Road Racing and Training Thread-week ending 2/19

smoove - you've still got a killer base and no real injuries, so keep your eye on the prize.

run2death - ha, good job juggling family and good luck in PHX! again, that "ez" 1:28 makes me think the 1:22 will be good if you are rested and peaked. Forecast is a bit warm, so don't get too hung up on the time. I know I tend to do that, but as you said...

Cggordon2730 - good consistency. You might consider a longer run, like 10-12 on Saturday with Sunday off. Those long runs have extra benefits...

Runrincerepeat - glad you are feeling good. I concur about that week after you circle-the-wagons to avoid injury or exacerbating one.

Runn3rrGirl - good luck in the 5k!

Matthias - I dealt with heel-strike conversion a couple years ago and started midfoot strike. I had a lot of calf soreness, tightness, and achilles stress during the transition so I had to drop my mileage quite a bit but it made a big difference. Stretching for mobility also helped reduce stress on the knees and heels. One thing that really helped DURING the run was focusing on cadence (and low heel drop). I've been really happy with Saucony Kinvara on the road in terms of shoes.

pewow - glad about the 800 TT. Looking forward to the next one.

sap - fun times! I was a 4:25/9:38 guy so I think the 4:30 is an easier goal :-)

IllinoisRunner - nice week. Hope you're back running again today.

Thinkaboutit - crowded indeed. Surprised to see 6 pages on last week's thread when I came in late :-) Seems like some fatigue would be expected as you ramp up.

learningcurve - that's a huge week!

paleale - glad you are on the up and up, too. Do you have a goal out there yet?

@Run2Death, @working Harder, @Runn3rGirl... Gotcha on the tempo. Just getting nervous :-) Hills... as in hill sprints? I could do a little of both, a fartlek on a hill (go hard one minute up, easy one minute down) or for different distances (say 3/2 twice, 2/2 twice, 1/1 4x)... mix of speeds with some hill thrown in

This week is a busted week trainging wise. I did get in a tempoish effort and a 16 miler. But putting on a shindig for work complete w two whole hogs roasted on open pit etc etc so I'm working on the second day of little sleep and lotta beer... I think the hogs are gonna be good tho

Hogs and beer sound good. How did they turn out?

Just a quick good luck to Run2Death tomorrow and anyone else racing this weekend. If things go well we should be finishing right around the same time.

Working Harder wrote:

Hogs and beer sound good. How did they turn out?

Just a quick good luck to Run2Death tomorrow and anyone else racing this weekend. If things go well we should be finishing right around the same time.

Good luck to you too, my friend.

Looks like the weather is gonna be perfect!

Good luck to all! The hogs turned out great, I consumed wayyyy to much beer from wed morn to Thursday night so basically got white girl wasted after the food rolled out and my stress was abated. I ran to work fri morning and people were surprised I was even alive

I wrapped the hogs in about 7 layers of foil and cooked them in a homemade pit 225-250 for 12 hours w hardwood coals.

Disappointing 5k for me this morning.

Feel your pain, what happened? Im expecting a disappointing 10k next Saturday after the hell week I had.

I'm hoping the half marathon people give a report ..

Sorry to hear about your disappointing race, Runn3rgirl.

I had a roller-coaster of a half this morning. First 5 miles in 31 minutes, then stomach went sour, next 3 miles at about a 7:20-minute pace, then gritted my teeth and did the last 5 in about 30 minutes (aided by a downhill finish).

Finished in 1:23:48. 65th out of about 5,000 runners. 7th in my age group. PR'd by about 2 minutes, but it feels like a really big PR that slipped away.

Time to start thinking about Tailwind instead of gels at this point. My stomach just can't handle much in a race these days.

R-r-r, just think of it as a taper. You'll be fresh. And honestly, with the way you were feeling a couple of weeks ago, the couple of days off may have been just what you needed.

Runn3rgirl, what happened? Whatever it was, you're experienced enough to know that s--t happens. Write it off and move on to the next one.

Do you take the gels in the half just to get used to them for the longer races?

Hit a 17:00. The girl I was chasing was barely in front of me by less than a second at the Edinburg 10k. She left me in the dust and hit a 16:40 today. I am not sure if I am lacking in speed or endurance right now.

That's still a good 5k!

Run2death I was thinking same as smoove. Is there a need for any calories in a half? I don't unless going over 2 hours.

Yeah I guess a taper. I got a 16 miler in and ran 5 that morning so that's good. I am going to do some sort of tempo or progression tomm and some shorter harder running on wed and just train thru the 10k

Run2Death sorry to hear that. I agree that there's probably much need for fuel in a half if you come in adequately fueled. I switched to Huma a while back and never been happier.

I had a solid race. Averaged 6:16 for the first 10 then 6:01, 5:50, 5:40 to finish at 1:20. Felt super smooth and awesome the entire way.

I pretty much always hit a gel about 30 minutes in. Wash it down with some water, then don't eat or drink until I hit the two hour mark. I've done this for marathons and ultras. Just kind of a habit, I guess.

Mixed feelings about the race, obviously I'm not super happy with my time, but on the other hand I rebounded nicely and strung together 5 sub-6s at the end after coming pretty close to walking after my stomach went south.