Road Racing & Training Thread: Week Ending 3/5/2023

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    statfanatic

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    1 year ago 03/09/2023 1:31pm EST
    re: beersandmiles

    Not much happening last week. Had a mild calf strain pop up on Tuesday so I just chilled until Sunday. Back into the swing of things this week and feeling fine so far, though.

    GNR1 - Hope the back settles down quickly.

    RS - Solid week of volume. Shaping up well for Boston

    Sub 6:00 - Really nice set of workouts. I would imagine sub 72 is a reasonable goal.

    DW - Solid half, good work.

    NaR - Solid week. That's a nice weekend back-to-back.

    AFF - Nice race

    TL - Decent workouts, good to be getting faster each rep. Tapers are a very individual thing. Just do whatever finds the balance of dropping volume and intensity enough to feel fresh but not so much that you're stale.

    WoL - Solid week, 3x5k is a good one.

    B&M - Solid racing, roads are a little bit of a different animal.

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    RunnerSam

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    1 year ago 03/10/2023 9:09am EST
    re: THOUGHTSLEADER

    THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

    RunnerSam: Strong Tempo on Tuesday. Progression or did you run even the whole way? And did you have a prescribed pace or by feel? Haven't done straight tempos (no rest) in a while as far as a standalone workout.

    Thoughtsleader - Thanks, I ran it even effort and by feel, It has some hills and I didn’t check my pace till near the end (and a early gutcheck) so who knows what the paces looked like mile by mile. This cycle I've been trying for longer volume of workouts both continuous and broken. Hopefully it is working

    GNR1 - Sorry about the back
    Sub 6 - Nice workouts! Do you find that the longer workouts take more out of you at lower overall mileage?
    Darkwave - Glad the HM went well
    Allen1959 - keep at it!
    notarobot - I've been jealous at your frequent race schedule, sounds like a fun race with the varying elevation and passing people. Hard to gauge a mile not on a track/flat route. I imagine running on the edge with a change from flat to uphill could put you right over pretty easily.
    Thoughtsleader - Since Boston is the main goal I wouldn't taper too much for your half. Maybe an easy day before or the two days prior, with only one workout the week of (like you said) Wednesday or prior
    WinorLose - solid workouts, there will be a few of us (RRTT) at Boston this year and at least one at Project 13.1. My wife almost signed up for the 13.1 but ended up choosing another HM that weekend since she was offered free entry and it is a bit closer (and I can race it).
    beersandmiles - enjoyed the race right up, solid 4th place
    statfanatic - Do you have a treadmill at home yet?

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    statfanatic

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    1 year ago 03/10/2023 9:31am EST
    re: RunnerSam

    RunnerSam wrote:

    THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

    RunnerSam: Strong Tempo on Tuesday. Progression or did you run even the whole way? And did you have a prescribed pace or by feel? Haven't done straight tempos (no rest) in a while as far as a standalone workout.

    Thoughtsleader - Thanks, I ran it even effort and by feel, It has some hills and I didn’t check my pace till near the end (and a early gutcheck) so who knows what the paces looked like mile by mile. This cycle I've been trying for longer volume of workouts both continuous and broken. Hopefully it is working

    GNR1 - Sorry about the back
    Sub 6 - Nice workouts! Do you find that the longer workouts take more out of you at lower overall mileage?
    Darkwave - Glad the HM went well
    Allen1959 - keep at it!
    notarobot - I've been jealous at your frequent race schedule, sounds like a fun race with the varying elevation and passing people. Hard to gauge a mile not on a track/flat route. I imagine running on the edge with a change from flat to uphill could put you right over pretty easily.
    Thoughtsleader - Since Boston is the main goal I wouldn't taper too much for your half. Maybe an easy day before or the two days prior, with only one workout the week of (like you said) Wednesday or prior
    WinorLose - solid workouts, there will be a few of us (RRTT) at Boston this year and at least one at Project 13.1. My wife almost signed up for the 13.1 but ended up choosing another HM that weekend since she was offered free entry and it is a bit closer (and I can race it).
    beersandmiles - enjoyed the race right up, solid 4th place
    statfanatic - Do you have a treadmill at home yet?

    Yeah, order of purchases back when we got the place was house, couch, treadmill. I was pretty proud of pulling that one off.

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    THOUGHTSLEADER

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    1 year ago 03/10/2023 11:45am EST
    re: RunnerSam

    Sounds good RunnerSam and Stat...I think I'm going to go with a 16-mile run or so this weekend (keeping the pace comfortable), and another workout of around ~5 miles threshold Tuesday/Wednesday. Easy running from there. The next week is going to be a tricky one with a bunch of travel and a friend's Bachelor Party (Thursday-Saturday), so I'll do my best to run most of the day but a down week is likely.

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    notarobot

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    1 year ago 03/11/2023 12:08am EST
    re: GNR1

    GNR1 - Hopefully some easy miles will let your back recover!
    RunnerSam     - Great consistency lately with all those 80+ mile weeks.
    Sub 6:00     - Awesome workouts.
    darkwave     - Congrats on the masters win!
    jecht     - Nice progression run.
    pewow     - Any reason for the accelerations? I've done similar stuff before but I feel like I often don't know exactly what to aim for in sprinting workouts.
    beersandmiles     - Nice race, even though you didn't hit your goals.

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    pewow

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    1 year ago 03/11/2023 12:46pm EST
    re: notarobot

    notarobot wrote:

    pewow - Any reason for the accelerations? I've done similar stuff before but I feel like I often don't know exactly what to aim for in sprinting workouts.

    Mostly just experimenting myself before trying with the 400-800 runners I coach this spring. My understanding is that for 800 up acceleration isn't that important but for the 400 is is something that should be worked on.

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