Road Racing and Training Thread - Week Ending 9/14

cmm268 - I've decided to go for my goal of breaking 1:30 next Sunday. The original plan was of course to do so at the race in October, but I feel in good enough shape already, so may as well give it a shot. I lost a little bit of time last year weaving in and out of people for the first few miles, so I'm planning on going out just under 6:50 per mile, and maintaining that until mile 10. Hopefully I'll have enough left to finish fairly strongly and bring it home in 1:29:XX

Stone Cutter - That's good to know; I'm hoping to break the 90 min mark during this weekends race with a bit of luck. Hopefully getting that milestone out of the way in the first race will leave me able to go all-out in the October race. I don't want to end up pushing too hard, blowing up, and missing by like 1:30:01 or something!

Haven't posted at all really this cycle but wanted to say good luck to Stonecutter and cmm268 in Philly this weekend. I'll be there as well shooting for a big PR. Maybe I'll run into you sometime this weekend.

He guys...

Was hurt quite a bit this year and got sick pretty bad (luckily figured those problems out).

Ran a decent 10 k early on (29:2x) and then messed up on my way to my marathon, where I wanted to hit something sub 2:15, so a huge PR as I was in my best shape ever (I have a 2:17:xx but feel that's nowhere near my limit as I beraly could run low/mid 30s for 10k at that time). The last year was rough... getting hurt, getting sick... Bla... I'd like to turn that around but start from basically nothing.

Today is the first day I will really run since a couple of weeks - everything the last couple of weeks was more like sporadic tries to somewhat pull of the impossible, a miracle, and run good in fall - what never happened...

I'd like to share my training as I come back the first couple of weeks to keep myself motivated if that's ok :-) This week I am shooting for 3 - 4 runs and I hope to get back to dayly running in October...

So let's go :-)

Pikachu

Oh, I forgot:

Goals: Run with joy again and without pain... :-)

Hey im new here. I just quit my college team last weak. just couldn't deal with the coach anymore, long stupid story. Decided I still had some goals to hit before I hang them up:)

Goal: 14:30 next track season

goal race: texas relays?

sunday: 16 easy long progression 4 miles at 7:30, 4 at 7:00, 4 sat 6:30, 4 at 6. 6:35 average, then some strides

Monday: am easy 6 around 7:20 pace

p.m 6 around 7 min pace

Tuesday: am 4 at 6:50

pm. 8 at 6:45 pace

Wednesday:3 mile warm up 8 mile tempo at 5:45 pace on a really hilly course followed by 8x200 all under 33 with full recovery. 2 mile cool down

Thursday: am easy 5 at 7:06 pace

pm. easy 6 at 6:50 pace

Friday: am. 5easy t 7 min pace

pm. easy 8 at 6:47 pace

Saturday: 3 mile warm up 4x2000 on hilly course 3:30 recovery hit them all under 6:40. Then 4x1000with 1:30 rec, hit them all around 3:15. then 8x200 walk back recovery all under 33. then 8x10 sec hill sprints. then 2 mile cool down. This was the first day the weather was cool so I felt amazing and was out there for like 2+ hours just hitting all the levels.

week total:90 ish

its a little weird training by myself now, not that its hard to find motivation but harder to push myself without being accountable to anyone.

np1112 - great to hear you are confident and raring to go :) but 40.5 miles omg! about my tuesday run, i think its beneficial to throw in some faster segments in a long run, may only be steady but its quality miles nonetheless.

bonham - i reckon you could pull out a very good 5K right now. low 16s maybe even under?

cmm268 - another top week. how long now before the mara? mentioning taper, it must be a couple weeks away? if so i think you are going to smash it :)

once and future - nice week :). great to hear you are more upbeat following last weeks troubles! will your team be participating in the 6 stage this weekend?

runnersfix & pikachu - would be awesome to see you guys post again! i think it would give the whole group a lot of motivation :) good luck to you both for the future

team bandit - welcome. a very solid week. good luck for your goal? what is your current PR in the 5K?

thanks Matthias! my pr is 14:54 but im looking to seriously lower that this track season

They are yeah, but the Northern stage. We qualified for Nationals last year but finished 57th so I guess they'll be looking to get to Nationals again but with no expectations if they get there.

team bandit - awesome stuff :) great PR by the way! Sub 15 is one of my long term goals (currently at 15:49) but i'm not rushing into it!

once and future - ah yes i remember you're from the north of the UK. I think the experience being at the nationals is good enough for a lot of people. I missed it last year and will miss it again this year regardless of whether we qualify or not :(

Hey everyone!! Bit late posting this week as I have been pretty busy.

Goal Race: Dublin Marathon

Goal Time: Sub 3

25y.o/6"2 and 150lbs.

Mon: 8m easy (7.42)

Tue: 9m with 5 @ 6:32

Wed: Rest

Thu: 6x1m with 2min rec(6:10,6:08,6:08,6:09,6:08,6:02)

Fri: 9m easy (7:47)

Sat: 20m with last 3 @ MP

Sun: Rest

Tot: 58m

I don't have much time to give a full recap at the minute. Another strong week for me. Tuesday's tempo run was a good start as I felt full of energy. Thursday's workout was the highlight of my week, I have never felt so relaxed running that pace before. The long runs have been going well and I am recovering from them very quickly compared to last year.

I have a half marathon coming up this week and it will be interesting to see where my endurance is compared to the last one I did in June.

Hope everyone had a great week!:)

Hey guys, been swamped and mostly lurking/reading for the last few weeks. Just popped in to say good luck to the guys racing this weekend. I'll be tracking the guys running Philly RnR. Go get 'em guys!

TheGarbageDisposal wrote:

Hey guys, been swamped and mostly lurking/reading for the last few weeks. Just popped in to say good luck to the guys racing this weekend. I'll be tracking the guys running Philly RnR. Go get 'em guys!

I am really liking all the old, familiar faces dropping in this week...Runnersfix, Pikachu, TheGarbageDisposal. Thanks for the well wishes, guys. Hope to hear more from you all when time permits.

Pikachu - good luck on the comeback trail. I especially love following your training to see what guys at your level do on a day-to-day basis.

Runnersfix - best wishes on a PR. I know what the implications of a sub-1:05 would mean for you - I am hoping everything comes together for you Sunday. As I said to cmm268, feel free to stop by Tir Na Nog after the race - I'll be treating you to a round or two if you get your time, haha.

Pikachu wrote:

Oh, I forgot:

Goals: Run with joy again... :-)

I am stealing this to include as a daily goal of mine. Sometimes we forgot the joy of running until we don't have it anymore. Thanks for the reminder. Perfect timing for me to see it also. :)