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Ran a 10k - Official Thread (9 Viewers)

Good job everyone!

It's impressive how many people we have in this FBG community who are even able to do something like this, much less at the pace you all are doing it at.  Steve ran this faster than I completed my f'n bike race of a shorter distance.

 
I completely stopped exercising when the gyms closed at the start of the pandemic. Went through a bit of a the world is ending and nothing matters any more phase. Couple weeks ago I had a physical and full blood work, expecting the worst, but it's the healthiest I've been on paper in years even though I've been lazy and self-indulgent. Trying my best not to learn a lesson from this.

 
I've said as much before, but I really need to say it again.

Just got back from a nice run with my wife. We got to chat, think about the trip and the race, etc. And it was such an amazing experience. Then I got to think back to December, 2019 when I first came into this thread asking if she might be able to do it and here we are a few days afterward hitting the goal.

But, if not for this thread and for most of you here posting regularly, she nor I would have ever run a marathon, let alone her qualifying for and running the Boston Marathon. The only reason we got to talk about that experience today while jogging is because of you guys. 

So thank you so, so much. From the bottom of our hearts, we are so appreciative of this place and what we've been able to go through as a result of all of your influence. 

 
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gianmarco said:
I've said as much before, but I really need to say it again.

Just got back from a nice run with my wife. We got to chat, think about the trip and the race, etc. And it was such an amazing experience. Then I got to think back to December, 2019 when I first came into this thread asking if she might be able to do it and here we are a few days afterward hitting the goal.

But, if not for this thread and for most of you here posting regularly, she nor I would have ever run a marathon, let alone her qualifying for and running the Boston Marathon. The only reason we got to talk about that experience today while jogging is because of you guys. 

So thank you so, so much. From the bottom of our hearts, we are so appreciative of this place and what we've been able to go through as a result of all of your influence. 
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You're welcome.   :D

 
ChiefD said:
What part of Chicago? We are staying at the Crowne Plaza near O’Hare. I did bring my running gear but I am running way too slow for you.
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Hey @ChiefD!  For running, if you go north a little bit and take the street just past the convention center (and just before the Hyatt), that street runs dead into a nice, new pedestrian bridge that crosses a river and puts you on a wood chip trail.  If you keep running east, it ends up at another busy street rather quickly.  But otherwise, you could turn south and get a couple miles in (on top of the distance from the hotel).  No geese; just deer.

I actually have to drop daughter and SIL at O'Hare midmorning and was going to then head west for a hard trail workout and to catch my university's baseball team at noon.  But I'm free after that to catch up with you for a bit.  Are you free for dinner?  I'm flexible before heading downtown to cat-sit while the kids are honeymooning in the Keys.

 
ChiefD said:
What part of Chicago? We are staying at the Crowne Plaza near O’Hare. I did bring my running gear but I am running way too slow for you.
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Gonna check out the Caddyshack restaurant? 

I was right by that hotel last weekend but went to the sugar factory for my older daughters 16th. I still contend that caddyshack restaurant would have been better. 

 
xulf said:
@Dr_Zaius do you have a bib # and any tracking info?  Or is this one your normal races with shorter courses, no tracking, and frozen fowls as prizes?

Good luck either way though  :towelwave:
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According to the e-mail bib #1120.  Race is at 8:10 on Sunday.  Weather looks decent - no precipitation and almost no wind, although might be a little on the warm side (upper 50s to mid 60s by race end depending on which forecast you believe).  Timing is through Queen City Timing, but not sure if there will be any real time updates - the link the race director sent out went to a 404 page.  I know there is a 10K mat, which if all goes to plan I should be hitting in the 43:00-43:30 range.  I'll probably leave the phone with the wife rather than run with it, so there will be no in-race postings or phone calls.

 
Dr_Zaius said:
According to the e-mail bib #1120.  Race is at 8:10 on Sunday.  Weather looks decent - no precipitation and almost no wind, although might be a little on the warm side (upper 50s to mid 60s by race end depending on which forecast you believe).  Timing is through Queen City Timing, but not sure if there will be any real time updates - the link the race director sent out went to a 404 page.  I know there is a 10K mat, which if all goes to plan I should be hitting in the 43:00-43:30 range.  I'll probably leave the phone with the wife rather than run with it, so there will be no in-race postings or phone calls.
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:rolleyes:

 
xulf said:
Or is this one your normal races with shorter courses, no tracking, and frozen fowls as prizes?
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:lmao:

I think the age group awards were a cedar plank with the race name burnt in it last time.

On the course, there's a section where the road gently curves back and forth over 1/2 mile or so (almost like a chicane, but a lot larger radius).  When I'm by myself I just patiently traverse a direct line through that mofo, eyeing the point in the distance where the road straightens out again.  One year I was in a decent-sized pack at that part so would have felt weird doing that, and they were driving me nuts by hugging the yellow line through the back and forth.  Dudes need a trigonometry lesson  :thumbdown:

 
mrip541 said:
I completely stopped exercising when the gyms closed at the start of the pandemic. Went through a bit of a the world is ending and nothing matters any more phase. Couple weeks ago I had a physical and full blood work, expecting the worst, but it's the healthiest I've been on paper in years even though I've been lazy and self-indulgent. Trying my best not to learn a lesson from this.
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Start a YouTube channel, follow for fitness tips!

 
Anyone else hate spring yet? 
allergies have been manageable since taking meds but definitely felt congested and crappy during this morning’s run. Worse during yard work. But I did finally get a battery powered chainsaw, so that was fun. 

 
Dr_Zaius said:
According to the e-mail bib #1120.  Race is at 8:10 on Sunday.  Weather looks decent - no precipitation and almost no wind, although might be a little on the warm side (upper 50s to mid 60s by race end depending on which forecast you believe).  Timing is through Queen City Timing, but not sure if there will be any real time updates - the link the race director sent out went to a 404 page.  I know there is a 10K mat, which if all goes to plan I should be hitting in the 43:00-43:30 range.  I'll probably leave the phone with the wife rather than run with it, so there will be no in-race postings or phone calls.
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You got this! :clap:

 
Zasada said:
@Dr_Zaius good luck!  Got your fast shoes, beet juice, and neurostim plans ready???
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Got my double espresso pod ready, which I'll consume after some cereal.  Shoes are those Sauconys @gianmarco linked the running warehouse deal on last fall.  Actually will be wearing those leaf logo shorts you linked to as well.  My legs almost, dare I say, felt somewhat full of running yesterday.  Today was busier than I'd like with some unavoidable stress and activity, but we'll see how it goes.

 
Dr_Zaius said:
Got my double espresso pod ready, which I'll consume after some cereal.  Shoes are those Sauconys @gianmarco linked the running warehouse deal on last fall.  Actually will be wearing those leaf logo shorts you linked to as well.  My legs almost, dare I say, felt somewhat full of running yesterday.  Today was busier than I'd like with some unavoidable stress and activity, but we'll see how it goes.
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Have a great day tomorrow!

 
Dr_Zaius said:
Got my double espresso pod ready, which I'll consume after some cereal.  Shoes are those Sauconys @gianmarco linked the running warehouse deal on last fall.  Actually will be wearing those leaf logo shorts you linked to as well.  My legs almost, dare I say, felt somewhat full of running yesterday.  Today was busier than I'd like with some unavoidable stress and activity, but we'll see how it goes.
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LFG!  :thumbup:

 
-OZ- said:
Anyone else hate spring yet? 
allergies have been manageable since taking meds but definitely felt congested and crappy during this morning’s run. Worse during yard work. But I did finally get a battery powered chainsaw, so that was fun. 
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Yeah, allergies are the worst. 
 

(OK, heat is the worst. But allergies are a close second.)

 
St. Luke’s Half Marathon RR.  So, this is my local spring half marathon, and it was a goal race where I tried to continue to eke down closer to 1:30.  As I mentioned in the leadup, I’ve been trying to break out of stagnation without burning myself out or impinging too much on family life, so I settled on a 12 week pseudo-plan.  I hit high mileages (for me) and surprisingly my feet and legs held up pretty well.  The strange thing was that while I felt stronger in the long runs than any other cycle, and was also recovering really well, any faster workouts never seemed much faster or easier than in previous lower mileage cycles, so I entered into the home stretch somewhat concerned.  Add into the equation a cold I picked up during the taper (which the symptoms disappeared after a few days, but my morning HRs were still a little weird a while afterward) and some work and life stress in the last days before the race and I was cautiously optimistic but nervous.

After some feedback from the smart folk here and some internal thought, I came up with my final plan:  go out in the 6:58-7:00 mile range and hold for the first half, pick up in the second half if possible, or else just hold on as best I could.  This would allow me to threaten 1:30 if things went perfect, and would still beat my PR of 1:32:45 (on this same course in 2019, a race where everything went right) if I had a small positive split.  I thought there was a small to decent chance this plan would lead to some gut checks, but I psyched myself up in the 12 hours before the race (with again some help from folks here) and told myself that whatever day I got, I was leaving it on the course.

Race day morning was relatively uneventful other than a surprise bear visit 25 minutes before the race start.  Weather was on the warm side but not cataclysmic (~50 at the start to ~60 at the finish, although full sun).  I’ll break the race into three sections.

Miles 1-6

Pace (6:55, 6:58, 6:57, 7:02, 6:57, 7:00) HR (162, 178, 178, 184, 184, 185)

Things went relatively smoothly here, and there are several bands along the course in this section which are good for the vibes.  Mile 4 was into the wind and sort of draining.  I had checked my HR twice in this section, and when I saw 184 the second time I thought “uh oh” and vowed to not check it again, and I did not.

Miles 7-10

Pace (7:05, 7:05, 7:24, 7:31) HR (189, 189, 190, 189)

Miles 7-10 are though a park, which means gravel and some small rolling hills.  Also way less spectators here which always makes this section tough.  By Mile 7 I knew there would be no speeding up and was resigned to grinding as long/hard as I could.  Mile 9 ends with a slight uphill, and while I had previously been running the downhills strong, the downhill at the start of Mile 10 demonstrated that my legs were pretty cooked.  Doing math in my head, I was hoping for 1:33:xx at this point.

Miles 11-13.1

Pace (7:24, 7:33, 7:37, 6:29) HR (191, 192, 193, 199)

Pure grind time, my only concern being to keep the legs moving as much as they are willing to go.  Finished strongish on the track, although my wife said somebody passed me here, which I don’t even remember.  She also said that it looked like my legs “didn’t want to move”.  Final chip time ended up being 1:34:12.

When I finished I reached out to the one volunteer for a medal a couple of times and didn’t understand why he wouldn’t give me one.  Walking away I realized I was already holding one in my hand.  :lmao:   I was a little confused and dizzy, but managed to make my way to the first set of bleachers and plop down with my water bottle.  After a few minutes I was happy to see my family coming over rather than me having to get up and go to them.

It’s funny because, before the race I was thinking that any non-PR result was a failure, but I feel oddly content with the result.  I made a reasonable plan based on the information I had, executed that plan, and when things got tough was able to hunker down and just push.  If I play the counterfactual game, maybe with a more conservative strategy I get a 10-15 second PR, but I’m glad I didn’t opt for that route.  And in the end, I know that there was absolutely nothing left in my legs at the finish of that race, and that’s all I can control. 

 
Dr_Zaius said:
St. Luke’s Half Marathon RR.  So, this is my local spring half marathon, and it was a goal race where I tried to continue to eke down closer to 1:30.  As I mentioned in the leadup, I’ve been trying to break out of stagnation without burning myself out or impinging too much on family life, so I settled on a 12 week pseudo-plan.  I hit high mileages (for me) and surprisingly my feet and legs held up pretty well.  The strange thing was that while I felt stronger in the long runs than any other cycle, and was also recovering really well, any faster workouts never seemed much faster or easier than in previous lower mileage cycles, so I entered into the home stretch somewhat concerned.  Add into the equation a cold I picked up during the taper (which the symptoms disappeared after a few days, but my morning HRs were still a little weird a while afterward) and some work and life stress in the last days before the race and I was cautiously optimistic but nervous.

After some feedback from the smart folk here and some internal thought, I came up with my final plan:  go out in the 6:58-7:00 mile range and hold for the first half, pick up in the second half if possible, or else just hold on as best I could.  This would allow me to threaten 1:30 if things went perfect, and would still beat my PR of 1:32:45 (on this same course in 2019, a race where everything went right) if I had a small positive split.  I thought there was a small to decent chance this plan would lead to some gut checks, but I psyched myself up in the 12 hours before the race (with again some help from folks here) and told myself that whatever day I got, I was leaving it on the course.

Race day morning was relatively uneventful other than a surprise bear visit 25 minutes before the race start.  Weather was on the warm side but not cataclysmic (~50 at the start to ~60 at the finish, although full sun).  I’ll break the race into three sections.

Miles 1-6

Pace (6:55, 6:58, 6:57, 7:02, 6:57, 7:00) HR (162, 178, 178, 184, 184, 185)

Things went relatively smoothly here, and there are several bands along the course in this section which are good for the vibes.  Mile 4 was into the wind and sort of draining.  I had checked my HR twice in this section, and when I saw 184 the second time I thought “uh oh” and vowed to not check it again, and I did not.

Miles 7-10

Pace (7:05, 7:05, 7:24, 7:31) HR (189, 189, 190, 189)

Miles 7-10 are though a park, which means gravel and some small rolling hills.  Also way less spectators here which always makes this section tough.  By Mile 7 I knew there would be no speeding up and was resigned to grinding as long/hard as I could.  Mile 9 ends with a slight uphill, and while I had previously been running the downhills strong, the downhill at the start of Mile 10 demonstrated that my legs were pretty cooked.  Doing math in my head, I was hoping for 1:33:xx at this point.

Miles 11-13.1

Pace (7:24, 7:33, 7:37, 6:29) HR (191, 192, 193, 199)

Pure grind time, my only concern being to keep the legs moving as much as they are willing to go.  Finished strongish on the track, although my wife said somebody passed me here, which I don’t even remember.  She also said that it looked like my legs “didn’t want to move”.  Final chip time ended up being 1:34:12.

When I finished I reached out to the one volunteer for a medal a couple of times and didn’t understand why he wouldn’t give me one.  Walking away I realized I was already holding one in my hand.  :lmao:   I was a little confused and dizzy, but managed to make my way to the first set of bleachers and plop down with my water bottle.  After a few minutes I was happy to see my family coming over rather than me having to get up and go to them.

It’s funny because, before the race I was thinking that any non-PR result was a failure, but I feel oddly content with the result.  I made a reasonable plan based on the information I had, executed that plan, and when things got tough was able to hunker down and just push.  If I play the counterfactual game, maybe with a more conservative strategy I get a 10-15 second PR, but I’m glad I didn’t opt for that route.  And in the end, I know that there was absolutely nothing left in my legs at the finish of that race, and that’s all I can control. 
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Awesome job.  I'm glad you went for it and tried to push yourself.  And still grinded out a great result at the end. And from the sounds of it you left it all out there. Not much more you can ask for.

:headbang:

 
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ChiefD said:
Awesome job.  I'm glad you went for it and tried to push yourself.  And still grinded out a great result at the end. And from the sounds of it you left it all out there. Not much more you can ask for.

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Couldn't have said it any better.  Aggressive but good choice as a goal.  I also think you would have regretted not going for it.  That HR and effort is insane and, as I said on Strava, something you should be ridiculously proud of, time be damned.  That kind of effort and performance is special.  And I'm glad you seem to have the same takeaway.  I just wish you actually had a proper Gian'ing at the end because it looks like you needed it.  Checked virtually every box except that one.  There's always next year....

 
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