Masters Weekend Races and Runs

First track session always hurts like hell!

Light week here, with ~ 36 miles so far. I planned to race an indoor 3k yesterday, but developed a head cold earlier in the week that moved into my chest, so I gave the race a miss. Later today I'll run in a huge snow storm, described on the weather website as "a crippling major winter storm."

I love running in crippling winter storms. :-)

Next race is mid-January. Not sure what distance I'll run.

Have a great week, everyone!

OMBTS, that's good news. try and be patient though.

I have not been posting here lately, just reading. I am running some but not real motivated.

I ran the Vegas 1/2 a couple weeks ago; I was doing fine at 5:40 pace through about five miles then my back started to stiffen up and I had to back off. I ended up running it in with a friend finishing in 1:20:20; 7 minutes slower that what I ran last spring.

Today I will do a long run, maybe that will help me get some motivation back.

Good running OMBTS. It's hard to step on the track because it is unforgiving. Good for you.

I'm a bit beat up because of the footing/mud, etc from last weekend. I ran Thurs for the first time and then ran a steady run yesterday; 4 miles at 5:25 pace.

Anyone willing to run today in the mid-west is a man among men. We've got 10 inches on the ground and it's coming down at 2" every 3 hours. I opted for the XC machine.

I took the week off, my first real break since June. Really fired up for the next 12 weeks of Winter base building. Got in a nice 8.5 yesterday before the storm and 7 this morning, in 10" of snow!!! Wanted to go 10 miles but with the snow and all, at least it was the 'effort' of a 10....The snow plows weren't even out yet. Kind of reminded me of last weeks run in the mud....

Have a good one,

Dave

Forgot to post last week--busy week, I guess.

OMBTS: Glad you set foot on the track!

Ran 102 miles last week with 2 workouts: 5x800I (ave 2:28) and 3m tempo (16:30). I actually felt really good this week--finally recovered from my coaching adventure.

The further I'm removed from this past season the more amazed I am that I got to participate in such a thing: the winning, the fun with the kids, coaching my daughter, NTN. Wow. As much as I've misbehaved in my life, I suppose I was one to appreciate this!

Another solid training week here.

M - a.m. 30 minutes, p.m. 45 minutes all easy

T - a.m. 30 minutes, p.m. 5 x 800m

W - 45 minutes easy

TH - 45 minute hard tempo run

F - 45 minutes easy

Sat. - 13 x 400m

Sun. 1 hour easy.

Really starting to feel a difference. This week will not be as intense.

SoCal has been cool, but no rain, so very decent running weather.

Have a good week and go Browns!

OMBTS, glad you're back on track, so to speak. ok week here 56 miles with 8k tempo on track in 28:27 tuesday and 17 miles [3 easy, 6 gradual progression, 3 marathon pace, 5 steady to easy] saturday morning in advance of "ice storm" that turned out to be cloudy with occasional drizzle. Shin starting to act up again so i'm planning to do a lot of cross-training this coming week. Good luck to all who are dealing with real winter weather.

Hello everyone,

I had a decent week - 38.5 miles over 6 days, mostly easy pace except for a 4x1000 in the low 3:20s on the treadmill Friday between work meetings. I went out for 7 in the snow and sleet this morning, thinking it was safer than driving to the gym. But after having to deal with some drivers who seemed intent on spraying me with slush, I'm not so sure. My Achilles is nearly 100%, but it'll take a few more weeks to get back in shape.

Sounds like some of you out there are having some very nasty weather this week. After a mere taste of that last week, I can honestly say that I'm glad to be missing it here in So Cal, where today's run was in moderately cool weather with perfectly clear sunny skies.

As for the week, it was a typical post Club Nationals week, meaning low mileage, high calories, and the reemergence of all those injuries that I've been "managing" over the previous couple months. Funny how they all come back to haunt you once the "season" is done. Ah well, just makes it that much easier to cut another slice of pie and skip the morning runs.

Hope everyone has a great week!

This past week I had my first running workouts in over 2 months as I let my injury heal. My sprint coach kept it very light and plans on more of the same through the first week in January. Everything felt good: the piriformis seems to be behaving. I got to push it to top speed for about 3 or 4 strides during my intervals before I backed off....but it's so good to run fast! I really missed it. Had 2 weight lifting sessions and 2 elliptical workouts as well as the 2 track workouts.

We are having great weather in No Cal, but rain is in the forecast. I talked with my family in Colorado --they had some VERY cold weather there. Hope those of you in the snow and ice stay safe and injury free.

well, as some of you know, my training has been a bit spotty this past year. nationals has me motivated and i had my best week of the year. 79 miles, long run of 15 and a nice 6.6 mile tempo at 5:45.

i am finally excited about running/training again and looking forward to the training ahead.

Yep its been consistently cold in Colorado up till wonderfully today high temps finally made it above freezing and melted off some of the hard packed snow and ice. Running has therefore been a little rough, either slippery, hard concrete bike path, or indoors on a 1/10 mile track.

Nothing too exciting to report except continued sprint strength training (indoors). This Thursday left me feeling more sore without injury than I can remember. The hip flexors, glutes and lower back are all suffering major wakeup calls along these lines. But.. its all good!

Meanwhile, the 1 mile race still has big allure. I'm considering the Hartshorne mile in one months time prior to going off the sprinter deep end. Plenty of competition if its anything like previous years. Thanks to NYLOCO for the heads up on that race.

Happy winter solstice to all

Old Man by the Sea wrote:

Greetings from a wet and windy Outer Banks. Yesterday I headed out to the track for the first time in ages and it showed. Lungs feeling like they were ready to burst , fat flapping off my cheekbones, I found out what kind of shape I was really in. Trackwork more then any other type of running shows the true condition I am in . The good news I was at least trying it again and I have a partner to push me and my legs were fine. Progress.

Hope everyone is having a great week in life and on the track !

Post em up !

OMBTS:

Is the beach at the OB firm enough to run intervals in?

Michael

Truly the track takes no prisoner's ,nor tells any lies.

RIP, Ted Corbitt,what a heroic pioneer you were!!

1 Hour evening X-C ski sessions are it until the hamstring and glute forget they were sore for the last 3 months. Once they totally clear up I'll add 2 short quality runs to the weekly regimen.

40 miles this week, sorta took it as a recovery week after Cross. Like skin my feet are torched. At the base of the toes on my right foot is a particularly sore spot! I got in a decent steady run on Thurs. Unlike skin, I opted to forgo the XC Ski machine and headed outside to confront the silly little snow storm head on. All I was missing was snowshoes. The roads are a mess and I was slipping and sliding all over the place.

Michael, I would think in some spots you can. In the off season most of the beach where I live allows for driving on the beach so the sand is packed in some spots where four wheelers drive. The track at the local high school is very nice.

Hope this helps.

Running more miles and more runs probably about 40mpw.

Hard run(rotate:long,tempo,vo2max)

xtrain usually a 2 hour bike ride

ez run up to 5 miles

Now all my running is on a 2 mile figure 8 shaped "loop" in forest park.The topography is soft trail,tall trees,rolling hills and lots of twisty turns.The 8 lays on down on the side of a small mtn like this: oo

I guess some runners would get bored doing the same area over and over but I love it.Heck I used to run 12 miles per day 5 days a week barefoot on the Hayward track infield without repeating myself just zig zagging around.Now I can not stand doing laps on the track unless I was racing or time trialing.

onward

Took a bit of a recovery week, for running that is. Worked out the alcohol metabolizing enzymes pretty thoroughly though.

Having some "character building" weather here in Nebraska. 7.5 miles this morning in 3 degrees but sunshine and no wind made it downright enjoyable...well, not that enjoyable. Ran 10K with 9 other diehards yesterday in a couple inches of slush. Barely under 7 minute pace but I'll call it my "speed" work for the week. This time of year, I'm just covering the miles. It helps to know that you all are going through the same.