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Actually, Indianapolis has 2 marathons. One in October and a second one in Novemember. Both are really flat. I ran the first one two falls ago and it is a beautiful course. Smaller race, but really good support. Most of the running is through the Fort Harrison State park. The second one, I have not run, but is supposed to be a really flat course and a very PR friendly course from what I understand.
Wraith and I did Veterans Marathon near Fort Wayne, IN, as a back-up to Chicago in 2010. It's held on Saturday, November 10, so there's plenty of recovery time, and the weather should be nice and cool. It's a small race--just a little over 200 finishers last year.A bit of a drive from SD, though...
Putting mine off til the morning.Having to clean out a spot in the garage to have a water heater replaced...plus mow the lawn later.My allergies would be hating me if I ran now or after the lawn is done.Doing 9 midweek...at night was a bit odd. So ready for the kids to be in schools for these MLRs in the middle of the week.
Are you modifying the start of the plan? I thought the first few weeks were 4 days/week.
It is...ran Monday, Wednesday...my recovery runs will switch between thursdays and fridays though for my own schedule...long runs on Saturdays.Tuesdays and Sundays are weight training days for me and sometimes whichever other day I don't do the recovery runs.
Hahaha. Maybe a little.Ended up doing 6 miles over lunch. Overcast with temps in the mid-60s was nice, but it was still crazy humid, and I looked like a drowned rat by the time I was finished. It'll be nice just having to do an easy 4-miler tonight, but getting out of bed at 4-4:30 tomorrow is NOT going to be fun...you're nuts.
Did that yesterday - it was a nice, balmy 75/80 for my 5. Today the misery index is at 165; luckily I am biking.BTW, if y'all want to see something nuts, look at this. For a competition on Strava a guy here in my town did a 250 mile ride with 42,000ft. of climbing in one day (his Garmin puked on the last 25 miles). He did 1/3 of the total amount of climbing in the Tour is this year in one day.Hahaha. Maybe a little.Ended up doing 6 miles over lunch. Overcast with temps in the mid-60s was nice, but it was still crazy humid, and I looked like a drowned rat by the time I was finished. It'll be nice just having to do an easy 4-miler tonight, but getting out of bed at 4-4:30 tomorrow is NOT going to be fun...
Good luck! 1:35 is pretty sporty and may be tough to get to in that kind of weather. Don't be afraid to shut her down if the weather gets to you.
This is pleasing to me.Jux -- Good luck this weekend. Obviously the conditions aren't going to be good, but like you said, even MP will get you a PR . . .'jb1020 said:
Me, an adventure tri tomorrow that has a 2.1 mile kayak, 11.1 mile bike and a 5K run. Pretty upset with what has occurred with the bike course. Out of no where, over the past week, one of the cities along the course began repaving. Its a two lane road separated by an island and they've tore up the outside lane in both directions. Both the out and back come through this area. The RD tried, but failed to get the city to close that part of the course to traffic, so it'll be open road with no shoulder on the right, just construction barrels. To make matters worse, there is an intersection right at the end of the construction and the police will not be stopping traffic. I scrapped plan to use my tri bike, switching to my road bike for safety sake. I haven't raced my road bike since 2009, so it'll be interesting how things go. The pre-race email stated that double wide racing will not be allowed (oh, OK) and that they will be enforcing USAT draft rules. Looking at last year's results, I was gunning for AG hardware, but I am not going to risk things on a stupid bike course just for a medal. Good luck on the PR effort and stay safe in the heat!!!
I'm doing an 8K that starts at 8:45 PM on Saturday night, and ends with "live music, refreshments, and beer."
I'm seeing temp of 75° and dew point in the mid-60s in Chicago at 6:30 am. Not ideal, but not horrible. Of course, keep an eye on their Facebook page, but there's no way in hell I could ever see a Rock 'n' Roll event getting canceled.
Pre-work 20-miler complete. Out of bed at 4:30 and on the road a little after 5:00. Ran with a couple of guys, one of whom has a bad hamstring, which ended up being a good thing, because it kept our pace in check. Ran the first ten in 1:26:54 (8:41/mile), and then injured guy quit, so the remaining two of us picked up the pace and ran the last ten in 1:21:07 (8:07). Gu at ~5, 10, and 15, more than 60 ounces of Gatorade/water consumed. Overall average 8:25/mile.It was 59°F with dew point 57°F when we started, so it was relatively cool, but hella humid. Shorts were drenched a few miles into the run, and eventually my Bodyglide wore off, leaving me with some seriously painful chafing on my inner thighs. I can neither confirm nor deny that I screamed like a little ##### when I got in the shower.
That humidity is like ours here now. Shirt and shorts end up looking like I jumped in the pool.Was happy for a second when I stepped onto my porch and turned on the garmin...felt a little breeze and the cooler air.That lasted about 10 seconds and I felt no breeze during the run...just thick air.
Congrats, Ivan. That's a big milestone!7 GA miles this morning -- one step removed from a recovery run -- and I've now finished my first ever 50 mile week. Of course I've still got eight more hard weeks in front of me, but I'm going to enjoy this milestone for a while.
It was cancelled in 2010 but well after 2 hours into it, IIRC. Most people finished.Good luck to Ray, 2Y2BB and everyone else!
Congrats, Ivan. That's a big milestone!7 GA miles this morning -- one step removed from a recovery run -- and I've now finished my first ever 50 mile week. Of course I've still got eight more hard weeks in front of me, but I'm going to enjoy this milestone for a while.
Especially in this heat...I am several weeks away from any 50 mile weeks.
That city commission is a bunch of ####### douchebags. That said, have fun!
Thanks, I am going to try and attack the course almost like intervals, slowing in the construction zones and hammering the rest. I am hoping I catch the green lights and my AG competitors see red. I am a bit more worried about my wife than myself. She is doing the Du (5K run/11mile ride/5K run). She has done very little open road riding and none without me taking the lead.
Damn I could never do 20 right out of bed. Nice job.
OK - we're on! I'll drive us out to the paved trail.--
It gets easier over time. The key is consistent mileage. Just think back to the days when a 3 miler was a 'workout'.
Lots of shenanigans, too much Yuengling, and too many losing hands of black jack made for a sluggish recovery run. After being up for 24hrs straight and boozing it until 3AM, I'm happy I even laced the shoes on today. 10:12/134
Damn, guy. 18/70 just gets it going right away.That closes off week 1 with 54 mi total. Crazy to think this was my peak mileage during last year's training cycle.
). I was in bed by 10:00 and set the alarm for 3:45. I was meeting up with some people at 4:30 to drive in together before the start at 6:30. I actually woke up at 2:30 and couldn't fall back asleep. Just once I'd like to get a full night of sleep before one of these things!
Nothing better than hitting the trails! As I ramp up I'll probably switch to focusing on time rather than distance as well.Wow, this thread is a ghost town this weekend.
Congrats on the PR!
Damn nice race and that will be one heck of a turnaround into that plan...obviously don't have the experience you do...no way I could jump into a plan like that right after any of the 4 halfs I did.Race report -- Chicago Rock n Roll 1/2 MarathonI had a party to go to last night but ducked out really early and I behaved myself (no
You're killing us city boys here! Dang ...so jealous!!Juxt - See? You just needed a shorter race to put some zip into your HM pacing. lol Great job!!!
Awesome PR! So HM x 2 + 10 minutes ... 
That is an awesome result, Jux. You're overall level of fitness just overwhelmed the poor conditions. Congratulations on the PR and GL with your training for Chicago. I believe this puts you and me on the same schedule, since Chicago and Twin Cities are on the same weekend this year.
Awesome course! I guess (if there is a bright side to intense nausea) you learned what not to eat prior to a run like this. I can't eat pizza before something like this at all. And I sure as hell can't do beer, wine, and gin and tonics. A man has his limits, you know.
Seriously nice run. In 40 degree weather you crush this.----
My trail run last weekend was inside the Portland city limits, and today's was 25 minutes from my house and 55 minutes from San Francisco. Guess you "city boys" just live in the wrong cities!
Indeed. While out there struggling I was a little discouraged thinking that I'll have to get through 2 more miles in a couple of weeks than I did today, but I then realized that I'll make better choices the night before that race, it'll likely be cooler, and hell I still could have gone another 2 miles if I had to!Awesome course! I guess (if there is a bright side to intense nausea) you learned what not to eat prior to a run like this. I can't eat pizza before something like this at all. And I sure as hell can't do beer, wine, and gin and tonics. A man has his limits, you know.
Good stuff!
