Ran a 10k - Official Thread (8 Viewers)

[tri-man 47]

Northwest Trail Run Race Report, AARP Edition

Juxt provided the basics of it all. I was excited to race again, and all the pre-race, morning routines went just fine. Met Juxt at an agreed spot and drove out together, hooking up with gruecd, his lovely fiance, and their active little puppy. I'd race on these trails a couple of times before, but this race used a much different route. This route had less true trail and more other stuff, which was easier to run, but not as enjoyable. As always with trail races, it's hard to predict pacing. The normal rule-of-thumb of adding a minute/mile seemed to hold quite true. I just kept an eye on HR, seeing the first loop in the high 150s/low 160s and the second loop in the 160s, but hitting the 170s in the final half-mile push. That's about what I'd expect.

I settled in quite quickly, recognizing that once we hit the single track, making passes was more difficult. I did see Juxt and gruecd up ahead near the leaders. I stayed patient on the first loop as I learned the course and prepared for the key second loop. As Juxt noted, we had some decent hills to contend with in addition to the normal trail obstacles. Came through the first loop averaging a 9:00/mile pace, which was about what I anticipated. The second loop was much more open. No one caught up to me, and I passed two runners. One female generally led me along for a few miles of that loop, but when we hit open terrain over most of the last two miles, I passed her and pushed on to a strong finish.

Overall, I was pleased. I'm just getting back into some good running, and the 10 mile distance wasn't daunting at all. A mid-week tempo run on pavement made me realize I'm still dealing with a bone bruise on the ball of my left foot, and the race aggravated that. I'll have to stay off pavement for a while until it heals up. There was a physical therapy guy available after the race, and he gave me some good tips on how to work on that bruise.

Great to see Juxt taking second overall!!! And in general, good to connect with both the guys.

Time: 1:28:15 (~9:03/mile ..garmin showed 9.78 miles). HR: 163 22/77

 

[Hang 10]

Nice work, fellas! Sounds like a good time.

 

[Hang 10]

I think I've got the taper blues. Wasn't I supposed to feel rested and ready to crush it by now? Instead, I feel like someone who's spent hours preparing this giant thanksgiving feast and now I don't even feel like eating it. I'm tired and over it.

 

[tri-man 47]

I think I've got the taper blues. Wasn't I supposed to feel rested and ready to crush it by now? Instead, I feel like someone who's spent hours preparing this giant thanksgiving feast and now I don't even feel like eating it. I'm tired and over it.

1:50:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=637VzLSh8CA

On race morning, the chains'll come off. Be the beastTM.

 

[Hang 10]

I think I've got the taper blues. Wasn't I supposed to feel rested and ready to crush it by now? Instead, I feel like someone who's spent hours preparing this giant thanksgiving feast and now I don't even feel like eating it. I'm tired and over it.

1:50:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=637VzLSh8CA

On race morning, the chains'll come off. Be the beastTM.

But wait, that beast gets his head chopped off!?

 

[ChiefD]

I think I've got the taper blues. Wasn't I supposed to feel rested and ready to crush it by now? Instead, I feel like someone who's spent hours preparing this giant thanksgiving feast and now I don't even feel like eating it. I'm tired and over it.

I felt the same way about 10 days into the taper. Once I got to race week though, I could really feel the energy coming back with the anticipation. And on race day I felt great and pretty strong.

Not that I have a heck of a lot of experience with marathon tapers, but that sounds similar to what I went through.

 

[tri-man 47]

I think I've got the taper blues. Wasn't I supposed to feel rested and ready to crush it by now? Instead, I feel like someone who's spent hours preparing this giant thanksgiving feast and now I don't even feel like eating it. I'm tired and over it.

1:50:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=637VzLSh8CA

On race morning, the chains'll come off. Be the beastTM.

But wait, that beast gets his head chopped off!?

Nevertheless.

 

[Ned]

Ho hum, first ever trail race I took 2nd. Nice job Juxt!

No kidding! 1:11 is a blazing fast time for a trail race. Good grief!

Great job, tri-man! Glad to see you back at it and coming away healthy!!

 

[MAC_32]

After 3 consecutive weeks in the 30's I scaled it back to 25 miles last week due to my bad hammy(s?). Three easy runs Monday (3), Wednesday (7), and Friday (4) but I wanted to test things Sunday and I was happily surprised with the result. Borderline shocked actually. When I checked out my data afterwards and saw 11+ miles @ a 7:39 pace despite my first 2 1/2 miles being > 9 minute pace and a route w/659 feet in elevation gain on trails like our guys ran in Wisconsin this weekend I thought there was a problem with strava (again). After I got home and reviewed the route to my surprise it was legit.

9:28/7:15

9:47/8:07 - intentionally chose to do hills to start to engage all of my leg muscles and I thought I was a lot slower than this.

8:48/7:24

7:07/6:29 - I felt like I was going a little fast for this early in a long run, but this fast? No.

7:37/7:26

7:45/7:39 - these are the only two miles that made sense when I was done as far as time vs. what I expected based on perceived effort.

6:54/6:29

7:22/7:06

6:03/5:50 - WHAT

6:21/6:23

7:12/6:40

Overall, I guess this is what happens when you're fresh. Everything felt fine for the most part afterwards - a little tight whenever I stood up to walk after extended periods sitting down and I feel a spot in the middle of my left ham right now, although nothing like what was in my right ham last week. I had a lot more left when I finished, but I didn't want to push it anymore than I already had. I was strongly considering bailing on this race, but if my long run Friday goes well and everything is functioning the day after I'm giving it a go.

 

[gruecd]

Always good seeing tri-man, and it was good to finally meet Juxt.

Like they said, the course was no joke, and the RD even said in the pre-race announcements not to expect a PR unless it's your first race. Went out a tad too fast, got passed a few times, passed a few others, etc., and ended up finishing in 1:20:52, good for 10th overall and 1st in my 5-person age group. My watch measured a little short, too, but I know that trail races are always "approximate" distances, and there was a fair amount of tree cover (which tends to screw up the GPS), so there's really no telling how far we really ran. I just know that I could really feel the extra pounds I'm carrying around when I was heading up some of those hills. They need to go.

Overall though, a beautiful day on a nice, challenging course with amazing volunteers. Price was right, too ($35). I'll definitely do this one again.

 

[Sand]

Northwest Trail Run Race Report, AARP Edition

Juxt provided the basics of it all. I was excited to race again, and all the pre-race, morning routines went just fine. Met Juxt at an agreed spot and drove out together, hooking up with gruecd, his lovely fiance, and their active little puppy. I'd race on these trails a couple of times before, but this race used a much different route. This route had less true trail and more other stuff, which was easier to run, but not as enjoyable. As always with trail races, it's hard to predict pacing. The normal rule-of-thumb of adding a minute/mile seemed to hold quite true. I just kept an eye on HR, seeing the first loop in the high 150s/low 160s and the second loop in the 160s, but hitting the 170s in the final half-mile push. That's about what I'd expect.

I settled in quite quickly, recognizing that once we hit the single track, making passes was more difficult. I did see Juxt and gruecd up ahead near the leaders. I stayed patient on the first loop as I learned the course and prepared for the key second loop. As Juxt noted, we had some decent hills to contend with in addition to the normal trail obstacles. Came through the first loop averaging a 9:00/mile pace, which was about what I anticipated. The second loop was much more open. No one caught up to me, and I passed two runners. One female generally led me along for a few miles of that loop, but when we hit open terrain over most of the last two miles, I passed her and pushed on to a strong finish.

Overall, I was pleased. I'm just getting back into some good running, and the 10 mile distance wasn't daunting at all. A mid-week tempo run on pavement made me realize I'm still dealing with a bone bruise on the ball of my left foot, and the race aggravated that. I'll have to stay off pavement for a while until it heals up. There was a physical therapy guy available after the race, and he gave me some good tips on how to work on that bruise.

Great to see Juxt taking second overall!!! And in general, good to connect with both the guys.

Time: 1:28:15 (~9:03/mile ..garmin showed 9.78 miles). HR: 163 22/77

Nice pacing - looks like you held to about the same time over the two loops. For a trail race that's impressive!

More impressive, of course, is crushing the women in the race. We were counting on you - good to see you didn't let us down there.

 

[SFBayDuck]

Pretty sure I'll have the longest activity for the week in our Strava group. I jumped in and paced my buddy in a 100 miler last night, was planning on 18 but he asked me to start earlier and I ended up doing 34 or so, probably 9 hours? We finished at 4:01 AM, just missing a sub-23 finish. After some pancakes and a beer I'm a little tired, so not even sure if this makes sense. Time for a nap.....

I took two naps on a buddy's couch in Sacramento yesterday morning, then finally drove home and stayed awake all the way until 8:30 when I passed out and went to bed for a solid 10 hours. I felt somewhat human again this morning, although I fell asleep for ten minutes at 10:30 while getting electro-stim on my hips and calves at my torture Doc appointment.

Great experience out there - have I mentioned how much I love 100 milers? A few highlights:

• My buddy Surf was having a solid first half of the race, and came into mile 52 where I first saw him at just over 10 hours. Since he was moving so well, I figured instead of jumping in to pace him at mile 68 I would wait until mile 82, as quite frankly I was afraid I wouldn't be able to hang with him and he'd drop me. But after the first 8 mile loop out of that aid station he was struggling a bit and asked if I'd jump in with him when he finished the next loop, so I changed and got ready to head out into the night. He came through at about 7:00 PM, and off we went down the trail with head lamps on for what turned out to be about 34 miles (the race ended up being almost 102 miles).

• This course wasn't too technical for the most part, but every little rock and root and divot in the trail becomes harder to find with only an LED on your forehead lighting the way. Surf was up and down throughout the night, feeling good for a few minutes, then struggling, then ok again. He had blister issues, trouble eating and drinking at times, but he always kept moving. Run when you can, walk when you can't, just keep moving forward. At one point we did stop and he sat on a rock, took out one of the pins from his race bib and popped a blister on his heel, but said the real issue was the blister under that one he couldn't get to. I caught my foot on a rock around mile 75 and while I was able to swing my right leg forward to keep myself from falling, it hurt my hip to do so and that bothered me a bit for the next 3-4 hours.

• Most of the final 34 miles was single track with a few short road sections, and a 4-mile stretch at mile 87 of boulders, roots, rocks, steps, etc known as the "Meat Grinder". There was an aid station right before that, and one of the volunteers pulled me aside to tell me how tough it was going to be, and said "just keep him moving". It was pretty damned brutal with just a constant up and down and no way to get into any rhythm at all, and I was starting to get tired and sore at this point, but we got through it.

• Around mile 80 Surf didn't think sub-24 hours was in the cards, but I kept telling him we could do it and giving him mile splits we had to hit to make it. A few hours later around mile 95 when it was obvious we were going to make it before 5:00 AM and the 24 hour mark he told me that there was no way he would have been in that position without me keeping him moving, which was super rewarding.

• As we approached the finish at Folsom Lake we could hear the generator, and then finally could see the lights. A runner flew by us, saying "I just want to get this over with," and then along came another runner and his pacer cruising by us running hard up a hill. "More power to 'em," said Surf, and we just kept chugging. But a couple of minutes later I looked at my watch and saw 3:54 AM - 6 minutes to make it sub-23:00. I told him, "Ahhh, that's why those guys were pushing....want to?" and he nodded and we started running hard. We entered the park that the finish was in, and a volunteer said "you have to run around the parking lot", so what we thought was maybe several hundred yards suddenly became much longer. But we kept running, as hard as we could, and I turned to him and said "this is fun!". According to Strava we hit 8:18 pace at one point, and the last .3 mile split was at 8:36 pace - not bad for a dude with 101+ miles in his legs! We just missed the 23 hour mark (my fault for not checking earlier, bad pacer!), but it was a great way to finish. He ended up at 23:01:06, good for 55th out of 231 finishers and about 320 starters.

 

[tri-man 47]

Damn, Duck. Damn!!!

 

[BassNBrew]

Pretty sure I'll have the longest activity for the week in our Strava group. I jumped in and paced my buddy in a 100 miler last night, was planning on 18 but he asked me to start earlier and I ended up doing 34 or so, probably 9 hours? We finished at 4:01 AM, just missing a sub-23 finish. After some pancakes and a beer I'm a little tired, so not even sure if this makes sense. Time for a nap.....

I took two naps on a buddy's couch in Sacramento yesterday morning, then finally drove home and stayed awake all the way until 8:30 when I passed out and went to bed for a solid 10 hours. I felt somewhat human again this morning, although I fell asleep for ten minutes at 10:30 while getting electro-stim on my hips and calves at my torture Doc appointment.

Great experience out there - have I mentioned how much I love 100 milers? A few highlights:

• My buddy Surf was having a solid first half of the race, and came into mile 52 where I first saw him at just over 10 hours. Since he was moving so well, I figured instead of jumping in to pace him at mile 68 I would wait until mile 82, as quite frankly I was afraid I wouldn't be able to hang with him and he'd drop me. But after the first 8 mile loop out of that aid station he was struggling a bit and asked if I'd jump in with him when he finished the next loop, so I changed and got ready to head out into the night. He came through at about 7:00 PM, and off we went down the trail with head lamps on for what turned out to be about 34 miles (the race ended up being almost 102 miles).

• This course wasn't too technical for the most part, but every little rock and root and divot in the trail becomes harder to find with only an LED on your forehead lighting the way. Surf was up and down throughout the night, feeling good for a few minutes, then struggling, then ok again. He had blister issues, trouble eating and drinking at times, but he always kept moving. Run when you can, walk when you can't, just keep moving forward. At one point we did stop and he sat on a rock, took out one of the pins from his race bib and popped a blister on his heel, but said the real issue was the blister under that one he couldn't get to. I caught my foot on a rock around mile 75 and while I was able to swing my right leg forward to keep myself from falling, it hurt my hip to do so and that bothered me a bit for the next 3-4 hours.

• Most of the final 34 miles was single track with a few short road sections, and a 4-mile stretch at mile 87 of boulders, roots, rocks, steps, etc known as the "Meat Grinder". There was an aid station right before that, and one of the volunteers pulled me aside to tell me how tough it was going to be, and said "just keep him moving". It was pretty damned brutal with just a constant up and down and no way to get into any rhythm at all, and I was starting to get tired and sore at this point, but we got through it.

• Around mile 80 Surf didn't think sub-24 hours was in the cards, but I kept telling him we could do it and giving him mile splits we had to hit to make it. A few hours later around mile 95 when it was obvious we were going to make it before 5:00 AM and the 24 hour mark he told me that there was no way he would have been in that position without me keeping him moving, which was super rewarding.

• As we approached the finish at Folsom Lake we could hear the generator, and then finally could see the lights. A runner flew by us, saying "I just want to get this over with," and then along came another runner and his pacer cruising by us running hard up a hill. "More power to 'em," said Surf, and we just kept chugging. But a couple of minutes later I looked at my watch and saw 3:54 AM - 6 minutes to make it sub-23:00. I told him, "Ahhh, that's why those guys were pushing....want to?" and he nodded and we started running hard. We entered the park that the finish was in, and a volunteer said "you have to run around the parking lot", so what we thought was maybe several hundred yards suddenly became much longer. But we kept running, as hard as we could, and I turned to him and said "this is fun!". According to Strava we hit 8:18 pace at one point, and the last .3 mile split was at 8:36 pace - not bad for a dude with 101+ miles in his legs! We just missed the 23 hour mark (my fault for not checking earlier, bad pacer!), but it was a great way to finish. He ended up at 23:01:06, good for 55th out of 231 finishers and about 320 starters.

Nicely done Duck.

 

[ghostguy123]

Hey, i bought one of those arm straps for my phone to run with and listen to music or whatever.

Problem is, the damn strap is too small for my bulging bicep . I have searched around and for the life of me can not find one with a bigger strap, and I am not running with this thing strapped to my forearm.

Can anyone out their point me in the right direction for a bigger strap?

 

[beer 30]

• As we approached the finish at Folsom Lake we could hear the generator, and then finally could see the lights. A runner flew by us, saying "I just want to get this over with," and then along came another runner and his pacer cruising by us running hard up a hill. "More power to 'em," said Surf, and we just kept chugging. But a couple of minutes later I looked at my watch and saw 3:54 AM - 6 minutes to make it sub-23:00. I told him, "Ahhh, that's why those guys were pushing....want to?" and he nodded and we started running hard. We entered the park that the finish was in, and a volunteer said "you have to run around the parking lot", so what we thought was maybe several hundred yards suddenly became much longer. But we kept running, as hard as we could, and I turned to him and said "this is fun!". According to Strava we hit 8:18 pace at one point, and the last .3 mile split was at 8:36 pace - not bad for a dude with 101+ miles in his legs! We just missed the 23 hour mark (my fault for not checking earlier, bad pacer!), but it was a great way to finish. He ended up at 23:01:06, good for 55th out of 231 finishers and about 320 starters.

Just another day at the office

Nice work Duck, you do this running thing well

 

[Ned]

So friggin' awesome, Duck!

 

[Juxtatarot]

My hips apparently didn't like those trails. I'm pretty sore two days later. I'm not sure it was the downhills, the uneven footing or both.

 

[ChiefD]

Damn, Duck. Damn!!!

This. Wow.

Can't even imagine.

 

[Ned]

My hips apparently didn't like those trails. I'm pretty sore two days later. I'm not sure it was the downhills, the uneven footing or both.

Its amazing how different trail running affects your body vs. road running.

 

[worrierking]

I have signed up for a 10K on Saturday. It's sponsored by McNeese State University's Cross Country team and is a fundraiser for them. I do some work for McNeese athletics so I am happy to give them the race fees. It's probably all they will get out of me as my expectations are pretty low for how I will run. The key to all success is low expectations.

I have only run two 10ks in my life and I hate the distance. My PR is weak, so I might get a new one, but it won't be anything to brag about.

My Garmin is still acting up. It completely lost my 18-miler Saturday and was unable to find my tempo run today. I ran 5 miles with 4 at 8:00 pace, which is probably the pace I will attempt the race Saturday. Maybe I can finish strong and stay in the 7's.

 

[Hang 10]

I have signed up for a 10K on Saturday. It's sponsored by McNeese State University's Cross Country team and is a fundraiser for them. I do some work for McNeese athletics so I am happy to give them the race fees. It's probably all they will get out of me as my expectations are pretty low for how I will run. The key to all success is low expectations.

I have only run two 10ks in my life and I hate the distance. My PR is weak, so I might get a new one, but it won't be anything to brag about.

My Garmin is still acting up. It completely lost my 18-miler Saturday and was unable to find my tempo run today. I ran 5 miles with 4 at 8:00 pace, which is probably the pace I will attempt the race Saturday. Maybe I can finish strong and stay in the 7's.

How difficult was that 4 miles? I'm thinking you should be able to run a decent bit faster for a 10K if that pace didn't make you feel horrible on a training run.

 

[igbomb]

I haven't ran in the last 10 days or so to try to let a sore foot rest up. Not sure the pain is completely gone but it's been a lot better. Going to go for a run tonight and see if I can get it going again.

 

[worrierking]

I have signed up for a 10K on Saturday. It's sponsored by McNeese State University's Cross Country team and is a fundraiser for them. I do some work for McNeese athletics so I am happy to give them the race fees. It's probably all they will get out of me as my expectations are pretty low for how I will run. The key to all success is low expectations.

I have only run two 10ks in my life and I hate the distance. My PR is weak, so I might get a new one, but it won't be anything to brag about.

My Garmin is still acting up. It completely lost my 18-miler Saturday and was unable to find my tempo run today. I ran 5 miles with 4 at 8:00 pace, which is probably the pace I will attempt the race Saturday. Maybe I can finish strong and stay in the 7's.

How difficult was that 4 miles? I'm thinking you should be able to run a decent bit faster for a 10K if that pace didn't make you feel horrible on a training run.

Not too difficult. I think I can hold it for two more miles, maybe even speeding it up a bit at the end. I would really love to end up better than 7:49 pace, since that's my Half PR pace. Thankfully, the weather looks pretty good. Low of 48 for Saturday morning, almost ideal.

 

[SFBayDuck]

Thanks fellas. Still "glowing" after being around and a small part of another 100M. I even came out of my 34 mile pacing duties feeling good - no DOMS today, everything pretty much feels normal and I'll head out for a run tomorrow.

 

[Sand]

Thanks fellas. Still "glowing" after being around and a small part of another 100M. I even came out of my 34 mile pacing duties feeling good - no DOMS today, everything pretty much feels normal and I'll head out for a run tomorrow.

i just wanted to pop in and say that this is ####### ridiculous.

Oh, and I rode my bike today - whee! Now on to a late, bleary night killing supermutants in my new Fallout 4 socks. (yes, )

 

[SFBayDuck]

Thanks fellas. Still "glowing" after being around and a small part of another 100M. I even came out of my 34 mile pacing duties feeling good - no DOMS today, everything pretty much feels normal and I'll head out for a run tomorrow.

i just wanted to pop in and say that this is ####### ridiculous.

So "normal" may not be the best descriptor, just no real DOMS. I went out today to try and run an easy few miles and managed a whole 3 miles at 10:57 pace, and it felt like I was running a tempo run! My legs were just totally dead, breathing hard, and I'm still really tired. Not surprising, of course, as no matter how slow/easy the effort was on Saturday/Sunday, it was still a long time to be on my feet.

 

[Hang 10]

Almost game time.

Marathon is Saturday and my legs finally starting to feel right from the taper. Weather looks pretty good. 40's throughout and wind at 5-10. No excuses. I'll be traveling tomorrow, so probably won't be around here much until after. If you want to track me, my bib is #507 http://results.xacte.com/track?id=1108.

18 weeks and 1074 miles later, I feel as ready as I could be. A shakeout run, plus the race and I have around 30ish miles to go. Let's do dis.

 

[Nigel]

Almost game time.

Marathon is Saturday and my legs finally starting to feel right from the taper. Weather looks pretty good. 40's throughout and wind at 5-10. No excuses. I'll be traveling tomorrow, so probably won't be around here much until after. If you want to track me, my bib is #507 http://results.xacte.com/track?id=1108.

18 weeks and 1074 miles later, I feel as ready as I could be. A shakeout run, plus the race and I have around 30ish miles to go. Let's do dis.

Incredible training cycle Hang, fun to follow along. Best of luck!

 

[ChiefD]

Almost game time.

Marathon is Saturday and my legs finally starting to feel right from the taper. Weather looks pretty good. 40's throughout and wind at 5-10. No excuses. I'll be traveling tomorrow, so probably won't be around here much until after. If you want to track me, my bib is #507 http://results.xacte.com/track?id=1108.

18 weeks and 1074 miles later, I feel as ready as I could be. A shakeout run, plus the race and I have around 30ish miles to go. Let's do dis.

Awesome. Good luck this weekend.

 

[Nigel]

After a brisk 2M treadmill walk to test everything yesterday I went out for 4 easy miles this morning. Other than dead legs from doing next to nothing for a week it went great, no ill effects as far as I could tell.

I haven't had a hint of afib since the ablation, longest I've gone without it in years. I guess this is unusual as I was told to expect some, and perhaps harsh, while the heart heals. Must be a good sign but won't know for sure if it was a success or not until 3 months out. I also need to stay on the same drug regimen I was on before for three months, and wear an event monitor for a couple of two week spans during this time. First one is mid December. For now I'm going to continue with easy relatively shorter runs to maintain fitness then start ramping up again at the end of the month. Very optimistic over all.

 

[Hang 10]

After a brisk 2M treadmill walk to test everything yesterday I went out for 4 easy miles this morning. Other than dead legs from doing next to nothing for a week it went great, no ill effects as far as I could tell.

I haven't had a hint of afib since the ablation, longest I've gone without it in years. I guess this is unusual as I was told to expect some, and perhaps harsh, while the heart heals. Must be a good sign but won't know for sure if it was a success or not until 3 months out. I also need to stay on the same drug regimen I was on before for three months, and wear an event monitor for a couple of two week spans during this time. First one is mid December. For now I'm going to continue with easy relatively shorter runs to maintain fitness then start ramping up again at the end of the month. Very optimistic over all.

So glad to hear. I think you're going to see a huge jump in performance for 2016.

 

[worrierking]

Great news Nigel.

Almost game time.

Marathon is Saturday and my legs finally starting to feel right from the taper. Weather looks pretty good. 40's throughout and wind at 5-10. No excuses. I'll be traveling tomorrow, so probably won't be around here much until after. If you want to track me, my bib is #507 http://results.xacte.com/track?id=1108.

18 weeks and 1074 miles later, I feel as ready as I could be. A shakeout run, plus the race and I have around 30ish miles to go. Let's do dis.

Man, you had a great training period. Congrats on the effort. Temperatures in the 40s throughout is a dream scenario, which I haven't had since my first marathon. You got this. Good Luck!

 

[FUBAR]

Thanks fellas. Still "glowing" after being around and a small part of another 100M. I even came out of my 34 mile pacing duties feeling good - no DOMS today, everything pretty much feels normal and I'll head out for a run tomorrow.

i just wanted to pop in and say that this is ####### ridiculous.

Oh, and I rode my bike today - whee! Now on to a late, bleary night killing supermutants in my new Fallout 4 socks. (yes, )

99 suffer score?!?!

44.7 mph?

 

[Sand]

Thanks fellas. Still "glowing" after being around and a small part of another 100M. I even came out of my 34 mile pacing duties feeling good - no DOMS today, everything pretty much feels normal and I'll head out for a run tomorrow.

i just wanted to pop in and say that this is ####### ridiculous.

Oh, and I rode my bike today - whee! Now on to a late, bleary night killing supermutants in my new Fallout 4 socks. (yes, )

99 suffer score?!?!

44.7 mph?

45mph at night on a bike - awesome, huh?

For suffer scores, that's pretty tame. For true suffering - this.

 

[MAC_32]

Current winds, 30-40 mph w/gusts up to 60. Just for s's and g's I'm thinking 3 miles or so uphill into the wind then repeat downhill with the wind. I'm thinking 11+ min miles out and sub 7 on the way back. I'll report back with my findings.

 

[gruecd]

Current winds, 30-40 mph w/gusts up to 60. Just for s's and g's I'm thinking 3 miles or so uphill into the wind then repeat downhill with the wind. I'm thinking 11+ min miles out and sub 7 on the way back. I'll report back with my findings.

I ran 7 miles in that #### this morning. Gross. Have fun.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Current winds, 30-40 mph w/gusts up to 60. Just for s's and g's I'm thinking 3 miles or so uphill into the wind then repeat downhill with the wind. I'm thinking 11+ min miles out and sub 7 on the way back. I'll report back with my findings.

I ran 7 miles in that #### this morning. Gross. Have fun.

i decided to sleep in.

 

[FUBAR]

Thanks fellas. Still "glowing" after being around and a small part of another 100M. I even came out of my 34 mile pacing duties feeling good - no DOMS today, everything pretty much feels normal and I'll head out for a run tomorrow.

i just wanted to pop in and say that this is ####### ridiculous.

Oh, and I rode my bike today - whee! Now on to a late, bleary night killing supermutants in my new Fallout 4 socks. (yes, )

99 suffer score?!?!

44.7 mph?

45mph at night on a bike - awesome, huh?

For suffer scores, that's pretty tame. For true suffering - this.

Ah, I just assumed it was on a 100 point scale.

 

[shady inc]

I'm sure I could google it, but anyone have any advice on what's worked well for them to determine max heart rate?

I guess I should add, I have a polar heart rate monitor. Just started using it this morning

 

[Juxtatarot]

I'm sure I could google it, but anyone have any advice on what's worked well for them to determine max heart rate?

I guess I should add, I have a polar heart rate monitor. Just started using it this morning

Sign up for a 5K and go all out. Even then, you might not be at your max. For a lot of people (and especially in-shape people) getting up to your max is very difficult.

 

[ChiefD]

2015 Drink Beer and Watch Football 5K Race Report*

So yesterday I was sitting around and decided to go ahead and sign up for a 5K that was running through my neighborhood last night. I knew the course well, and even though I haven't run much since my marathon, I figured this would be a good way to jump start my winter running. Weather was cool - about 58 degrees, and the wind died down from the tornado style gail force wind that was coursing through KC the last couple of days. Ate terrible all day, but figured, what the heck?

Get to the starting line, and noticed that there was one person signed up for the race - me. So I'm thinking - I have a real good chance to get some hardware here. Just don't screw it up. So even at the beginning, I'm feeling pretty good.

Mile 1: 8:12 Pace, HR 171. The first mile of this course is uphill, so I go a little conservative here. I surge out to first place, and didn't see anyone behind yet, so I figure I'm ok starting slower.

Mile 2: 8:20 Pace, HR 180. I'm thinking, wtf. At the time, I thought I was cruising, but to be fair, this is a pretty hilly stretch. Nobody caught me, so I'm feeling pretty good. Other than the fact I feel heavy and out of shape.

Mile 3-3.1: 7:34 Pace, HR 185. Start to hammer down a little bit, and my max HR actually got up to 195 in this stretch. The final .5 of this stretch is a slight incline, so felt pretty good pushing it to the finish.

Final Time: 24:40. Good for FIRST PLACE!!!! MY FIRST WIN!!!!

Quite a bit off my PR, but pretty pleased with the effort. Actually weighed myself at the end, and I'm within a pound of my marathon weight, so pretty happy about that actually. Been running about 3 days a week, somewhere between 3-6 miles. Long run coming up on Sunday, so back in the saddle for more serious training. Legs and body feel really great.

Anyway, I head to the trophy ceremony, which was held in front of my garage fridge. I was given a beautiful can of cold beer, which was great. Great race!

*race report is satire. simply a training run designed to break up the monotony.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Chief - good thing you're not a glass half empty kind of guy!

 

[ThreeThousand]

Back in the office yesterday after IM Florida on Saturday, still working on the RR for you guys. Quick preview - tough swim, fast bike, sufferfest run. 11:22 (I think) finish. One thing I will say, though - don't go to Disney, with 3 kids, the day after an IM. Might have been worse than the actual race.

 

[ChiefD]

Back in the office yesterday after IM Florida on Saturday, still working on the RR for you guys. Quick preview - tough swim, fast bike, sufferfest run. 11:22 (I think) finish. One thing I will say, though - don't go to Disney, with 3 kids, the day after an IM. Might have been worse than the actual race.

This is the report I want to see.

 

[That one guy]

I haven't looked thru much of the thread...I see tri's listed, is the topic generally the more traditional run based events or do things such as obstacle racing get any attention?

Been a road racer most of my life (recreational) but interest peaked after the half marathon distance. Did my first obstacle race 3 years ago and haven't looked back. Aside from the turkey day race family tradition and the Peachtree 10k in Atlanta, I can't do the straight point A to point B type races.

Anywho...y'all try any such events?

 

[worrierking]

Way to bring home the hardware, Chief. I bet that beer tasted great. Next time, stick around for the awards ceremony.

TT, Amazing. Yes, report on both days please.

Day off today, 10K tomorrow. I am cussing myself for signing up for it. I think 10Ks are the toughest distance. My PR is a very soft 50:53. I think I should best that pretty easily even though I am only in middling shape.

 

[MAC_32]

I haven't looked thru much of the thread...I see tri's listed, is the topic generally the more traditional run based events or do things such as obstacle racing get any attention?

Been a road racer most of my life (recreational) but interest peaked after the half marathon distance. Did my first obstacle race 3 years ago and haven't looked back. Aside from the turkey day race family tradition and the Peachtree 10k in Atlanta, I can't do the straight point A to point B type races.

Anywho...y'all try any such events?

a few, but not really for time. That's where ive had difficulty getting into obstacle courses.

 

[FUBAR]

Back in the office yesterday after IM Florida on Saturday, still working on the RR for you guys. Quick preview - tough swim, fast bike, sufferfest run. 11:22 (I think) finish. One thing I will say, though - don't go to Disney, with 3 kids, the day after an IM. Might have been worse than the actual race.

we went on vacation after last year's IM, to the beach. no F'n way was I doing Disney.

 

[That one guy]

I haven't looked thru much of the thread...I see tri's listed, is the topic generally the more traditional run based events or do things such as obstacle racing get any attention?

Been a road racer most of my life (recreational) but interest peaked after the half marathon distance. Did my first obstacle race 3 years ago and haven't looked back. Aside from the turkey day race family tradition and the Peachtree 10k in Atlanta, I can't do the straight point A to point B type races.

Anywho...y'all try any such events?

a few, but not really for time. That's where ive had difficulty getting into obstacle courses.

You gotta sign up for the competitive wave if you're wanting to go for time. I typically do, not for timing purposes but so I can run the course 2 or 3 times depending on length. I want to get around 10 miles at each event if I can. My best actually go for time race result was 55 minutes for a Savage Race that clocked in right at a 10k distance.