Masters Weekend Races and Runs

yes, great running from our masters of masters! congrats to tony, pete, et al...you guys inspire us!

i will agree with mike f. that yesterday was a day of incredible running--one for the ages! let's not forget the young ladies: two gals under 10 minutes in the 32 and babcock's incredible solo effort in the 16...

but, my gosh, german's effort...i'm still trying to re-hinge my jaw's lower half...

With your recent 800,

Don't forget the 1000 meter attempt

2:26.71 Eamonn Coghlan IRL (11/24/52) Gainesville 1/24/94

Of course you could always go after the 2K WR as well:

From a thread on 12/8/2005 - SoCal was willing to help pace you to a record.

I am sure 5:26 is possible equals 885 points on IAAF table.

Great job on the Mile, seems like this was a magical weekend in track and field.

Impressive stuff! Reading things like this really get me fired up to run, and remove any excuses you might have:>) Thanks to the hammie advice last week (Nyloco, I think it was...) I have had a very good last 7 days. 76 miles, 3 workouts and a long run of 15. It's beginning to get warm and humid in GA. Best of luck to everyone!

Much thanks to Dave C for putting on a great event; and congrats again to Tony. Good seeing everyone again and thanks for the beers and hospitality, KP.

Except for Saturday, this was supposed to be a fairly short and easy week. Somehow I ended up with more miles than all but one week of the past month.

This morning before leaving, RVC and I ran some trails by Lewis & Clark State Park. Pretty wet and muddy; had to turn around several times rather than cross through some mudholes big enough for ducks to swim through (no kidding, some had ducks swimming around). Turned my foot once - same foot I twisted badly 6 weeks ago. It's a bit sore now but I don't think it's serious. Certainly not like the last time.

Anyway, I'm glad I went to Portland. Didn't run as well as I'd hoped, but after comparing this year's preparation with last year's prep for the Mathis mile, I realized I only put in half as much hills and track work. So all in all, I'm pleased. A good start and hope to mix it up again with some of you in Spokane.

Take care.

Jeff

Congratulations to you blistering fast Milers. Awesome.

Thanks for performances that open new horizons to the Master's Runner's culture.

Used a 10k trail race today, to push my weekly mileage over 30 for the first time this year. Feeling stronger with each passing event. 39:30 was good enough for 5th overall in the smallish field of 25.I Love loping along on that singletrack.

Yes, you guys humble me. But we will all try to catch a little of the wave you're riding. Keep that track hot.

Where in Md/DC ? any dates ?

The only one in our area is the Charlie McMullin mile on June 28th near Rochester. Jim Derick won the master's mile last year, but I don't recall his time. I think many posters here knew Charlie, and Charlie's brother Tim is still running well as part of the GVH M50 team.http://rochestersummertrack.com/summer/mcmullen.phpI'll also be running a road mile this Friday in Rochester than has a $250 prize for the first master; the following week there is a 2 mile road race through the Niagara Association, and then there is another road mile that is part of the Ithaca Festival (but there is no separate race for masters in this one).

1500Master wrote:

Any good mid-west/east coast miles that draw a good masters crowd?

1500Master

Very impressive times in the mile! Congrats to NW Master on the record. Looks like Dave Clingan puts on a great event, in a great city. WIsh I knew of some good track meets in the midwest, seems like the west coast has them all.

Starting to feel like a real runner again, after getting in some tough workouts. Mileage still lags, but is creeping up.

Old Man by the Sea wrote:

Where in Md/DC ? any dates ?

re XC Nationals: Saturday, Feb. 7.

LetsRun Thread:

Official Site:

Thank you JP , I will try to post up though it could be very cold.

Hey folks,

haven't posted for a while; settling in to the job change here in Peoria. The good news is, running-wise (and job satisfaction-wise), is this was a good move. Peoria is a great community with a lot going for my family and me.

I've been getting ready for Steamboat, which is in two weeks. I had my annual mid-May illness knock me out of training for two weeks, so it will be interesting to see how I do. This is the deepest into a year I've gone without racing in the last six years...

Workouts have been good, I've been able to hang with the local speedsters anyway. Last week was partner 400s@73 and 3x2 mile at 10k pace. Saturday I did 2x3 mile hard, and tried to go out for 16 on Sunday, but by the time I got out there (9:00 am) it was already 82 with 75% humidity; I settled for 66 miles for the week.

eb

Northwest Master:

I'm moving down to the mile from the 5k just to see what I can do, if anything.

What kind of training have you been doing? Lots of mileage?

Howdy Masters.

A light spring rain fell as I headed out on an easy 11-mile trail run with three swell people Sunday.

"It looks like we're going to have some good puddles to run through," I said.

And the young woman with us, who generally has a pretty rosey outlook on life, said happily, "And some exciting mud in the middle of the trail."

Exciting mud!

Well it was a decent week. One terribly warm track session. Less miles and less quality overall than I would like. Work hours have been long and hard and I've been pressed for time and pretty tired.

Wow is about all I can say looking at the marks from the mile in Portland. Congrats to TY on the record and to everybody who really ran so well. Amazing.

Have a great week everybody.

First off, congrats to Tony on the great mile! It was fantastic to see him striding out there with the form and strength he had a couple years back - and I had a great vantage point, from my usual 35-40 meters behind him!!

Dave Clingan did a heckuva job putting together the race, and I can truly say that all of us masters had a wonderful time in Portland! Thanks also go out to KP for hosting the post-race get-together at his pub.

Not sure what to do running-wise now. My legs feel completely tapped out (have moved into the new-injury-every-few-days phase, which is a pretty good indication that it's time to call it a season), but like all us masters runners, I almost have to be beat over the head before I'm willing to act sensibly and move into vacation time. So I think I might try one more 1500 this coming Saturday before calling it a season. Figure if my legs somehow magically recover and give me a half-way decent race, it might be my last chance to run a sub-4. We'll see....

Hope everyone has a great week!

nice job to all in the masters race.

I spent my weekend "cross training" :) i have done a few of these cross over events and they are a total blast....although my fellow bunnies think i am crazy for risking life and limb for my "habit."

http://www.racerxill.com/breakingnews/article/5481/shaun-palmer-wins-crossover-@-hangtown.aspx