Describe Your Running Today, Part II

6 miles slog of death this morning through the rainy park.

My soreness and lead-legs today rivaled the last few miles of my last marathon. But at least I got through it. Recoveries a bi-ch.

Off to my physiotherapy session now!

SD: I haven't asked when the competitive season with the team begins but I know the team doesn't officially start training until August and tryouts aren't till around September.

yesterday: extreme bike commuting and a lot of walking

today: finally, 1 hr with my park buddies in Villa Pamphili, just really let loose, flying. Plus 10x100m striders on really rough terrain between 17 and 18, real fluid...

only 697 days to go to Gimmelwald 2011

please define MOARG

Happy Runner 123 wrote:

SD: I haven't asked when the competitive season with the team begins but I know the team doesn't officially start training until August and tryouts aren't till around September.

I'm curious, HR, as to why you are doing track workouts now (2 * (800m, 600m, 400m, 300m) ), if you're months away from your competitive season? Isn't this the time for base building?

I'm not trying to be critical....just trying to get my head around your training plan. Thanks.

MOARG;acronym for "Mother Of All Running Gatherings".

Please take this in the humorous vein it's being proferred, as I pass along the thoughts of Edward R. Murrow.

"The obscure takes time to see, but the obvious takes longer"

4.2 miles this AM. The more I run the better I feel.

I was beginning to wonder if this period of conditioning would ever arrive again. I rejoice that it has.

Feeling the pull of Lake Superior- Duluth Bound!!

I think the coach feels that I have enough endurance as I started training for speed a week after the marathon. But with all this time over the last couple months that I've missed due to one achilles or the other I know my base has deteriorated. I'm starting to build it up again though now. I have at least been doing a lot of biking and other stuff to try to stay in shape.

driske:

lol, so, lol, that's yet another time you manage to crack me up, in an informative fashion no less!!

You see, i was focussed more on the pronounciation and conjured this noir-ish idea of "mourgue"...well...there it is... deeply i usually start worrying, lol, when people take me seriously, lol,...mopak sorta nailed it recently when he asked if he should start worrying about understanding what i felt obliged to clarify...just the sort of thing even grown-ups sometimes dream to happen in a friendship...

it's real nice to read you so grokkingly fit. still, being younger than you, i can kick your butt. you might want to try and reverse that in Gimmelwald at the MOARG...lol...

..kick your butt... IN MY BARE RUNNING FEET NO LESS...!

the point could be wrote:

driske:

lol, so, lol, that's yet another time you manage to crack me up, in an informative fashion no less!!

You see, i was focussed more on the pronounciation and conjured this noir-ish idea of "mourgue"...well...there it is... deeply i usually start worrying, lol, when people take me seriously, lol,...mopak sorta nailed it recently when he asked if he should start worrying about understanding what i felt obliged to clarify...just the sort of thing even grown-ups sometimes dream to happen in a friendship...

it's real nice to read you so grokkingly fit. still, being younger than you, i can kick your butt. you might want to try and reverse that in Gimmelwald at the MOARG...lol...

I had some nice AM time available today. That's something I've recently only seen on Sundays. Ha, ha! So I took advantage of it and got out for 41 minutes before I had to head back to do some errands and work. Today was exclusively roads since there has been some rain and the trails are quite wet. Can you say U.S. Open? Ha, ha! Still it was a good run with a relaxed early pace and a relatively fast last mile. Good stuff!

Keep up the good work, all!

SIGNS OF LIFE!!! Hahaha....

Again, I did my "signature session" at lunch hour today, but the cooldown was cut drastically due to time limitations. 27:30 grass jog + (4x100m strides + 4x200m) on the old dirt track + 5min grass jog.

I didn't push hard on the 200s, but 37-36-35-34sec felt SOOOO good, with short recovery (ie starting on 75sec). (The 200s would be 1.5 to 2sec faster on our good track, I'm convinced of it.)

Mechanically, I felt amazing. My knee lift, my arm movement, the way I came off the turn, the way I powered through the line, the way I foot planted and pushed off....it all seemed like a Revelation today, hahaha....

I'm loving a daily 4x200m. These days, I'd rather do a little speedy thing every day vice a couple of big speedy things per week. I have to keep relearning that one. 4x200m is just long enough to activate my ancap system, I feel.

Late Sunday I'm going to do 4x200m on 60sec (ie very short recovery!) in spikes on our nice track. This will be a good "800m drill", if any of you 800m freaks want to join me. Maybe warmed up by 8pm ish!

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5km + 4x100m + 4x200m + 5km

"I only need 5min to pack my running gear, Dear. Running is simple, unlike Triathlon."

Running Dogg wrote:

I had some nice AM time available today. That's something I've recently only seen on Sundays. Ha, ha! So I took advantage of it and got out for 41 minutes before I had to head back to do some errands and work. Today was exclusively roads since there has been some rain and the trails are quite wet. Can you say U.S. Open? Ha, ha! Still it was a good run with a relaxed early pace and a relatively fast last mile. Good stuff!

Keep up the good work, all!

8 x 400 speed workout today in hot and humid conditions. Not everybody made it through the workout, but I did. Lots of biking today too. Upper body workout yesterday afternoon, followed by more biking.

Feeling drained and sore. Tomorrow is a day off I think.

Just Some Dude :) wrote:

http://www.wunderground.com/US/MA/Boston.html

I thought the U.S. Open was in NY this year???

65-minute run this AM, 30 situps 50 pushups. Felt pretty good this AM, my longest run since last fall, this also being my 1st run in 3 days owing to family stuff.

Any of you running in Hawaii keep your eyes open and heads down in case the N Koreans send anything your way. Wear a batting helmet.

I think the North Koreans might struggle to hit their targets...

Today was a club 6.5km handicap on flattish forest trails.

I went out hard and hung on well for a time of 25.05.

Yesterday was a relaxed 60min run in Melbourne on a hilly course.

Friday was a noice hilly 80min ride on the mtn bike.

Quick mile run in the AM, short on time: family coming for dinner. A little stiff after yesterday but the quicker tempo felt NICE.

Cool and rainy.

I have enjoyed this cool, wet weather, which, so far, we've had up here in the Northeast. I believe I'm in the minority. I'd prefer two autumns to having 1 summer: I never liked bugs and heat.

I guess the USGA guys there at the US Open don't, however.

5 mile run this morning.

Lovely weather for a run today! As usual of late, I took it easy to start. I was a bit stiff from mucho yard work yesterday. But things loosened up quite nicely, though I never really pushed the pace. Ran an old familiar loop, but added a bit of an extension on the end to get beyond 40 minutes. Good stuff!

I want to give my best to all of the fathers out there on your special day. Hopefully you were able to get an enjoyable run in. Ha, ha!

Keep up the good work, all!

yesterday 06/21: trail race near Arezzo, challenging ups and donws, some crawling required, some hands on thighs walking, some free fall downhills, 10.6km in about 50 mins. Managed to get some age group pasta and a murano dish. vibrams performed rather well but on these terrains my quads take such a load i feel trashed at the end...

Then went to to pick up the rest of the family and did all fun events like: carry your wife sprint (so many people joined we needed two heats and a final - 100meters), 400m retrorunning (100m for kids), pluas fast walking relay with a partner for 3Km (we ran family teams.)

All really well organized, both the competitive stuff and the fun events. Won more pasta and cheese it was embarassing. Oh yes and a bottle olr organic red wine!! The pantry is full.

Yesterday: lounging in cortona. walked to get some wood for the grill and to throw ashes away in the dump.

Friday: cant remember...

Gimmelwald 2011 MOARG -623 days! A dear hs friend of mine just asked me to get ready for next Boston and do it together.what a special time that would be. We used to run the 800. Running can be so intense.

Hahaha...I didn't run today. I'd be crazy to. (Sure hope The Big H posts her race report.)

I did my "signature session" yesterday....but I was slightly silly: I decided to do the faster runs on the chiptrail at Beacon Hill. That chiptrail is great for jogging / tempo. It is NOT great for fast stuff....too uneven and bumpy.

I've been thinking about My Running In 2009 a lot. This may be a "turning point" for me. We'll see. The important thing is, I Love Running! That has not changed.

(Would you guys be shocked if I did NOT do the 5th St Mile or the Courtenay 800m?)

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5km + 4x100m + 4x200m + 5km