Road Racing and Training Thread - Week Ending 3/13/22

AFF - Yep...the hay is in the barn. Believe in what you have done. Best of success as you run in the world's greatest city...

Who else is excited for the prospect of permanent daylight savings time? My schedule makes it easier to do workouts in the evening, so the extra hour would make a big difference for me (especially in November/December before the track gets covered in snow).

hhw - I hope you and your family are doing well! You've certainly been making the most of the weeks leading up to the new baby.
Stones - Good weeks as usual! To my non-marathoner eyes it looks like you're on track to exceed your goals.
Allen - Nice long run, and thumbs up for slogging through the ice on Sunday. Hopefully we won't have to deal with any more of that for a while.
Slow Miles - I don't think I would ever have the guts to race an all-out steeple. I can't imagine trying to clear a barrier at the end of a race!
beerandmiles and AverageForFun- Good luck at NYC!
GNR1 - I'm guessing from your work this week that your calf is alright. Glad to see you're right back at it.
OR - Very solid week. That's a lot of sub-7 miles!
Sub 6:00 - If I ran those workouts at goal half pace or faster I'd think about lowering my goal. Looks like you're really fit.
darkwave - I'm glad your coordination is on the mend!
CarlyRaeJepsensMalort - Good luck at Shamrock. I like your chances at going under 28.
jmar227 - Nice job getting it done in the crappy weather.
THOUGHTSLEADER - Neat that you can train on the Boston course. I always feel that I have an advantage when I race on familiar turf, especially if it's hilly.

I’m one of the weirdos that prefers the status quo, but that’s because I usually run before work. Now that I have a kid, maybe it’s for the best that I don’t have to face a time change. (Although I told my wife today that I found time changes “thrilling.”)

Thanks for the vote of confidence in the HM. I’m setting a conservative goal mainly because it’s been over 2 years since I’ve completed a real race, and it would be good to just get an acceptable finish. (And family will be in town watching—don’t want to blow up!) Maybe aim a little higher the following weekend at Cherry Blossom.

This whole thing is the battle of the morning people versus the evening people.

As a morning runner who is really trying to avoid running in the dark for both personal safety reasons and because it amplifies my coordination issues, I'm not happy about this development. I'd much rather have standard time year round.

I suspect that we'll never get rid of the twice a year time switch since nobody can agree on which it should be :)

Male, 28, 6’4”, 146 lbs

Mn - 4800-3200-1600 Tempo with 3' rec, +WU/WD = 10
Tu - 8.5 @ 7:35s
Wd - 5 @ 7:45s
Th - 4 @ 7:55s
Fr - 7 @ 7:10s
Sa - 4 @ 7:55s
Su - 8 @ 8:40s
Total - 47

Mn - 18:01 12:02 5:56

General - Another really down week. Thanks for the blood work suggestions darkwave. I've saved those for another time. I went to Labcorp tuesday and they said I needed a script from a doctor. I don't have a doctor and haven't seen one in years so I guess I'm skipping the blood work. Going to try to come around this week and increase mileage to previously planned levels and resume workouts and see how it goes. My 4 mile race got canceled saturday due to snow.

Interesting discussion, darkwave, et al. The spring forward is always tough for me. Then again, sunlight at 9 pm also seems weird to me. If I did not have to run, I would like a perfectly even day, with daylight hours from 6 am to 6 pm. I guess I tend to prefer nighttime, but I hate having to run with a headlamp.

Also…it seems I may be developing a case of dead legs. On my long run yesterday, my quads started to hurt at about mile 10, which is very, very rare for me. Went only 18.85 rather than the 22 I had wanted. Any fixes for this? It has come at a bad time…

Morning runner here so not a fan of 8:30-9:00 sunrise in the winter months. Would rather see a switch to standard time fulltime but that seems to be a minority opinion, especially with non-runners

I am big fan of the savings time switch, but I don't have kids yet and I've been using WFH as a chance to get away with running right after work (much higher prospect of sunlight now) and sometimes during the workday. The dark at 4:30pm thing always made me depressed, but I sympathize with the 7am run folks.

Yes, as far as the course thing it's like running on a home course. I've run mile 17.5-mile 22 hundreds of times and I feel like that is everyone's critical part of the course having the hills. That being said, most concerned about not killing my legs on the early downhills.

So....it depends on your state, but in many states (including PA, I believe) you can order the tests online from Labcorp or Quest - they'll then have a doctor (who has never seen you) give a script for the tests. You can also use Inside Tracker for the same purposes - depending on what combo of tests you get, Inside Tracker might be cheaper.

OTOH, if you are feeling lousy and haven't seen a doctor, seeing one might be the best way to go. And depending on your insurance, the bloodwork might be covered and thus cheaper.