Whistlestop has been fine for the last 3 years. This year it is down to Chicago for the Marathon.
Over did things last week, and had to lay low waiting out a recalcitrant hamstring this week.
Take a good shot at whistlestop, TC. The surface is forgiving, the elevation drop favorable, and post race beverages flavorful.
jim h wrote:
Started 'real' running about 6 weeks ago (turned 50) after 2 1/2 years off ... ended up running 18:59 and feeling pretty easy so maybe it's time to dust off the shoes!
Nice work!
I'm still recuperating from a foot injury, and managed 25-26 miles and 2-3 sessions in the cardio room. Foot seems to be doing OK (although there's a twinge in there after running - not pain, but something), and the worst thing is I apparently OVERDID the cross training for the three weeks I was out. Legs have been heavy and sore since I started back to running 1.5 weeks ago.
On Wednesday I raced a 5000 to see where I'm at.... was ~ 45s slower than I would have expected 4 weeks earlier. Some of that is lost fitness, but I think most of it is heavy legs from overdoing the X-training.
Will run light and easy until the spring comes back into the legs, and then will think about ramping back up toward normal training.
Have a great week, everyone!
PS - saw Tropic Thunder with the lovely Mrs Pete yesterday.... this movie isn't for everyone, but we giggled (and guffawed - and my wife snorted a few times) our way through the whole thing. Definitely aimed at the 14 year old boy's sense of humour. Luckily we both have that sense of humour, ha!
Had another good race on saturday. Went out a little harder in 5:43 downhill. I held on for a couple 6 minute miles to finish in 18:17. I am getting closer to my goal of breaking 18 minutes on two days a week of running. My back is feeling so good it is tempting to start running more but I want to try and hold off until this winter.
I have watched very little of the T&F on tv. Not only is it tape delayed and I already know all the results, it is really difficult to find the schedule of when it is going to be shown. I have enjoyed watching all of the "redeem" team games though.
Just home from 2 weeks vacation and end of track season featuring two races with the Club NW at Shoreline WA - a mile in 5:18.3 and a 1500 in 4:54.something or other (I think, I'll check again when the results are posted.)
I highly recommend the Club NW meets. Great folks, good range of competition (even for slowpokes like me), and extremely well organized.
First track season in 30 years and it is good to be home, in every sense. I'm looking forward to rebuilding the base, and continuing the search for my potential.
Just one sad note to report, after a season with narry a twinge of injury from racing and training, I strained back muscles carrying my four year-old on a bus trip at Walt Disney World to end the vacation. Oh well, thank God for ice and Ibuprophen!
And thank you all again for your inspiration...
Grace & Peace
Hush, Pete! ;-D nyloco *volunteered* for that leg. Besides you full well know that it was your "buddies" who shanghaied you into running, not me and they pulled the "macho" ploy to get you to run 5 Very sneaky. Did you know it was about 5 years ago??
What happened in my week? Nothing too interesting. I visited my daughter at her team's xc camp (she was very unhappy) and did some running on the beach.
I did a few quarters on the track. I am feeling much smoother and I felt I was going faster than my alleged "kick" at nationals. However, it was a bit disconcerting to have my running partner CHATTING (actually venting about something) during the repeat - just a reminder just how much slower I am than he is. geez.
I did 3 x 10 min. tempo repeats on grass on Saturday and 16 on the trails Sunday. I rolled my ankle a few times, which is a bit worrisome, but I'm sure my chiropractor will straighten it all out before Friday.
I'm giving up on the "running light" - bring on the chocolate chip cookies!
;-D
ran a pretty nice interval workout but tripped a broke my elbow as i jogged home. i'm out for a while; marathon dream on hold til 2009
JP, good luck with that injury, keep us posted on your recovery.
jim h wrote:
Started 'real' running about 6 weeks ago (turned 50) after 2 1/2 years off (probably averaging around 10 mpw during that time).
Decided to jump into a 5k to see if I still had any interest in racing, ended up running 18:59 and feeling pretty easy so maybe it's time to dust off the shoes!
Is this the Jim H who, during a 10-k in Phoenix, once promised to quit racing if he just got through it with the win? If so, hi to the family and congrats on my roommate's graduation.
Oh, and I ran 21 miles in four runs. It's hot as hell here. I'll run tomorrow's hill workout with my HS team (my girls are pretty strong, but maybe not quite at Rotten's level) and then a long one with them on Saturday, typically my longest run of the year. I'm still in the ankle brace but it's now down to medium-sized apple five-and-one-half weeks after the injury.
Good to see so many of my homies back at it.