Masters Weekend Runs and Races

Thanks for leading off Dave. I ran Monday thru Friday this past week with little pain. A very good week. Worked a fundraiser all day yesterday or would have run six days. All in all a good week of running for this beat up Ford.

Terps in the final in Lacrosse tomorrow, could it be their first national championship since the 70's ? Go Terps ! (its a Maryland thing)

Hello fellow masters,

It looks like a week for quick updates as we immerse ourselves in family and memorial activities. I don't think I have a wide enough window to run the 10 miles I need, but I should be able to get in at least 8.

I've struggling with exercise-induced asthma at my last two races (a 10k at tempo pace last Sunday and the 3.5 mile JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge Champs in Chicago on Thursday. The first mile or two have gone well, but I feel my respiratory system constricting, and then I eventually am overcome with dry heaves and in the worst caes, a choking cough. I still managed to get my highest finish at the JP Morgan race, but it's discouraging to have been slowed by breathing issues.

I think I've found a few things to try to reduce the risk of occurance. Using my inhaler before the race didn't seem to help much, but some people have had success with a longer warm-up and then a second pair of inhaler doses. (Jackie Joyner Kersey even went a step further and induced an asthma attack before the race). I also think it's related to Gastric Reflux, so I'll try a more restrictive the day before the race. Finally, there seems to be a correlation with high pollen counts, so I'll have to factor that into my race strategy.

Otherwise, my running is going well, and I fortunately will only have a few races longer than 10 minutes this summer due to my preference for track.

Stayed in town for the weekend and slept in! Seems everyone is out of town so things are slow here.

Had a wonderful week of training so I'm excited to post this week. Ran a legitimate workout Thursday and Saturday. Totalled 53 miles for the week. Both of those things are good things for me.

I am not motivated to race at all for some reason. This time of year is typically hard because of allergies and breathing issues but in addition to that, I'm still just not excited about lining up. I hope that passes as I get more fit. Seeing people and socializing makes life fun for me.

Hi Masters,

Ran 57 for the week (a rare week where I ran every day), including my first two full track sessions since March. Tuesday's session was 3x 1200 fairly relaxed (8k pace) then 2x 600 a bit faster. On Friday, I did 8x 300 faster than goal mile pace, which was a bit surprising.

On vacation this coming week and really looking forward to it.

Hope everyone else has a good holiday weekend.

JM

Skin, I can relate to you,maybe because of injuries or fitness level lining up is not in the works right now. For me much of it comes from where I live. Its just humid and ugly for so much of the year.

Just finished running the PAUSATF Champs in San Mateo. It was a combined open/masters meet; unfortunately it seems the masters hurdle specs always cause confusion and today was no exception. One guy's race had his last hurdle out about 2 meters too far and of course that messed with his race pretty bad. Lucky for him he didn't hurt himself. My race felt "off" from start to finish but I figured it was because I was running into a stiff headwind plus temps were darn chilly. And we started about 45 mins late so I was desperately trying to stay warmed up during the delay. My coach thinks my race distance was long (he compared it against the hash marks on the football field) but we shall never know (although the officials assured me everything was correct). Anyway, my time sucked....but then the day warmed up a bit and the sun came out in time for the 100m. I took advantage and ran a pretty decent time for a season opener. So something good and something not so good. On to the next meet!

Hope everyone has a great week!

Three day weekends are hard.

3rd master at Bolder Boulder in 34:44. David Morris 1st, Craig Greenslit 2nd (who spent the whole race running every mile 3-4 seconds faster than me and I never noticed another master as I got out too slow.). God I have gotten slow in the last 5 years. Depressing.

Hello all. Don't know any of you personally, but an awesome weekend down in here so cal. Lots of pool and beach time with the kids, a touch too much beer (if there is such a thing) and a Sunday 5k that I ran pretty much on whim. Chased a 2:40 female marathoner all the way through and you guessed it, did not come close to catching her. What are you gonna do? This sport teaches humility for sure.

On another note, I did my 1st track workout in 20 years last week and am looking to run my 1st masters' competitive mile next week if all works out with the schedule. It's fun to be back in it! Have a great week everyone.