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How awful! I don't know why and I'm with you. There's a young man in our neighborhood that rides a Harley that DH and I have had issues with. He spits as he passes us and flung a cigarette at me last week. It's hard to understand, isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by skhill
That's disgusting. Can you get the license plate number?
Nothing to do with running, but after my hard ride on Wednesday, I tried the "cool" bath. I say cool, because I could never do icy. I sat in the tub as it filled with lukewarm-coolish water and gradually brought the temperature down until it was pretty cool, indeed. Also used Epson salts.
It worked wonders. Just a bit tight in the quads today. Normally, I would have been barely able to go up stairs.
This is disgusting. I'm really sorry some idiot ruined your run. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by skhill
Another long run is probably more about maintenance than it is about building up to your race, BUT you do still have some opportunity to build muscle (up to a few weeks beforehand). If you're confident you can go the distance, it probably doesn't matter significantly to your race which route you choose.Quote:
Originally Posted by OakLeaf
I can see both sides. With the # of long runs you've done, you're obviously well prepared for the marathon and this is the period at the end of the sentence. You don't want to overdo it and hurt yourself. Ideally you'd be able to do your long run on the course, but this is a rare commodity.
Advantage to hilly course would be confidence-building - you know your marathon is LESS hilly, so if you conquer a hilly course you know you can make the less hilly course even if it's longer. Disadvantage is that you'll feel more slow and/or sore.
Advantage to MUP would be faster pace and less likely to injure yourself - maintaining the strength you've built and just putting the period on the end of your training sentence. Disadvantage is that it's not quite as strenuous as your race will be, but race is different than training anyway.
Sometimes in racing my marathon I wished I'd trained on a more hilly course - but maybe for one of every 2-3 long runs, not every long run. If you feel like one uber hilly long run was enough to quench your curiosity for how hills will feel, hit up the MUP. If you really want to go out with a bang - this is after all your last super long run - do the hills. Either way, I think you'll be ready. :)
skhill, that's terrible! What a jerk. :mad:
This week was something of a recovery week for me. I had a 40 minute run on Tuesday and then just 4 hill repeats today, half the normal number, basically another 40 minutes.
Saturday is a brick workout, Sunday an Olympic-distance race simulation (will likely be pool/gym as it is supposed to rain AND the water's not warm enough). Next week, baselining the LTHR. I hope to do it outside on my real bike/roads and not on the trainer/treadmill like last month since I was traveling. May 2 (week from Sunday) I'm running Bloomsday, the local 12k, and I hope to get down to 1:05 and toward 1:00... 1:07 is a 9:00 mile and 1:00 is an 8:00 mile. Last year I did 1:10, a 9:28 mile. I'm stoked, but the 4 hour bike ride the day before always makes it harder. Maybe I'll do my long bike ride on Friday and take Saturday off. Hmm....
First week of May steps up to 16-18 miles on the weekend (from 12-14).
66 days to Ironman. Recently entered the "yes, I can do this again" phase from the "ah, that's really far out, no big deal" phase. After starting brick workouts, I feel good about my decision to continue training in VFFs and do still plan to race in them. Really crossing my fingers that it's not HOT, but I'm going to start training with endurolytes to see how my stomach takes them just so I can adapt. If it's hot I know I won't survive without electrolyte replacement and gatorade is yuck.
Colby, I just love reading about your workouts! It's so impressive.
I have no doubt you can do this (again).
Thanks. :o Sometimes it feels a little like insane rambling, but even that part of it is satisfying. It helps me move on to the next step after writing my thoughts about the previous step down. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Grog
5 miles last night and it felt pretty good.
Thanks for the advice, Rock 'n Roll. I'm running 11-12 mm now and don't think I'll ever get faster. It's encouraging to know that I will.
Thought I'd try something different last night and quickly discovered not all MUPs are created equal. This 'new' one is much harder than the 'old' one, strange. My shins quickly explained this to me and I stopped after 4 miles cuz I am not going to risk shin splints with only 2 more weeks of 'real' training before the Mini. Decided to just go out again today on my trusted 'old' path and run again there. I am planning 12 miles for my long run this weekend, and this will be the last long one before the Mini Marathon. Immediately after the Mini is over I'm going to step up my cycling training for RAIN in July.
Bike Chick didn't you say you were doing the Mini or am I thinking of someone else?
I did my first group ride last night, 40 miles. We averaged 21 (you know that means we were usually riding at 23 mph). I was whipped.
And it showed on my run today. I was supposed to do 6.5 at my RP and that sure didn't happen. But I did do all 6.5 miles. The first half looked good and I managed to finish the second half. I'll call it good.
Colby, thanks for the advice and the vote of confidence. You are going to rock that IM! :) I still haven't decided which way I'll go on Monday, but I'm leaning toward the hills - I was able to map out a route with "only" 1400 feet of climbing over 20 miles instead of the 1800 I thought I was going to have to do.
I've been experimenting with Endurolytes too, considering I was getting foot cramps in the last couple of miles of the half I did in October in 45° weather, and this one will almost certainly be closer to 70°. Foot cramps at mile 11 of a half was no big deal... at mile 11 of 26.2, not so much. :cool: I've been able to master getting a mouthful of water from my hydration pack and shoving a capsule or two between my lips - hope it won't be too hard doing the same thing with water from the aid stations. Definitely water first, then pill - they're so light that I was in terror of inhaling them when I tried it the "normal" way. No way could I mix the powder strong and deal with the taste, and I don't want to have to carry all my water, either, so pills it is.
Today was mile repeats x 3 ... after two days of yardwork in lieu of workouts, ahead of today's rain. Luckily I only got sprinkled on a tiny bit during my run, it didn't seem super-humid, and I kept the pace in spite of not doing much speedwork lately. That's a confidence builder, too. :)
Yes, Winding, I'm doing the half-marathon next weekend, same as you. Today was supposed to be a 10 mile run before my taper and I was rained out. It stormed all day here. I'm going to try to get it in tomorrow morning instead but that means I will be running 4 days in a row. I hope I don't wear myself out before the HM.Quote:
Originally Posted by WindingRoad
7 miles for me this morning. The longest run yet this season!!! I went out at 5 am, we have a family thing today and I needed to go early. Rainy 50 degrees. I felt good until the last 1/2 mile and then everything tightened up. But we did a hard 50 mile ride yesterday so considering that I went in to the run with tired legs, I am happy with the result. Held a 9:30 pace.
Ran 3 miles at 5:30 AM. Nothing is hurting, so far, so good. I didn't wear my Garmin, but I was going *really* slow.
We shall see.
I am leaving right now for a 38 km adventure.
I hope to survive to tell the tale, although I'm pretty sure I won't write it with my feet!!
Good luck Grog - have fun!
This weather is annoying. I'm in the same boat as you tomorrow. :rolleyes: I was planning either saturday or sunday I figured I'd get lucky and get a run window, didn't happen. Today was my Mom's birthday so that pretty much took care of running today too. Oh well, tomorrow is another day right?!?!:) I'm excited about the HM but I honestly am going to be glad when it's over. These long runs take a lot of time (for me anyways). I'm not fast like some of the girls here. I'm definitely the tortoise, slow and steady. :D
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Originally Posted by Bike Chick