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Ran a 10k - Official Thread (6 Viewers)

Zasada said:
Geez, that's fast.  Makes me feel like my 1:45:XX goal in Nov isn't setting the bar high enough...
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Yeah, it's pretty aggressive. But I'm going to try the Hansen 1/2 marathon plan for 18 weeks, which looks every bit as intense as their marathon plan. With the next 3 months as more base building, I want to push myself on this one. If I can pull this off, then I have a long-term goal I might shoot for.

 
Zasada said:
Geez, that's fast.  Makes me feel like my 1:45:XX goal in Nov isn't setting the bar high enough...
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It is. And I think @ChiefD can do it. But you need to start moving more. You crept outside of the 22-28 mpw comfort zone just twice last fall and paid dearly for it early in winter training. That's maintenance mode; not base building. Get that base up to 40 mpw then maintain through Fall so you're ready to #### up training mode come December.  :football:

But your 1:45 goal is way too soft. You literally did a 1:45 HM yesterday. Put your mind on 1:39 and go for it, my man!

 
MAC_32 said:
But your 1:45 goal is way too soft. You literally did a 1:45 HM yesterday. Put your mind on 1:39 and go for it, my man!
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Just looking at my pace chart (a permanent tab in my browser window), a 1:39 HM is just a hair slower than my 10K PR pace.  😱

But yeah, after seeing @ChiefD's goal, and running my last two 20Ks (this week and the week prior), I'm thinking 1:45 is too soft.  Will ponder.  🤔

 
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We were talking about foxes the other day (I mean the canine ones, not humans).  I think I finally saw one this morning.  Either that or it was a small coyote with a bushy tail.  And, no, it wasn't just a large squirrel.  I tried to take a picture but it must have darted off when I was distracted getting my phone out.

 
Juxtatarot said:
We were talking about foxes the other day (I mean the canine ones, not humans).  I think I finally saw one this morning.  Either that or it was a small coyote with a bushy tail.  And, no, it wasn't just a large squirrel.  I tried to take a picture but it must have darted off when I was distracted getting my phone out.
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We also accept pictures of the human ones FYI. 

 
Juxtatarot said:
We were talking about foxes the other day (I mean the canine ones, not humans).  I think I finally saw one this morning.  Either that or it was a small coyote with a bushy tail.  And, no, it wasn't just a large squirrel.  I tried to take a picture but it must have darted off when I was distracted getting my phone out.
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When we lived in the Chicago area a few years ago, this is one we saw in Itasca.  Not a great photo, but maybe it's an example of what foxes look like in ~Chicago.

 
I'm such a mental midget sometimes.  I psyched myself out so badly about yesterday's workout that I was pretty much destined to fail before I started.  And on top of that, for some reason I couldn't get the music to play on my Apple Watch, so now I'm stuck doing a hard workout without music, which I literally NEVER do.  More mind #######.  

Anyway, did the warmup and the first set of 4 hills no problem, straight into the first mile, which I ran in 6:29.  Was supposed to be 6:3x, but OK.  2-minute rest, then next set of 3 hills and my 2nd mile, this time in 6:23, still OK, but I was really sucking wind towards the end.  2-minute rest, 2 more hills, and then my 3rd mile, hopefully 6:15ish.  I make it maybe 1/3 of the way, realize there's no way I'm going to hit my pace, and stop.  I walk for maybe 10-15 seconds, tell myself DBAP, and finish the mile.  I finish in 6:19, but it was a struggle.  As I walk around during my last 2-minute rest, I seriously contemplate just skipping the last set, because I know there's no way in hell I'm hitting my 6:05ish goal for the mile, but I don't want to be a quitter, so I run the last hill and take off.  I run for about about a minute and just stop.  This hurts too bad, and there's no way I can run another 5+ minutes that fast.  Walk another 10-15 seconds, again DBAP, then take off to finish the mile as hard as I can, pace be damned.  I finish the mile in 6:25, which is pretty disappointing, but I finished it.

All-in-all, a pretty disappointing workout.  That said, it was 70° outside, which is still way too warm for me, and my head was totally in a bad place going in, so I guess I'll chalk it up to a learning experience and move forward.

 
gruecd said:
I'm such a mental midget sometimes.  I psyched myself out so badly about yesterday's workout that I was pretty much destined to fail before I started.  And on top of that, for some reason I couldn't get the music to play on my Apple Watch, so now I'm stuck doing a hard workout without music, which I literally NEVER do.  More mind #######.  

Anyway, did the warmup and the first set of 4 hills no problem, straight into the first mile, which I ran in 6:29.  Was supposed to be 6:3x, but OK.  2-minute rest, then next set of 3 hills and my 2nd mile, this time in 6:23, still OK, but I was really sucking wind towards the end.  2-minute rest, 2 more hills, and then my 3rd mile, hopefully 6:15ish.  I make it maybe 1/3 of the way, realize there's no way I'm going to hit my pace, and stop.  I walk for maybe 10-15 seconds, tell myself DBAP, and finish the mile.  I finish in 6:19, but it was a struggle.  As I walk around during my last 2-minute rest, I seriously contemplate just skipping the last set, because I know there's no way in hell I'm hitting my 6:05ish goal for the mile, but I don't want to be a quitter, so I run the last hill and take off.  I run for about about a minute and just stop.  This hurts too bad, and there's no way I can run another 5+ minutes that fast.  Walk another 10-15 seconds, again DBAP, then take off to finish the mile as hard as I can, pace be damned.  I finish the mile in 6:25, which is pretty disappointing, but I finished it.

All-in-all, a pretty disappointing workout.  That said, it was 70° outside, which is still way too warm for me, and my head was totally in a bad place going in, so I guess I'll chalk it up to a learning experience and move forward.
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Meh. You manned up and got the workout in. 

Must have been in the air yesterday - my run just felt awful. Was gonna try and do 5 miles but bagged it after 3. Nothing was going right - breathing, felt bloated, legs.....meh. 

 
ChiefD said:
Meh. You manned up and got the workout in. 

Must have been in the air yesterday - my run just felt awful. Was gonna try and do 5 miles but bagged it after 3. Nothing was going right - breathing, felt bloated, legs.....meh. 
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Air was fine over here, poooosays. Nailed my 6 mile run at 11:04/mile and felt great doing it.

 
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