Interesting reading the past 10 or so pages. The maple trees sound good, I'm a bit envious, have always wanted to work outside. My own training has halted as I have a torn meniscus so unless you want to hear about my daily walks then I don't have anything to add!
TC, how do you deal with torn meniscus? suppose you need surgery at some point...
today: Paolo Rosi track, 12x100m strides and foot exercises warmup.
then,
10x200m between 29s-33s (mostly 31,32)3 mins slow-jog recovery
1x1000m in 3:40
10k easy
20 miles in 2:17, chopping a minute off two weeks ago.
23 days till my goal marathon...I think I'll break 3 hours! Especially since I'll have tapered and won't have to carry a bottle either.
:)
If you can run a 2.17 20 miler you will break 3.00.
Fresh legs, peak condition, extra motivation and support, they all add up.
It's been another crazy week, but I was finally able to get some "substantial" running done. It's all relative, of course, but substantial for me at this point was 8K at a most modest pace. Had some mild calf cramping, so I best get a hold of a banana! Gotta love that potassium. Ha, ha!
Meanwhile, it is nice to know that I have been missed here. At least I think it is. I'm not sure if I should be flattered or worried that a certain someone misses me that much that he sees me in other's posts. Paranoia can be a cruel condition.
I expect to have a less hectic week ahead, so I'll try to pop in here more often in the coming days. No promises, though. Ha, ha!
Keep up the good work, all!
HR123 has all the requisites to go sub three including support from this thread! That's sort of why i like dyrt. He/she'll do it no prob.
today: kids athletics was awesome. Made up what ended up being a very fun, kid-friendly (5-stations in a circle) circuit training session: first rounds we did it as a group with rests in between station (walk back to the middle) to get the exercises right; then as a group going directly from station to station, then in pairs, and last, they did it all by themselves. Last night, I drew sticke-men diagrams hung on posts so they had a visual guide to remember the exercise they had to do.
To finish off, i put these different colored cones (about 8 of them 6-8meters apart) and had them race remembering to shout the color of the cone they passed as they passed it. They loved it and seemed really motivated to run quickly to the next cone to "scream" the color out loud. I almost tried it myself...
tmw: 10k "see how it goes" race
Thanx for your support guys!
I'm planning on running 6:43 for the first 20 miles on race day then speed up if I can, but go psycho in the last mile forsure. :)
Easy few miles recovery on grass today. Back to normal training tomorrow.
A busy weekend for me.
Saturday, a club race in Junortoun/ Wellsford forest near Bendigo. Went out for an hour's ride through the forest beforehand. Then a 2k warmup on the course. 4k handicap trail race. Uphill for 900m, downhill for 1100m, turnaround and retrace your steps. Rough footing.
The guy immediately ahead of ne overshot a turn and I called him back and slowed for him to catch up. The bugger outsprinted me over the last 40m for 3d spot, I told him I won't call him back the next time lol!
Had a quick swig of "MOTHER" (energy drink) and backed up in the 2k handicap. This one is 900m up 100m down 100m up and 900m down. First 500m was pretty rough, legs still shot. Gradually into it and the last 500m was a testing battle and finally an explosive (by my shuffling standards) sprint to pick up 5th spot.
Finished with a gentle 2k jog.
Saturday night was the big social occassion of our little town's year. In bed by 3am.
Sunday morning my other club had it's season opener over 5k.
Did a 2k warmup jog with my son and a few pretty ordinary striders -legs a bit tight.
This is also a handicap race. Hit a good rhythm early and reached 3k in a good time. Laboured through the last 2k and lost some time but got up for 6th place with a well timed lunge for the line. My km average was identical to saturday's 2 races.
Very pleased to turn around to see my son come in just behind me . He ran a 90sec pb. Not bad for a kid who doesn't "train". He is very fit, hikes/runs through the bush, lots of pushups, bike, punching bag, grappling etc but does no specific run training.
He was very pumped although he nearly left his breakfast at the finish line.
enjoyed reading the accounts mopak!
today: 10k Cooperazione. Pleased with a very fluid first 5k in 19:07; then eased up to finish 39:15 or so. Went to bed late last night, couple of drinks at a wedding reception, disorderly food consumption. Two separate espressos this morning were of no help. Feel like rhythm is coming back.
mopak, you could own a great career in footrace commentary should you ever choose that path. I admire your son already.
Spec02 and tpcb, your timely updates are enjoyed as always.
Also good to hear from track chick and other fleet footed youngsters.
Got in my first trail "race" of the season. Covered 15K in 80:46 at the Navarino Wildlife Sanctuary. Rolling ,sandy, jeep track around shallow water duck reservoirs provided ample viewing of cranes,swans, and various duck species.
Plenty stiff and sore today.
tpcb, yes , I do sell the syrup. However overseas shipping of small quantities is prohibitively expensive.
mopak, those 20,000 trees are not all grown on adjacent acreage. Probably 15 different small woodlots are involved.
Nor is it a monoculture of exclusively maple. The crop trees are inter mixed with birch, ash, oak, hemlock, linden,popple and assorted other upland hardwood species.
An after thought here.
Do Hall and Goucher really have a legit shot at winning in Boston tommorow, or are we Americans indulging on parochial and narrow perspectives.
You views please.
driske,
no i dont think so. as far as national identity goes, in its various declinations, we all want our own to win, ideally in a helthy, fairplaying, clean, sporting way.
What you ask feels more like a case of self-wrestling with the overall founding-ly American "love for the underdog" and the reality of actually having become the underdog. And maybe not being totally comfortable with it.
I often wonder if the effects of globalization have been sufficiently anticipated and/or clearly understood.
Luckily, Sports help to temporarily settle the who's on top dilemma. And what's best. Offer a chance for a rematch.
My opinion: if Hall and Goucher placed with fairness, honor, and/or guts, it would be as much as a win. For kids as well. Still they must focus and give it their best shot.
I would think both have a realistic chance if they ran to the very best of their ability.
Perhaps we Central Victorians can lay the tiniest claim on Hall. Apparently his father was for a time a teacher in the CV town of Boort. The Boort general store was proudly displaying several articles about the connection prior to Beijing.
One of the beauties of DYRT is we get to "virtually" run in many varied places, Italian roads, Wisconsin wetlands, the dry forests of Central Victoria.
driske wrote:
An after thought here.
Do Hall and Goucher really have a legit shot at winning in Boston tommorow, or are we Americans indulging on parochial and narrow perspectives.
You views please.
I gotta believe that someone named "Cheriuyot" will win the men's race. Ha, ha! Yes, I think Americans get carried away with the chances of their brethren. Nothing wrong with supporting the runner(s) of your choice, but the reality of victory should be considered, too.
A case in point is our own HR123. I'm sure all DYRTers will be heartily (and virtually) supporting his/her attempt at a sub-3:00 mary in the coming weeks. However, most (all) of us understand the chances of winning the race are likely small. Still that won't stop most of us from offering good advice and well wishes. (Be careful, HR, as occasionally there is some "suspect" advice offered here. I should know! Ha, ha!)
A pair of moderately busy days have put a cramp into my own running. The second half of the week looks promising and I should be able to get some decent runs in at that time. Here's hoping!
Keep up the good work, all!
Just a leisurely 30mins on the mt bike and a nice easy 50min run on a hilly golf course.
Just on Boston, Hall is the fastest runner in the field. That fact should give him some confidence going in. Of course there are several men very close on times and it is always likely that there is someone flying under the radar.
Our only runner of note in the field is Lee Troop. Lee is a tough knockabout fella from Geelong in Victoria. He's got a couple of 2.09s and ran a 2.10 to get into the Beijing team. Ran a shocker at Beijing so hope he has a good one in Boston.
He is a real colourful character, coached by Moneghetti.
thanks be, that i can follow on LR threads and blogs! No TV here.
today: 1h10mins leisurely in villa with the lunchtime buddies (20 of us or so); with usual hilarious post sunday race commentary! 6x100 striders with Fabio and Franco, definitely the alpha guys of the bunch who regularly place (Fabio usually first!) in their agegroup.
Running Dogg wrote:
I gotta believe that someone named "Cheriuyot" will win the men's race.
Three Cheriuyots in the race and none on the medal stand? Goes to show you what I know. Ha, ha! Gotta give cred to the Americans who finished 3rd in both races. A good showing for the home town team.