Road Racing and Training Thread - Week Ending 4/10/2022

Some comments:

Stone: Well-earned recovery week. I look forward to seeing the build to Chicago.

GNR1: Impressive time on the roads. How far back from the winner were you?

Allen: Very impressive long run. How did the knees feel coming out of it?

HHW: Quite a workout on Monday. Hope you are feeling better off the sickness.

Darkwave: Probably a decent decision to skip the race next weekend and focus on the training.

Notarobot: Sounds like a good competitive race. Always a bummer when you have to asterisk a strong time due to course inaccuracies. You should definitely be able to log a legit sub-17 this year though.

CarlyRae: Good decision to just take an easy week given you were feeling beat up. I don’t envy the winter weather as we seem to finally be moving past it in Appalachia (knock on wood).

Sub-6: Nice recovery week. What’s next on the calendar?

K Dot: Nice week building the mileage. Any tune-up races or plans for a marathon debut later this year?

AverageForFun: The hay is in the barn at this point. You’ve put in a great buildup, just freshen up and be ready to rock at Boston.

Beers: Same as above, you have had a great build, best of luck at Boston!

OR: Those are some impressive paces coming off the marathon. How many days per week are you planning to build to?

Thoughtsleader: Good luck recovering from the cold, good thing is you should have time to recover before Boston.

RunnerSam: Sorry to hear that both you and the wife have had injury issues lately. Good luck to you both getting back into the swing of things.

Slow Miles, Slower Bests: Good luck getting after the 1500 PR this week.

jmar - I would like to build to 5-6 days per week, perhaps by mid-summer. Honestly, I do not know if that will happen as my body feels so good rolling along with four-day weeks and an occasional three-dayer, if necessary. In the same vein of honesty…the fast running really does not come unless the training gets miserable…miserable training = results…but even then, a bad race can still happen, but there is less of a chance of it happening…

I definitely feel the sentiment of 'miserable training = results'. Running more than any other sport you get out of it what you put in. No one can be great without training hard. It's the best thing about the sport IMO, but also can be a hard truth to swallow.

Well put, jmar. As I often say to the uninitiated (usually many times per week at my job)…running is all about fitness. That is pretty much it. In other sports, it is not this way. Other sports often have major skill-oriented components (shooting a ball, throwing a ball, catching a ball, fielding a ball…you get the idea). In these other sports (most teams sports) fitness is mostly a “plus,” and not the absolutelycritical factor that it is in running. As in real estate with “location, location, location,” running is “fitness, fitness, fitness”…

Thank you! My body is still adapting to the little bump, but I'm healthy so I'm happy. I'm signed up for a 10-miler in late May, a couple of 5k's over the summer, and then a half marathon in September. I'm not in a huge rush to run my first marathon because I think I can have a lot of fun with some of those medium long distances while I work on building up my mileage and starting to do workouts again.

I start doing some threshold work next week--exciting stuff!

Hey, thanks for investing time to offer great feedback for everyone! Regarding my long run, three doses of ibuprofen prior to the run REALLY helped. I try to limit its use, though, and never within 6 hours of alcohol consumption (which makes scheduling very challenging, ha ha).

I have lived damage from heat stroke at age 27 (at a warm 10K), so am somewhat careful with mixing meds with alcohol.

Ran 12 miles this morning, no drugs, and it hurt. Very painful now, and will resort to taking 600mg with lunch. Ugh.

*liver damage

Very sorry to hear this, Allen. Like you, I always try to limit meds usage. Got very warm here yesterday--hit 86. At the end of my run, it was already 75...a pretty good run, though...

I have to be transparent with the group. The "cold" I thought I have is the latest variant of COVID...Tough timing to say the least. I put off my train to Boston that was to be today, and am hoping to test negative in the next few days. First symptoms were 8 days ago, so worst comes to worst I think a train on Sunday is an OK proposition. Still, I would like the peace of mind of a negative test.

I did a light final workout yesterday (8x2' at MP with 2' jog rest). Like most of my running since last week it felt like running with a moderate cold. Today is a planned day off, and hopefully I have some good (not positive news to share) after my scheduled CVS tests of the next couple days.

Damn man. I'm so sorry to hear that. I think those are one of the few times where thankfully this marathon is on a Monday.

Damn, please take care and be ready to come if you can. There’s still time

Sorry to hear it man. Do you have a backup option?

Thx beers and average. I’m trying to stay positive. My fiancée PRed on the Peloton yesterday. I feel nearly 100% better with just a little congestion. Physically I think I’ll be ready, but I want to do right by my parents so getting officially clear of it would be great. Yes the Monday timing is very clutch.

Nothing scouted out yet. New York is so tricky getting a longer race and without a car it’s be hard to pull off as far as a marathon out of the city. I’d find a race/multiple ones of some sort at least. I think I could run a good race 5k-full, and it’s be fun to rip off a bunch with my heel and knee healed up.

TL - Wow…No car? I envy you. I remember living that way. In any case, best of success with everything.

Thx OR. The recent subway stuff was scary, but I’ve never been around for any violence. In general, it is liberating though and no car payments/insurance is great. HHW you did make me think of if there’s a race in the Boston area I could possibly swing. I’m now feeling better, hoping for a negative test and an easy-feeling run tmw.

938. Proprietor of the finest Headbands on the planet … brought a little bit of everything so stop on by and pick ya one out.

you coming to the expo thoughts?

Swinging by the expo on Saturday for pickup. I got a new job and am unexpectedly taking a short detour to a new school on the way to Boston for a day. Was gonna go Friday but now a bit later, but I’ll check you out! You’ll know it’s me when you see a pancake for a headband

Best of success to our Boston racers. Go get ‘em! You have the honor of running in Des Linden’s last hurrah. What a great career she has had…a great run.

Cannot believe how well I have been running since the marathon. After four sub-2:50 marathons in a row, I have been bummed about this last one. But no more. That race did something for me. Ran another good one this morning…a super nice Good Friday 10-miler. Best of all, my VO2 Max (as per my watch) has gone UP two points since the race…in recovery!

Be well, run well, and Happy Easter!