Describe Your Running Today, Part II

what is this history that you speak of? longest thread?

calf still a little sore and stiff.....but got some snow on the ground.....my hit the elliptical this pm and then the xc skis this weekend.....hoping.....

here we go;

today:

snowland departure (kids and bride still thre,)wake up 0430, taxi from Moena to Predazzo, bus to Trento, train to Verona, train to Rome. Dropped luggage in office, walked to Caracalla track (some last-seen-25-years-ago snow still melting), 30mins progression in lane 5 and 6, 1st lap in 2:25, then, 2;14, 2:06, 2:03, 2:04, 2:00, 1:56, 1:57, 1:56, 1:52, 1:50, 1:50, 1:48, 1:47, 1:44, 1:36, walk back to office, work.

yesterday:

alpine skiing with kids, then some solo hard runs, then some intervals on steps 15x (:38s steps, 1:25 recovery downhill)swim stretch

wednesday:

xc race debut (classic): 10k in 47 mins. Swell on uphills, really lacking technique on flats. 15th agegroup. Seemed rspectable.

15x (:38s steps, 1:25 recovery downhill)swim stretch

tuesday:

12k xc Giro dell' Orso loop at Acholet grounds with bride. 1h56 easy, conversed all the way, gorgeous scenery gently intense for a beginner like me.

monday:

5k xc loop at Acholet grounds, just to try.

sunday:

10x (:38s steps, 1:25 recovery downhill)swim stretch

Some analysis will follow.

feeling quite oxygenated.

-385 days...

...to The MOARG,

The Mother Of All Running Gatherings,

in Gimmelwald,

Switzerland,

in 2011.

tpcb

tpcb,

10K in 47 min. is decent. There are always so many snow and condition variables in skiing. It makes apples to apples comparisons difficult to come by. My own efforts tend to fall in the 4:30 to 5:00/K range.

With all the storms, 02 may yet get a chance to try his skiis as well. Looks like the Winter Olympics would have found Houston a better host than Vancouver. Strange.

Yesterday; 60 mins. X-C classic at Nine Mile Forest

AM today; 57:20 for 7 miles run. Pure air @ -4F. The world awoke gracefully.

hiya driske,

thanks for encouragement. One thing that was going through my mind as i was trying to "race" and often naturally broke into a running with skis on my feet, was whether i will be patient enough to learn the technique to get the most out of the ski/slide advantage wise. It was still one hell of a workout.

The best part as i hinted in an earlier post was the forefoot action which is really emphatic. In fact i was also thinking to myself that runners who live in nordic environments should take advantage of the xc ski option in lieu of trying to run on snow.

The other part i really enjoyed was the arm action which actually made a lot of sense out of the quadrupedia i often toy around with.

To summarize, if there was snow on the ground i think i would prefer to do xc ski rather than a slippery, half-assed run. KWIM?

today: kids athletics, 1h15. Mud running on the grass post melted snow, obstacle course, and lots of stop-n-go from the ground (from lying on their back). Thought we might get some mud-complaints from parents but actually they were all very enthusiastic.

Then on the track for some quadrupedia 400s, 4x (100mQ, 100mhard, 200m recovery) the 2x400 sub 80s. Felt it.

TPCB,

Always good to talk with another of the brethren of skinny skiis.

I don't mean to make light of running or place it in any kind of secondary role. It is my first love and the sport I am most adept at of the 2.

But when you live in part of the world that has snow cover from Nov through mid April, X-C skiing becomes part of the fitness landscape.

My history with the sport dates back to 1974. Since my running was still hampered by fallout from medial tibial stress fractures incurred during my ill fated collegiate days, I was down. Frankly , I was ready to hang it all up and join the ranks of the sedentary.

But, about that time there was a buzz about Nordic skiing and a few races were being held locally. I digressed, thinking to use the skiing as cross training. It worked, and my legs emerged from that initial ski season healthy for the first time in 5 years. Two more ski seasons latter and my running started to reflect the deep base all those winter trail K's imparted. A pattern evolved, ski the winters. Hammer out multiple marathons through the summer and fall. Back on skiis and let the legs recover, rebuild the base and hit the roads again. It sure beat the Hell out of being a chronically injured whiner.

Technique is a challenge. The fact that you mentioned an active forefoot says you are on the way to mastery. Keep a negative angle at the ankle and the dreaded "late kick" will be avoided. Feel the skiis come alive. You got it.

AM. 2 miles run with the older Border Collie. Brilliant Sun once again, we are leaving the tunnel of deep winter and every corporeal fiber of my being rejoices.

Finished with a Tabata session on the elliptical.

Birkebeiner: 2 weeks and counting.

No skiing for me at the moment.

Today, 1hr hike with the bride and our full loads in the packs. 45mins kyak on the lake. 80mins rolling forest trail run, felt pretty sharp out there today. Pleasant sunny conditions.

Yesterday, 40mins kyak and 80mins running on rolling forestrails.

Friday, 90mins forest riding on the mountain bike.

I will be offline for at least 10 days. We will head to Melbourne tuesday and fly to Tasmania early wednesday.

We commence 6 days of hiking on thursday.

No skis but there is a fair chance we will get a dust of snow at some stage.

mopak, happy trails, looking to be here when you come back.

driske, thanks for the xc imagery. I agree, there's something/somewhat therapeutic about it, i loved it and plan to do more.

today: joined by buddy MarcoB at the Fiumicino Half Marathon but only did a half of it (in a stiff from yesterday 45mins) as i needed to prep some food for family's mountain return. Also picked up my xmas garmin updated model and am really looking forward to trying it.

Friday:

6 miles. Muscles were tight and I felt tired.

Yesterday:

10 miles through very hilly terrain. Felt terrible. Not a good day.

Today:

A little over 10 miles, over flat terrain. Felt much better. It was snowing throughout the run too so that was nice.

Relaxed 2 hour valentines day ski with the Bride. Started to snow at 2PM and still coming down.

AM: walk to school and back, 4k

Lunch: just over 1h easy in villa pamphili with FrancoP and many others, copius reports on Fiumicino Half and lots of monday gibberish. Rainy days looming ahead. The sort of weather forecast that really makes you wish for snow.

-382 days to The MOARG, The Mother Of All Running Gatherings, in Gimmelwald, Switzerland, in 2011.

AM: walk to school and back, 4k

Recovery run, went very slow on some very steep trails, 82:38 for 9-9.5 miles.

seriouslytho wrote:

what is this history that you speak of? longest thread?

It's so obvious even YOU should be able to see it, Skuj. Ha ha!

Rock on, DYRT!

(.............2min since longevity post!) ;0

What are u guys talking about? What history if not the longest thread?

Lunch: university adult group. One young boxer and a professor of physics showed up to run under the rain. We just did an easy 50 mins. Main objective of the run was to hold a conversation comfortably. Then the boxer took off and asked me to go with him. Managed to keep up till he got tired and became really sluggish. He pulled up his long sleeves and showed me the wrist-weights he was wearing...well...,there it was...

-381 days to The MOARG, The Mother Of All Running Gatherings, in Gimmelwald, Switzerland, in 2011.

Lunch: university adult group. One young boxer and a professor of physics showed up to run under the rain. We just did an easy 50 mins. Main objective of the run was to hold a conversation comfortably. Then the boxer took off and asked me to go with him. Managed to keep up till he got tired and became really sluggish. He pulled up his long sleeves and showed me the wrist-weights he was wearing...well...,there it was...

-381 days to The MOARG, The Mother Of All Running Gatherings, in Gimmelwald, Switzerland, in 2011.

Al no run wrote:

(.............2min since longevity post!) ;0

What are u guys talking about? What history if not the longest thread?

Congratulations on your impressive self-control, Skuj. You waited a whole 9 minutes before responding to my post. Some things never change! Ha, ha. Stalk much?

As I said, it is so obvious even YOU should be able to figure it out! Ha, ha!