Ran a 10k in June (4 Viewers)

[Hang 10]

8k tomorrow. My legs feel like lead today. Seems as though I can never figure out how to train properly the week of a race. Every damn time, I make a mistake in my leg strength training and over do it. Hopefully today's rest will get me some spring back. I honestly have no idea what kind of time I'm going to run tomorrow. Anywhere between 32-35 minutes.

Pftiz suggests 4 days between a tempo run and a race or 5 days between a VO2 max session (speed work) and a race. Everything else in between can be MLR or recovery type workouts.

The way I see it.... There's 2 angles at play - 1: this is just a race or a tune up race. For these, I stick to the normal schedule with hard workouts and then maybe a day or 2 of rest before the race. 2: this is your 'A-Race' that you want to be as close to 100% as possible. This is where I'd be more cautious and not do any hard workouts the week of the race (marathon excluded).

When in doubt, err on the side of caution and forget the speed work during race week (unless you're that cyborg, tri-man). You're really not gaining anything for that particular race by doing a hard speed session that week.

Yeah, this a completely last minute race but I don't really have anything else on the books until August...so this is the race...sort of. I think I did a pretty decent job with my running this week. Ran a moderate speed workout tuesday and ran an easy 5 miles yesterday (as easy as running when it's mid 90's gets). I did however do some overhead squats and lunges wednesday and then went to waterpark with my daughter and spent the majority of the time there running up stairs to waterslides.

I don't really feel like I worked hard enough this week for my legs to feel this tired but it is what it is. I'm still going to go out there tomorrow and let er rip anyways. We'll see how it goes!

 

[Hang 10]

Not really sure I even feel like talking much about it, but y'all are close enough that I feel like at least saying something....

My mom has fought ovarian cancer for over 3 years and is now losing that battle. She's been given 2 months time frame, and is still fighting it. She's pissed off and vowed to beat that time. We are all dropping everything and going on a last minute cruise with her on the 23rd. So the Summer Of Speed is coming to an abrupt end for me. My wife and I will be running a 5K tomorrow and that'll be it for me most likely.

My workouts have sucked ### this week. Just can't get into it and frankly don't really care right now. Sorry for the Debbie Downer news.

T&P's Ned.

 

[sho nuff]

***First Official Kayak Report***

I was driving by Gander Mountain and saw a couple kayaks outside. I liked the red one.

My kayak report.

Last year while visiting my family in Wisconsin...we were at the cottage on a little lake up there owned by my step-mother's family. They have 2 little dinky kayaks.

My son quickly learned how to paddle in one and thought it was great.

Then he challenged me to a race.

It did not end well for him.

Take note...even if you are 7 years old...if you challenge me to a race and talk trash...I will destroy you.

 

[sho nuff]

Not really sure I even feel like talking much about it, but y'all are close enough that I feel like at least saying something....

My mom has fought ovarian cancer for over 3 years and is now losing that battle. She's been given 2 months time frame, and is still fighting it. She's pissed off and vowed to beat that time. We are all dropping everything and going on a last minute cruise with her on the 23rd. So the Summer Of Speed is coming to an abrupt end for me. My wife and I will be running a 5K tomorrow and that'll be it for me most likely.

My workouts have sucked ### this week. Just can't get into it and frankly don't really care right now. Sorry for the Debbie Downer news.

Thoughts and prayers definitely with you and your family Ned.

 

[sho nuff]

My debbie downer news is more of a celebration. My Step-Dad's father died this past Monday.

While sad to see him go...he had been going downhill over the past 2 years. He was 93 and just celebrated his 69th Wedding Anniversary.

Some people go through divorces and things don't always work out well. My parents divorced when I was very young and both remarried. I still look at my mom and dad and wonder how they ever got together and stayed together long enough to have two kids. They both fit so much better with their current spouses. I have been lucky that both my step-mother and step-father have always been great to me and my brother. Always took us in as we were their own (as did their families).

In a way, I wish I had the genetics of my step-grandfather living that long. He was a meat and potatoes kind of guy...didn't seem to ever really eat healthy (and my grandmother baked a lot so they always had cookies or cake or something around and he had a big sweet tooth)...but lived a good long life. I think into his 80s he was still doing 50 pushups and situps every night before going to bed. I think about that sometimes when running gets hard...that if my grandfather could keep working out in his 80s...I can get through another mile.

Just sad I can't make it up to Wisconsin for the services (daughter's first dance recital is this weekend).

 

[Prince Myshkin]

Not really sure I even feel like talking much about it, but y'all are close enough that I feel like at least saying something....

My mom has fought ovarian cancer for over 3 years and is now losing that battle. She's been given 2 months time frame, and is still fighting it. She's pissed off and vowed to beat that time. We are all dropping everything and going on a last minute cruise with her on the 23rd. So the Summer Of Speed is coming to an abrupt end for me. My wife and I will be running a 5K tomorrow and that'll be it for me most likely.

My workouts have sucked ### this week. Just can't get into it and frankly don't really care right now. Sorry for the Debbie Downer news.

Wow, man. I can't begin to imagine going through that. My parents are both in their 70's so I guess I better start getting prepared. Obviously you are doing the right thing changing from the Summer of Speed to the Summer of Priorities. You have been a big source of advice and motivation for me, so I'll definitely keep you in my thoughts.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Sorry to hear about your mom, Ned. T&P. :(

 

[Annyong]

Not really sure I even feel like talking much about it, but y'all are close enough that I feel like at least saying something....

My mom has fought ovarian cancer for over 3 years and is now losing that battle. She's been given 2 months time frame, and is still fighting it. She's pissed off and vowed to beat that time. We are all dropping everything and going on a last minute cruise with her on the 23rd. So the Summer Of Speed is coming to an abrupt end for me. My wife and I will be running a 5K tomorrow and that'll be it for me most likely.

My workouts have sucked ### this week. Just can't get into it and frankly don't really care right now. Sorry for the Debbie Downer news.

Thoughts and prayers to you and your family, Ned.

 

[MAC_32]

Not really sure I even feel like talking much about it, but y'all are close enough that I feel like at least saying something....

My mom has fought ovarian cancer for over 3 years and is now losing that battle. She's been given 2 months time frame, and is still fighting it. She's pissed off and vowed to beat that time. We are all dropping everything and going on a last minute cruise with her on the 23rd. So the Summer Of Speed is coming to an abrupt end for me. My wife and I will be running a 5K tomorrow and that'll be it for me most likely.

My workouts have sucked ### this week. Just can't get into it and frankly don't really care right now. Sorry for the Debbie Downer news.

Close friend of the family's mom died of this a little over 3 years ago. Tomorrow is our annual Manhattan Stand in the neighborhood. It's just as it sounds. A lemonade stand, only with Manhattan's. All donations are given to research for Ovarian Cancer, accumulated about $1K year one and have added about $1K each year since. Hoping to continue that trend tomorrow.

Thoughts and prayers and treat this as motivation in your training. Don't run for you, run for her. Enjoy the cruise first though.

 

[tri-man 47]

Fantastic run for me today. 7 hilly miles at 9:50 pace with heart rate in the low 150s for most of it. March 31st was the first time I had ever run 7 miles. Now I'm cruising that distance on a run-of-the-mill GA run (and at a faster pace with a lower heart rate).

Prince - what great improvement! It's always cool to cross over those physical and mental distance hurdles.

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Ned - so sorry to hear the news, my friend. I'm glad to hear your mom will keep battling. I have no doubt she will give this a great fight ...I've seen her son's race reports. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

sho nuff - my thoughts are with you as well as you remember and celebrate your step-dad's wonderfully long life. When someone struggles through to the end, we truly appreciate the hope and promise of a greater glory.

 

[sho nuff]

Fantastic run for me today. 7 hilly miles at 9:50 pace with heart rate in the low 150s for most of it. March 31st was the first time I had ever run 7 miles. Now I'm cruising that distance on a run-of-the-mill GA run (and at a faster pace with a lower heart rate).

Prince - what great improvement! It's always cool to cross over those physical and mental distance hurdles.

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Ned - so sorry to hear the news, my friend. I'm glad to hear your mom will keep battling. I have no doubt she will give this a great fight ...I've seen her son's race reports. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

sho nuff - my thoughts are with you as well as you remember and celebrate your step-dad's wonderfully long life. When someone struggles through to the end, we truly appreciate the hope and promise of a greater glory.

Not my step dad...it was my step-dad's father.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Not really sure I even feel like talking much about it, but y'all are close enough that I feel like at least saying something....

My mom has fought ovarian cancer for over 3 years and is now losing that battle. She's been given 2 months time frame, and is still fighting it. She's pissed off and vowed to beat that time. We are all dropping everything and going on a last minute cruise with her on the 23rd. So the Summer Of Speed is coming to an abrupt end for me. My wife and I will be running a 5K tomorrow and that'll be it for me most likely.

My workouts have sucked ### this week. Just can't get into it and frankly don't really care right now. Sorry for the Debbie Downer news.

I'm sorry GB. Like others, thoughts and prayers. A couple of quick cruise things; if you can hunt down PSL, he is a pro at all things cruising and may be able to help you maximize the experience. I have full on OCD researched three cruises over the past 4 four years, please let me know if I can be of any help. If you are cruising RCCL, most of their gym facilities are at the front of the ship with dreadmills facing the sea. Quite amazing to see the sunrise while getting a workout in before anyone wakes up.

 

[tri-man 47]

Fantastic run for me today. 7 hilly miles at 9:50 pace with heart rate in the low 150s for most of it. March 31st was the first time I had ever run 7 miles. Now I'm cruising that distance on a run-of-the-mill GA run (and at a faster pace with a lower heart rate).

Prince - what great improvement! It's always cool to cross over those physical and mental distance hurdles.

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Ned - so sorry to hear the news, my friend. I'm glad to hear your mom will keep battling. I have no doubt she will give this a great fight ...I've seen her son's race reports. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

sho nuff - my thoughts are with you as well as you remember and celebrate your step-dad's wonderfully long life. When someone struggles through to the end, we truly appreciate the hope and promise of a greater glory.

Not my step dad...it was my step-dad's father.

yup ...sorry, I had seen that, just wrote it wrong.

 

[Ned]

My debbie downer news is more of a celebration. My Step-Dad's father died this past Monday.

While sad to see him go...he had been going downhill over the past 2 years. He was 93 and just celebrated his 69th Wedding Anniversary.

Some people go through divorces and things don't always work out well. My parents divorced when I was very young and both remarried. I still look at my mom and dad and wonder how they ever got together and stayed together long enough to have two kids. They both fit so much better with their current spouses. I have been lucky that both my step-mother and step-father have always been great to me and my brother. Always took us in as we were their own (as did their families).

In a way, I wish I had the genetics of my step-grandfather living that long. He was a meat and potatoes kind of guy...didn't seem to ever really eat healthy (and my grandmother baked a lot so they always had cookies or cake or something around and he had a big sweet tooth)...but lived a good long life. I think into his 80s he was still doing 50 pushups and situps every night before going to bed. I think about that sometimes when running gets hard...that if my grandfather could keep working out in his 80s...I can get through another mile.

Just sad I can't make it up to Wisconsin for the services (daughter's first dance recital is this weekend).

Sorry about your step grandfather. Pretty fn amazing what these old guys can do. It's certainly a testament to what staying active can do for your body. My grandfather (mom's dad) goes for these 500mi (week long) bike rides. He just turned 87 last week. We took our boys up to his place now that both are free of training wheels and went for a bike ride with ggpa (great grandpa is learning texting style accronyms ). I wish the boys could grasp how special it is that they can do something like that with their ggpa.

Appreciate the thoughts. She's definitely been a source of motivation and I caught myself all week thinking about when I was breathing heavy during a workout that she'd give anything to be able to do that right now (C is in her lungs). Tomorrow's 5K will certainly be for her.

2Y - we are going Norwegian on their new ship. Looks like they have a huge workout area so I'll definitely be looking to slip away before sunrise to get a run or two in. Joked with mom that I'll run laps in the tiny rooms if I have to.

 

[SayWhat?]

Not really sure I even feel like talking much about it, but y'all are close enough that I feel like at least saying something....

My mom has fought ovarian cancer for over 3 years and is now losing that battle. She's been given 2 months time frame, and is still fighting it. She's pissed off and vowed to beat that time. We are all dropping everything and going on a last minute cruise with her on the 23rd. So the Summer Of Speed is coming to an abrupt end for me. My wife and I will be running a 5K tomorrow and that'll be it for me most likely.

My workouts have sucked ### this week. Just can't get into it and frankly don't really care right now. Sorry for the Debbie Downer news.

Dang, I can't even imagine what that would be like. Your mom sounds like a fighter and it's amazing what the mind can will the body to do, so hopefully she does what she's setting her sights on and beats that two month mark. Enjoy the cruise and time spent with your family Ned.

 

[dhockster]

Not really sure I even feel like talking much about it, but y'all are close enough that I feel like at least saying something....

My mom has fought ovarian cancer for over 3 years and is now losing that battle. She's been given 2 months time frame, and is still fighting it. She's pissed off and vowed to beat that time. We are all dropping everything and going on a last minute cruise with her on the 23rd. So the Summer Of Speed is coming to an abrupt end for me. My wife and I will be running a 5K tomorrow and that'll be it for me most likely.

My workouts have sucked ### this week. Just can't get into it and frankly don't really care right now. Sorry for the Debbie Downer news.

Ned, Thoughts and prayers to your mom, you, and your whole family. While I was distressed to read your news, I love the fact that she is fighting the whole way. Give her a link to this page, she may get inspiration the way so many of us have from this thread.

And if she does log in:

Ned's mom, you can fight this thing for a long time. Don't let it get you down. All on this board are behind you 100%!

 

[SayWhat?]

I finally received a response from Garmin Connect technical support about the issues I'm having while attempting to upload the data from my Forerunner 305 into Garmin Connect. Their response in summary?

1. Attempt a manual upload

2. Detailed ~10 steps to complete the manual upload

3. Please note, the following devices are not compatible with manual uploads: yada yada yada, Forerunner 305, yada yada yada



So, if Garmin Connect doesn't have a solution for me to get my data uploaded to their site, does anyone else have any recommendations for online training solutions or softwares to track my training in that offers compatibility with a Forerunner 305? I used to use Sportracks (sp), but now primarily use a Mac and Sportracks isn't compatible on Macs.

 

[dhockster]

In honor of Ned's Mom, I am putting the letters NM on my race number tomorrow (or I will put her actual initials if you have those Ned).

 

[Sean]

Ned - my wife's close friend has been battling ovarian cancer for the past few years as well. Very sorry to hear. Enjoy the time away with your family.

Shonuff - sorry for your loss.

Up early this morning for 6 mi @ 8:30.

Good luck to all the racers this weekend. Hoping for good weather and some fast times.

 

[gruecd]

Ned - Definitely thinking of you and your mom. Hang in there.sho nuff - Sorry for your loss.

 

[SteelCurtain]

Not really sure I even feel like talking much about it, but y'all are close enough that I feel like at least saying something....

My mom has fought ovarian cancer for over 3 years and is now losing that battle. She's been given 2 months time frame, and is still fighting it. She's pissed off and vowed to beat that time. We are all dropping everything and going on a last minute cruise with her on the 23rd. So the Summer Of Speed is coming to an abrupt end for me. My wife and I will be running a 5K tomorrow and that'll be it for me most likely.

My workouts have sucked ### this week. Just can't get into it and frankly don't really care right now. Sorry for the Debbie Downer news.

Ned --

I'm so sorry to hear this news. She was there at Philly when we ran together, right? Hoping for the best and I'll be thinking of your mom, you and your family.

-SC

 

[tri-man 47]

So, if Garmin Connect doesn't have a solution for me to get my data uploaded to their site, does anyone else have any recommendations for online training solutions or softwares to track my training in that offers compatibility with a Forerunner 305? I used to use Sportracks (sp), but now primarily use a Mac and Sportracks isn't compatible on Macs.

I just write my workouts into log books, but then again, I'm rather old school with a lot ..with everything.

 

[SteelCurtain]

The Summer of Speed for some. For me? Summer of Slow.

I've been trudging through just a dreadful spring of workouts. I've added 10-15 lbs from lifting and it has definitely slowed me down.

I did a 5K last week and did it in 23:01 (PR is 20:46). I have another 5K tomorrow. I ran it in 21:48 last year. Hoping to break 22:30.

I'll be running for Ned's mom.

 

[Ned]

Not really sure I even feel like talking much about it, but y'all are close enough that I feel like at least saying something....

My mom has fought ovarian cancer for over 3 years and is now losing that battle. She's been given 2 months time frame, and is still fighting it. She's pissed off and vowed to beat that time. We are all dropping everything and going on a last minute cruise with her on the 23rd. So the Summer Of Speed is coming to an abrupt end for me. My wife and I will be running a 5K tomorrow and that'll be it for me most likely.

My workouts have sucked ### this week. Just can't get into it and frankly don't really care right now. Sorry for the Debbie Downer news.

Ned --

I'm so sorry to hear this news. She was there at Philly when we ran together, right? Hoping for the best and I'll be thinking of your mom, you and your family.

-SC

Well damn it guys, this support is too much. Pretty cool how almost total strangers can do things like this. Of course you're no stranger, SC.

Yeah she was there with us in Philly and remembers you. I was actually just reminiscing that race and her being there on my recovery run. I still don't get how you dropped me like a bad habit at mile 20. Glad to see you back in the saddle. You'll trim those times in short order. No doubt about it...

Tri - I'm a notebooker (in excel) too (run #697 in the books today!). My wife calls it my diary.

Maybe its cheesy, but I thought about targeting a 19:52 (year mom was born) tomorrow. That would be a 5sec PR to boot. Its a half uphill/half downhill course, so who knows. I sure as hell will give'r a go.

 

[Sand]

Not really sure I even feel like talking much about it, but y'all are close enough that I feel like at least saying something....

My mom has fought ovarian cancer for over 3 years and is now losing that battle. She's been given 2 months time frame, and is still fighting it. She's pissed off and vowed to beat that time. We are all dropping everything and going on a last minute cruise with her on the 23rd. So the Summer Of Speed is coming to an abrupt end for me. My wife and I will be running a 5K tomorrow and that'll be it for me most likely.

My workouts have sucked ### this week. Just can't get into it and frankly don't really care right now. Sorry for the Debbie Downer news.

I was there last year with my mother. T&P, GB.

 

[koby925]

Not really sure I even feel like talking much about it, but y'all are close enough that I feel like at least saying something....

My mom has fought ovarian cancer for over 3 years and is now losing that battle. She's been given 2 months time frame, and is still fighting it. She's pissed off and vowed to beat that time. We are all dropping everything and going on a last minute cruise with her on the 23rd. So the Summer Of Speed is coming to an abrupt end for me. My wife and I will be running a 5K tomorrow and that'll be it for me most likely.

My workouts have sucked ### this week. Just can't get into it and frankly don't really care right now. Sorry for the Debbie Downer news.

Ned --

I'm so sorry to hear this news. She was there at Philly when we ran together, right? Hoping for the best and I'll be thinking of your mom, you and your family.

-SC

Well damn it guys, this support is too much. Pretty cool how almost total strangers can do things like this. Of course you're no stranger, SC.

Yeah she was there with us in Philly and remembers you. I was actually just reminiscing that race and her being there on my recovery run. I still don't get how you dropped me like a bad habit at mile 20. Glad to see you back in the saddle. You'll trim those times in short order. No doubt about it...

Tri - I'm a notebooker (in excel) too (run #697 in the books today!). My wife calls it my diary.

Maybe its cheesy, but I thought about targeting a 19:52 (year mom was born) tomorrow. That would be a 5sec PR to boot. Its a half uphill/half downhill course, so who knows. I sure as hell will give'r a go.

Sorry to hear, Ned. T&P you you and your family. I don't think the bolded is cheesy at all...rather cool tribute if you ask me.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Well, that sucked. I just got back from local 10K. The forecast was for the low 70s but it was actually 80 at the start. I don't have the dew point but I'm sure the SI was around 150. The smart thing to do would have been to just treat this as a training run, but I felt pretty well-prepared so I decided to take a stab at it anyway. Bad idea.

Mile 1: 7:18. This was a little faster than I wanted to go out. I was targeting 7:25 or so.

Mile 2: 7:29. Actually pretty confident so far.

Mile 3: 7:34. I can definitely feel myself fading here. I got the 5K mark in 23:17 which was pretty much right on my PR pace, but I could tell that there was absolutely no way I was going to be able turn in a good second half. I considered just shutting it down right here, but it was a mile and half back to my truck, so I might as well finish it out and salvage what I could.

Mile 4: 7:52. Wheels are coming off obviously. I did actually pass a guy during this mile, and I was never passed by anyone during the second half. (This is a very small event with fewer than 50 runners).

Mile 5: 7:48

Mile 6: 7:54. I felt absolutely miserable during this last mile. I was pushing and kept looking at my Garmin expecting to see something sub-7:30, but I kept flirting with 8:00 instead. Horrible. There is some chick probably 100m ahead of me, but I wasn't gaining on her at all. There's nobody within a quarter mile of me behind.

Last 0.25: 1:56.

Total: 47:52 (7:39 pace)

To put that time in perspective, I believe this "race" ended up being my slowest outdoor tempo run of 2013 so far. Not exactly a good Summer of Speed result, but oh well.

Good luck to everybody else running this weekend.

 

[prosopis]

Good luck to all the racers this weekend! I'm expecting shattered PRs and riveting race reports!

Are reports involving kayaks still welcome in the thread

Of course

 

[flapgreen]

Running 5K tomorrow. :fistpump:

 

[prosopis]

Not really sure I even feel like talking much about it, but y'all are close enough that I feel like at least saying something....

My mom has fought ovarian cancer for over 3 years and is now losing that battle. She's been given 2 months time frame, and is still fighting it. She's pissed off and vowed to beat that time. We are all dropping everything and going on a last minute cruise with her on the 23rd. So the Summer Of Speed is coming to an abrupt end for me. My wife and I will be running a 5K tomorrow and that'll be it for me most likely.

My workouts have sucked ### this week. Just can't get into it and frankly don't really care right now. Sorry for the Debbie Downer news.

Sorry to hear this. I will add your mom to my prayers.

 

[prosopis]

My debbie downer news is more of a celebration. My Step-Dad's father died this past Monday.

While sad to see him go...he had been going downhill over the past 2 years. He was 93 and just celebrated his 69th Wedding Anniversary.

Some people go through divorces and things don't always work out well. My parents divorced when I was very young and both remarried. I still look at my mom and dad and wonder how they ever got together and stayed together long enough to have two kids. They both fit so much better with their current spouses. I have been lucky that both my step-mother and step-father have always been great to me and my brother. Always took us in as we were their own (as did their families).

In a way, I wish I had the genetics of my step-grandfather living that long. He was a meat and potatoes kind of guy...didn't seem to ever really eat healthy (and my grandmother baked a lot so they always had cookies or cake or something around and he had a big sweet tooth)...but lived a good long life. I think into his 80s he was still doing 50 pushups and situps every night before going to bed. I think about that sometimes when running gets hard...that if my grandfather could keep working out in his 80s...I can get through another mile.

Just sad I can't make it up to Wisconsin for the services (daughter's first dance recital is this weekend).

Thanks for sharing, that is inspiring. I may try to do 50 pushups before bed.

 

[sho nuff]

My debbie downer news is more of a celebration. My Step-Dad's father died this past Monday.

While sad to see him go...he had been going downhill over the past 2 years. He was 93 and just celebrated his 69th Wedding Anniversary.

Some people go through divorces and things don't always work out well. My parents divorced when I was very young and both remarried. I still look at my mom and dad and wonder how they ever got together and stayed together long enough to have two kids. They both fit so much better with their current spouses. I have been lucky that both my step-mother and step-father have always been great to me and my brother. Always took us in as we were their own (as did their families).

In a way, I wish I had the genetics of my step-grandfather living that long. He was a meat and potatoes kind of guy...didn't seem to ever really eat healthy (and my grandmother baked a lot so they always had cookies or cake or something around and he had a big sweet tooth)...but lived a good long life. I think into his 80s he was still doing 50 pushups and situps every night before going to bed. I think about that sometimes when running gets hard...that if my grandfather could keep working out in his 80s...I can get through another mile.

Just sad I can't make it up to Wisconsin for the services (daughter's first dance recital is this weekend).

Thanks for sharing, that is inspiring. I may try to do 50 pushups before bed.

Ive tried.

My shoulders just can't take them. Odd, never really have had any real trouble with shoulders...but pushups have always killed my shoulders. No other workout does that to me. Never hurt a shoulder playing any sport (and a lot of baseball especially).

Situps I can do just fine. But pushups have always hurt. I get through 20 and the shoulders just die.

 

[Hang 10]

Ran a 32:03 for the 8k. PR

Give a bit more detail later.

 

[worrierking]

So sorry to hear than Ned. Ouch.

Nice runs Ivan and Hang.

13 for me this morning, wrapping up a 55-mile week. The Summer of Slow commences on target.

 

[prosopis]

I got in nine miles this morning. Pretty warm out before sunrise and once that sun comes up it heats up real fast. I felt like I was racing the sunrise like a vampire.

 

[Ned]

Drive by RR as we head over for lunch woth fanily....

Ran 20:09. First half of the course was uphill and zapped me pretty good. Second half was flat and downhill which salvaged the time. Ended up getting my first ever AG win. Went 1/18 AG and 6/346 OA. Battled with the same guy from last week. He's now 2-0 against me. Found out he's a total ##### (yelled at a water station volunteer and all but stiffed me on a post race hand shake). Its now my mission to beat his ###.

Splits from memory were around 6:20, 7:03, 6:16. I gave a lot of time up in the hills on that second mile. :X

 

[Sand]

Drive by RR as we head over for lunch woth fanily....Ran 20:09. First half of the course was uphill and zapped me pretty good. Second half was flat and downhill which salvaged the time. Ended up getting my first ever AG win. Went 1/18 AG and 6/346 OA. Battled with the same guy from last week. He's now 2-0 against me. Found out he's a total ##### (yelled at a water station volunteer and all but stiffed me on a post race hand shake). Its now my mission to beat his ###.Splits from memory were around 6:20, 7:03, 6:16. I gave a lot of time up in the hills on that second mile. :X

The gall of you slowing down for hills.

(Nice AG win! )

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On my end I think this mornings ride, as crappy as it was, was my second workout this week. Real work is kicking my ### - working today, tomorrow, and get to enjoy my Monday by catching a 5:30am flight.

But that ride, as crappy as it was, was the highlight of the week. Good group, good pace, and a couple nice hills.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Hang 10 - Awesome job! Congrats! I have a 5 miler next week so you've given me a time to shoot for!

Ivan - Nice job toughing it out in miserable conditions. Anyway, the race I'm waiting for is your next 5K which you will finish in under 7:00 pace.

Ned - Sounds like a tough course. You'll get that ####### next time, I'm sure!

 

[Sean]

Nice racing everyone.

Congrats on the pr Hang 10! Thats a great time at 8k.

Ivan my target 10k is close to yours I think. Tough break on the weather. I have one coming up on 7/4 which was brutally hot last year.

Ned nice AG win! That ####### is toast next race!

8 miles @ 8:40 for me this morning. Longest run since I've been back at it. Really pumped as it felt nice and easy.

 

[tri-man 47]

Ivan - sounds like tough conditions for your 10K ...you'll do better next time for sure.

Hang 10 - great time!!! Wow.

Ned - ditto! Way to go with the AG win! 6th overall is awesome.

Early props to 2Young, too ...

 

[flapgreen]

2940 on my first one. Up a freaking mountain and trails. Had no idea how hilly it would be. You guys are some running fools!

 

[dhockster]

Race Report:

Dad's Day 5K run, Houston

Day started out ominous as I could not find the key fob to my car as my family slept. After 5 minutes looking and not finding it I decided to take my wife's car. Get to the race in plenty of time.

Temperature is about 81 degrees and I assume the dewpoint was around 75. Very humid. The only saving grace was there was enough of a cloud cover to keep the sun from pounding down. I start out fast and really don't feel all that great in the first mile. Some of that is due to a small hill in the first 2/10's of a mile of the start of the race. The other part I found out when I got to first mile marker: 7:09. Since my goal is to run in the low 23's, this pace is faster than I want. Oh well, time to see how much I got in me. The second mile is okay; I still don't feel very good but I don't feel like I am going to die yet. 7:18 second mile. The third mile is a struggle. There are two small hills in the third mile and the first one gets me to thinking about stopping. I think of Ned's mom and the fight she is going through and the pain isn't too bad. While I slow down a little bit and other runners start passing me, I keep going. Once I get to the top of the second small hill, I only have about .3 to go and part of that is a downhill. I pick up speed on the downhill and see that my third mile was 7:45. I know now that I am going to finish and probably finish under 23. My last .1 comes in at about 33 seconds. Total time 22:45.

Definitely left it all out on the course. Very happy with my result. I know I can do 22 minutes, not sure if I have the speed to get to 20 minutes.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Nice Work Ned, Hang 10 & Ivan!!

Sprint & Splash 5K Run/2-Mile Kayak Duathlon Race Report

Not so optimum pre-race loading last night. Hit a graduation party and ate way late and had a ton of garbage (deep fried mac & cheese, hot wings and meat balls) and a handful of martinis and some bourbon. Woke up feeling full and it was a struggle to get down a half a bagel. Beautiful morning, about 60 degrees and hazy. Got to the park about an hour early and got my kayak set and putzed a bit trying to be subtle about oggling the pro female stand up paddle boarders that were racing a 10K that started 15 minutes before the duathlon. Chicks must have to present six pack abs before they can get their SUP card, everyone of them were ripped.

Warmed up a bit and got in at the front. I laid back a bit last year and got caught up in a ton of traffic. Last night I told my wife "it sure would be nice to get a PR in the 5K portion tomorrow", but that I didn't really think I had a chance as I really just been going long this year. My PR going into the race (foreshadowing) was 22:59 and that came at the end of a sprint tri and I ran a 23:33 in the 5K portion of this event last year.

5K: The guy doing the start, I think, just got nervous and fumbled it a bit. He said (yelling in the speaker) "is everybody ready" almost like he was firing up the crowd and the just said "GO". Without a real plan I just tried to keep up with the front pack. There was a guy absolutely breaking away from the pack who I thought would go down in flames (turns out he didn't, at 47 he ran a 16:11 5K but got passed during the kayak leg to finish 2nd OA). Back to me, ran the first mile in 6:53 but my HR was below 180 which is right about where I get uncomfortable. Kept plowing along thinking if I could hold anything close to this pace it would be a huge day. 2nd mile was a bit into the wind and ran it a bit slower at 7:07. Processing math was a bit difficult as I was near puking so I just ran. Ended up finishing, with a bit of a kick, in 21:43 (a PR by 1:16, and I was shocked when I saw the Garmin).

Transition: It is not an easy thing to put on a life jacket, pull a boat in the water and lift your legs in with out spilling the boat. I had a ##### of a time zipping up my jacket. You are supposed to wear them snug, and I think my sucking wind made things too tight. I barely got me legs in the yak.

2-Mile Kayak: The wind from the run was more evident now that I was in the water. There was a small rolling chop that made things hard to stay on course. Last year I did not get passed, not so lucky this year. Two guys with much longer boats (kayak envy) passed me and those that had 15'+ kayaks had a much easier day (I have an 11') as they could cut the wind and waves. Both my miles were in the low 14-minute range. Not bad considering the late winter kept me out of the water until recently. Mostly uneventful until the finish. To end the race, you just pull face in at the beach and run about 25-yards up the beach to the finish. This is just cruel and unusual punishment, in front of a huge crowd. Blitzing a 5K and then putting your legs, firm, on pegs for a 1/2 hour turns them to Jello. I remembered this from last year and there was still nothing I could do about it. I beached my boat tumbled out of my boat and it took everything I had not to face plant in the water. I gimped up to the beach to finish in the top 8-10 depending on how many ahead of me were relay teams.

Ended up 3rd in my AG, but would have won just about every other male AG. The Mid-Life Crisis Division is always so strong. Stuck around after to watch the 2 mile SUP open event. A SUP might have to be the next toy on the wish list. They look like a blast and, again, the women, wow.

To all the fathers here, have a great day tomorrow!!!

edited time, I got a 21:43 not a 22:43

 

[tri-man 47]

Sprint & Splash 5K Run/2-Mile Kayak Duathlon Race Report

I barely got me legs in the yak.

I've always loved the way kayakers talk like Irishmen.

Great report! Fantastic job on the huge 5K PR. Amazing how much benefit comes from the strong cross-training you've done. Or maybe it was just the martinis and bourbon.

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flapgreen, dhuckster - well done, boys!!! dhockster, way to trounce your time goal in the heat!

 

[sho nuff]

Great racing guys...nice AG win Ned.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Sprint & Splash 5K Run/2-Mile Kayak Duathlon Race Report

I barely got me legs in the yak.

I've always loved the way kayakers talk like Irishmen.

I think I laughed so hard the neighbors heard me. One of the funniest things I've read on FBGs ever. :rotflmao: eta, seriously, where did the emoticons go. I hate this new board.

 

[Juxtatarot]

I've always loved the way kayakers talk like Irishmen.

Great race 2Young!

dhuckster Congrats on crushing your goal! I'd love to see what you could do away from the Texas heat!

And nice job flapgreen. Maybe for race #2 you'll pick one that doesn't go up a mountain!

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Nice job, 2Y2BB and dhuckster.

Congratulations on the AG win, Ned. That's sensational!

 

[Hang 10]

CHKD RunWalk for the Kids 8k. FINALLY I get to race again.

Conditions were great this morning... temps in the high 60's, wind about 5-10 mph.

As I said yesterday, I really had no idea what kind of time to expect. My training felt good by my legs felt weary. No matter, I was going to let it rip today.

First mile I take off with a buddy of mine and he's pushing the pace quite a bit. My watch is showing pace in the 5's...didn't feel like were running that fast but I figured I needed to calm it down a bit. 6:13 for mile one. At this point, I'm remembering what running a race is like and trying to push paces in the 6's for a full race. I start to question myself but eff it. Keep pushing it. 6:22 for mile 2. I'm starting to realize now that maybe I'm not going to run out of gas. My buddy is now way in the rearview. Keep pushing. 6:25 for mile 3. Just over 19 minutes for 3 miles. The first time I start looking for a mile marker is 3/4 way through mile 4...starting to feel it now. 6:29 for mile 4. Final mile running against the wind and I really want to slow down at this point...thinking to myself that a 7 minute mile will get me a PR. Block that out and finish strong. 6:25 for mile 5. Check my watch and unofficially I've run 5.03 miles in 32:03. (pace of 6:21) Good for almost a 40 second PR in the 8k. (Officially 6:26 pace.)

Unfortunately, there was no podium results today as the were some pretty fast dudes in this race. 33rd overall out of 1233 and 8th out of 88 in 30-34 men.

Feel awesome about the race though. Can't wait to do another one.

 

[Hang 10]

Hang 10 - Awesome job! Congrats! I have a 5 miler next week so you've given me a time to shoot for!

You better aim higher than my times! You're probably looking good for 30 minutes flat.