Ran a 10k in June (3 Viewers)

[prosopis]

Finished about 14 miles on the bike in the midday heat. I think the heat index was around 98 when I left. Bottle on the bike, and 2 bottles on the fuel belt (9oz each, one with gatorade).

It was hot, but after the 6 running yesterday, felt good to get back out. Just my only good day for riding...too hard to do during the week with a wife who works later.

Anyone have a link to a cheap fuel belt? I am still going with out one and maybe it would help. Saturday I ran out of water. I was running past a church. I think assembly of God? I went in and asked if I could fill my bottle. They said sure but then tried to convert me with living water. Not a big deal but I would rather have enough water to avoid those situations. There was a bar 1/4 mile further down the road but, well you know.

It's not cheap, but the flexibility of the Amphipod RunLites is awesome. I got the RunLite 4 and love it. The bottles clip in/out easily and are made well. You can add/subtract bottles as you need. The pockets are just right. There's a nice little 'hidden' pocket up front that can fit a key fob and a few keys.

I did a google search for those with coupons. I have found some $5.00 off deals. I am leaning towards these.

 

[prosopis]

There is an interesting article in runners world this month about running in the heat. It really is an issue.

tdoss notes?

cool your core prior to running with a slushy.

 

[tri-man 47]

There is an interesting article in runners world this month about running in the heat. It really is an issue.

tdoss notes?

cool your core prior to running with a slushy.

Yup. Sleep well (and in A/C) the night before. Drink cool liquids early and often on race day. The author had a cooling vest before the race. I think I mentioned, on the article's advice, to forego much warm-up, and I instead sat in my air-conditioned car until 15 minutes before my last race. It's all about keeping the body temp down and then keeping hydrated.

 

[Sand]

There is an interesting article in runners world this month about running in the heat. It really is an issue.

tdoss notes?

cool your core prior to running with a slushy.

Yup. Sleep well (and in A/C) the night before. Drink cool liquids early and often on race day. The author had a cooling vest before the race. I think I mentioned, on the article's advice, to forego much warm-up, and I instead sat in my air-conditioned car until 15 minutes before my last race. It's all about keeping the body temp down and then keeping hydrated.

I'm pretty good at drinking and sitting on my ### in air conditioned spots. I should rule at this.

 

[gruecd]

Check this out for a lesson in total ineptitude: Several runners collapse during Summerfest race

Oh, and then the apology by the race director.

 

[sho nuff]

Finished about 14 miles on the bike in the midday heat. I think the heat index was around 98 when I left. Bottle on the bike, and 2 bottles on the fuel belt (9oz each, one with gatorade).

It was hot, but after the 6 running yesterday, felt good to get back out. Just my only good day for riding...too hard to do during the week with a wife who works later.

Anyone have a link to a cheap fuel belt? I am still going with out one and maybe it would help. Saturday I ran out of water. I was running past a church. I think assembly of God? I went in and asked if I could fill my bottle. They said sure but then tried to convert me with living water. Not a big deal but I would rather have enough water to avoid those situations. There was a bar 1/4 mile further down the road but, well you know.

It's not cheap, but the flexibility of the Amphipod RunLites is awesome. I got the RunLite 4 and love it. The bottles clip in/out easily and are made well. You can add/subtract bottles as you need. The pockets are just right. There's a nice little 'hidden' pocket up front that can fit a key fob and a few keys.

I did a google search for those with coupons. I have found some $5.00 off deals. I am leaning towards these.

Those look great with the snap/clip in bottle system and things you can add to it for gel or other snap on pouches.Liking their other products too for holding my nano without getting it wet when I don't wear my fuel belt.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Check this out for a lesson in total ineptitude: Several runners collapse during Summerfest race

Oh, and then the apology by the race director.

Multiple runners said hydration stations as early as 2.5 miles into the course ran out of water and cups. The next station, a mile away, had no cups. Volunteers had to pour water straight into runners' hands.

Race officials acknowledged their failure to provide enough water in the right places and apologized.

"I think, overall, there are 10 different things you need to focus on (when organizing a race), and I think we got one very wrong, and that was water on the course," said Tom Schuler, race director and president of Team Sports Inc., which served as the race organizer.

What an idiot.Seriously, if you're directing a half-marathon in July, your first, second, and third priorties should be water/aid stations. Traffic control and chip timing would be items four and five I guess.

 

[Ned]

Finished about 14 miles on the bike in the midday heat. I think the heat index was around 98 when I left. Bottle on the bike, and 2 bottles on the fuel belt (9oz each, one with gatorade).

It was hot, but after the 6 running yesterday, felt good to get back out. Just my only good day for riding...too hard to do during the week with a wife who works later.

Anyone have a link to a cheap fuel belt? I am still going with out one and maybe it would help. Saturday I ran out of water. I was running past a church. I think assembly of God? I went in and asked if I could fill my bottle. They said sure but then tried to convert me with living water. Not a big deal but I would rather have enough water to avoid those situations. There was a bar 1/4 mile further down the road but, well you know.

It's not cheap, but the flexibility of the Amphipod RunLites is awesome. I got the RunLite 4 and love it. The bottles clip in/out easily and are made well. You can add/subtract bottles as you need. The pockets are just right. There's a nice little 'hidden' pocket up front that can fit a key fob and a few keys.

I did a google search for those with coupons. I have found some $5.00 off deals. I am leaning towards these.

Those look great with the snap/clip in bottle system and things you can add to it for gel or other snap on pouches.Liking their other products too for holding my nano without getting it wet when I don't wear my fuel belt.

The snap/clip is $$$. I found it's easiest to pull them up to get them out since they snap in so tight. They snap back in perfectly. Couldn't be any happier with this belt.

 

[gruecd]

In non-running-related news, I watched "Swamp People" for the first time ever last night. I think I may have a new favorite television show.

 

[Ned]

I kept meaning to share this one... Before leaving for vacation, my 4yr old was 'out for a run' doing his usual laps around the house. My brother started counting his laps for him and cheering him on like he was in a race. 60 laps later, Zack decided he had had enough. 60 laps impressed the hell out of me so I paced off the length of the lap. 30 paces is roughly 30 yards....

30*3*60 = 5,400 or 1.02 miles. little buddy!

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I kept meaning to share this one... Before leaving for vacation, my 4yr old was 'out for a run' doing his usual laps around the house. My brother started counting his laps for him and cheering him on like he was in a race. 60 laps later, Zack decided he had had enough. 60 laps impressed the hell out of me so I paced off the length of the lap. 30 paces is roughly 30 yards....30*3*60 = 5,400 or 1.02 miles. little buddy!

How were his splits? _______________________Just got back from a steamy 10 miles during my very extended lunch break. We've had an extremely mild summer up until recently, so I'm just now getting re-acquainted with heat and humidity -- by the time I get fully acclimated to this, fall will be right around the corner. My pace was normal and my legs were still pretty fresh when I finished, but the perceived exertion of this run was quite a bit more than it would have been if it was a nice, comfortable 45 (duh). This is where I need to get off my ### and actually wear the HR monitor that I paid for with my 305, but I need to track down a battery for it so my inner laziness is working against my higher aspirations.Edit: It wasn't actually particularly humid today -- just in the mid-80s and sunny. Yesterday was humid.

 

[sho nuff]

100 now with a heat index of 114

Thinking TM tonight.

 

[gruecd]

100 now with a heat index of 114Thinking TM tonight.

It's sorta like, uh, well, another way to call a cat a kitten. It's five little letters that I'm missin....

 

[sho nuff]

100 now with a heat index of 114Thinking TM tonight.

It's sorta like, uh, well, another way to call a cat a kitten. It's five little letters that I'm missin....

Damn skippy.Ill enjoy the nice 72 degrees in the AC with a fan blowing in my face as I do some interval work on the TM...watching the Home Run Derby I guess.Probably with the sound off so I don't have to hear Berman.

 

[Ned]

I kept meaning to share this one... Before leaving for vacation, my 4yr old was 'out for a run' doing his usual laps around the house. My brother started counting his laps for him and cheering him on like he was in a race. 60 laps later, Zack decided he had had enough. 60 laps impressed the hell out of me so I paced off the length of the lap. 30 paces is roughly 30 yards....30*3*60 = 5,400 or 1.02 miles. little buddy!

How were his splits? _______________________Just got back from a steamy 10 miles during my very extended lunch break. We've had an extremely mild summer up until recently, so I'm just now getting re-acquainted with heat and humidity -- by the time I get fully acclimated to this, fall will be right around the corner. My pace was normal and my legs were still pretty fresh when I finished, but the perceived exertion of this run was quite a bit more than it would have been if it was a nice, comfortable 45 (duh). This is where I need to get off my ### and actually wear the HR monitor that I paid for with my 305, but I need to track down a battery for it so my inner laziness is working against my higher aspirations.Edit: It wasn't actually particularly humid today -- just in the mid-80s and sunny. Yesterday was humid.

The first thing I said when I did the math was "wish we timed you!".Get your ### to CVS, buy a battery, and strap that puppy on. HR training has already saved my run a few times in the past few weeks.

 

[gruecd]

100 now with a heat index of 114Thinking TM tonight.

It's sorta like, uh, well, another way to call a cat a kitten. It's five little letters that I'm missin....

Damn skippy.Ill enjoy the nice 72 degrees in the AC with a fan blowing in my face as I do some interval work on the TM...watching the Home Run Derby I guess.Probably with the sound off so I don't have to hear Berman.

Fair enough. I'm leaving work a little early so I can go outside and sweat my balls off doing 8 miles with temps in the upper 80s and the dew point in the 70s. :X

 

[Sand]

100 now with a heat index of 114Thinking TM tonight.

It's sorta like, uh, well, another way to call a cat a kitten. It's five little letters that I'm missin....

Damn skippy.Ill enjoy the nice 72 degrees in the AC with a fan blowing in my face as I do some interval work on the TM...watching the Home Run Derby I guess.Probably with the sound off so I don't have to hear Berman.

Fair enough. I'm leaving work a little early so I can go outside and sweat my balls off doing 8 miles with temps in the upper 80s and the dew point in the 70s. :X

Heat index of a paltry 85ish up your way does not compare to 114 (or 106 where I am). You northerners have a skewed idea of heat. I'm probably saddling up to a TM, as well, tonight. Oh, and BnB - We demand to be entertained with an epic race report!

 

[BassNBrew]

Oh, and BnB - We demand to be entertained with an epic race report!

You'll get epic...hopefully soon. Came back to work to face a diaster. Been working all day and still have 40+ e-mails to address and a bunch on other messes.

 

[Ned]

Oh, and BnB - We demand to be entertained with an epic race report!

You'll get epic...hopefully soon. Came back to work to face a diaster. Been working all day and still have 40+ e-mails to address and a bunch on other messes.

Priorities, damn it!

 

[2Young2BBald]

Suppose it is a thread rule to report the bad with the good, so here is the bad on my triathlon on Saturday. I had my worst event to date. I won't bother with all the details, but it was the swim that killed me. This has always been a 1/2 mile swim, with a quarter mile out and back and they do a mass start. For whatever reason, they changed to a triangle swim, but kept it a mass start of 260. The end result was that there was a huge crush together at the start. I have never been beaten this bad in a swim. I have a claw mark down my left side and a couple of other marks. Worst part was that there were also 2-4 foot waves. So, as I was getting thrashed, I was also swallowing water. Less than 1/2 way I thought I was going down and had to grab on to a kayak for a breather and to choke some water out of my lungs. I finished, but it took me over 23 minutes to the the swam (where it typically takes me closer to 16). I was so gassed I could not generate any speed on the bike and could not even get under 9 MM on the run. I have been less tired after Olys. I talked to lots of people who had the same issues with the swim and it showed in the results. Even with my (legal btw) kayak grab, I was 13 out of 30 in my AG and times were way off from the last few years. Mine time was over 12 minutes slower than when I raced this 2 years ago. I don't think it helped racing 3 events in 7 days and each of the last 3 weekends. I am off racing for a few weeks and don't have a tri until mid August. Next up is Warrior Dash, which will be a nice change of pace.

 

[prosopis]

Cooled down to 92 today so I tried my first lactate threshold heart rate run. I did 7 miles and avg HR was 160. I wanted between 149-165 so I did well.

Splits were 19:35,11:38,11:54,12:35,13:08,13:06,13:08.

In those last few miles I was having to hit a fast walk to keep the HR down. I hit 184 once.

I figure this is better then sitting around pissing and moaning that it is to hot. I hope I am helping myself

 

[tri-man 47]

Suppose it is a thread rule to report the bad with the good

Well, not everyone follows that rule. Sorry to hear about that - I know that awful feeling, but I've never had it as bad as you describe.

 

[Sand]

Heat index of a paltry 85ish up your way does not compare to 114 (or 106 where I am). You northerners have a skewed idea of heat. I'm probably saddling up to a TM, as well, tonight.

My disdain of treadmills won. 5 miles at 8:53/mile in about 100 degree heat index. These runs are super hard. Skipping my trainer ride tonight - I'll hit the group ride tomorrow hard.

 

[sho nuff]

100 now with a heat index of 114Thinking TM tonight.

It's sorta like, uh, well, another way to call a cat a kitten. It's five little letters that I'm missin....

Damn skippy.Ill enjoy the nice 72 degrees in the AC with a fan blowing in my face as I do some interval work on the TM...watching the Home Run Derby I guess.Probably with the sound off so I don't have to hear Berman.

Fair enough. I'm leaving work a little early so I can go outside and sweat my balls off doing 8 miles with temps in the upper 80s and the dew point in the 70s. :X

It got up to 103 with a heat index of 118.Thought it might cool down by 9 when I would run.It was still 91 with a heat index of 103.I opted for the TM.Still sweat a bit as it was 76 in the house as the AC was not keeping up with the heat very well on the 2nd floor.

 

[Ned]

It's like my body flipped the light switch to off after returning from vacation. My legs are dead. I struggled through a 5mi recovery run this morning to beat the heat today. My hamstrings, in particular, feel like total ####. I wonder if it's a culmination of all of the speed work and my legs finally said 'enough is enough' and shut down.

 

[The_Man]

Ned, that 5k time is unbelievable. Give your legs a few days and they'll bounce right back.

Grue - congrats on starting the 12/70. I look forward to following your accomplishments during this rigorous cycle and can't wait for you to crack 3 hours. I am planning to bask in your reflected glory.

As for me, still just building that base - slow and steady. Shooting for 35 miles this week. Nothing interesting to report, but I am feeling healthy though not particularly fast or fit yet. And the pounds look like they've finally begun to slowly melt away. Would love to drop 5 or 6 more and get down to 170 by the time I start my 18/55 in mid-August.

 

[sho nuff]

Glad today is a weight day...as of 8 AM its already 91 with a heat index of 102.

 

[gruecd]

It's like my body flipped the light switch to off after returning from vacation. My legs are dead. I struggled through a 5mi recovery run this morning to beat the heat today. My hamstrings, in particular, feel like total ####. I wonder if it's a culmination of all of the speed work and my legs finally said 'enough is enough' and shut down.

Go get a massage. It'll be the best $50-75 you ever spent. Seriously.

 

[gruecd]

My disdain of treadmills won. 5 miles at 8:53/mile in about 100 degree heat index. These runs are super hard. Skipping my trainer ride tonight - I'll hit the group ride tomorrow hard.

Nice work. I did 8 at 7:57/mile with a heat index of 90-something. It sucked. I was supposed to do 10 strides, but I only did six. Whatever.I've got 11 GA miles tonight, and just an easy 5-mile recovery run tomorrow. I've got 15 with 8 at MP scheduled for Saturday, but I think I'm going to be doing it before work on Thursday. It's supposed to be WAY cooler, and plus I've got a 2:51 marathoner who'll run with me, which should make it a lot easier to crank out those 6:52s.Have a great Tuesday, dudes!

 

[Sand]

It's like my body flipped the light switch to off after returning from vacation. My legs are dead. I struggled through a 5mi recovery run this morning to beat the heat today. My hamstrings, in particular, feel like total ####. I wonder if it's a culmination of all of the speed work and my legs finally said 'enough is enough' and shut down.

Go get a massage. It'll be the best $50-75 you ever spent. Seriously.

He should upgrade.

 

[Ned]

It's like my body flipped the light switch to off after returning from vacation. My legs are dead. I struggled through a 5mi recovery run this morning to beat the heat today. My hamstrings, in particular, feel like total ####. I wonder if it's a culmination of all of the speed work and my legs finally said 'enough is enough' and shut down.

Go get a massage. It'll be the best $50-75 you ever spent. Seriously.

I have zero clue WTF I'm doing. What kind of massage? <insert happy ending joke here>

 

[Ned]

It's like my body flipped the light switch to off after returning from vacation. My legs are dead. I struggled through a 5mi recovery run this morning to beat the heat today. My hamstrings, in particular, feel like total ####. I wonder if it's a culmination of all of the speed work and my legs finally said 'enough is enough' and shut down.

Go get a massage. It'll be the best $50-75 you ever spent. Seriously.

He should upgrade.

that didn't take long.

 

[sho nuff]

It's like my body flipped the light switch to off after returning from vacation. My legs are dead. I struggled through a 5mi recovery run this morning to beat the heat today. My hamstrings, in particular, feel like total ####. I wonder if it's a culmination of all of the speed work and my legs finally said 'enough is enough' and shut down.

Go get a massage. It'll be the best $50-75 you ever spent. Seriously.

He should upgrade.

What if its these twins?

 

[gruecd]

I have zero clue WTF I'm doing. What kind of massage?

Deep tissue.

 

[Sand]

It's like my body flipped the light switch to off after returning from vacation. My legs are dead. I struggled through a 5mi recovery run this morning to beat the heat today. My hamstrings, in particular, feel like total ####. I wonder if it's a culmination of all of the speed work and my legs finally said 'enough is enough' and shut down.

Go get a massage. It'll be the best $50-75 you ever spent. Seriously.

He should upgrade.

What if its these twins?

To be fair I think those two are dead.

 

[sho nuff]

It's like my body flipped the light switch to off after returning from vacation. My legs are dead. I struggled through a 5mi recovery run this morning to beat the heat today. My hamstrings, in particular, feel like total ####. I wonder if it's a culmination of all of the speed work and my legs finally said 'enough is enough' and shut down.

Go get a massage. It'll be the best $50-75 you ever spent. Seriously.

He should upgrade.

What if its these twins?

To be fair I think those two are dead.

Makes it even worse.Just the first nasty twins I thought of from those old books.

 

[2Young2BBald]

I have zero clue WTF I'm doing. What kind of massage?

Deep tissue.

This. And, subscribe to Groupon & Living Social. Both offer a tons of deals on massages. I have had two really good ones from Groupon and am trying to schedule a 3rd I bought last week. Hard to beat an hour massage for $30 to $35. Before buying, Google up feedback just to be sure you know what you are getting.

 

[BassNBrew]

King of the Mt Race Report

Leg 1 - 5 mile Bear Run

Profile - http://www.hopeformarrow.org/bearinfo.htm

Conditions - Mid 70's as base

The Course from the bottom - http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/grandfather-mountain-annlynn-ward.jpg

From the top - http://www.trianglerentacar.com/userfiles/GrandfatherMountain.jpg

Overview - 800 enteries, 700 finishers, 54:58 finish time, 311th

Based on my training I was expecting a time between 1 hr and 1:03. Basically 12 min miles on the steep stuff and 10 min/mi on the "flattish" mile.

Here were the splits

mile 1 - 11:16 pace, 335 ft climb, 155 hr

mile 2 - 10:18 pace, 210 ft, 161 hr

mile 3 - 10:00 pace, 174 ft, 158 hr

mile 4 - 12:52 pace, 430 ft, 162 hr

mile 5 - 10:30 pace?, 367 ft, 162 hr

I started in the middle of the pack where I expected to finish. The first 1/2 was a brutal traffic jam. Probably was a good thing to keep me in check. We turned and hit a gravel road for the next 2 miles. Very steep and windy. It was hard to run tangents with all the walkers. Heart was not in the 160s where I haven't been training. This could be a problem.

At the start of mile 3 we hit the entrace to the Grandfather Highland games. Several thousand people were lined up cheering as they were camping and getting their party hats on. One guy offered a beer as I went by but that wasn't in today's plans. Very fun section of the course as we got to do a 1/2 lap on the track. Upon exiting the track there was a 45 degree hill for about 20 yards that had me walking and my hr pushing 167.

We clear the woods and hit the pavement to the top of Grandfather. I had a clear view to the top and I couldn't believe how far up I had to go. As you can see, 43o ft in a mile is brutal. I did walk one of the steeper sections as other walkers were keeping pace with my "run".

As you enter the final mile you have a clear view of the stair case of switchbacks to the top. I started to count them but couldn't concentrate. My gps had jived with the course the entire way but I hit the home stretch much earlier than expected. I "sprinted" the last 50 yards once I saw the finish but I expected it to be further as my gps had 4.8. Not sure if it was great tangent running or a hiccup in the gps. I saw the clock under 55 min so I gave it everything and crossed in 54:58 min.

Overall I was very happy with the outcome. I hadn't been training in the 160 hr range and was shocked that I was able to substain this effort.

Only 3 people broke 35 min or 7 min/mi pace on this course and only 35 were 8:00 or under. That should give you an idea of how tough the track was.

Biggest focused now was recovery. It was now about 8:00 pm and I had to get off the mountain and home to get cued up for a 6 am arrivive at the bike start.

 

[gruecd]

'Sup, dudes?! What a difference 15 degrees makes. Upper 80s and humid when I did my 8-miler yesterday, and although I managed to average 7:57/mile, I felt like death the last couple of miles, and I only managed six of the ten strides I was supposed to do.

Tonight it was less humid with temps in the low 70s, and I knocked out my 11-miler at 7:39 average pace, with each of the last four miles at 7:24 or faster.

Can't wait for tomorrow. Just a single 5-mile recovery run. Kinda ridiculous that I find myself saying "only" one run tomorrow.

BNB - Nice job on that run.

Hope you're all having a great night!!

 

[prosopis]

Great report BnB. Looks like a beautiful/painful run.

Grue you will never cease to amaze me.

 

[BassNBrew]

King of the Mt Race Report

Leg 2 - 65 mile Grizzly Bike Race, 7000+ ft climbing

Conditions - Low 70's at start, rain halfway thru event

Overview - 95+ started, 94 finishers, 3hr 35m finish time, 45th

This is one of the most brutal bike races I've ever done. Maybe 5 miles of flat the entire way and the finish sits about 1000 ft above the start line. I'd pre-ridden the course in about 3h 50 m three months ago and it totally whipped my ###. My goal was 3h 30m since I'd had a lot of good training under my belt since then. That equates to about a 14 mph average (I'd average over 20 on a flattish course). I guess I should say that was my secondary goal, because the primary was to leave enough in the legs to complete the marathon the next day.

Unfortunately I had to get up about 4:45am to get to the start and register. I was on about 5 hours of sleep after the previous night's event. Normally I'd bore you guys with a bunch of data from the ride but honestly I haven't even looked at it after what went down. I mentioned the death earlier but here are the details...some may want to skip this part.

The ride start well and I hung with the lead group over the first climb which was about a 1/2 mile at 6-7%. At mile 6 we started a one mile climb that had sections up to 12%. I survived roughly the first 1/3 of a mile before the peleton spit me out of the back. I crested the top probably in 30th position and we started a 4-5 mile wicked fast and curvy descent. I was far down this descent when I heard the squealing sounds of brakes around the corner. I was probably doing about 30 mph and reached for the brakes. I turned the corner and everything is fuzzy here. I don't remember things precisely, but have fixed images burned into my memory. I recall flashing back and forth between gravel, bottles bouncing down the road, a bike sliding in the opposite lane into the grass, a car stopping in the opposite lane, and a rider down in a heap. The horrifying part was that I glimpsed at the fallen rider's face and blood was pouring out like someone had turned on a fire hose. I haven't seen anything remotely close to this in the movies.

By the time I checked up there was a rider walking his bike back up the hill. There were also several riders behind me surrounding the fallen rider. I had so many thoughts in my mind that I really didn't know what to do. My first inclination was to stop. Then I thought what good would that do. I'm not a medical professional and there were already people there. My next thoughts were unfortunately pretty selfish. If I go back and fully take in the scene would I just be doing it for curiosity? Also if I go back, I probably hang up the bike for good and dnf a three day event. It was then that I decided the prudent course of action was to ride on and find help in case no one at the scene had a phone. It was about two minutes later when I found a motobike sag and stopped to tell him that there was a serious accident up the road.

Basically babied it down the descent from here. Spoke with some other riders along the way. One guy thought the guy was bleeding from his shoulder, but in my heart I knew the guy had likely perished almost immediately. I put on my head phones and just tried to move beyond.

The "fun" part of this course started arond mile 20. 5 miles @ 5-7%, 2 mile descent, 2 miles of gravel alternate between 10% short up and down hills, and then a 5 mile, 1600 ft climb up Beech Mt. I got to the top in pretty good condition and on target for my 4.5 hr. It was at the crest that the rain started. I pissed away a lot of time decending around 20 mph in wet conditions. Ironically the roads dried after the last major descent.

Somewhere between mile 45-50 the course was marked wrong. There was a 30 mile option in the same event and whoever was marking the route switched the ride colors at this spot. I was supposed to go straight but the arrows said left. I continued straight and saw 30 mile marked all over the road. I reversed direction and turned where the markings said to go and saw the correct color pointing that direction. 2 miles later I didn't see another marking. I knew a way to get back on course from here but it included a 2 mile 7-8% climb. Got back on course and finished the event.

The last kick in the stones was that they were manually recording times. I crossed the finish in 4:35 based on their clock, but they had me down for 4:39 the results. I finished right behind another rider and the final results have me finishing right in front of someone. Not sure how they screw this up.

Legs were tried but I was walking good. Worst issue was that I couldn't move my arm w/o severe pain for about a 1/2 hour. A little disappointed in the time, but I wasn't to concerned as I knew the events fo the day and the weather had factored in the time. Next up...the marathon.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

These are pretty epic race reports. The accident/death still freaks me out though.

 

[gruecd]

Up bright and early for a pre-work workout of 15 miles with 8 at GMP (6:52). Ugh. I guess this is how we earn it....

I also guess I'm going to be ready for bed by 8:00 tonight...

 

[Ned]

Up bright and early for a pre-work workout of 15 miles with 8 at GMP (6:52). Ugh. I guess this is how we earn it....I also guess I'm going to be ready for bed by 8:00 tonight...

I have a massage scheduled for Friday afternoon. Is it safe to run the day after a massage?

 

[El Floppo]

06/11: Bellin Run 10K, Green Bay, WI (39:44, #204/15516 overall, #26/555 M30-34)

HA!HA! HA! HA!

Signed,

a really, really fat guy.

 

[gruecd]

Up bright and early for a pre-work workout of 15 miles with 8 at GMP (6:52). Ugh. I guess this is how we earn it....

Well that sucked.The 15 miles were fine, but I bailed after just 3 of the GMP miles (6:49, 6:48, 6:44), because my right hip/ITB/knee (which have been a little tight/sore lately) didn't like the longer stride. At 11-1/2 weeks out, I figured discretion is the better part of valor. Good news is that I felt pretty decent aerobically, so I'll get in to see my MT, get this crap worked out, and try the 8 GMP again in the middle of next weekend's 17-miler.Gotta go get on the foam roller and then make my way to work. TTYL!

 

[gruecd]

I have a massage scheduled for Friday afternoon. Is it safe to run the day after a massage?

I usually do, but just take it easy. And drink a TON of water after the massage to flush all the crap out of your muscles.

 

[gruecd]

06/11: Bellin Run 10K, Green Bay, WI (39:44, #204/15516 overall, #26/555 M30-34)

HA!HA! HA! HA!

Signed,

a really, really fat guy.

Inching closer and closer to that 38:53 of yours. It's just a matter of time now...

 

[sho nuff]

Heat got to me last night...pushed the first 3 of 4 miles a bit faster than I should have...at about 3.5 my body started to say no mas...at 3.65, i walked for a bit...then jogged it home for the last little bit of the 4.

 

[Sand]

King of the Mt Race ReportLeg 2 - 65 mile Grizzly Bike Race, 7000+ ft climbingConditions - Low 70's at start, rain halfway thru eventOverview - 95+ started, 94 finishers, 3hr 35m finish time, 45th

Awesome race report, BnB. But 3:35 over 65 miles is 18mph, not 14. For 7k feet of climbing that is moving!BTW, did you record that to a Garmin? I'd love to see the file.