Thanks. I've heard that there are a few nice runs from Nags head! Can't wait to hear your suggestions!
I took my HS kids to a xc meet at the beach in Oregon. It was about 4k and was all on sand. They went up and over a gigantic sand dune (it took forever before they came back) and then looped around and finished UPhill. Hilarious and the kids loved it. (of course, before the start, they took one look at the dune and said "no f-ing way!!") ;-D
I just checked out the website for the Outer Banks running club and they have a few weekly runs. Might want to check that out but the runs are so far from where you are going to be. I will try and get you more exact Nags Head information. The last few days I have seen a number of dolphins that always make my day, hope you enjoy the area.
Instead of a beer mile, I did the "somehow still not quite right 24 hours after a few margaritas on the 4th" 1500 meter race on the evening of the 5th. One problem with aging for me is that recovery from all kinds of things is slower, including the above mentioned imbibing. Muscles felt like bags of sand. Extreme thirst. Not much fun at all. Recovered enough from that race to do:Saturday: 2x(4x200 at a fast goal 800 pace with 1 minute rest). First 200 felt like a jog, last felt very hard. Hmmm...just the like the 800 itself.
Spikez wrote:
nyloco wrote:
Boilermaker went pretty well, not an A+ effort but about what I expected from a pretty lean cardio base for racing a 15k. Hit the 10k in 37:18, right on target, but was slowed by a couple of hills and finished just below 56:30. Beat my 2006 time by nearly 2 minutes and got me into the top 200 - 15th master compared to 32nd last year.
I see that tracklover and Spikez have registered for Orono - anyone else?
You're not getting older, you're getting better! Congratulations! And a great job by Patty M. in the Peachtree as well.
Yea, esp. since she ran it slightly injured! "Ran it on one leg" she said.
Nice Job nyloco at the Boilermaker.
I've got a group of 4 driving up to Orono together from Boston, including my coach, which is nice for me. Of course one of the 4 will move me down one place in both my events (800/1500) as he's been killing me at the local meets. Same age group, same events, from the same area. Its not even at all close. Keeps me very humble indeed.
Have a good week all,
Hi Masters,
Had a great time in Hawaii (Big Island) with the family. Nine days of no running helped my achilles. Laying out at the beach (under an umbrella) wasn't particularly good for my back though.
No races planned until XC starts up on Aug 25. This month the plan is lots of easy runs and some tempo miles on the track - no hard workouts.
Tied the all-time record high last Thursday (108). Pretty toasty.
Jeff
Dave , I thoroughly enjoyed my first track race in over 30 years. I won the sixth heat of of the Mid-Summer's Night Mile in 5:20. My fractions were 83 / 83 / 78 / 76 and it felt great striding out again.
I have a long way to go to reach sub 5 by Sept 1st , but that remains the goal. My weight at the moment is 171 ( I'm 6 feet ) and I realize that I'll need to be in the mid to upper 150's to have a shot by that date.
Meeting Alisa Harvey was a highlight for me , and seeing George Buckheit show me how it's done - was inspirational as well.
Happy trails !
Chase
That gives me some hope and motivation, thanks !