Ran a 10k in June (6 Viewers)

[tri-man 47]

Are zero drop shoes good for running?

ie: Merrell

Wrigley and Annyong - most running shoes have a bigger heel and more padding because most runners are heel strikers ...kind of a chicken or the egg issue. The minimalist shoes are great. I bought some Asics that are 4 oz's lighter than my 'normal' shoes and with 4 mm less of a heel drop (=flatter) and I love them - I know I race faster because of them. The big risk, though, is having a heel-strike running form when using a minimalist shoe. You're likely to get injured because you're pounding the heel and your shoe isn't absorbing it. Not sure about your running style? Run up a hill and notice how you naturally land and bounce from the ball of your foot ...if your flatland stride is not comparable to that ..be careful! Imagine yourself on a kid's scooter, pushing yourself along. You don't extend the lower leg out front, plant the heel, and wait for your body to catch up. No, you use the ball of your foot to push back and propel yourself forward. With that kind of a light, springy step, the minimalist shoes are excellent, though it still can take a lot of time to adapt.

 

[SteveC702]

Are zero drop shoes good for running?

ie: Merrell

Wrigley and Annyong - most running shoes have a bigger heel and more padding because most runners are heel strikers ...kind of a chicken or the egg issue. The minimalist shoes are great. I bought some Asics that are 4 oz's lighter than my 'normal' shoes and with 4 mm less of a heel drop (=flatter) and I love them - I know I race faster because of them. The big risk, though, is having a heel-strike running form when using a minimalist shoe. You're likely to get injured because you're pounding the heel and your shoe isn't absorbing it. Not sure about your running style? Run up a hill and notice how you naturally land and bounce from the ball of your foot ...if your flatland stride is not comparable to that ..be careful! Imagine yourself on a kid's scooter, pushing yourself along. You don't extend the lower leg out front, plant the heel, and wait for your body to catch up. No, you use the ball of your foot to push back and propel yourself forward. With that kind of a light, springy step, the minimalist shoes are excellent, though it still can take a lot of time to adapt.

Are you using the DS-trainers of the Gel-Lyte33s? I pretty much use do all my runs in the DS-Trainers except for workouts/races where I switch to Hyperspeeds. (or Piranhas for 5Ks and lower)

 

[Ned]

Are zero drop shoes good for running?

ie: Merrell

Wrigley and Annyong - most running shoes have a bigger heel and more padding because most runners are heel strikers ...kind of a chicken or the egg issue. The minimalist shoes are great. I bought some Asics that are 4 oz's lighter than my 'normal' shoes and with 4 mm less of a heel drop (=flatter) and I love them - I know I race faster because of them. The big risk, though, is having a heel-strike running form when using a minimalist shoe. You're likely to get injured because you're pounding the heel and your shoe isn't absorbing it. Not sure about your running style? Run up a hill and notice how you naturally land and bounce from the ball of your foot ...if your flatland stride is not comparable to that ..be careful! Imagine yourself on a kid's scooter, pushing yourself along. You don't extend the lower leg out front, plant the heel, and wait for your body to catch up. No, you use the ball of your foot to push back and propel yourself forward. With that kind of a light, springy step, the minimalist shoes are excellent, though it still can take a lot of time to adapt.

if your current shoes have any sort of wear on them, you should be able to see where you're foot strike is also. I'm a heavy mid foot striker and will have a lot of wear under the balls of my feet, but the heels of my shoes will still have all of those original small t1ts on them.

 

[gruecd]

You must have a smokin good insurance plan.

It's decent, but it's more about the fact that my running is so important to me that I'm not willing to just take a wait-and-see approach to getting better.

 

[tri-man 47]

Are you using the DS-trainers of the Gel-Lyte33s? I pretty much use do all my runs in the DS-Trainers except for workouts/races where I switch to Hyperspeeds. (or Piranhas for 5Ks and lower)

The DS-trainers. I love the feel of the shoe ...it's like I'm floating compared to a 'regular' shoe.

 

[Hang 10]

You must have a smokin good insurance plan.

It's decent, but it's more about the fact that my running is so important to me that I'm not willing to just take a wait-and-see approach to getting better.

A few things here. I've seen my primary care guy on monday and on tuesday I made my second visit my sports medicine guy...I'm not taking a "wait and see" approach. It's been exactly one week since I ran last...I'm not exactly sitting idly by. Second, you have to see a specialist like an orthopedist to get an MRI...which takes time to get an appointment and yes, it's expensive. I will obviously take that route when advised by a doctor that's examined me. Lastly, even if you're right (which is possible) a fractured femur rarely require surgery. So what exactly am I losing by letting this play out naturally? I'm already resting it. Is taking ibuprofen really delaying the healing by anything significant?

 

[gruecd]

Is taking ibuprofen really delaying the healing by anything significant?

First of all, let me be clear that I'm not trying to be adversarial. There are indications that NSAIDs can slow healing by 20-25%, but in fairness, that's not fact.If you have to jump through a bunch of hoops and spend a lot of extra money to get an MRI, then maybe it's not worth it for you. I totally get that.

 

[beer 302]

sho nuff, are you the Music City marathoner in this crew? Don't have my notebook handy. Good race? Nice course?

 

[sho nuff]

sho nuff, are you the Music City marathoner in this crew? Don't have my notebook handy. Good race? Nice course?

Have not run the full...just the half.I like the race, though I do it to raise money for a friend's charity.

Here...

The course is nice (at least the half...have heard in the past the back half of the full is not the nicest...but they have changed the course recently I believe).

Not a flat course though. Nice downhill for the first mile and a half to 2 miles. Then 2-5 are uphill.

Big race of course being part of the RnR series.

 

[beer 302]

sho nuff, are you the Music City marathoner in this crew? Don't have my notebook handy. Good race? Nice course?

Have not run the full...just the half.I like the race, though I do it to raise money for a friend's charity.

Here...

The course is nice (at least the half...have heard in the past the back half of the full is not the nicest...but they have changed the course recently I believe).

Not a flat course though. Nice downhill for the first mile and a half to 2 miles. Then 2-5 are uphill.

Big race of course being part of the RnR series.

Thanks Ran into rep for our biggest supplier today who happens to reside int he area and he mentioned it. We've both lost a bunch of weight & started talking about running, told him with some corporate sponsorship I could be talked into driving to Nashville and getting hammered err, running with him. We'll see if anything comes of it.

 

[SFBayDuck]

Three mile shakeout/taper run this morning on pancake flat ground, last run before the 50K on Saturday.

It's not terribly hilly for a trail 50K, but I'm sure that climb from 17-21 will hurt plenty,and of course the race ends with a nice 500' climb.

As this is my "B race" and part of my preparation for the 50M in a month, my goal is really just to finish uninjured and have a good time doing it. Testing my hydration and pre/in-race nutrition strategies out will be key as well.

That being said, I do want to somewhat tie in my pace here to what I'm hoping to do next month. So I would like to keep it under 13:00 avg pace, which includes aid station stops, off trail nature breaks, etc. That would put 6:45:00 or so as the goal time. I would think if things go really well, something closer to 6:20:00 might be possible.

Of course I've only run more than 26.2 one other time, and that was back in 2009, so I don't really know what to expect! Hopefully I learned a few things back then, and since, that will make my 2nd ultra an even better experience than the first!

 

[beer 302]

Three mile shakeout/taper run this morning on pancake flat ground, last run before the 50K on Saturday.

It's not terribly hilly for a trail 50K, but I'm sure that climb from 17-21 will hurt plenty,and of course the race ends with a nice 500' climb.

As this is my "B race" and part of my preparation for the 50M in a month, my goal is really just to finish uninjured and have a good time doing it. Testing my hydration and pre/in-race nutrition strategies out will be key as well.

That being said, I do want to somewhat tie in my pace here to what I'm hoping to do next month. So I would like to keep it under 13:00 avg pace, which includes aid station stops, off trail nature breaks, etc. That would put 6:45:00 or so as the goal time. I would think if things go really well, something closer to 6:20:00 might be possible.

Of course I've only run more than 26.2 one other time, and that was back in 2009, so I don't really know what to expect! Hopefully I learned a few things back then, and since, that will make my 2nd ultra an even better experience than the first!

Gonna be awesome Duck, I know you'll have a good race. You've trained well for this and are mentally & physically ready for the challenge, attack and kick some ###

 

[tri-man 47]

Of course I've only run more than 26.2 one other time, and that was back in 2009, so I don't really know what to expect! Hopefully I learned a few things back then, and since, that will make my 2nd ultra an even better experience than the first!

I forgot about the chapstick and the chips! Epic. Really looking forward to hearing how this one goes!!!

 

[Ned]

Three mile shakeout/taper run this morning on pancake flat ground, last run before the 50K on Saturday.

It's not terribly hilly for a trail 50K, but I'm sure that climb from 17-21 will hurt plenty,and of course the race ends with a nice 500' climb.

As this is my "B race" and part of my preparation for the 50M in a month, my goal is really just to finish uninjured and have a good time doing it. Testing my hydration and pre/in-race nutrition strategies out will be key as well.

That being said, I do want to somewhat tie in my pace here to what I'm hoping to do next month. So I would like to keep it under 13:00 avg pace, which includes aid station stops, off trail nature breaks, etc. That would put 6:45:00 or so as the goal time. I would think if things go really well, something closer to 6:20:00 might be possible.

Of course I've only run more than 26.2 one other time, and that was back in 2009, so I don't really know what to expect! Hopefully I learned a few things back then, and since, that will make my 2nd ultra an even better experience than the first!

@ > 6,000' of climbing being 'not terribly hilly'. I've always considered anything around 100'/mi to be a lot for me. Yeah, 6,000/31 is nothing.Go get'm!!

 

[Juxtatarot]

Good luck, Duck!

Anyone else racing this weekend?

Edit: Looking at the calendar, I notice Beer's half is this weekend. Good luck to Beer! Still shooting for sub 2:00?

 

[koby925]

Three mile shakeout/taper run this morning on pancake flat ground, last run before the 50K on Saturday.

It's not terribly hilly for a trail 50K, but I'm sure that climb from 17-21 will hurt plenty,and of course the race ends with a nice 500' climb.

As this is my "B race" and part of my preparation for the 50M in a month, my goal is really just to finish uninjured and have a good time doing it. Testing my hydration and pre/in-race nutrition strategies out will be key as well.

That being said, I do want to somewhat tie in my pace here to what I'm hoping to do next month. So I would like to keep it under 13:00 avg pace, which includes aid station stops, off trail nature breaks, etc. That would put 6:45:00 or so as the goal time. I would think if things go really well, something closer to 6:20:00 might be possible.

Of course I've only run more than 26.2 one other time, and that was back in 2009, so I don't really know what to expect! Hopefully I learned a few things back then, and since, that will make my 2nd ultra an even better experience than the first!

@ > 6,000' of climbing being 'not terribly hilly'. I've always considered anything around 100'/mi to be a lot for me. Yeah, 6,000/31 is nothing.Go get'm!!

Hills kill me. I always thought organizers chose hilly courses in Cross Country races to neutralize the middle distance guys

 

[koby925]

Good luck, Duck!Anyone else racing this weekend?Edit: Looking at the calendar, I notice Beer's half is this weekend. Good luck to Beer! Still shooting for sub 2:00?

I have been kicking around the idea of another 5k in the same 5k series tomorrow, especially since this one is supposed to be fairly flat. But I haven't signed up and my legs are tired from the increase in mileage and speedwork. Morning of race decision.

 

[beer 302]

Good luck, Duck!Anyone else racing this weekend?Edit: Looking at the calendar, I notice Beer's half is this weekend. Good luck to Beer! Still shooting for sub 2:00?

Yep but at this point I just want to get it over with and start putting together a marathon plan. I feel really good but I'm not hanging my hat on anything after getting my ### kicked by about the same course last year.

 

[worrierking]

Good luck Duck and anybody else racing this weekend. Rest day for me today (will do core and weights at the gym) and then LR tomorrow, thinking 12-16 or so.

Sunday my schedule pops back to normal and I will be 50 plus per week through Mid April.

 

[gruecd]

Good luck, racers!!

USRD for me yesterday (sore back, tight hammy), but I'll be tackling my 12/7T this afternoon. Skerrrred!!

 

[Ned]

Good luck, Duck!Anyone else racing this weekend?Edit: Looking at the calendar, I notice Beer's half is this weekend. Good luck to Beer! Still shooting for sub 2:00?

Yep but at this point I just want to get it over with and start putting together a marathon plan. I feel really good but I'm not hanging my hat on anything after getting my ### kicked by about the same course last year.

NO! NO! NO! You snap yourself out of whatever mamby pamby place you're in right now and get after this thing. You're in totally different shape than you were last year. You got this.

 

[Hang 10]

Good luck, Duck!Anyone else racing this weekend?Edit: Looking at the calendar, I notice Beer's half is this weekend. Good luck to Beer! Still shooting for sub 2:00?

Yep but at this point I just want to get it over with and start putting together a marathon plan. I feel really good but I'm not hanging my hat on anything after getting my ### kicked by about the same course last year.

NO! NO! NO! You snap yourself out of whatever mamby pamby place you're in right now and get after this thing. You're in totally different shape than you were last year. You got this.

If you're not first your last. Seriously though...if you sign up for a race, you gotta obligation to yourself to do your best. Just do it, beer!

 

[Juxtatarot]

Good luck, Duck!Anyone else racing this weekend?Edit: Looking at the calendar, I notice Beer's half is this weekend. Good luck to Beer! Still shooting for sub 2:00?

Yep but at this point I just want to get it over with and start putting together a marathon plan. I feel really good but I'm not hanging my hat on anything after getting my ### kicked by about the same course last year.

NO! NO! NO! You snap yourself out of whatever mamby pamby place you're in right now and get after this thing. You're in totally different shape than you were last year. You got this.

And 2:00 for a half is an important milestone. Just think. If you do that, you're fast enough that no one in the history of mankind, not even the fastest Kenyan, can lap you.

 

[beer 302]

Good luck, Duck!Anyone else racing this weekend?Edit: Looking at the calendar, I notice Beer's half is this weekend. Good luck to Beer! Still shooting for sub 2:00?

Yep but at this point I just want to get it over with and start putting together a marathon plan. I feel really good but I'm not hanging my hat on anything after getting my ### kicked by about the same course last year.

NO! NO! NO! You snap yourself out of whatever mamby pamby place you're in right now and get after this thing. You're in totally different shape than you were last year. You got this.

And 2:00 for a half is an important milestone. Just think. If you do that, you're fast enough that no one in the history of mankind, not even the fastest Kenyan, can lap you.

My gosh that's just an awesome way to approach it!!! Never thought of that.Seriously, I'm in a good place, haven't felt this good probably ever, just want to get it on. Taper weeks always #### with my mind for some reason. Came up on Facebook last night so I'll post it hereo you feel like you really gain from taper week or do you perform better off a good week of work? I've found that my LR Saturday's have produced some good results coming off 25-30 mile weeks. I know everyone is different and there is a certain mileage where this simply won't work (thinking a half is probably about the limit) but for us creatures of habit, taper really throws my schedule off just because it's so totally against the grain from what you are accustomed to when you train for a few months in a row. What's the consensus?

 

[Juxtatarot]

Good luck, Duck!Anyone else racing this weekend?Edit: Looking at the calendar, I notice Beer's half is this weekend. Good luck to Beer! Still shooting for sub 2:00?

Yep but at this point I just want to get it over with and start putting together a marathon plan. I feel really good but I'm not hanging my hat on anything after getting my ### kicked by about the same course last year.

NO! NO! NO! You snap yourself out of whatever mamby pamby place you're in right now and get after this thing. You're in totally different shape than you were last year. You got this.

And 2:00 for a half is an important milestone. Just think. If you do that, you're fast enough that no one in the history of mankind, not even the fastest Kenyan, can lap you.

My gosh that's just an awesome way to approach it!!! Never thought of that.Seriously, I'm in a good place, haven't felt this good probably ever, just want to get it on. Taper weeks always #### with my mind for some reason. Came up on Facebook last night so I'll post it hereo you feel like you really gain from taper week or do you perform better off a good week of work? I've found that my LR Saturday's have produced some good results coming off 25-30 mile weeks. I know everyone is different and there is a certain mileage where this simply won't work (thinking a half is probably about the limit) but for us creatures of habit, taper really throws my schedule off just because it's so totally against the grain from what you are accustomed to when you train for a few months in a row. What's the consensus?

I think it's pretty established scientific fact that rest helps.

 

[SFBayDuck]

Three mile shakeout/taper run this morning on pancake flat ground, last run before the 50K on Saturday.

It's not terribly hilly for a trail 50K, but I'm sure that climb from 17-21 will hurt plenty,and of course the race ends with a nice 500' climb.

As this is my "B race" and part of my preparation for the 50M in a month, my goal is really just to finish uninjured and have a good time doing it. Testing my hydration and pre/in-race nutrition strategies out will be key as well.

That being said, I do want to somewhat tie in my pace here to what I'm hoping to do next month. So I would like to keep it under 13:00 avg pace, which includes aid station stops, off trail nature breaks, etc. That would put 6:45:00 or so as the goal time. I would think if things go really well, something closer to 6:20:00 might be possible.

Of course I've only run more than 26.2 one other time, and that was back in 2009, so I don't really know what to expect! Hopefully I learned a few things back then, and since, that will make my 2nd ultra an even better experience than the first!

@ > 6,000' of climbing being 'not terribly hilly'. I've always considered anything around 100'/mi to be a lot for me. Yeah, 6,000/31 is nothing.Go get'm!!

It's all relative, but as my training has really been focused on the 50M next month which is relatively flat I haven't been doing a ton of elevation - so it'll feel "terribly hilly" tomorrow. Especially at about mile 20 when I will have just spent the last 30-45 minutes climbing up 1000' feet.And thanks all for the well wishes. I know there will be times out there tomorrow when I'm struggling that I'll think about the FBG crew in here, and what I'll be posting afterward, and it will give me a push!

 

[Ned]

Good luck, Duck!

Anyone else racing this weekend?

Edit: Looking at the calendar, I notice Beer's half is this weekend. Good luck to Beer! Still shooting for sub 2:00?

Yep but at this point I just want to get it over with and start putting together a marathon plan. I feel really good but I'm not hanging my hat on anything after getting my ### kicked by about the same course last year.

NO! NO! NO! You snap yourself out of whatever mamby pamby place you're in right now and get after this thing. You're in totally different shape than you were last year. You got this.

And 2:00 for a half is an important milestone. Just think. If you do that, you're fast enough that no one in the history of mankind, not even the fastest Kenyan, can lap you.

My gosh that's just an awesome way to approach it!!! Never thought of that.Seriously, I'm in a good place, haven't felt this good probably ever, just want to get it on. Taper weeks always #### with my mind for some reason. Came up on Facebook last night so I'll post it here:

Do you feel like you really gain from taper week or do you perform better off a good week of work? I've found that my LR Saturday's have produced some good results coming off 25-30 mile weeks. I know everyone is different and there is a certain mileage where this simply won't work (thinking a half is probably about the limit) but for us creatures of habit, taper really throws my schedule off just because it's so totally against the grain from what you are accustomed to when you train for a few months in a row. What's the consensus?

I think it's pretty established scientific fact that rest helps.

but Training breaks your body down. Give it a chance to rebuild before you push it well past thresholds that you're normally accustomed to. There's a huge difference between running at race pace for 13.1 miles vs. LR pacing.

 

[Sean]

Nice sale on NB 1080s

My link

Bought these last year and am happy with them.

 

[beer 302]

http://www.runaddicts.net/stories/running-beyond-limitations-the-story-of-a-blind-ultramarathoner

For anyone that thinks you are crazy for what you do, let them read this

 

[pigskinliquors]

Of course I've only run more than 26.2 one other time, and that was back in 2009, so I don't really know what to expect! Hopefully I learned a few things back then, and since, that will make my 2nd ultra an even better experience than the first!

I forgot about the chapstick and the chips! Epic. Really looking forward to hearing how this one goes!!!

Looking forward to hearing the tale once you are finished

Good luck, racers!!

USRD for me yesterday (sore back, tight hammy), but I'll be tackling my 12/7T this afternoon. Skerrrred!!

:fingerscrossed: Big guy!

Training breaks your body down. Give it a chance to rebuild before you push it well past thresholds that you're normally accustomed to. There's a huge difference between running at race pace for 13.1 miles vs. LR pacing.

Last night (doing legs and back) was the first time this year that I had a workout not be better than the previous time I've done that workout (based on rep's and weight for each movement). I had 2 lifts that were PR's during it, but couldn't hit PR's on 4 lifts (= a negative 2 for the workout). My other two lifting workouts this week were only a +3 and a +1. To put it in perspective, I've been averaging well over +5's. I'm guessing I'm a bit burned out and hitting a plateau, so I'll focus on cardio all next week, to see if I get some mojo back.

 

[beer 302]

Next (& last) question for the day:

Would you have a toenail(s) removed permanently if continues to give you problems?

 

[beer 302]

Nice sale on NB 1080s

My link

Bought these last year and am happy with them.

Get 'em while you can. They are cheap because they are discontinued. Sadly Joe's hasn't carried my size for quite some time, only place that still has them is Running Warehouse.

 

[BassNBrew]

Three mile shakeout/taper run this morning on pancake flat ground, last run before the 50K on Saturday.

It's not terribly hilly for a trail 50K, but I'm sure that climb from 17-21 will hurt plenty,and of course the race ends with a nice 500' climb.

As this is my "B race" and part of my preparation for the 50M in a month, my goal is really just to finish uninjured and have a good time doing it. Testing my hydration and pre/in-race nutrition strategies out will be key as well.

That being said, I do want to somewhat tie in my pace here to what I'm hoping to do next month. So I would like to keep it under 13:00 avg pace, which includes aid station stops, off trail nature breaks, etc. That would put 6:45:00 or so as the goal time. I would think if things go really well, something closer to 6:20:00 might be possible.

Of course I've only run more than 26.2 one other time, and that was back in 2009, so I don't really know what to expect! Hopefully I learned a few things back then, and since, that will make my 2nd ultra an even better experience than the first!

gl Duck. What is the date of your 50m race?

 

[Clayton Gray]

Just dropping in to say good luck to everyone racing this weekend!!!

 

[BassNBrew]

Here's my interesting week...

Monday - 10 mile run followed by 2 mile walk.

Tuesday - 3 x 1 mile run interval workout where I toasted my hip

Wednesday - Show up for bike class and forgot my shoes. Realized it after I had set up the bike on the trainer. Too late to run home and get them. 30 leg re-hab in the gym.

Thursday - Cross training. Painted from 10 am to 2 am. Hit the rack at 3 am.

I rescheduled my bike class for today. Up at 7:30 for 8:45 class start. One 20 min set at 240 watts with 8 30 sec bursts varying between 290-320 watts. Stayed solidly in zone 2 for this workout except for the bursts where I drifted into low zone 3. We followed that with 3 x 6 min TT efforts with 3 min rest in between each. Interval one was done 280 watts with my hr rate getting to low tempo (157). Interval two was done at 290 with my heart in mid zone 4 (163). Held nothing back for interval three. 333 watts. Was north of 328 watts the entire way.

 

[SFBayDuck]

gl Duck. What is the date of your 50m race?

April 6th, exactly 4 weeks from tomorrow.

 

[Hang 10]

Good luck, fellas. I look forward to your race reports.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Good luck, Duck!

Anyone else racing this weekend?

Edit: Looking at the calendar, I notice Beer's half is this weekend. Good luck to Beer! Still shooting for sub 2:00?

Me, sort of. More running and drinking than racing. Sunday is my annual St Pats 5K and Parade/Bender. 5K is at noon with 20,000 runners and no room to run with free beer after. A local tri club I've trained with typically is handing out Irish Car Bombs after too. Then, we set up camp on the parade route (for Tri-Man, this is another Edgar experience) and kick off with Bloody Marys and ignore the parade and instead stare like dirty old men at stuff like this.
is a YouTube clip that captures the day nicely. I am coming off an ear infection (which has miserably kept me out of the pool for a week), so I am not sure how hard I'll hit the run and I am still feeling a bit low. For the drinking, its game on

 

[prosopis]

Good luck to the racers. Looking forward to hearing the reports.

 

[Hang 10]

Good luck, Duck!

Anyone else racing this weekend?

Edit: Looking at the calendar, I notice Beer's half is this weekend. Good luck to Beer! Still shooting for sub 2:00?

Me, sort of. More running and drinking than racing. Sunday is my annual St Pats 5K and Parade/Bender. 5K is at noon with 20,000 runners and no room to run with free beer after. A local tri club I've trained with typically is handing out Irish Car Bombs after too. Then, we set up camp on the parade route (for Tri-Man, this is another Edgar experience) and kick off with Bloody Marys and ignore the parade and instead stare like dirty old men at stuff like this.

Run hard, the beer will taste better if you do.

 

[BassNBrew]

gl Duck. What is the date of your 50m race?

April 6th, exactly 4 weeks from tomorrow.

Same day as my adventure.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Good luck, racers!!

USRD for me yesterday (sore back, tight hammy), but I'll be tackling my 12/7T this afternoon. Skerrrred!!

Yeah, have fun with that. I've mentioned this before, but the cooldown miles after LT segments are the only miles I ever do that I would genuinely describe as "unpleasant." I've taken to doing just a one-mile cooldown specifically that for that reason.__________________

Another week in the books:

Sun: 15

Mon: 5

Tues: 10 with the last 3.5 a little slower than MP

Wed: 5

Fri: 8 with 5 at LT (7.8 mph)

This is the third week in a row of the same basic workout on the exact same day. The long run on Sunday has gone from 12 to 15 and the tempo run has gotten a little longer (4 --> 5) and a little faster (7.6 --> 7.8 on the TM) but otherwise it's all been the same. Next week is going to be a rest week.

Good luck to Duck, Beer, 2Y2BB and any other racers this weekend. Go get 'em.

 

[sho nuff]

Well...must not have been doing very good with my core work.

Noticed a little discomfort...not bad or painful...and a small bulge in my lower abdomen (but above the beans and frank).

Had my physical today and the doc confirmed a small hernia is likely. Said I could run with it as long as it was not painful or getting to be a bigger bulge (thats what she said).

But also have set up a consult with a surgeon to get his opinion and to have someone else take another look.

 

[Sand]

And 2:00 for a half is an important milestone. Just think. If you do that, you're fast enough that no one in the history of mankind, not even the fastest Kenyan, can lap you.

Absolutely true. You know, unless it is a four lap race. Have a great race Beer!

 

[SFBayDuck]

gl Duck. What is the date of your 50m race?

April 6th, exactly 4 weeks from tomorrow.

Same day as my adventure.

That's gonna be a hell of a day!

 

[pigskinliquors]

Good luck, Duck!

Anyone else racing this weekend?

Edit: Looking at the calendar, I notice Beer's half is this weekend. Good luck to Beer! Still shooting for sub 2:00?

Me, sort of. More running and drinking than racing. Sunday is my annual St Pats 5K and Parade/Bender. 5K is at noon with 20,000 runners and no room to run with free beer after. A local tri club I've trained with typically is handing out Irish Car Bombs after too. Then, we set up camp on the parade route (for Tri-Man, this is another Edgar experience) and kick off with Bloody Marys and ignore the parade and instead stare like dirty old men at stuff like this.

 

[Annyong]

What do you guys eat before/day of a race/long run?

 

[prosopis]

What do you guys eat before/day of a race/long run?

PB&J on toast and a banana. That is mine. I think everyone kind of does what ever they are comfortable with. The important thing is to find what works for you and dont change it up.

 

[sho nuff]

What do you guys eat before/day of a race/long run?

PB&J on toast and a banana. That is mine. I think everyone kind of does what ever they are comfortable with. The important thing is to find what works for you and dont change it up.

Most mornings anyway I eat the same protein bar or two combo. One is pretty high in protein and low in sugar and carbs...the other a bit more carb based. Not much fiber in these. Keeps me feeling fuller.Have also gone the PB toast route from time to time and like that pretty well.Day before...I tend to try and keep carbs low but in my system all week so I don't typically "carb" up the day before.Only thing I do is avoid anything greasy the day before. Made the mistake of brats once the day before a long run...another time one of those "gourmet" hot dog places. Neither was a good choice the next morning for me.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

What do you guys eat before/day of a race/long run?

One of these and some coffee. Of course, that's what I have for breakfast just about every day. You should be looking for some kind of easily-digestable source of carbs. Lots of people do bagels or cereal. You don't want a lot of fat or fiber. The main thing is to use your long training runs as a way to experiment with different foods and settle on something that agrees with you.