Lots of races lately, but no stalking. Pictures needed.

The first one.

 

[prosopis]

Pretty good Boston report

Great report.

 

[Sand]

Lots of races lately, but no stalking. Pictures needed.

That appears to be incomplete, GB.

 

[tri-man 47]

Pretty good Boston report

Funny thing, but I had already come across that report! BnB - I loved your sister's report!!! My daughter (my resident poster maker) enjoyed the posters your sister had in the mile 10 section of her report. Great to see sis' pure enjoyment of the experience. Tell her congrats!

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Nothing special for me this week. Planning a couple of long runs this weekend, and the track was closed today, so no speedwork on a day off. Instead decided to do 200 lunges and 100 each of squats, kettlebell swings, sit-ups, and push-ups.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I was supposed to do 10 GA yesterday, with today as a SDO. But yesterday was windy, cold, and rainy, while today's forecast was sunny, crisp, and still. So rather than slog through another 10-miler on the TM, I switched days. I ended up with perfect weather, and did an out-and-back course that I seldom do because it's exposed the whole way, but if there's not going to be any wind then why not. Unfortunately, this was one of those runs where I felt really sluggish for some reason and didn't get into the swing of things until I was almost done, but oh well. Still a good decision.

 

[tri-man 47]

Lots of races lately, but no stalking. Pictures needed.

That appears to be incomplete, GB.

It's all relative

 

[wraith5]

Lots of races lately, but no stalking. Pictures needed.

That appears to be incomplete, GB.

It's all relative

:X :X

 

[sho nuff]

I f'ing love going to playoff hockey.

Ears still ringing...about to head back out...

Tomorrow's 10 will not be the most fun...

 

[wraith5]

I f'ing love going to playoff hockey.Ears still ringing...about to head back out...Tomorrow's 10 will not be the most fun...

Congrats to the Preds - good to see the Wings fall before my Hawks do...

 

[gruecd]

Pretty good Boston report

Great report.

Whatever. My PRs are still faster.

 

[gruecd]

Pretty good Boston report

Great report.

Whatever. My PRs are still faster.

What's even funnier that this guy and I apparently have a TON of mutual friends and were sitting with the same group of people in Athlete's Village. Small world!

 

[AcerFC]

I got a medal today. Lolz.

I'll report back tomorrow after my HM

 

[wraith5]

Little bit of a reality check for me & my recovery today.

Set out for 5 or 6 miles at an 8:30 pace this afternoon despite running 4 yesterday, and by 1.5 my ankles weren't very happy. I stopped at 1.75, walked for a couple of minutes then stretched things out. After that I was able to do 4 more at an 8:55 pace without any further issue. My legs are definitely feeling the return to running. I don't think I'll try back-to-back days again for a while.

Long ride on tap for the morning.

 

[tri-man 47]

Acer - sweet!!!

Wraith - take it easy, there, bud. Don't force things!!

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Great 12.5 miles for me on Saturday - crisp, cool, sunny morning. My wife dropped me off by an expressway exit again as she headed to the 'burbs, and I ran home. 10 miles @ 7:57, HR=149, then 2.5 miles @ 7:21, HR=164.

I had hoped to add more miles today, but a bad plumbing leak has caused a change in schedule. As always, project A leads to project B, which is bigger than project A.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Tested out a whole bunch of things on a 2+ hour trail run yesterday in preparation for a trail 1/2 marathon next weekend. Found some things I liked and some I didn't.

I tried using iMapMyRun on the iPhone with an armband and hated it. I thought it would be nice to have the audible alerts each mile, along with total time. This app is not made for trail running at all. It was over .25 miles less than what I had on the Garmin, which I think was also about a 3rd of a mile light itself, due to turns and switchbacks. Additionally, at least 3 times, the voice spooked me as I thought it was a mountain bike coming up on me. I also think the armband restricted blood flow to my hand. My right hand was freezing the entire run (temp was 39-40 for the run).

On the other hand, I tried running with a Camel Back for the first time and really liked it. I was surprised at how much I didn't notice it and how steady it stayed in position. If I ever use the iMapMyRun app again, I am going to tuck it in the Camel Back instead of the armband. Only thing that bugged me a bit was the sloshing of the water, but got used to this after a while.

I plan on using run/walk for the trail 1/2 next weekend. I used 8/2s last year and found that it only added 2 minutes or so to my time, but I felt great throughout the race and recovering after. The two other times I ran it outright, I was miserable at the end and took a while to recover. Yesterday, I used 10/2s and really felt like I could go forever stamina-wise. HR average was 144, with a top HR of 172. When I decided to do an Ultra, I think this would be the way to go. I discovered that trail training runs are not for planners. I studied the trail map and thought I had a plan, but that went out the window when I realized how many intersecting trails. Instead of sticking to plan, I picked my next turn by feel, feeling good = taking the black - most difficult trail, laboring a bit, drop down to more difficult or easy. Studying the Garmin data and map in comparison to the trail map, I only retraced my path a couple of times and, ran almost every trail. I only missed some of the easier sections.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

 

[2Young2BBald]

Long ride on tap for the morning.

If you still have the HIM training plan I sent you a while back, take a look at the double and triple brick days. I think these would be a great approach to rehabbing your ankles, while building both run and bike miles. The bike part of the bricks would "rest" them a bit. One of my favorite training days of the whole him training cycle was a triple brick set of 15/3s. I ended up doing just over 46 miles on the bike and 9.5 miles on the run and felt much better than the day I rode 48 and ran a 10K back to back.

 

[wraith5]

Long ride on tap for the morning.

If you still have the HIM training plan I sent you a while back, take a look at the double and triple brick days. I think these would be a great approach to rehabbing your ankles, while building both run and bike miles. The bike part of the bricks would "rest" them a bit. One of my favorite training days of the whole him training cycle was a triple brick set of 15/3s. I ended up doing just over 46 miles on the bike and 9.5 miles on the run and felt much better than the day I rode 48 and ran a 10K back to back.

I just found the HIM plan again recently, but haven't mapped out my training plan yet. Probably something I should do soon... Did 40 miles on the bike this morning - the first half I averaged about 17.5mph, pretty decent for me. Then I turned around and discovered the 15mph "breeze" was in my face. the.whole.way.home. I can't take that ####!! Seriously lucky I made it back without stopping and/or passing out on the way. I was completely spent. Pretty sure that's the longest ride I've ever done tho. My respect for you riders continues to grow...