Masters Weekend Races and Runs

Morning OMBTS,

No races for me this weekend but some beautiful weather for training. Ran mile repeats on Sat (3 X mile w/400 jog) and am running 18 this morning.

Other than that, baseball and swim practice started this week. So much for the break between Spring and summer activities.

Hoep your weather is as good as ours! I can write that about twice per year so I thought I'd throw it in!

easy cross training week here to rest sore achilles and regroup after 10k training cycle. My favorite summer race is the Twilighter 8k in rockville MD mid-july. I think this will be my 10th year in a row, 12th or so overall, of running it, and for the first time my 16 year old son is planning to join in. He has type 1 diabetes, and managing the impact of exercise on blood glucose is always a challenge, but with plenty of prep time I think we can do it.

I actually don't love the race itself b/c usually very hot and humid [starts at 845 pm], but as an event it's a lot of fun. Live music and free beer bring the neighborhood out to watch and keep racers around quite a while afterward. It's also fun to see a lot of fast people compete for the prize money. Last year my age group was won by former US Olympian John Tuttle.

have a great week.

Good Morning OMBTS,

Summers are so hot here I don't often race, but the Beaches 5 miler in August is my favorite. This week I made the classic mistake of doing too much too soon. I ran Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday morning AND afternoon. Yesterday in my regular Saturday morning 8 miler with friends I was dead on my feet. One of the worst runs of my life. It was hell on Reeboks. No more two a days for me.

Have a good week.

Mark

Callahan, Florida

Hi. Ran a 20K yesterday, which is a long ways for me. Wore some of the skin off the bottom of my foot. I think if I had to go 1 more mile I would have been down to flesh. The good thing is now I know I can run a half marathon which I have never done. Have a 5K the next 2 weekends then a 2 mile after that. Have a good week all.

My two key races for the Spring season are coming up. 5/3 River Bank Run (25K) next weekend and the Bayshore 1/2 Marathon on May 26th. I think I've done my homework...Guess we'll find out soon!

Had a good 58 mile week here in Northern IN...I added striders to the easy days to help with turnover. Thursday I did 6x800 @ 1/2MP in the middle of a 10 miler. The 2:50's felt very easy. Hope they're still feeling easy next weekend around 13 miles!! Finished my week up yesterday with a comfortable 12 miler @ 6:46. Going to taper back a bit but get in some shorter race pace stuff this week and hope everything comes together next Saturday...

Good Runnin'

Dave

Hey Dave,

Introduce yourself next weekend would you? I'll be in Grand Rapids as well. If yuo can find me, stop me and say hello.

Skin

skinnbones wrote:

Hey Dave,

Introduce yourself next weekend would you? I'll be in Grand Rapids as well. If yuo can find me, stop me and say hello.

Skin

Will do...I probably won't recognize you though. The only times I've ever seen you has been from from the back!

Have a good run....

Dave

Wow, where did the week go?!

Great week with the track kids: 9:32 3200m for my xc#1 and 4:23 1600m for my xc #2, and 1:59 for my xc#4--all juniors. Girls ran some odd stuff, but my xc#2 did run a 5:20 PR. Excellent week as we move into state qualifying, at which I expect we'll get a double in 3200/1600, 1600/800. 800/4x8 for those guys. Looks like the girls will probably still to 4x8 and hope to run 9:35. It's been an exciting season watching them grow.

Oh, and I ran my 100 miles, including one tentative workout of 5x1000 at T pace (3:21?!!!) with 1:00 rest.

OMBTS,

New to the thread, but are you near Crofton? If so are you running the 10K? I believe it is in June.

Racerdb wrote:

skinnbones wrote:

Hey Dave,

Introduce yourself next weekend would you? I'll be in Grand Rapids as well. If yuo can find me, stop me and say hello.

Skin

Will do...I probably won't recognize you though. The only times I've ever seen you has been from from the back!

Have a good run....

Dave

Dave,

If you keep his screen name in mind, you will find him easily!

;>)

40 miles this week, topped off with a steady 13 miler today.

You wanna see some fast masters times check out the Phila. Broad Street 10mile results.

Fred Klevan 52:24

Bob Schwelm 52:47

John Carrol 53:19

a bunch of others sub-1hr;

even Andy Cherry (although it's hard to think of him as a master) - 56:xx

Congrats to all of youse guys!

424, I am a few thousand miles west of Crofton. I used to live back in A-Town but no more.

OMBTS,

I was close...but, one less person in front of me there.

I had a pretty good week of steady runs with no up tempo at all. Still nursing a hamstring problem and don't want to aggravate it any more than just running on it. Probably should take some time off but that is easier said than done. I have to be out there every day if I can at least jog for 3 miles. This week will be easy for the first part and if things hold up I'll attempt something faster on Friday.

I don't race to often but am thinking of the Mohawk Hudson Marathon in October. About 500 people mostly bike trail and downhill. Five years ago I did it and enjoyed it very much so am leaning that way now.

Safe and healthy week to all.

Kevin

Finally back in the saddle with two days of running. My last log entry was April 14, way to long to not run. Stepping on the track Saturday sure felt good. Easy 30 minutes of circles. Today was 50 minutes of hill running, easy pace. Just want to keep the hip in check and not press the issue. Also managed to do a few laps at the gym pool, felt good as well.

A week of 'easy does it' is in the plan, then a 17 day trip to Portland, Mexico and Brazil kicks in, all should allow daily running outside or treadmill.

As I'll be in Portland I plan to make the drive to Canby to watch Clingan's masters mile, should be great to watch.

Cheers and have a good week!

OMBTS,

Sorry about the cut foot - no fun when you are already battling injuries. Hope things turn around soon.

I had a good week, with a mix of workouts. 6 miles plus plyos on Mon and Thurs, 6 mile tempo on Tues in just under 36. Trails on Wednesday, which means a 600 ft climb just to get there, so it doubled as a hill workout. Hit the track on Friday to get some turnover for my leg in the corporate 4x400 relay at the Kip Keino event in Ithaca next weekend. I did eight 200's in 8 minutes, averaging 31-32 with the wind and 33-34 secs against.

Ran a local 5k today as a time trial. It felt like I ran faster than 18:23, and that was confirmed by my odometer reading of just under 5.3 km (my car was originally bought in Canada) when I drove the course. Other runners felt the same - especially about the first mile, which another runner and I hit in an implausible 6:02 - he's normally in the 17:15 range for a 5k, and I'm pretty good at finding a %;20-5:30 groove for the first mile. The race organizers evidently tried to add a short out-and-back section to a portion of a certified course, and couldn't quite make things work. Still, it was the first time I've been the overall winner of a road race, albeit with only 80 runners.

Other races I'm looking forward to this summer are a couple of the 3.5 mile JP Morgan Corporate Challenge races, and the Utica Boilermaker in July. I should also be able to find a 2 mile at a local all-comers track meet to take down my remaining high school PR.

Good afternoon Masters,

Where DID that week go?! Got away from the higher mileage for the week (60 miles) to introduce some shorter faster workouts (800-mile pace stuff). Trying to not embarrass myself in the Clingan Mile next Saturday.

14 year old son had another solid meet. Again - crappy, rainy conditions and cold. 4:45, 2:12, :58.

Mon 2(5 x 200) w/thirty second recovery

Weds 16 x 200 quick w/sixty sec recovery

Sat 4(500,300) @ mile pace w/:60 sec rest/lap jog between sets.

Sun am 7 miler with son Pm off to gym to stationary bike and watch phx vs san antone!!

cheers,

tony

Hey all,

47 miles so far this week (maybe a few more later today) with 5 @ 6:30ish, 3 x 200 w/400j + 3 x 100 w/700j, and a downhill 10k race today. The time from today's race means nothing in absolute terms (because of the drop), but I was only 4-5 s slower than last year, which is a great sign I'm nearly in the same shape as last year.

This week we'll be house shopping, so it promises to be a low mileage/zero workout week.

Have a great week, everyone!

Good afternoon fellow masters,

After a few weeks of no running after my survival shuffle at Boston, I resumed running this past week. Just easy 20-30 minutes each day. Man, the last time I ran a marathon I was 32. I don't remember hurting so bad for soooo long after running a marathon. And I took it easy. But it was good to get to do Boston for my 40th. Have a good week of running!