Describe Your Running Today, Part II

A village at the base of the Eiger is well positioned to soak up natural splendor. It's becoming evident we will no more than scratch the surface of all the paths there are to travel in the region.

Sedate 18 miler with 6 locals training for Grand Island Marathon in July. Backroads and cool temps(48F) made for great conditions. A generous portion of BS made the 2:38 fly by. 59 miles in the last 5 days.

Today I did 67:17 easy, up the pipeline, to the thriving metropolis of Bevan, down Lake Trail....I love that loop.....shirtless in gorgeous weather.....a gentle recovery pace...the first 15mins felt like crap, but then I got into a groove. Never judge a run on the first 15mins.

On Wednesday I want to do 600m-6min rest-400m-4min rest-300m-3min rest-200m-2min rest-100m.....spikes at the track...maybe lunch hour or 3-4pm, depending on the day.....if this works for anyone of you "trackies".

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I AM A MIDDLE DISTANCE (800M TO 5000M) RUNNER.

followed up a pair of off days with a 40' effort.....not too bad.....building back up after 11 day break due to that pesky cold.....should be back to normal within a week.....speaking of back to normal, i notice the troll meter has returned to it's usual dyrt position......so much for someone never posting here again.....oh well, i do enjoy the entertainment value.....sometimes.....

Running Dogg wrote:

Skuj, no disrespect, but if you're running 70 and 69 with 4 minutes break, you may be disappointed if you expect to run 2:19 in 8 days.

He doesn't mention the effort level, so it is dangerous to assume too much about this workout. That being said, he does imply that it was a somewhat stressful session. Given the results of this session and the assumption that it was faster than 800 date pace, it is reasonable to assume that the athlete is not in 2:19 shape. Lots of assumptions here, though, so nothing is etched in stone.

I had not read this before I made my previous post. If cvrr is indeed Skuj, then that explains a lot for me.

Yes, 400s at 800 date pace are intense and a proper recovery period is necessitated. Having said that, I would expect the first two 400s after a proper warmup to be relatively fast and easy. The challenge is maintaining 800 race pace through the second half of the series. Since this series was so short -- only 4 reps -- I would have expected each 400 to be faster than 800 race pace. If I were writing this workout, I would have expected perhaps 6 (or more?) 400s at slightly faster than 800 date pace. My $.02.

Running Dogg wrote:

Skuj, no disrespect, but if you're running 70 and 69 with 4 minutes break, you may be disappointed if you expect to run 2:19 in 8 days. Still, I wish you luck.

I Am Sure I Will Be Accused wrote:

I'm a reg here and I need to say that I despise you rd. You dress up today's insults with 'no disrespect' and 'good luck' and you clearly have no clue about how 400s at 800 pace are supposed to feel.

To say that the first post is an insult is quite a reach.

-707 palindromatic days to Gimmelwald 2011

yesterday: 2x 1hr bikeride in the park. exercises.

today; exercises, bike commute. left calf is ungluing.

driske: just bcoz there's quite a bit floating around here, can you share some of your BS headlines?

-706 actually...

Actually pretty sophomoric content. i.e. group genuflection around the workout winner,swift yank from behind to adjust his shorts to knee level if he resist more subtle hints,etc.

Feel good for the AM jaunt of 40 min on catskiis. 105HR , recovery level go.

Circulating the word. Bro-in -law declares he's in for the Mother of all running Gatherings.

I Am Sure I Will Be Accused wrote:

As an outsider looking in on this thread, I have to say I really dispise Running Dogg...

I Am Sure I Will Be Accused wrote:

I'm a reg here and I need to say that I despise you rd.

Haha Skuj....ur busted! Now stop harassing RD and leave this thread alone like you promised.

just fyi, you had me crack up pretty big on this universal truth for alpha males by their beta followers...LOL

Good on you alpha-driske! ANd i say this because you are running quite the volume...

Wow... did a brick workout zesterday as I am trying a sprint triathlon shortly. did 30 miles on the bike first and then went out for three miles. regular steady pace.... agonizing though. toghest 5k I ever ran during training. Good fun though.

2 x 400m, 800m, 1000m

Achilles tendon feels ready to snap, felt like I was crashing through the ground every time I landed on that side. Barely stayed ahead of the girls today. Gonna take tomorrow off again.

Just to clarify: 2 x (400m, 800m, 1000m)

Today I snuck out of the office in mid afternoon for 30min easy + 4x80m-ish accels on grass + 5min jog. It was muggy. I felt rather meh. Time for a day off tomorrow, I think.

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I AM A MIDDLE DISTANCE (800M TO 5000M) RUNNER.

Gotta love a nice brick session. I love a mix of steep mtn biking and steep mtn running -quad killers!!

Yesterday (a holiday monday here)was a cruisy 60 minute run around the Black Hill Nature Reserve. I hadn't been there before so it was fun to explore some new trails. Quite hilly terrain, mostly soft trails, one little scramble through a cave and some rock scrambles to lookout points.

I also did 50mins of windtrainer, our weather had turned very wet and cold by late afternoon.

Today, well I got the mtn bike ready then a hailstorm arrived. I jumped on the windtrainer for 15mins then the sun came out. I took off on the mtn bike into the forests. 30 mins into it I copped another hailstorm. Managed 60mins of forest riding -temps a chilly 6-8degC. Changed shoes and top and headed out for 60mins of easy running in the McIvor Range (my "backyard" forests). It was pretty much dark when I left so I spent an hour running in the dark on steep, muddy/rocky trails in the rain and cold. Some might think this is odd behaviour, of course all the DYRTers out there know it is just the best fun you can have.

after back-to-back off days, i decided to try back-to-back on days.....maybe a little ambitious, but not too bad.....restricted myself to 30+' just to be safe.....some mild calf soreness this morning, but otherwise all is good.....no plans to go for 3 in a row.....

...indeed we dyrters do...

-705 days to the mother of all Running Gatherings

today: biked like i run for about an hour, max pedal pressure and uphill on rough terrain. Conclusion: calf is healed. Still will take the week off to be one, wise, sob.

villa pamphili is pullulating with police, carabinieri and varied specimen of secret service types as the arrival of Col. M. Gheddafi to meet premier Berlusconi is right around the corner. makes for an action-packed change of scenery...

C.V.R.R. wrote:

Today I snuck out of the office in mid afternoon for 30min easy + 4x80m-ish accels on grass + 5min jog. It was muggy. I felt rather meh. Time for a day off tomorrow, I think.

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I AM A MIDDLE DISTANCE (800M TO 5000M) RUNNER.

Snuck out of the office? What?! Have you not learned your lesson, soldier? I'll give you a day off alright! Report to my office immediately! And bring your fanny pack. You're done for the day.