Road Racing and Training Thread - Week Ending 4/19

Hi, I'm still alive.

I got hurt twice so my season got really screwed up.

I'm just getting back into training and hit 55 miles last week. Surprisingly, I don't feel too out of shape, but I'm far from sharp and everything kind of hurts.

I scratched from Eugene. I'm supposed to run Grandma's Marathon.

Sorry for dropping off the face of the earth. Last week is the first week I'd consider "training."

Hi,

just a quick update from me. Got hurt 5 weeks ago due to muscle tightness primarily. Been going to massage and physio and using the blackroll every other day.

Ran twice last week for 15 min each and today clocked 20min pain-free!

Looking forward to getting in another 2 20-25min runs this week. If things go well, I might call next week a real training week :)

xenon - good to hear from you.

hantph - good luck w the rehab. Take things slow and easy during the comeback and your body will reward you later.

so my last taper week was 27 miles

M: Slow 6 miles

T: Slow 6 miles

W: 6 miles with 3 miles at marathon pace (6:35 on treadmill @ 1% incline)

Th: Slow 6 miles and 3 x strides

F: off

S: short errand run ~ 1 mile

S: slow 3-3.5 miles and 3 x strides

wow. what a day yesterday. the morning was tough with the rain shower at the athlete's village. everyone was crammed in the tent but i had so many layers of clothes and was pretty warm. i didn't warm up and just got in my corral and stayed bundled up till the final 90 sec. the start was amazing - so much fun.

i ran just at my goal 2:55:xx with a slight 20 sec negative split. my first 5k was 6:39 (just under goal pace) and then i backed off a bit until about half way. i was having an absolute blast coming off the top of heartbreak and i maybe got a bit too aggresive there and then slowed about 3 sec/mile over the last two miles (it felt like i was cramping because i was freezing, but who knows).

i thought the weather was pretty beautiful for the first hour and then it poured rain and started to get crazy windy and got much worse from there. it was almost commical how soaked and frozen i was.

i loved the experience and was pretty psyched to run my goal even in those conditions. i definitely hope to do it again. maybe with some sunshine and a tail wind some time.

Tortoise - great result, congrats! Good thing we didn't pace each other. I would have slowed you down! :)

Hope to see you there next year.

Matthias - Glad to hear you are on the mend. Take it easy the first few weeks back. You are young and talented. You'll get it back in no time, I am sure. :)

xenonscreams - Glad to have you back! Just focus on making progress week to week. No need to play the "catch up" game by rushing things along trying to make up for lost time. We need to keep you healthy! :)

Hereford - Hey man, not a bad showing all things considered. You were pretty accurate in your assessment of your own fitness - that's a great trait that a lot of runners don't have. Most runners seem to overestimate their fitness, a few underestimate their fitness - you seem to know your body very well. If only you could solve the port-a-john problem, haha.

Seriously, though, it's always a good day when your fastest miles come at the end of a marathon. Especially on that course (downhill or not).

tortoise - Great race! I had full confidence that you would hit your 2:55 time based on your dead-on consistency in training week to week. No wind or rain was going to stop you.

I hope you enjoy some rest after your big day, you certainly deserve it.

Hereford, great result regardless!

Tortoise- nice work!

Goal Race - Silver Rush 50 Mile Trail

M - 8 miles - hard trail run w/ ~2k climbing

T- 6 easy w/ strides

W - 8 easy w/ strides

T - 5 progression

F - off

S - off

S - 3.5 trail easy

Week started off good but got a bit sidetracked at the end due to vacation. I knew Friday was off because of a long travel day but Saturday and Sunday got completely canned due to some torrential rain and not being prepared. No big deal, probably needed a touch of a rest while bringing the volume back up. I got some decent climbing in through the week so not all is lost. Doubles are coming back this week as we go onward and upward.

Long-term goal: To swell the rout/of lads who wore their honors out

Next race: 10 miler on 4/26

Goal race: sub-65 half by Jan 2016

M- PM: 7mi easy, tired

T- AM: 10mi easy PM: 6mi easy

W- PM: 11mi easy

Th- AM: 3mi easy, overslept PM: 7mi easy home, 13 hr day at work

F- AM: 6mi easy PM: 8mi easy. Another 12 hr day at work, woof.

Sa- 17mi easy/mod

Su- AM: 5mi easy to work PM- OFF

Total- 80mi

This is a quick post from work- will be better about comments next week!