Male, 42, 5’11”, 170 lbs
PRs: 16:43 (2019) 1:17:24 (2019), 2:47:00 (2018)
Next Race: TBD
M - Rest
T - 9 miles
W - 11 miles. Including 10 x 1km (3:27/avg) off :65-:70 recovery jogs. Windy.
Th - 8 miles. Mrs. Stone’s workout.
F - Rest
Sa - 7 miles
Su - Rest
Weekly Total: 35 miles
Year to Date: 695 miles
Well that was an interesting week. Kind of a roller coaster of events and emotions.
Monday was a planned rest day in anticipation of a taper for the NYC half. When the race was canceled on Tuesday, I threw a pity party on Wednesday morning and stayed in bed and did not get up to run. But I tried to work my way out of it and after work I got in my planned workout in late afternoon windy conditions.
I kind of rode that temporary momentum through Thursday morning when running Mrs. Stone’s workout with her. But when the realization hit that everything was going to be canceled in the near term, and I had already been dealing with some nagging knee pain and IT band tightness, I both mentally and physically kind of shut things down.
I’m going to follow drcrusher’s example and give myself a reset period until I both feel better and things kind of blow over. Any disappointment that I have of not getting to race off of very high fitness is tempered by the fact that both me and my family have our health and that all of this craziness will eventually come to pass.
Stay well everyone. And wash your hands.
Mrs. Stone’s week:
Female, 44, 5’6”
PRs: 21:20 (2016, 2019), 1:36:43 (2019), 3:28:24 (2019)
Goal race: TBD
M - Rest
T - 9 miles. Light quality. 4 x 1.25 miles at 7:42/mi, with 3:00 slow recovery jogs.
W - 10 miles
Th - 8 miles. Including 4 x 1 mile progressively faster off :90 recovery jogs, ~HMP —> 10km pace: 7:10, 7:05, 6:57, 6:50. Had TONS of running left in the tank.
F - 6 miles
Sa - 15 miles. Last 3 miles: 8:45, 8:36, 7:36.
Su - 7.3 miles
Weekly Total: 55 miles
YTD Total: 512 miles
Of course, Mrs. Stone has finally hit her stride. Workouts really coming together, physically feeling well, holding out hope of possibly getting into a spring race. She’s gonna ride the wave until all spring races definitely shut down, in which case she’ll reload for the fall.
Same place as you stone. HM was canceled and feeling my IT band pretty badly.
I took of Monday-Friday to let myself heal up/recover after the last cycle. Ran 6 Saturday and 7 today. Still feeling the knee honestly. Planning on just running 6-8 a day next week and working on flexibility and strengthening.
This is all a little bit scary with a 33 week pregnant wife. Hopefully hospitals remain relatively functional in the Boston area over the next 2 months.
Only 33 miles this week ... but a new HM PR of 1:27:27, about 2 min faster than last October. My previous weeks were only 40, 30, 16 mi (ramping up after taking Feb off due to shin pain).
I signed up last week for a 3/14 half marathon to get a 13.1 tempo workout in (and was thinking my April half would get postponed but that I might get this one in). Friday I went to pick up my packet over lunch and found out the race was officially postponed, although we still were given the quarter zip, pint glass, and finisher medal. The kids were bummed that the kiddie run was off Sat morning, but they were happy to have a new medal to wear around the house.
I decided to run a solo HM Sat morning anyway. I chose a very straight and very flat (< 200ft elevation) out and back course. It was 33F and sleeting/snowing, 12mph winds with ~20mph gusts and a 22F windchill. Needless to say I was “in no man’s land” running solo the whole time; I only saw a few runners out, all of whom seemed to also be putting in 13.1.
I felt great on the way out, and when I turned around I realized why - the strong crosswind was at my back more than I realized. Running into the wind on the second half of the run sucked and I was also getting quite wet from the precipitation, but I was determined to hold on enough for a PR since I was on pace through the first half.
Miles 10 and 11 were a struggle, but when I hit mile 12 I was encouraged by some kind runners who cheered me on. I was happy to lower my PR by ~8 seconds per mile. I felt pretty beat up afterward, which is probably partially due to the fact that I hadn’t run more than 12 miles in one run since last October.
My mid-April HM has not yet been postponed, but I’m not too hopeful that we’ll have it. I have some IT band tightness today so I might just cross-train on the bike, but next week I’ll ease back into some higher EZ mileage.
Comments for other runners coming later today. HHW my wife is also about the same place in her pregnancy, we share the same concerns.
Hi everybody,
Like Stone and drcrusher, I took a reset week. My right hip had been acting up the week before, and having seen some similarities with the left hip problems that shut me down for multiple months last year, I decided it would be a good call to give it a chance to settle down, which it seems to have done.
Looking back over the last few months: in early December, I was coming off a full year of fighting injuries and about three months of not running (and not being able to run) at all. Over the next three months, I built up to running a little under five hours a week. Still a long ways to go, but I definitely feel a lot fitter and healthier than I was, in spite of the recent bump. Going forward, I'm planning to take a little step back and then hopefully start building up again, still keeping things pretty mellow.
Of course, that depends on how things are going in the bigger picture. My wife has health conditions that put her in a higher risk category for COVID-19 (asthma plus a past history of metastatic cancer that traveled to her lung), and she teaches in Albany, where there appear to be a growing number of cases. There also appear to be a significant number of cases in the city where I teach (and several of my students work at the hospital where the patients are being treated). My wife and I are shifting our teaching online, and the local schools have been closed for at least two weeks but probably longer, so our daughter is home with us, too. We are all doing ok, but we are definitely minimizing social interaction for the time being, partly due to my wife's health history, partly due to our work, and partly because that seems like the smart and responsible thing to at this time.
(Of course, it can be hard to tell when New Englanders are minimizing social interaction, if you know what I mean...)
Be well, everybody!
Surreal week. WFH (aka my small 1-BR apartment with the fiancée) for the the next month at least. Running is truly something to be cherished at the moment as a reasonable activity to do outside. I suspect NYC is looking at a partial lockdown very soon with everything takeout only and no public gathering spaces. It was a good week for running, though, I had some knee pain last night out of nowhere and am now wary.
M: 7E @ 7:27 in Central Park
TU: 8 Total in 6x1000 @ 3:36 average with 1:05 rest at Icahn Stadium with Project Fearless. By interval 4/5, I was hurting, but toughed it out and even ran 3:33 on the last one. Ran a good deal of extra distance too on most, dodging groups, so these were a harder effort than 3:36. Pretty windy, legs were feeling it. 2.3 up, 1.6 down. That’ll be the last group workout for some time, I’d imagine.
WED: 6E @8:03 at the Park
THUR: 6.4 Total including 20” Daniels tempo @ 6:15 pace. Ran this on bridle/outer loop, so knew it wouldn’t be super-fast with less ideal footing and rolling hills unlike upper Res. Paced well for once ~6:22, 6:13, 6:08. 2 up, 1.22 down.
FRI: 5.63E @ 9:48 with fiancée and friend in the Park. Needed a good recovery day!
SAT: 14.5@ 7:32. Ran in park and also did Riverside Park for the first time which I enjoyed. The GPS probably cost me 30-40 seconds on the 3rd mile. Felt ragged at first, but then in the closing miles clicked off 7:06, 7:04 (uphill mile), 6:36, and was pacing for another ~6:40 mile before running into fiancee and taking it easy on the last .8 home.
SUN: Going to run ~50 minutes in a bit, and watch the knee closely.
Will be around 55 miles this week. Like all, adapting to the new reality. My goal race was Brooklyn in mid-May but have no idea if that happens. There’s that April 7 track meet I referenced where I’ll run a mile or 5K in, if it actually still happens.
It’s refreshing to see people getting after it still!
@Mrs. Stone - Heck of a week! I knew it was just going to be a matter of time before that fitness came around. She’s crushing it!
@imagebearer - Let’s Gooooo! That’s an incredible solo effort that probably has you feeling like a million bucks still! Way to grind through those tough miles and that was great that you had other runners cheering you on when it looked like you needed it the most.
Female, 45, 5'4", 105
PRs 5:25/18:51/38:56/1:02:28/1:24:08/2:57:42
Goal races: New Jersey Half, Grandma's full
Goal times: 18:30 for 5K, 1:23:xx for half, sub-2:55 for full
Next races: ???
54 miles, 12 "miles" of pool-running, and ~1000 yards of swimming
M: 2.5 miles very easy (9:43), yoga, 7.5 miles very easy (8:46), drills and two gentle uphill strides
T: 8 "miles" pool-running, upperbody weights/core.
W: 4 miles very easy (9:34), yoga, 7 miles very easy (8:49), drills and two gentle uphill strides.
Th: 11 miles, including 8 gentle hill repeats of between 70-80 seconds with 2:30 recovery, followed by leg injury prevention work and 500 yards recovery swimming.
F: 2 miles very easy (9:35), 4 "miles" pool-running, upperbody weights/core.
Sa: 9 miles progressive, split as first 3 miles averaging 9:05, next 3 miles averaging 7:35, next 3 averaging 6:56, and then 1 mile easy (8:51). Followed by leg injury prevention work and 500 long course meters recovery swimming.
Su: 10 miles easy (8:35); will do some DIY yoga later.
Really good progress from a week ago. The soreness is fading and the hamstrings no longer burn when I run, as long as I maintain good posture (as soon as I start hunching my shoulders or arching my back, it all goes to hell) The very tight feeling is also gone (well...when running. Driving still sucks, and sleeping on my side is also a no go). I also feel just generally wobbly and a bit uncoordinated. But...the more strength work I do, the better.
I feel like I'm relearning the skill of running, in one sense. I added in some gentle hills and a short progression run towards the end of the week, not for fitness but so I could practice holding correct posture while running faster, either uphill or on the flat.
As for what I'm dealing with - the short version is a rotated sacrum (now mostly back in place) that was distorting my gait and also resulting in some sciatica down both legs (which is why my hamstrings get tight and burning).
My hunch is that this is a re-occurence of some issues I had several years ago, when lax ligaments in my sacroiliac and lumbar region resulted in too much mobility in that area, with the result being an unstable gait and sciatic issues (which in turn caused recurring bouts of plantar fasciitis and a high hamstring tear - good times). Back then, I fixed it with first PRP and then prolotherapy in the back/SI, which tightened everything up. So I've got an appointment with that same PRP/prolo doctor on this coming Tuesday, to see if he agrees with my assessment. If so, I guess I'll go for another round of injections. [this is all assuming that we're not on total lockdown by Tuesday]
As for training, my game plan is: a) get healthy, b) do a few weeks of hills and tempo/aerobic work. If New Jersey Half happens (or I can find another race in late April/early May) I'll add in some track work in a few weeks. Then in early May I shift to another short marathon cycle in prep for Grandma's.
Nearly of our pools will be shut down as of Monday, and I think it's not too long before the gyms and yoga studios go as well. I have already decided to sit out all future yoga classes since I'm high risk due to my asthma, and yoga studios are an hour+ of people sitting close together. Gyms and pools feel safer, especially since there are less people there now.
M40, 6-6, 186
5k time trial in two weeks
M 8 / 5
T 12 w The Michigan = 1600 hard (5:21) - 1600T (5:56) - 1200 hard (4:02) - 1600T (5:57) - 800 hard (2:42) - 1600T (5:51)- 400 hard (1:15) / pm 5
W 8 / 6
Th 9
F 8
S 23 progression (7:02 avg, last three 6:13, 5:59, 5:53)
S 18 / 7
Total: 110 miles
First time doing the Michigan. It left my legs pretty depleted for a couple days. Felt super weird recovering at tempo pace. Overall I like the workout and will incorporate it into future build-ups.
M35, 5’10”, about 160
Road bests | 2020
5k - 15:20 (2006) | ∅
10k - 31:15 (2008) | ∅
10M - 51:52 (2009) | ∅
Half - 1:09:01 (2009) | 1:11:33 (A1A)
Full - 2:25:14 (2019) | ∅
Upcoming:
[strike]3/28 - RnR DC Half
4/5 - Cherry Blossom[/strike]
Not yet cancelled upcoming:
5/17 - 10k
6/13 - 10k
Mo: AM - 8 @ 7:52; PM - 5 @ 7:16 + 2.6 jog
Tu: AM - Track 6400m, 10 total*; PM - 5 @ 7:13
We: AM - 8 @ 7:38; PM - 5 @ 7:17
Th: AM - 8 @ 7:50; PM - 5 @ 7:42
Fr: AM - 8 @ 7:04; PM - 5 @ 7:22
Sa: 18 @ 9:04**
Su: 8 @ 6:58
Total: 95 miles
*Tempo in 21:34. Splits 5:26, 5:25, 5:23, 5:22. Mid 50s, breezy, dry track.
** Not needing to do anything race-specific, went for a trail “run” in Prince William Forest. Got under 7:00 pace at points, but also had three consecutive miles in the 10:40s. Afterwards felt more like I’d been on a tough hike than a long run. Possibly the longest duration run I’ve ever done.
Not sure if I’m going to run less, to rest some lingering niggles, or more because I’ll be going batty if I’m cooped up at home for an extended period of time. (That said, it looks like I still have to be in the office Monday morning.)
beasts,
i've missed you. have been slammed, but now everything's canceled so i've got time to spare. i've been doing some training again since last month. i'm overweight and out of shape, but training for my hypothetical TBD "virtual 5k"
*m- AM- 6, PM- 3 miles with first 2 at 5:36 pace and last one at 5:09
t- 8.5/4/5
*w- 8 x 600 with 1' rec. jog, avg. 1:54, park path. PM- 6
th- 15
f- 9/6
*s- AM- 3 x (mile/300), (5:09/:54), (5:10/:54), (5:11/:54). 1:30 jog after miles, 4:00 after 300. My 300s were slow. Miles were on the road, 300s on the track. PM- 4.5
su- 9/4.5
stay beastly
M34, 6’2, 174 lbs
Goal Race: Glass City Marathon (4/26)
“The best way to explain it is to do it.” - The Dodo from Alice in Wonderland
Mon - 6.6 mi EZ @ 8:26/mi
Tues - 2 mi WU, 7 mi W/O, 2 mi CD
Wed - 7.2 mi EZ @ 8:02/mi
Thurs - 12.3 mi @ 6:52/mi
Fri - 2 mi WU, 4 mi @ T, 3 mi CD
Sat - 7.1 mi EZ @ 7:56/mi
Sun - 20.30 miles @ 6:35/mi
My workouts kind of struggled this week, but I got them in.
Tuesday was supposed to be 3 x 1600 @ 10K followed by 8 x 400 @ 5K. It turned out to be a bit of a progression as I went 5:22, 5:18, 5:14 on the 1600s and then slimmed the 400s down to 6 and got them all on pace (~72).
Friday was a mixed bag. I had 6 mi @ T on the schedule and planned to start out a little under marathon pace and progress through it, but once I got started, my legs want to roll. So I went 5:23, 5:24, 5:23, 5:15 and during that last mile, I could feel things started to get away from me, so I called it off. Altering two important workouts in the past 2 weeks because of my back left me behind the 8 ball on that one - 3-2-1 @ T, 10 x 1K @ 10K. If I did those, I have no doubt that I could have crushed this workout, but can’t live in the past.
Sunday was a general long run without pacing guidance. I turned into a gradual run with two separate progressions when I got to my respective bridge loops. Went 6:41, 6:34, 6:30, 6:16, 6:11 on the first, 6:45, 6:34, 6:23, 6:17, 6:13, 6:07 on the second. Felt smooth throughout minus a nagging groin spasm that occasionally creeps up. I had it under control for the past 3 weeks and will need to work at it now to keep it at bay.
I don’t want to bury the lede any further: I did sign up for the Glass City Marathon in Toledo on April 26. After Boston and Illinois were postponed, I knew I had one more arrow in the quiver. As of this writing, Glass City is still on, but that could definitely change. I have invested way too much into this cycle not to see it through. If Glass City cancels in the next few weeks, it is probably a sign that I should shut down and shift my focus to summer/fall.
@angryjohnny - The Michigan is an intense workout! You’re exactly right about it feeling weird recovering at tempo pace. You finish that hard 1600 and then jump right into a tempo pace, when you’re used to some kind of recovery. Were you able to do the workout with a mile loop or so outside of the track to run? Or did you have to do it all around the track? I’ve been fortunate enough to always have a nice route to go off the track for those miles.
Stay healthy everyone!!! A virtual hug to everyone who had a big goal race cancelled.
M: yoga
T: 4 w/ hill sprints
W: 6
Th: strength
F: off
S: 4 w/ strength
S: 1 hr cross country skiing
Feeling beat up from hilly 10k (with untied shoes...) last Saturday and I haven't been sleeping well so this was an unplanned down week.
Friday was surreal. The entire 9 story building I work in was asked to leave on Friday because someone's spouse has covid-19. No idea when we'll be allowed back.
slo - Welcome back! Was wondering about you lately. Stay beastly, my friend.
Male, 43, 5’10”, 133 lbs
Goal- 3:05 or better at TBD race
Plan - Most likely Jack Daniels
Goal Race Cancelled
S- 9E @8:35 w/6x100 strides
M - 14 2E, 3x2T @ 6:35, 2E woof
T - 6E @8:45
W - 10E @8:10
Th- 10E @8:20 w6x100 strides
F- 16 2E, 11MP @6:58, 2E
Sat - Swim
Total - 65
Goal race on 4/18 cancelled. Possible backup races:
4/26 New Jersey Marathon
4/26 Delaware Marathon
5/3 Potomac River Run, all trail though
5/17 Run for the Red, hilly
5/17 Jim Thorpe, trails
I guess I will wait a week or two, because I don’t want to register for another race that just gets cancelled.
Good luck to everyone this week.
RRR 37 6ft 179
Trying to get back into some running. Has been hit or miss
17 miles on 5 runs
3x lifting sessions
Glute got stuff on me Friday and is still sore. May have to take a few days. Planning on upping this lifting I guess to stay sane in these crazy times.
Stay Healthy!
Male 52 5'8" 137lbs
PRs
Marathon 2:57:06 Dec 2018
5k 19:00 June 2018
Upcoming Races
?????
Sept. 2020 Boston
Oct. 2020 Chicago
Mon. 4.3mi Easy Treadmill 8:30avg
Tues. 8.3mi Easy 8:22avg
Wed. 11mi as 2up 3x2T 2.5down GAP(6:55, 6:40)(6:56, 6:34)(6:44, 6:44)
Thurs. 6.7mi Easy, 8:23avg
Fri. 7mi Easy 8:21avg
Sat. 8.1mi Easy 7:58avg
Sun. 14.2mi as 8 moderate 3 threshold 2 down (6:25, 6:25, 6:25) 7:14avg
Total 59.7mi
Given the cancellation of Boston I slacked off on Thurs. and Fri.. Ran with a group for my long run on Sunday which had me putting in a bit of extra effort to keep up in the first 8mi and then I joined one of the other runners for a portion of his 2x3 on a track. It was interesting to see how I handled the pace on the track vs. out on the road. It was faster than my usual threshold work but around the same HR. I have no races on the near horizon so I am going maintain try to maintain my base and wait for some races to open up. With having Boston and Chicago back to back this fall, I am thinking that I will use Boston as workout leading up to Chicago. I'd love to hear ideas or see what others in the same situation are planning. I suspect that Boston in Sept. will be somewhat warm.
A strange, strange week, but we all seem to have made it through. Supposed to be a taper week, but that kind of got cancelled, too. Once I learned of the demise of Shamrock, I just felt out the rest of the week. Had the day off today and went out for a few miles...just do not like anything under 60 miles in a non-taper week.
M: 10.51 at 6:42 overall...6:37, 6:26, 6:04, 2:50..in control
T: 11.25 at 6:33 overall...in the
, 6:57, 6:47, 6:35, 6:48, 6:41, 6:35, 6:33, 6:18, 6:14, 5:46, 1:23...felt good
W: 10.14 at 6:34...full progression...7:18, 7:06, 6:49, 6:48, 6:38, 6:36, 6:25, 6:14, 6:07, 5:50, 0:48
T: off/rest...and got the bad news
F: 13.13 at 6:37 overall...in the
sluggish, but closed decently...6:31, 6:19, 6:08, 0:46
Sat.: 11.13 at 6:35 overall...6:25, 6:21, 6:13, 5:50, 0:48 to finish
Sun.: 5.25 in 31:43.2 (6:02.5 overall)...felt good bounce and just went with it...the third mile chiming in at 5:59 surprised me, and then I just kept going...6:38, 6:16, 5:59, 5:49, 5:39, 1:23
61 miles
Still pondering what to do for a race. Maybe Pittsburgh? Looks like a heck of a hilly course. Let’s see what happens.
Be well and safe, everyone.