Ran a 10k - Official Thread (10 Viewers)

[pbm107]

I agree signing up as a group sounds like the best option, it is a good thing someone read the rules. I didn't know that was an option.

 

[Ned]

Weren't you signing up with a team at work? I'm open to whatever you guys want to try.

There won't be a work team this year, but I don't think we meet the club team criteria.

Club Team Criteria:

• Club teams may be assembled from RRCA or USATF clubs, other registered running clubs, YMCA’s, school teams, etc. All members of a registered team must be members of the same club.

So it looks like we will have to signup individually.

Team FFA, duh.

 

[ChiefD]

So ate a greasy burger, onion rings, and fries for lunch - not exactly the best lunch for a tempo run. So of course I went out and had one of the most fun, smooth, perfect run ever.

Thanks to hang10 and juxt for the tempo run information. Basically followed both of their postings. So the plan was for a 45 minute run. Ran the first mile as a warm up, at a 9:57 pace. HR was 145. Basically a minute faster at the same HR as a year ago. Sweet.

Ran the next 25 minutes combining hang10's and juxt's advice. Based on juxt post, wanted to keep my HR between 165 and 172ish, which is between 85 and 90% of my max.

Worked out beautifully. Average pace over that 25 minute segment was 8:34, with a HR of 172. Then I had a cool down the rest of the way.

Now I know why Ned loves these tempo runs. This was fun. And based on that pace I feel pretty damn good about this run and where I am already in this cycle. 10 weeks to go until race day. So far so good. Glad to be back in it mentally too.

Thanks for all the help.

 

[Hang 10]

So ate a greasy burger, onion rings, and fries for lunch - not exactly the best lunch for a tempo run. So of course I went out and had one of the most fun, smooth, perfect run ever.

Thanks to hang10 and juxt for the tempo run information. Basically followed both of their postings. So the plan was for a 45 minute run. Ran the first mile as a warm up, at a 9:57 pace. HR was 145. Basically a minute faster at the same HR as a year ago. Sweet.

Ran the next 25 minutes combining hang10's and juxt's advice. Based on juxt post, wanted to keep my HR between 165 and 172ish, which is between 85 and 90% of my max.

Worked out beautifully. Average pace over that 25 minute segment was 8:34, with a HR of 172. Then I had a cool down the rest of the way.

Now I know why Ned loves these tempo runs. This was fun. And based on that pace I feel pretty damn good about this run and where I am already in this cycle. 10 weeks to go until race day. So far so good. Glad to be back in it mentally too.

Thanks for all the help.

What's your goal race?

 

[ChiefD]

So ate a greasy burger, onion rings, and fries for lunch - not exactly the best lunch for a tempo run. So of course I went out and had one of the most fun, smooth, perfect run ever.

Thanks to hang10 and juxt for the tempo run information. Basically followed both of their postings. So the plan was for a 45 minute run. Ran the first mile as a warm up, at a 9:57 pace. HR was 145. Basically a minute faster at the same HR as a year ago. Sweet.

Ran the next 25 minutes combining hang10's and juxt's advice. Based on juxt post, wanted to keep my HR between 165 and 172ish, which is between 85 and 90% of my max.

Worked out beautifully. Average pace over that 25 minute segment was 8:34, with a HR of 172. Then I had a cool down the rest of the way.

Now I know why Ned loves these tempo runs. This was fun. And based on that pace I feel pretty damn good about this run and where I am already in this cycle. 10 weeks to go until race day. So far so good. Glad to be back in it mentally too.

Thanks for all the help.

What's your goal race?

I have a half marathon in April. Current PR is 1:49.

My plan is to beat that. That is my A goal this year.

After that, the tentative plan right now is the Chicago Marathon again in the fall. My goal there would be to beat 4:00.

 

[Ned]

Good work, ChiefD! I know I run the tempo run right when that cool down is refreshing.

pbm - remember that trail race I was telling you to come do with me (the one with the triple as an option)? Its the day before Broad Street. I'm not skipping it (it's too good to miss), so looks like I'm going to double up; trail half on 4/30 & Broad St on 5/1. Maybe this will motivate me to get off my fat ### and run.

 

[tri-man 47]

On the injury front, the steroids (Prednezone) have done wonders for the associated leg pain with my back issues. I may run a little this weekend. In researching a bit more, I see that pinched nerve or sciatica in the back is often really Piriformis Syndrome. Which is related to the hip turning and ties in the back, legs, etc. With my hip issues a couple years ago, I was already wondering if this back/leg stuff is related. Especially since the leg issue acted up after running in ice and snow. Which, by the way, I will never do again.

I'd injured a Piriformis muscle last summer, and it truly was a pain in the butt (deep in the butt). Sitting was often uncomfortable, and driving was the worst (pain was in my right buttock). In exploring it, I see how it is tied to the hips and can affect nerves and sciatica. It all reinforces the importance of core and flexibility training in addition to our running.

On the eating question, I try to eat reasonably healthy, but I basically eat a lot. At 6'3", 175 lbs, I need to eat a lot, especially during marathon training. Unlike Ned, I really enjoy marathon races but dislike the training. I don't like being such a slave to the schedule with marathons and the beat-down effect of the long runs, beneficial as they are. And winter training for Boston is the pits ...constantly checking weather reports to see how messed up the runs will be. The races, though, are fine because I follow HR ...it becomes a game within the game, and I have no fears or uncertainties because of the HR monitor feeding me objective data.

Nice link, Juxt, on the stamina runs. I'm convinced my recent marathon success, on just two months of training, was due to an aggressive mix of stamina runs ...400 and 800m multiple repeats; 2 mile repeats, and a couple hard 8 mile tempo runs. I believe that by pushing the body beyond the desired race pace, the actual race pace is that much easier to run since the body has adapted to even greater stress.

And FYI, I can't do that May 1st Broad Street run ...it's right at the end of my spring semester at the university.

 

[Juxtatarot]

I believe that by pushing the body beyond the desired race pace, the actual race pace is that much easier to run since the body has adapted to even greater stress.

I agree. And it helps mentally too.

 

[Hang 10]

Anybody got any races coming up? I'm running a 5K tomorrow morning. Conditions look good. I'd like to improve on my 19:05 for earlier this month. Hell, if I don't break 19 I'll be pissed.

 

[ChiefD]

Anybody got any races coming up? I'm running a 5K tomorrow morning. Conditions look good. I'd like to improve on my 19:05 for earlier this month. Hell, if I don't break 19 I'll be pissed.

I don't, but I just got an email the other day for a 10 mile trail race in February. Called the Psycho Wyco run. This is by a lake where I grew up. They have a 20 miler and a 50k also.

Seriously considering it.

 

[MAC_32]

Anybody got any races coming up? I'm running a 5K tomorrow morning. Conditions look good. I'd like to improve on my 19:05 for earlier this month. Hell, if I don't break 19 I'll be pissed.

Dirty Love 10K on Valentine's Day. It's 99% on single track trails and this time of year it's anyone's guess what the trek will be like. I've been practicing on them, but if mother nature gets in a bad mood the week of then all that practice is for naught.

 

[Hang 10]

Anybody got any races coming up? I'm running a 5K tomorrow morning. Conditions look good. I'd like to improve on my 19:05 for earlier this month. Hell, if I don't break 19 I'll be pissed.

Dirty Love 10K on Valentine's Day. It's 99% on single track trails and this time of year it's anyone's guess what the trek will be like. I've been practicing on them, but if mother nature gets in a bad mood the week of then all that practice is for naught.

Man, you're east coast version of Duck lately. You're all about some trail races. I'm remember when you're crushing 5K's every weekend.

 

[MAC_32]

Anybody got any races coming up? I'm running a 5K tomorrow morning. Conditions look good. I'd like to improve on my 19:05 for earlier this month. Hell, if I don't break 19 I'll be pissed.

Dirty Love 10K on Valentine's Day. It's 99% on single track trails and this time of year it's anyone's guess what the trek will be like. I've been practicing on them, but if mother nature gets in a bad mood the week of then all that practice is for naught.

Man, you're east coast version of Duck lately. You're all about some trail races. I'm remember when you're crushing 5K's every weekend.

I'm not even Mini-Duck. I'm like Mini-Mini Duck Jr. I love trail running, but I don't think I've done anything > 11 miles on strictly trails yet. I needed something different once it became obvious the sub 18 5K wasn't going to happen. Still proud of the 18:18 I posted, but with hind sight absolutely everything went right that day. I may venture back to them if I get my weight down enough to see how much impact that has, but I think my speed days are behind me.

I need to make up my mind about one thing though. Am I going to focus on trail running? or distance road races? I think I'm leaning former now and latter later, but we'll see how my run at a sub 90 half in May goes. Trying my best not to think beyond that right now, but every time I'm out on the trails I fail and start thinking about trail ultras .

 

[Juxtatarot]

Anybody got any races coming up? I'm running a 5K tomorrow morning. Conditions look good. I'd like to improve on my 19:05 for earlier this month. Hell, if I don't break 19 I'll be pissed.

Dirty Love 10K on Valentine's Day. It's 99% on single track trails and this time of year it's anyone's guess what the trek will be like. I've been practicing on them, but if mother nature gets in a bad mood the week of then all that practice is for naught.

Man, you're east coast version of Duck lately. You're all about some trail races. I'm remember when you're crushing 5K's every weekend.

I needed something different once it became obvious the sub 18 5K wasn't going to happen. Still proud of the 18:18 I posted, but with hind sight absolutely everything went right that day. I may venture back to them if I get my weight down enough to see how much impact that has, but I think my speed days are behind me.

I'm surprised to read this. You're only in your mid-30s, right? Plus, you've only started increasing your mileage for the last year or so. My impression is you still have a lot of untapped potential.

 

[SFBayDuck]

Anybody got any races coming up? I'm running a 5K tomorrow morning. Conditions look good. I'd like to improve on my 19:05 for earlier this month. Hell, if I don't break 19 I'll be pissed.

Dirty Love 10K on Valentine's Day. It's 99% on single track trails and this time of year it's anyone's guess what the trek will be like. I've been practicing on them, but if mother nature gets in a bad mood the week of then all that practice is for naught.

Man, you're east coast version of Duck lately. You're all about some trail races. I'm remember when you're crushing 5K's every weekend.

I'm not even Mini-Duck. I'm like Mini-Mini Duck Jr. I love trail running, but I don't think I've done anything > 11 miles on strictly trails yet. I needed something different once it became obvious the sub 18 5K wasn't going to happen. Still proud of the 18:18 I posted, but with hind sight absolutely everything went right that day. I may venture back to them if I get my weight down enough to see how much impact that has, but I think my speed days are behind me.

I need to make up my mind about one thing though. Am I going to focus on trail running? or distance road races? I think I'm leaning former now and latter later, but we'll see how my run at a sub 90 half in May goes. Trying my best not to think beyond that right now, but every time I'm out on the trails I fail and start thinking about trail ultras .

Good thing about trail races (at least around here) is that there are often multiple distances at each race, so you can experiment with different distances or work your way up if you'd like. One local company that puts on 25 or so events per year usually has something like a 10K, Half, 20 miler, Marathon, and 50K at each race. Some have other random distances like 5 miler, 22 miler, 30K, stuff like that. Just depends on what makes sense for the trails they're using that weekend. At this point I usually stick to the marathon or 50K at their events, but I used to do halfs, 30Ks, etc, and every once in awhile will throw one of those in.

Just gives a nice variety. Plus, think of all the new PRs you can set running these random distances!

 

[MAC_32]

Anybody got any races coming up? I'm running a 5K tomorrow morning. Conditions look good. I'd like to improve on my 19:05 for earlier this month. Hell, if I don't break 19 I'll be pissed.

Dirty Love 10K on Valentine's Day. It's 99% on single track trails and this time of year it's anyone's guess what the trek will be like. I've been practicing on them, but if mother nature gets in a bad mood the week of then all that practice is for naught.

Man, you're east coast version of Duck lately. You're all about some trail races. I'm remember when you're crushing 5K's every weekend.

I needed something different once it became obvious the sub 18 5K wasn't going to happen. Still proud of the 18:18 I posted, but with hind sight absolutely everything went right that day. I may venture back to them if I get my weight down enough to see how much impact that has, but I think my speed days are behind me.

I'm surprised to read this. You're only in your mid-30s, right? Plus, you've only started increasing your mileage for the last year or so. My impression is you still have a lot of untapped potential.

I chose my words carefully adding 'I think' for a reason. I've read how the increased mileage will benefit shorter distance running in the long term, but convincing me of this right now isn't going to happen. We'll see where my mindset, and times, are when I shift focus back to shorter distances again...

 

[MAC_32]

Anybody got any races coming up? I'm running a 5K tomorrow morning. Conditions look good. I'd like to improve on my 19:05 for earlier this month. Hell, if I don't break 19 I'll be pissed.

Dirty Love 10K on Valentine's Day. It's 99% on single track trails and this time of year it's anyone's guess what the trek will be like. I've been practicing on them, but if mother nature gets in a bad mood the week of then all that practice is for naught.

Man, you're east coast version of Duck lately. You're all about some trail races. I'm remember when you're crushing 5K's every weekend.

I'm not even Mini-Duck. I'm like Mini-Mini Duck Jr. I love trail running, but I don't think I've done anything > 11 miles on strictly trails yet. I needed something different once it became obvious the sub 18 5K wasn't going to happen. Still proud of the 18:18 I posted, but with hind sight absolutely everything went right that day. I may venture back to them if I get my weight down enough to see how much impact that has, but I think my speed days are behind me.

I need to make up my mind about one thing though. Am I going to focus on trail running? or distance road races? I think I'm leaning former now and latter later, but we'll see how my run at a sub 90 half in May goes. Trying my best not to think beyond that right now, but every time I'm out on the trails I fail and start thinking about trail ultras .

Good thing about trail races (at least around here) is that there are often multiple distances at each race, so you can experiment with different distances or work your way up if you'd like. One local company that puts on 25 or so events per year usually has something like a 10K, Half, 20 miler, Marathon, and 50K at each race. Some have other random distances like 5 miler, 22 miler, 30K, stuff like that. Just depends on what makes sense for the trails they're using that weekend. At this point I usually stick to the marathon or 50K at their events, but I used to do halfs, 30Ks, etc, and every once in awhile will throw one of those in.

Just gives a nice variety. Plus, think of all the new PRs you can set running these random distances!

One of my buddies emailed me about an inaugural race this November where we do most of our trail running, distances are half, full, and 50K. I told him he is allowed to talk to me about this two days after my half in May, but I think you can guess where my mind is thinking about this race.

 

[pbm107]

pbm - remember that trail race I was telling you to come do with me (the one with the triple as an option)? Its the day before Broad Street. I'm not skipping it (it's too good to miss), so looks like I'm going to double up; trail half on 4/30 & Broad St on 5/1. Maybe this will motivate me to get off my fat ### and run.

I doesn't seem like I good idea to me, but what do I know. I guess it may not matter if we don't get in as a group.

 

[Ned]

pbm - remember that trail race I was telling you to come do with me (the one with the triple as an option)? Its the day before Broad Street. I'm not skipping it (it's too good to miss), so looks like I'm going to double up; trail half on 4/30 & Broad St on 5/1. Maybe this will motivate me to get off my fat ### and run.

I doesn't seem like I good idea to me, but what do I know. I guess it may not matter if we don't get in as a group.

You mean me doubling up isn't a good idea? Meh. I'm not racing you 2 dorks either way - you're too fast. I just want to have fun. #sadist

 

[Ned]

Man, my running life may be taking a serious change... A huge opportunity fell in my lap yesterday and already had an interview today. It's still early, but I've got an inside track on a executive position at a different bank.

If this goes down, I'll be back in the office which obviously drastically changes my running habits. This is too big of an opportunity for me and the family to let my current work from home set up to sway my decision.

Excited and terrified!

 

[ChiefD]

Man, my running life may be taking a serious change... A huge opportunity fell in my lap yesterday and already had an interview today. It's still early, but I've got an inside track on a executive position at a different bank.

If this goes down, I'll be back in the office which obviously drastically changes my running habits. This is too big of an opportunity for me and the family to let my current work from home set up to sway my decision.

Excited and terrified!

This doesn't change anything. You will be an executive, so you go in there and DEMAND an office with a shower, and that you will need a two hour lunch break every day. Wala!

 

[tri-man 47]

Man, my running life may be taking a serious change... A huge opportunity fell in my lap yesterday and already had an interview today. It's still early, but I've got an inside track on a executive position at a different bank.

If this goes down, I'll be back in the office which obviously drastically changes my running habits. This is too big of an opportunity for me and the family to let my current work from home set up to sway my decision.

Excited and terrified!

This doesn't change anything. You will be an executive, so you go in there and DEMAND an office with a shower, and that you will need a two hour lunch break every day. Wala!

And every time you're ready to sign a big financing deal, you shout "It's GO time!!!"

 

[Nigel]

So ate a greasy burger, onion rings, and fries for lunch - not exactly the best lunch for a tempo run. So of course I went out and had one of the most fun, smooth, perfect run ever.

Thanks to hang10 and juxt for the tempo run information. Basically followed both of their postings. So the plan was for a 45 minute run. Ran the first mile as a warm up, at a 9:57 pace. HR was 145. Basically a minute faster at the same HR as a year ago. Sweet.

Ran the next 25 minutes combining hang10's and juxt's advice. Based on juxt post, wanted to keep my HR between 165 and 172ish, which is between 85 and 90% of my max.

Worked out beautifully. Average pace over that 25 minute segment was 8:34, with a HR of 172. Then I had a cool down the rest of the way.

Now I know why Ned loves these tempo runs. This was fun. And based on that pace I feel pretty damn good about this run and where I am already in this cycle. 10 weeks to go until race day. So far so good. Glad to be back in it mentally too.

Thanks for all the help.

Atta boy Chief, sometimes it just takes one run like that to get you fired up and back in the groove. And I just figured out who you are on Strava, glad you finally joined us!

 

[Juxtatarot]

So ate a greasy burger, onion rings, and fries for lunch - not exactly the best lunch for a tempo run. So of course I went out and had one of the most fun, smooth, perfect run ever.

Thanks to hang10 and juxt for the tempo run information. Basically followed both of their postings. So the plan was for a 45 minute run. Ran the first mile as a warm up, at a 9:57 pace. HR was 145. Basically a minute faster at the same HR as a year ago. Sweet.

Ran the next 25 minutes combining hang10's and juxt's advice. Based on juxt post, wanted to keep my HR between 165 and 172ish, which is between 85 and 90% of my max.

Worked out beautifully. Average pace over that 25 minute segment was 8:34, with a HR of 172. Then I had a cool down the rest of the way.

Now I know why Ned loves these tempo runs. This was fun. And based on that pace I feel pretty damn good about this run and where I am already in this cycle. 10 weeks to go until race day. So far so good. Glad to be back in it mentally too.

Thanks for all the help.

Atta boy Chief, sometimes it just takes one run like that to get you fired up and back in the groove. And I just figured out who you are on Strava, glad you finally joined us!

Last hold-outs are Tri-Man and Ivan.

 

[koby925]

Injury update - Not Piriformis Syndrome according to my chiros. I got pain in the back first then legs and PS is usually the opposite and then worked me out on different movements that would bother someone with PS and I was ok. Based on XRays alone, both the doc and chiros think it's a lower grade pinch so hopefully I can get this thing worked out.

Thinking I'm going to run a little this weekend so I don't lose all the base I was building up. I am not the kind of runner who can take time off and come back like nothing happened. I really want to stop this pattern of half a$$ed training and no racing and just stay consistent, even if I have to run through some things.

 

[koby925]

Man, my running life may be taking a serious change... A huge opportunity fell in my lap yesterday and already had an interview today. It's still early, but I've got an inside track on a executive position at a different bank.

If this goes down, I'll be back in the office which obviously drastically changes my running habits. This is too big of an opportunity for me and the family to let my current work from home set up to sway my decision.

Excited and terrified!

This doesn't change anything. You will be an executive, so you go in there and DEMAND an office with a shower, and that you will need a two hour lunch break every day. Wala!

This is a good idea. Congrats on the offer, Ned.

 

[FUBAR]

GB strava with their odd distances and segments you can get PRs when you're not gunning for one. Uploaded today's 20 miler and found that I have a new PR for 30k. Granted, this is because I haven't ran a road marathon since using strava but it's cool to see a PR anyway.

 

[Hang 10]

Freezer Burn 5K

Started coming down with a cold yesterday and started to really feel like ####. My shakeout run was so bad yesterday that I almost decided to make it private on strava. I was seriously bummed that I wasn't going to be 100% for this 5K because conditions were looking great. Woke up this morning and my resting heart rate was elevated about 15 beats but it's only a 5k so I'll just give it a go.

I raced hard and was pretty pleased with the results.

Mile 1 - 5:55

Mile 2 - 6:05

Around 2 1/2 I caught 2nd place who went out too fast apparently. Everyone was cheering for me to pass him because he was gassed...I was thinking that he wasn't the only one! But I dug a little deeper and passed him pretty easily...he was blowing up.

Mile 3 - 6:06

.13 (long course) - 5:20 pace

Finished 18:49 tying my PR but with the length of the course it was actually a 4 second a mile PR (6:00 pace). 2/378 over all and 1/40 in my age group. I'm happy.

 

[FUBAR]

Gold baby! great run hang 10!

 

[Juxtatarot]

Freezer Burn 5K

Starting coming down with a cold yesterday started to really feel like ####. My shakeout run was so bad yesterday that I almost decided to make it private on strava. I was seriously bummed that I wasn't going to be 100% for this 5K because conditions were looking great. Woke up this morning and my resting heart rate was elevated about 15 beats but it's only a 5k so I'll just give it a go.

I raced hard and was pretty pleased with the results.

Mile 1 - 5:55

Mile 2 - 6:05

Around 2 1/2 I caught 2nd place who went out too fast apparently. Everyone was cheering for me to pass him because he was gassed...I was thinking that he wasn't the only one! But I dug a little deeper and passed him pretty easily...he was blowing up.

Mile 3 - 6:06

.13 (long course) - 5:20 pace

Finished 18:49 tying my PR but with the length of the course it was actually a 4 second a mile PR (6:00 pace). 2/378 over all and 1/40 in my age group. I'm happy.

Great start to the season! I think you should be thinking about sub 18 too.

 

[Hang 10]

Freezer Burn 5K

Starting coming down with a cold yesterday started to really feel like ####. My shakeout run was so bad yesterday that I almost decided to make it private on strava. I was seriously bummed that I wasn't going to be 100% for this 5K because conditions were looking great. Woke up this morning and my resting heart rate was elevated about 15 beats but it's only a 5k so I'll just give it a go.

I raced hard and was pretty pleased with the results.

Mile 1 - 5:55

Mile 2 - 6:05

Around 2 1/2 I caught 2nd place who went out too fast apparently. Everyone was cheering for me to pass him because he was gassed...I was thinking that he wasn't the only one! But I dug a little deeper and passed him pretty easily...he was blowing up.

Mile 3 - 6:06

.13 (long course) - 5:20 pace

Finished 18:49 tying my PR but with the length of the course it was actually a 4 second a mile PR (6:00 pace). 2/378 over all and 1/40 in my age group. I'm happy.

Great start to the season! I think you should be thinking about sub 18 too.

I have thought about and I think I have a long way to go!

 

[tri-man 47]

.. ..

Great job, Hang 10!!!

 

[ChiefD]

Awesome job Hang10!

 

[FUBAR]

Finished the first 30 day challenge. Missed a few days but overall worthwhile.

Planks (in seconds)

1 Jan 20x4

2 Jan 20x4

3 Jan 30x4

4 Jan 30

5 Jan 40

6 Jan rest

7 Jan 45

8 Jan 45

9 Jan 60

10 Jan 60, 30x3

11 Jan 60

12 Jan 60

13 Jan 60

14 Jan 90

15 Jan 60,45,40,35,30

16 Jan rest

17 Jan 120

18 Jan 120

19 Jan rest

20 Jan 150

21 - 24 Jan skipped with back pain

25 Jan 210

26 Jan 210

27 Jan rest

28 Jan skipped

29 Jan skipped

30 Jan 300

The 28th and 29th I just kind of forgot to do.

Next up, the abs challenge, basically 3 days of sit ups, crunches, leg ups and plank. 4th day is rest. Looks like it gets really challenging after day 13.

 

[Nigel]

Way to go Hang!

 

[FUBAR]

Ended January with:

10 trainer rides / 10.5 hrs / 207 miles

20 runs / 24 hrs / 171 miles

2 swims / 1.5 hrs / 3 miles

7 strength training sessions

February will probably look similar; I want to get in the pool more but that's a lesser priority until March.

 

[MAC_32]

A stomach bug sweeping through my house late this week derailed thoughts of a 150 mile month, but I'm sitting on 130 right now and only need 5 today to match my previous high. We'll see how far beyond that I can go. Whatever it ends up being my plan is to eclipse 150 in March.

 

[Juxtatarot]

267.5 miles for the month for me and I ran all 31 days. I'm trying to focus on getting in a lot of faster workouts although many days I'm just not feeling up to it.

 

[pbm107]

I got in 251.9 this month, I wanted to run more than 267 (the most I have ever run for the month of Jan) but I missed two runs because of the blizzard. One more week of easy running and then it is time to get to work on my 12 week plan. Not looking forward to running fast, but I better get started if I want to keep up with Juxt.

Impressive weekend around here with Hang10's race and then following that up with a 11 miler. Juxt ran my half PR during Sat workout. FUBAR ran 13.1 the day after running 20.

 

[Juxtatarot]

pbm and Hang 10 - Are both of you running schedules out of Pfitzinger's Faster Road Racing? I might have to get that book.

 

[pbm107]

Yeah that is the book, it if very similar to the marathon book but with plans for 5k through half marathons.

 

[SFBayDuck]

Great race Hang, and nice start to the training year for Fubar, Mac, Juxt, and pbm!

I'm just happy I made it into triple digits this month, only running every other day as I try to let this achilles fully heal. I've pretty much given up on my planned (and paid for, ugggh) 50K in March, a bummer as it would have been my 4th year in a row at Way Too Cool. But the goal is the 100K in May to get my WS100 qualifier, and it just doesn't make sense to risk that. Gotta see the big picture.

On another note, I went to an amazing event last night at SF Run Co, celebrating the premier of Billy Yang's film Mont Blanc (the trailer is up on YouTube). Total ultrarunning fanboy nerdgasm for me with Ultrarunner of the Year David Laney, Tim Tollefson, Zach Miller, and Magda Boulet all there and taking part in a Q&A afterward. I actually watched the movie with Dean Karnazes standing on one side of me and Laney and Miller on the other side. There were a bunch of other elite/sponsored runners there, my friend Erika from Ultrarunning Magazine, and I spent a few minutes talking with Ultrarunnerpodcast's Eric Schranz. Oh, and free beer. So cool.

 

[Hang 10]

January was a pretty good start around here. I ran 217 miles and added in some more strength training. So far so good. 2 podium results to boot.

Juxt, you're a machine with the ability to never take a day off. Mentally more than anything, I need a day off my feet. And yeah, I started that plan that's straight outta Faster Road Racing 5K to Half marathon. Good info in there for sure.

I love how PBM pays such close attention to everyone's training. Sometimes I see runs and like them but don't think about the previous workouts of the week. I didn't put Fubar's 20 and 13 together...that's a great weekend!

 

[Nigel]

170 in January for me, which included a rough stretch of travel where I struggled to get the runs in. Pretty happy with it, feeling healthy and strong. Last week was particularly good, with a tough hill workout, a pretty good tempo and the best long run I think I've ever had. I'd planned on yesterday being my off day, with the long one today but I unexpectedly found myself alone in my house with a three hour window to get it in yesterday. So I snuck it in, 17M @ 8:20 and felt great, only stopped once for 14 seconds to get a drink. Similar run last year, 15 miler, was @ 9:45. Very fired up right now to bust my ### for the next 11 weeks, see where I am and decide what kind of MGP I think I can handle.

 

[tri-man 47]

A bigger mileage week for me with some quality mixed in.

M: 1/2 mile swim (went late after teaching a night class)

T: 11 miles easy (8:28/mi, HR-143)

W: off

Th: 10 miles w/4 tempo miles (7:35/mi, HR-160)

F: 12 miles w/8 light tempo (8:06/mi, HR-145)

S: 7 miles recovery (8:40/mi, HR-137)

S: 20 miles easy (8:23/mi, HR-144)

60 miles for the week. 199 miles for the month. Still a lot of training weeks to go, but I'm liking where the HR is at already. Marathon HR tends to move from the 150s to 160s and some 170s near the end.

 

[Hang 10]

A bigger mileage week for me with some quality mixed in.

M: 1/2 mile swim (went late after teaching a night class)

T: 11 miles easy (8:28/mi, HR-143)

W: off

Th: 10 miles w/4 tempo miles (7:35/mi, HR-160)

F: 12 miles w/8 light tempo (8:06/mi, HR-145)

S: 7 miles recovery (8:40/mi, HR-137)

S: 20 miles easy (8:23/mi, HR-144)

60 miles for the week. 199 miles for the month. Still a lot of training weeks to go, but I'm liking where the HR is at already. Marathon HR tends to move from the 150s to 160s and some 170s near the end.

Really impressed how you just crushed your marathon and then just rolled right back into training without missing a beat.

 

[ChiefD]

Things I learned today:

1. I have no idea how you guys have this much time to run that many miles.

2. You guys are from a different planet.

3. I feel inadequate and am going to go suck my thumb in a corner.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Things I learned today:

1. I have no idea how you guys have this much time to run that many miles.

Other than SteveC (who is indeed from another planet), even the highest mileage runners here are barely running over an hour a day on average. The average American watches almost 5 hours of TV a day. Time shouldn't be an issue for most people, merely an excuse.

 

[tri-man 47]

Things I learned today:

1. I have no idea how you guys have this much time to run that many miles.

For me, it's the new life as a professor - no classes on T, Th; a single noon class on F. But in keeping with your thought, I have no idea how I managed to do it before, given work and family. A big trade-off was sleep.

eta: Speaking of Steve, I got the new Runners' World with a breakdown of the Olympic marathon trials. I sooo would have loved to have seen Steve as part of all that! Steve, I trust it eats at you, knowing you were on the cusp. But we are all so proud of your success and effort!

 

[Hang 10]

Things I learned today:

1. I have no idea how you guys have this much time to run that many miles.

Other than SteveC (who is indeed from another planet), even the highest mileage runners here are barely running over an hour a day on average. The average American watches almost 5 hours of TV a day. Time shouldn't be an issue for most people, merely an excuse.

Exactly. I run about 6 to 7 hours a week. But of course, I do that pretty much every week. Admittedly it's a bit of an of obsession. I'll run early. I'll run late. I make time for the things I enjoy doing. And believe it or not I like training.