The same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago at the St.Paddys day half. I felt horrible. Then today I felt great. A lot of the time it depends on the day.
Did you get enough to eat this week? Did you hydrate well?
The same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago at the St.Paddys day half. I felt horrible. Then today I felt great. A lot of the time it depends on the day.
Did you get enough to eat this week? Did you hydrate well?
I think so. I did drop a pound or two this week maybe I didn't eat enough. Something happened. I mean those sixes were rolling off easy and I felt so good.. talking to guys during the race. I felt like I was taking it out too easy! Oh well. Next year. I'm gonna do a crap load of miles this summer and run on trails.
All that trail running will totally invigorate you!
My take is that it was a combo of an off day and getting out too hard. Sounds like you were more than 10 seconds per mile below 1:20 pace through the half way mark - that'll leave a mark come the dark places of the half (9-10 miles on).
Nothing to do but to pat yourself on the back for improving your fitness by way of a really hard effort today, store away the takeaway about your current fitness, and think about what your next goal is.
Yeah... probably right. I had a 90-120 second gap on the guy that beat me by 30secs in the 10k at mile 11. He passed me by while I was spitting up stomach acid at mile 12. Just hard to take..
I need to do more medium long 13-15 mile singles
No one among us hasn't felt like death after giving it our best and then finding the tank empty before the finish. You're in great shape, don't be hard in yourself. Great effort and learning experience. Springboard to what's next.
Waiting for r2d report from Crown King...
I had a solid race. Finished in 5:05, good enough for 6th place. Felt great until the last two miles of the last big climb, which I did in ~14 minutes and ~15 minutes. Both had about 500 feet of vert. Held off a late charge from some dude in the final two miles by doing a sub-8 mile, then a 7:15 final mile.
Crown King actually had snow yesterday, so there was a lot of water to deal with in the second half, including a section that was flat-out river running for about a mile and a half.
Weather was perfect. I ended up running in my Ekidens. Just decided to go as light as possible. I did the entire race with just Tailwind. Stomach was spot on.
Looking back, I was probably a little too conservative on some of the middle miles. I wasn't worried about "blowing up," but I was worried about that big final climb and found myself holding back a bit. I'll go back next year and balls out.
All in all, a very good race for me.
Good work, r2d! I saw 3rd was 4:56. Did you have position changes much during the race?
@run2death - great race. Very strong finish. Wow! Incredible!!
Not really. I started in 8th. Picked one person off about mile 8, then picked another off at about mile 17. I think the first place female was about 5 minutes ahead of me, but I never saw her. The dude who pushed me at the end was really the only person I noticed trying to pass me. I met him afterward and he has a sub-17 100-mile finish. Badass! Then I met the 3rd and 4th place dudes at the finish and they ran it together. The 4th place guy was first in the masters division... it would have been nice to win that golden pickaxe!
Thanks, runn3rgirl!
Really good race r2d!! What all do you eat during a 50?
I talked too mizuno rep at the expo and 2017 May he last year for the hitogami.. they have a new shoe coming out that is similar but it looks like a new balance with no wave plate nooooooo
Runrincerepeat wrote:
Really good race r2d!! What all do you eat during a 50?
I talked too mizuno rep at the expo and 2017 May he last year for the hitogami.. they have a new shoe coming out that is similar but it looks like a new balance with no wave plate nooooooo
Well, my eating strategy is kinda a work in progress at this point. I went from being able to eat anything and everything to getting gut rot at several races. I was puking within the first hour of Zane Grey two years ago.
For 50Ks, I'll probably just stick with Tailwind.
A 50-miler will be trickier because you need something more substantial. I kinda doubt I could do a 50 with just Tailwind. I'd probably throw down a couple Uncrustables at least.
That 50k I may do in June i will prob eat a lot of pbj and clif bars. My gut is usually rock solid. First time I ever liked during a run was today!
Upon a few beers and reflection I am happy w my race. I knew going out hard with not a good handle on my fitness level , and the back end hardness of the course (which is harder than I even thought) was a gamble.. but hey I would rather give it hell and crap out than not give it everything... next year I'm gonna run 1:17 on that course if not faster