Road Racing and Training Thread - Week ending 10/20/13

renewed Good race despite the calf. I have some issues with both of my calves quite often and it's strange how the pain comes and goes, sometimes in the same run or workout. Wondering if you are mid-foot, up on your toes runner like me? When really painful, I stay away from the fast stuff until it feels better

screams Nice race #2 - seems like you are in a good spot and I would not be surprised if you saw significant improvement on your next go-around on that course. Talk to me about racing 6K as opposed to 5K if you have time - I have a 6K CC race coming up in a week and have not raced anything over 5K since 1990. Yikes! Same pace as 5K and just gut it out? Leave a little in the bank?

garbage What a race! Great write-up also. Funny how well we often do when we come in with low expectations, nice and relaxed. I think you are ready to really bust one one in Vegas. Fat/flast course there I would imagine?

ghola welcome back

reed Solid 8K. Know where you are with "not giving it all" but you learn from it. You are definitely ready to race faster, so take better care of that 3rd mile next race and race up with someone just above your level if you can. Easier said than done I know.

truth Although I normally don't comment on non-racers, great week.

printer Nice 1st place age group in the 1/2. Very solid.

Logan Welcome - great 5K. Goals?

Midfoot for sure. You're so right!

first post here. I suppose I'm training for a 10km Turkey Trot, and also trying to crush a 1 miler next spring. At 32 years old, I've lost a lot of my running speed but I've got a lifetime of other endurance activity and competition.

I ran an 18:27 XC 5km in September and that is my only good fitness gauge. For the upcoming 10km I'm shooting for sub-38:30.

Mon = off

Tues = off

Wed = moderately hard trail run ~7 miles @ 7:49

Thurs = 35 minutes cross train easy

Fri = 5 mile heart rate zone test 9:00 down to 6:40; avg 7:35

Sat = Steady run 7.5 miles @ 7:45

Sun = 1 hour cross train

Based on time and desire, I don't want to run more than 30 mpw (in reality, probably closer to just 20 mpw).

We'll see where this goes!

Hey guys. Question:

What shoe are you guys racing the full marathon in?

I ran my last half marathon in lunar racer 3's which worked ok. I have a pair of Adidas adios boost en route to the house. Just curious what shoe you guys have had luck with recently.

I use the NB1400 (still v1 for the moment). It's fairly light, responsive and still has a bit of cushioning (not mushy like the LR3 in my opinion). I use the NB890v2/v3 and the Adidas Boston for my trainers. I would really like to try out the Adios Boost though. It might be my next shoe purchase.

Portland: last 2 marathons were the lunaracer 3. Before that was saucony a5. I like that there is more material under my foot on the lunaracer.

I only run marathons in the Asics Hyperspeeeds. They were discontinued but I have a dozen pairs stashed in my basement from a runningwarehouse clearance sale.

VFF

Logan: nice first 2 mi of the race. That last mile is hard to stay focused on. Try breaking it up into 1/2 or 1/4s and say "just 1/4 mi or 1/2mi to go" that always helps me

Diesel: at first i thought that was 35mi on treadmill. Then i re read it haha. Glad the shins are alot better. Kicking to soda will help everything!

NJ: thanks. It will be all new to me too. Hope all these miles and crazy weekends pay off

VF: great week. Lots of quality and different systems.

Perkunas: welcome. Youre gonna have to bump up those miles ;) haha. Im interested to see a real low volume approach to training

Ca$hclay- Yeah, the Vegas half course is as flat as they come, but since it's out-and-back you run into a bit of the desert wind on the way back. It's usually a somewhat competitive field too. (2 years ago I finished 50th in 72:5x, last year wasn't as deep but the top 3 still ran in the 67s)

Perkunas- Welcome and looks like you are in a good starting spot, although I am with NP on bumping up the mileage too. However, I am also curious in seeing someone going with a low-mileage approach.