I'm all revved up cause I know of quite a few people that have gotten past this virus with the Vitamin C method. I think there has been some good research since 1985, but that's all I could get my hands on quickly. I'm a million miles from being an expert but I do correspond with a scientist who is on the "front lines."
All the best...
*Week 458*
A Healthy Hello, 50+ers!
First week back in the lecture saddle and things are going OK. video lectures with Blackboard Collaborate went better the second round than the first. I found that my students really would prefer that I had a real whiteboard rather than the virtual whiteboard that exists within the Blackboard shell, so I did actually go and buy myself a little (2'x3') white board that I can swivel my laptop towards during lecture. Unlike amk, I'm not finding the extra home life, lack of commute, etc. is giving me any extra time. To the contrary, I'm finding that all the things I did at work is taking me more time here at home; no high speed scanner is just one example of inconveniences. And the increased typing load.....OMG.....I fear that I will get carpal tunnel before this is all over. But enough about that.
I did get in 5-1/2 hours of locomotion this week in 6 sessions, sadly only one included any running. Hour walks have become the norm usually in the 15-16 min/mi range, but Saturday I did get some run/walk in. Felt good to get the HR up, but I'm still woefully aerobically unfit. That's it for my exercise report.
400m PR? Never really my thing; I got down to 57s 440yd in HS (in a "distance runners" end-of-the-meet relay), never really tried to kill a 400 since then. The 2:20 800m I did at 50 was probably the last and best I'll ever get for anything under the 1500m distance.
I don't have much else to say as we're hunkered down here in the Bluegrass. Our governor has been on the ball regarding keeping physical distance and closing down non-essentials, he started prepping a week before all the states around us did. Rather than calling it "shelter in place", we're referring to it euphemistically as "healthy at home."
We'll get through this! Be Safe!
All the Best!
L2b, always interesting to hear how everyone is adapting to carry on in the current circumstances. It also will be interesting to see how much of these social changes like work at home, teleconferences rather than business travel, expanded telemedicine, more online shopping and home delivery, etc. carry over after the CV2 crisis abates. For me, going into my second full year of retirement, it all has had very little impact on my daily routine. For the running part of my daily routine this week looked exactly like last week. 53 miles total -
M- 7mi walk with strides
T- 8 mi hills 9:17/mi pace
W- 7mi walk with strides
Th- 8 mi hills 9:16/mi pace
F- 7mi walk with strides
S- 8 mi hills 9:22/mi pace
Su- 8 mi hills 9:03/mi pace
Be healthy!
The week’s most notable accomplishment was leading the complex (about one hundred advisors) in client contacts thru the phone. I should have the calls wrapped up this coming week. My wife went to the grocery store Wednesday wearing latex gloves. I picked up a pizza curbside. Other than that daily walks or runs totaling 22 miles. I did do some yard work and revisited a fence painting project. Activity in town and neighborhoods has a Christmas Day feel to it.
Stay healthy and safe.
Igy
My first full week under shelter-at-home turned into a disaster. At the end of last week I started to get a stiff, sore back, all the way from the sacrum to the neck. I’ve never had back problems in my life, and I could think of three possible causes: (1) I was really uptight and slept very poorly several nights last week, and spent a lot of time lying uncomfortably in bed, not sleeping; (2) the desk chair in my home office, which feels fine for an hour or two, doesn’t really work for 8 hours; (3) with no gym, I was doing a bunch of new exercises with body weight and dumbbells that I’d never done before. Running still felt fine, but when not running I was constantly stiff and sore and it only got worse as the week went on. I quit the alternative exercises but that didn’t seem to help. Then Friday evening I started feeling tired and diffusely lousy, and I measured my temperature at 99.6. I freaked out and decamped to the guest bedroom for the night, and slept about 9 hours. By morning my temperature was 98.3 but by yesterday evening it had crept up to 99.6 again. I didn’t run either Saturday or Sunday or leave the house at all except for a couple of short dog walks, and I’m still trying to figure out whether I’m actually sick. I don’t think I have COVID-19 as I have zero respiratory symptoms, but in this environment any illness is suspect. I do know that my back continues to get worse and this morning I finally took a naproxen sodium to see if I could get it under control. I never take drugs, but we’re in uncharted territory in so many ways now!
I had a solid first five days of the week totaling 57 easy-paced miles, but I don’t know when I’m going to get out again. Perhaps I’ll try a short easy run tomorrow morning and see whether that helps or hurts my aching back.
l2B, my husband and I are both gearing up to lecture from home tomorrow (we teach back to back, he at 8:30 and I at 9:30) and we also picked up a small white board to use in our remote lectures. Tomorrow, the first day back from spring break, I have several Zoom meetings in additional to class, and perhaps on Tuesday I’ll haunt the local supermarkets looking for the hoarded items that I can’t find. Like Igy, I’m also wearing gloves (actually, one glove) to the supermarket, but having to think really hard about what I touch with what hand. I suppose this gets to be second nature with surgeons but not with me. I’m used to wearing gloves in the chemistry lab but only as a backup in case of failure of some other system—I don’t expect to be touching anything dangerous, even with my gloves.
Stay healthy at home, everyone (I like that phrase, l2B)!
It was another good week here despite some weather challenges. Fortunately self-quarantine does not mean I can’t get out for my runs to help preserve some sanity. So it was a good 20+ miles of actual running (no fluff) for the week. The wind was a bigger challenge than the snow, but I was back to wearing shorts yesterday. The hammy issue reappeared midweek, but disappeared just as quickly. I will continue the self-massage and hope it stays below the radar.
Got to do some shopping on Friday. The store had just about everything on my list including TP, paper towels, and Kleenex. Stopped at a few breweries also to stock up for a few weeks. Lots of welcome caution out there.
Regarding quarters, I recall splitting a 52 point in a distance runner relay in college. Surprised both me and coach.
Sun: 52’ CR; body wt ex
Mon: walk w/ the bride
Tues: 52’ CR; body wt ex
Wed: off
Thu: 52’ CR; body wt ex
Fri: walk w/ the bride
Sat: 53’ CR; body wt ex + medball routine
Best to most!
good luck with your back and the worrisome temperature; i can definitely relate to finding any movement on that scary.
i've never run a timed all-out 400m -- like L2B, i do have a 440 yard PR -- 57.6 from an all-comers meet when i was 16. So to get under my age in the 400 i'd have to just about PR. Not likely.
good week of training for me:
M 1:20
Tu 1:15 with 2 X 20:00 (4:00 recovery) at half-marathon pace
W 1:25
Th 2:10 double
F 1:25
Sa 1:25
Su 3:00 with 20:00 at half-marathon pace on the way down and random 30-60 sec pickups coming back
feels strange to go out running on a nice day, enjoy the slightly-past-peak cherry blossoms, see other runners/walkers/cyclists, and everything seems fine, but obviously not the case. Good luck to all with staying healthy,
Dave
Ran two 5 milers and two 8 milers for a 26 mile week. Easy. Had to take days off for a sore foot. In truth, I'm coming off ten months/2 marathon builds and the body has been telling me to take a break before resuming hard core training. Dovetails well with Shelter in Place.
My county park full of mountain trails closed this week. OUCH. Well, my lovely Santa Rosa creek trail is still open. The north side of the Tree-lined Santa Rosa creek trail is paved bike trail, the south side is lovely dirt/gravel. I count my lucky stars, it is still open. It offers flat, fast out-back opportunities from 5 miles up to 14 miles, so I'm set as long as it stays open.
Interesting to see the work at home/lecture from home and general shelter in place stories.
I also don't find I have any extra time, caring for our teenager with disabilities and remotely helping my old Mom with her challenges. whew!
AM - I also had a bad back this week! But I hunched over my computer for 4 days doing taxes. Bad posture. It was a tough one, we sold an income property this year and HOLY CRAP it was a tax slog to work that one out.
Other than that, I slog on with my "day job" writing and drawing graphic novels, lots of fun if not exactly lucrative.
I would imagine most of our vintage ran 440 yards rather than 400 meters. Conversion for us close to 1/2 a second faster if running 400 meters.
“To convert a 440 yard dash to a 400 meter dash, subtract 0.3 seconds. In the above example, Tommie Smith's 440 yard time is 44.8. That is equivalent to a 44.5, the exact time he ran en route to the 440 yard dash.”
—some internet source
Ghost of Igloi wrote:
I would imagine most of our vintage ran 440 yards rather than 400 meters. Conversion for us close to 1/2 a second faster if running 400 meters.
It would be 1/2” for someone running 86” for 440y.
Good to know. You can use that the next time you run a 440 and want to convert.
Just a quick check-in...
I've been feeling very optimistic about my running lately. Three weeks into my actual running (after 14 weeks off) is going very well. I'm doing runs every-other-day of 30-35 minutes. Pace usually starts around 8:40 and I progress to mid-low 7:00's. I've added 4x30 sec strides to every-other-run and I'm hitting 5:45 pace fairly comfortably. And I can't emphasize enough how much running pain free changes everything! Now its just going to take some time to get fit again.
440? Never in a race but I did do a 54 in a workout in HS. The week before I ran 4:16 in HS I did a 4x440 workout with 1 min rest in something like 58-58-59-62.
And word on the street (well Facebook) is there is a former 80's elite runner ready to absolutely destroy the 60-64 age group. He posted of an 8 mile run in a workout that age grades to 100.8%!
Have a good run, (and wash your hands)
Dave
6Ds5
Ahhhh, the 440/400. One tough race. My first ever was a mile relay junior year of high school -- the bear jumped on my back with 60 to go and I ran backwards from there!
Finally got it down to a 53.3 relay carry indoors in college, but I was easily the slowest UMass half miler when it came to the quarter. There were guys on the team who I could beat in a half mile, and they would run a 49 or 50 or the quarter...
I have never run anything shorter than a mile in a race. Back when I was "fast", I occasionally ran quarter-mile repeats (usually no more than four, with lots of rest in between) and getting down to 80 seconds just about killed me. At that time I could run 6:00 pace for a half-marathon, but could barely hit 5:20 pace for a quarter-mile. That's why I was a marathoner and not a middle-distance runner!
AMK sorry about your back pain and fever.
Fast twitch fibers need love too.
Thanks to all who posted their 440/400 PRs. Really interesting and helpful.
Suprised with the sub 60s and astounded by the low 50s.
My 400 PR?
Never did one in my prime. When I was 43 I ran an interval session of
4x400 61/62 starting every 2 minutes and another time a bunch of 200s
27 highs starting every 60 seconds. Never had a top gear 27 felt all
out and could not have kept that pace for 400.
Unplanned big week need to be careful.
40 minutes of jogging everyday most barefoot in sand .
Except for a road run picked it up the last 2 miles(7:30,6:40)
5x4 minutes anywhere from LT up to 10k effort with 2 minute jogs. Pretty much
full recovery.
3 HIRTs which are 4x30 seconds all out full recovery:
1 Sand Dunes 5 percent hill
2 Bike
3 C2Row
Neuromuscluar on track 3/28/20
100 19.30
100 16.53
200 35.12
200 32.65
300 51.89 16 mid,16 high ,18 low(into wind below 10mph)
Last part of 300 in slow mo I have a long ways to go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uzQBry52eg&feature=youtu.be
Ghost of Igloi wrote:
Good to know. You can use that the next time you run a 440 and want to convert.
Only if my 440y is run in 86”. That may be wishful thinking.
Another week of mixed "fluff" and a little running.
Mon.
On the way into work for a workplace safety training session. Message to say it was cancelled. Pulled up at the river and did a nice hour of peaceful paddling in the kayak. Had to work an evening shift instead.
Tue.
Put in 100 minutes of varied terrain on the mountain bike. Didn't see anyone else other than marsupials and birds while out there.
Wed.
Went out for a run after work. 13.3 km/ 220 metres elevation gain. Solid efforts on the uphills, striding out the downhills. 75 mins. Hitting what you guys would refer to as sub 6 min mile pace a few times. I did squeeze out a 1.55 500 metre section on the one stretch of flat bitumen.
Thu.
Out to the Meadow Valley waterhole. An old quarry site in the middle of nowhere. It is a bit low but has enough water to paddle a session in. I did a fun but exhausting kayak fartlek session for 1 hour.
Fri.
Road bike with 7 x up the hill to the tip/ recycling centre which is closed on Fridays. It is a dead end road no traffic. 90 minutes all up not particularly hard just rhythm climbing.
Sat.
Out to the waterhole. A brisk 20 minute kayak. Then a hard and fast 15 km mountain bike ride, strong winds, rolling hills, sketchy surfaces 40 minutes. Then jogged a km then a brisk 3 kms of running in 13.15 last km into a strong wind in 4.17. 2 km easy jog back.
Sun.
A thunderstorm thwarted my first run but managed 2 kms inc the steep trail up Roo Hill before helter skeltering back home.
Got out for an easy trail run of 14 kms in 80 mins later in the day.
As a nurse my worklife hasn't changed under current restrictions. I seldom see any others during my normal training routine so that is no issue.
No fluff when mo pac running Roo Hill, and Charlie is pretty fast at 60. As for myself, lots of slow fluff, and proud of it, but my fence is getting painted.
Another week of my fortunate retirement. I don't mean I have a fortune. I mean I'm so happy to be finished with the rat race while I still have my health and wits about me.
70.6 miles running, 79.1 miles biking. Over 5,000 ft elevation for each. A lot of trail and dirt roads, a few tempo miles on roads.
Be safe and healthy, friends.
been lurking here since i strained my calf several weeks ago. took two weeks off, other than one week of the calf-heart attack routine of walk-jogging, which seemed to work. since then i've had about 10 days of 3-4 miles, and actually went 6 today.
if there's a silver lining to all this, i would have struggled to get to the line at carlsbad had it gone off last week, but now i have until september to get ready. at least here in southern california, it seems the trails and sidewalks are more crowded than ever--all these people who "never had time" to workout suddenly do. lots of families outside--and everyone is pretty polite about social distancing and all, but it's funny to see more people outdoors than ever. personally, i'm keeping busy with remote teaching, and i've had fun being a little more creative with lessons during this difficult time. that said, i'll be glad to get back to the classroom, whether it's in may or next fall...
if you're like me, though, with a little more time on your hands, masters milers, a facebook group with masters middle distance start peter brady as one of the administrators, had me on as guest for one of his podcasts--i finally had time to participate since he started up these podcasts about a year ago. you can find a bunch of podcasts from other masters runners at this website:
stay healthy my friends; carpe crepusculum,
cush