I won the first two I entered, a 5K and then four days later a 10K.
I ran pretty fast in the 5k and had my hands full, the 10K was not as competative.
There is a 5K on Christmas morning. One issue I have with the races here is that they only put out a schedule a month at a time, so I cannot plan for a specific race more than 30 days in advance.
The races give us a sense of normalcy and help pass the time..
Tim, good luck in your race on Christmas morning. Over 40 and winning races ! Good deal !
Nice to see all of these posting from all over the world, Iraq, England and such.
To those of you posting from military installations a big thank you and massive good vibes your way.
Hungover from Club XC Nationals until Tuesday.
Sick with a cold from Tuesday through Friday.
Hungover again on Saturday.
Ran 11 miles in the pouring rain yesterday.
In other words, typical post Club XC week.
Just turned 40 last month and squaring away an injury, so I can post on this thread now as I am coming back around and seem to be keeping the inury at bay.
I did a 7 mile tempo on the track 10 days ago at 5:30 pace in 20 degree weather.
Then last week a few treadmill workouts (progression tempos) in shitty Omaha weather while everything was icy.
1)A 39:00 treadmill tempo (7.1-ish miles) (5 min@10.7 mph, 5@10.8, 5@10.9, 2@11, 2@11.1, 2@11.2, 2@11.3, 1@11.4 1@11.5, 1@11.6).
2)A 5 mile treadmill progression tempo (5@11.0, 5@11.1, 5@11.2, 5@11.3, 5@11.4, 1:45@11.5)
Otherwise around 75-82 a week in singles, mostly easy 11 milers slower than 7:00 pace, and a 15 miler every 2 or 3 weeks.
anyone who knows everett whiteside (out of florida, placed 7th in the 40-44 age group at clubs) might want to send well-wishes. apparently he got hit by a bus, although it doesn't sound like he's seriously hurt.
i felt like i was hit by a bus sunday after clubs, but i've managed some good runs this week, including a 14 miler in the rain yesterday. also tried to polish off a claim jumper 2300 calorie eclair, but probably only got through 1900 calories of it before crying uncle--hence the 14 miler the following day...
Brian, welcome aboard !
Keep posting with us and just jump in when you have something to say.
yup, you got it. I got tired of worrying about it all the time. You know when you go skiing or trail running you are really searching for peace, not a debate. One time I got upset and told a female DNR employee, " No wonder no one likes the DNR." I like the DNR generally but they perturbed me, if that is proper English.
Just for giggles, I tried 12% today. That lasted about 20 seconds. What an insane incline! I quickly jumped back to my 1.5%.
Well done!