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ok... and what exactly are we doing? cause I'll be in. Anything that remotely might help keep me moving.
Ran my 5K this morning. Wanted to do this, but wanted to do it for "real" rather than just checking the box and making it a training run. Between schedule and niggles, was concerned, but blah blah stop making excuses. Treated it as a real race where I could pick the course and wear headphones. Went decent - weather was meh, 60s and drizzle, which turned into a semi-downpour for the last 1/2 mile, but I gave it what I had. Stopped watch at 20:15, though if you look at the 3.11 point it was 20:12. Would have liked to be under 20, but for a race with no spectators or competitors, and not having done any speedwork since the FBG mile, I suppose I need to be realistic.
I didn't say anything but I noticed your HR was significantly higher than usual for you during your run a couple days ago in the low 9's, upper 8's and HR in the 150s. Glad you recognized that.
Yeah, that was yesterday and it felt terrible
Bittersweet post, but kudos to you for creating your own challenge. That's what a BMF does.One of my goals this year was R2R2R, and it was the one I thought I had full control over, since it was self-supported. Booked a hotel at the south rim, rental car from flagstaff, and was ramping-up my training to try to get myself capable of it. Planned date was 9Oct (two weeks from now).
Since it wasn't a race (no support), and I've never done that single-day distance (66km) or elevation (12K') before, I needed to create some options to bail-out, should I find myself not capable of that kind of effort in the heat (average 85F at the bottom of the middle of the day). The last thing I needed was to find myself 3/4 of the way through and not capable of climbing-out of the canyon and nowhere to go.
So I entered the lottery for a cabin at Phantom Ranch (in the valley) as a bailout option at the 3/4 point. Further, if I got to the halfway point (north rim) and thought I wasn't capable of the return-trip, there is a shuttle service from the north rim to the south rim that I could use. Happy to throw-away the fees for both just to have the contingency.
Well, I didn't "win" the lottery, so the 3/4 point bailout option was no more. But I thought I would still give it a try, since I could gauge my reserves at the halfway point and call it quits there if there was any doubt. Worst-case, R2R would still be fun, if not my goal.
And then this week, I saw a forum post that the shuttle service wasn't operating for a COVID-related reason (it was prohibited from going through the Navajo nation as they are locked-down for the virus).
Thus, zero bailout options now. And as much as I want to DBAP and try anyway, it just doesn't feel smart. Temps right now are still close to 100F in the valley, and I've never found myself 50K into a run in that kind of heat to know how I'll react.
So, I canceled the hotel and the car. Will try for next year, just like most of my other goals, I guess.
Trying to find a silver lining in the moment, I decided that I'm going to try to do a "build-my-own-ultra" on the same date: 5x Prairie Mountain. I've done 4x once before, but never 5x. The distance won't be "ultra" (only 32K or so), but the elevation (11K') would be a single-day record for me, and take about 9-10 hours. Given that it's out-and-back five times, I can leave food/water at the car and kind of have an "aid station" between repeats.
So, in preparation, I did 3x today, and it felt good. 4x would have been doable, but I don't know how doable 5x will be until I'm finished the 4th.
But now I have something to challenge myself, and at least complete the elevation portion of R2R2R...
I did mine this morning too. I've got a lot of work to do. I started out nice and easy and then tried to pick it up a little more each mile. First mile in 9:47. 6th mile 8:24. Paused my watch at 6.22 miles and 55:55 for the 10k. Then restarted it for the slow jog home.Knocked out my Chance for Hope 10K this morning. Tried to push the pace as best I could, but I'm terribly out of shape. Got it done though.
After that:
Farmer Market - last week for corn unfortunately.
Bank
Quik Trip
Mickey D's
Auto Part Store for a headlight for my wifes car.
Grocery Store - loaded up on shrimp, lobster tail, crab legs, and andouille sausage. Doing a seafood boil tonight for my son's birthday. Gonna throw in some new potatoes, corn, onion and garlic from the Farmers Market. A little Old Bay seasoning and some other spices and such - should be good with a cold beer and some college football on the back patio.
Have a good weekend gents.
Knocked out my Chance for Hope 10K this morning. Tried to push the pace as best I could, but I'm terribly out of shape. Got it done though.
After that:
Farmer Market - last week for corn unfortunately.
Bank
Quik Trip
Mickey D's
Auto Part Store for a headlight for my wifes car.
Grocery Store - loaded up on shrimp, lobster tail, crab legs, and andouille sausage. Doing a seafood boil tonight for my son's birthday. Gonna throw in some new potatoes, corn, onion and garlic from the Farmers Market. A little Old Bay seasoning and some other spices and such - should be good with a cold beer and some college football on the back patio.
Have a good weekend gents.
Oddly enough, we're celebrating tonight with a seafood boil as well. The ex-Mr.-krista is with us on the Oregon coast, and he shopped for a bunch of fresh dungeness crab, clams, halibut, and some other stuff while we were gone. I donated the Old Bay and some corn and potatoes I bought at the farmers market. 
Its tough to be a medal monger in the age of COVID.I'm targeting my Chance for Hope 10K for Wednesday ...last day of the month. That's also very early in the window for the Marine Corp virtual 10K that I signed up for, so I'll double dip on my participation awards.
Oddly enough, we're celebrating tonight with a seafood boil as well. The ex-Mr.-krista is with us on the Oregon coast, and he shopped for a bunch of fresh dungeness crab, clams, halibut, and some other stuff while we were gone. I donated the Old Bay and some corn and potatoes I bought at the farmers market.
I have to say - this meal was the best meal I have ever made in my life. If anybody ever gets the chance to do it, I just used this recipe and followed it exactly. Dumped everything out on my outdoor table on some butcher paper and we all just stood around and just grabbed and chowed.No Old Bay though
I'm not sure there is anything better than a good seafood boil. The wives did it for father's day a few years ago. And my wife and I had actually already put this on the (take-out) menu plan for Friday before you posted as our long range indicates we should be in full blown fall by then, but now I wish we had put it down for earlier in the week. This homemade meal I'm looking at right now is somehow losing some of its luster because of this. Thanks, Chef.I have to say - this meal was the best meal I have ever made in my life. If anybody ever gets the chance to do it, I just used this recipe and followed it exactly. Dumped everything out on my outdoor table on some butcher paper and we all just stood around and just grabbed and chowed.
Unbelievable.
Funny, I also decided to forget the off day....to enjoy the first day of non-summer weather.
Funny, I also decided to forget the off day....to enjoy the first day of non-summer weather.
Gyms opened up in California last week so we have added swimming into the plan 3 days/week on top of the bike & runs. Need to get a wetsuit (holy crap the $$$ you can spend) and get some open water swims in. I feel like I'm training for a Tri! I'm down to 210lbs with another 11 to go and keep it there. I feel fantastic, no cramping, no soreness to speak of just a little arthritis in the right big toe but F that thing. 
) and then either the Santa Cruz 70.3 in September or AZ70.3 in October 2021 for my first HM. Kicking around IM Wisconsin in 2022 but that's so far away I just want to keep up the motivation and get some Tri's under my belt before thinking that far down the road.
I feel bad for people like me that were 8 weeks out from a race when the pandemic hit, but I don't feel bad for those that get okeydoked now. If you've been training for anything since then you have to bake potential to cancel into the plan. I'm planning to sign up for something in November just to satisfy my Fall racing itch, but I'm not deciding which one until probably the week of. This has been an especially rough year and if I train for something in particular in October only to get the rug pulled out from under me then I'm concerned how I'll respond after - so, just not gonna put myself in that (potential) position. Maybe I'll be in more of a gambling mood come 2021, but that's not a question to ponder before then.
Talk to him, @ChiefD. Let him know you won't cancel our late November, virtual HM, BMF bonding experience.
I would take it for my wife. The garmin i bought her broke. I am local too so I could pick it up.
PM me your info. I’ll plug it in tomorrow and make sure it still works, but it should.
That's fantastic!
