Ran 8.5 at 6:54 overall, finishing 6:32, 6:21, 3:06. Felt decent enough...quads still sore. I believe it was my slowest run in about three months. Glad to be back at it after taking three days off. Started to feel guilty and restless.
Ran 8.5 at 6:54 overall, finishing 6:32, 6:21, 3:06. Felt decent enough...quads still sore. I believe it was my slowest run in about three months. Glad to be back at it after taking three days off. Started to feel guilty and restless.
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That sub-16 is elusive indeed. I ran 16:03 in my 20s and then stopped running for several years. That's what I'm aiming for too but first I got to break 17 lol
While I have relatively good PRs for thread posters, it is pretty clear to me that I may be the worst actualt athlete of the regular thread posters.
Smoove - Def I am the worst athlete.. You cant stick a credit card under my feet when I jump! Although my Corn Hole game is far superior. I played basketball at a very small school 9th-11th grade ( My graduating class was 17 so we did not have tryouts etc) and I scored 1 point in 3 years. Sunk a free throw and was like F*&( Yeah!! and the coach says " even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in awhile"
Yeah, they haven't announced the date this year yet... but should be around mid-December. It's supposed to be super fast. I like the fact that it's the end of the year, so I won't feel so guilty enjoying myself a little more in the holidays...
and YES break 17 damn it!
The flattest 5k around here is 2 weeks after my Half coming up.. Maybe I should give the 16:59 the college try on HM training. I am feeling wayyyy stronger than in November.
I think that's good. Extend peak fitness a couple weeks
Might as well contribute my share, after getting a lot out of lurking the training threads the last 2 months.
How I Started Running
In 4th-8th grade, I always had fun doing the annual mile run in gym class, and thought I was pretty good, even if I never broke 7:00. Every once in a while I would run 1-3 miles around the neighborhood and actually enjoyed it. Had a month in 8th grade where I did a mile loop nearly every morning before school. Don't remember why.
Wasn't allowed to play football in high school since my dad insisted it isn't great for your brain, so in 9th grade (1998--yikes) I went out for cross country. Responded well enough to training and ran 18:50ish by the end of the season, which convinced 14-year-old me to do 30-40 miles/week on my own through a Midwestern winter. So I suppose that's how I started with the sport, with varying levels of commitment over the last nearly 20 years (from jogging for fun and fitness up to college track).
outsiderunner wrote:
Ran 8.5 at 6:54 overall, finishing 6:32, 6:21, 3:06. Felt decent enough...quads still sore. I believe it was my slowest run in about three months. Glad to be back at it after taking three days off. Started to feel guilty and restless.
Chill man! You ran a marathon 4 days ago! IMO that's too fast for your first week back. Be careful or you might get injured.
DB - I cannot say you are wrong, but you realize who you are trying to convince, right?
You want some real honesty?—here it is...I am actually considering this...somewhat...
https://www.codelrun.com/codel-marathon
Certified and flat, but lots of turns, at least to me...
Not sure if it is that I did not get 2:47 that is bugging me a bit (subconsciously?), or if it is that I am just an insane lover of running and long distances...or just insane in general. :-)
Yes, the full...
OR, sorry I did not pay much attention. Did you taper much for the recent marathon? If not I say go for it. You may want to get a good down week in but there are a lot of people that run more than 2 marathons a year. While your at it go out in sub 2:45 pace. I think your in shape for it.
Ran 6.5 tonight on some dirt and sand trails only a second off my best this year. Still slow but I wasn't pushing it. So much nicer than the treadmill.
Jeremy R wrote:
@ RRR- Yeah, my plan is to do a real buildup for Jax Marathon (December). But I will attack it by first taking "off" May and June, ie just easy runs and hill sprints, touching some faster paces during these runs via fartlek, surges alternations, but nothing serious, do a 8-10 week 5K build starting in July, peak for a Sept? race (super hot here in FL), then go into half/full marathon specific for until Jax
@Coach- I've found those multi-pace tempo runs to be "tough" but not "too tough", provide confidence ("I'm finishing a relatively tough run in 10K pace"), and teach to finish strong.
I also LOVE hill sprints. Magness talked about them, but I never believed him. Picked up Brad Hudson and he was a huge proponent, so they are now weekly in my routine.
Jeremy R and RRR,
I too have been looking at Jacksonville in December for this year’s marathon (live in FL) and am currently in a 5k cycle trying to go sub-17 mid-May.
Nice work, Pappy. Keep it up.
I did taper. It was more of a steep taper. I think it went 61, 61, 57, 47, and then the race week, which was very easy (ran only three days and then raced on Sunday).
I'm not pulling the cord yet, but I may be looking at some alternatives to Boston, likely either Ottowa or Grandmas.
My tendinitis is slowly getting better and I think I can work through it, but my right hamstring continues tinpresent a problem. Going for my second treatment session of the week tomorrow, and have a race on Saturday that I will run at tempo effort. If the hamstring hampers me on Saturday, that might make it an easy decision for me.
Sorry to hear this, Smoove. I hope it all works out happily for you. See what happens and it is good that you have options. You know what is best for you.
OR -- That marathon course looks lovely, but you're right - lots of turns. And it looks like 8 miles on crushed stone? I love training on a surface like that, but hate racing on it. You ran a marathon another marathon on crushed stone, right? Do you feel it slowed you at all?
As far as scheduling goes, I believe you've proved previously you can bounce back very quickly. Not just marathons, but you seem to recover from long hard training runs in just 24 hours! Still, I would be inclined to savor your sub-2:50 for now, race some shorter distances this spring and summer, and target a fast marathon this autumn.
That is, if a time goal is your primary aim. If you just want to race a scenic marathon for enjoyment -- and in a low-key, no-stress situation MAYBE pop a fast time ... well, then go for it. It's true that your fitness is there now and the future holds no guarantees.
Smoove wrote:
I'm not pulling the cord yet, but I may be looking at some alternatives to Boston, likely either Ottowa or Grandmas.
My tendinitis is slowly getting better and I think I can work through it, but my right hamstring continues tinpresent a problem. Going for my second treatment session of the week tomorrow, and have a race on Saturday that I will run at tempo effort. If the hamstring hampers me on Saturday, that might make it an easy decision for me.
Bummer. Hope it gets better. If it makes you feel any better I’ve got some swelling in my left ankle/Achilles. Pretty sure it was that stupid trail run Sunday, or the cumulative toll of back to back 100 mile weeks. So frustrating to always pick up something like this right before a thon...
Allen - Excellent advice. If the course had fewer turns, I would probably be considering it more seriously. As it stands now, I am leaning toward not running it, for that reason and for the other reasons you have cited. Yes, the eight miles on crushed stone would seem to slow one down in a race. I was supposed to run a race on crushed stone in the DC area, but got sick and could not run it.
AJ - I hope you feel better. Trail stuff can do that. I understand your feelings right now. Be well.