Long Runs - 10/2-10/8

**Tri Girl** · 10-08-2006, 06:31 PM

Congrats Colby!!! Fantastic run!!!!

**Lise** · 10-09-2006, 12:38 AM

Good job, Colby and limewave! Limewave, it's funny, for some reason I keep thinking that you're in Chgo (maybe because you're running the Chi Marathon), and so I read "state park" and thought...where? Ah! Michigan!

Sounds like a beautiful run and a good pace.

**kaybee** · 10-09-2006, 07:12 AM

Great job, Limewave and Colby! Are you tapering yet?

KB

**btchance** · 10-09-2006, 07:41 AM

Did my long run of the week a day late b/c of the duathlon on Saturday. (and I actually had a day off for once

) Also, my legs needed a break for a day. Anyways, did 10miles this morning in 2hours so I'm on track for doing the 1/2 in 2:30. One month to go!

**mcoleman** · 10-09-2006, 08:35 AM

What a great weekend!! The weather is finally cool and we are loving it! We ran 17 miles on Saturday right around goal pace. I'd still like to take off 5-10 seconds per mile, but with 9 weeks to go I don't think that is realistic. Ran 10 miles in the dark this morning before work, but it was slower than the 17 miler.

**Deborajen** · 10-09-2006, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by btchance

Did my long run of the week a day late b/c of the duathlon on Saturday. (and I actually had a day off for once

) Also, my legs needed a break for a day. Anyways, did 10miles this morning in 2hours so I'm on track for doing the 1/2 in 2:30. One month to go!

Good job! I did my 10-mile run the weekend before the HM, and it was my longest run (ever!), so it sounds like you're ready.

Just keep moving now and good luck!

Deb

**colby** · 10-09-2006, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by kaybee

Great job, Limewave and Colby! Are you tapering yet?

I think by the schedule, LW just started her taper this week (last week was long, this week shorter), and mine starts in about 3 weeks - two more long runs for me.

**kaybee** · 10-09-2006, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by colby

I think by the schedule, LW just started her taper this week (last week was long, this week shorter), and mine starts in about 3 weeks - two more long runs for me.

Yep, just figured that out. Definitely did NOT have enough coffee this morning!

KB

**Bikingmomof3** · 10-09-2006, 09:37 AM

Awesome runs Limewave and Colby.

Congrats on being able to run again, Runner2.

Everyone here is such a HUGE inspiration for me.

**Grog** · 10-09-2006, 11:26 AM

Woooohooo! What a grand (Canadian) Thanksgiving day for me!

Got up at 5:45 - I mean, jumped out of bed at the first sound of the alarm, had two piece of toast with honey+cream cheese and honey+peanut butter, and a bit of water. Checked email, and learned that a guy-friend of mine just came in 10th in the Victoria Marathon in 2h44m. WOW! I realize my "race" today will be the equivalent of a "recovery" run for him, so I put a lot of heart in it.

Met up with a girlfriend and drove out to Granville Island for the start of the race. It was fairly chilly, around 8 Celcius, but I stuck with my decision to race in shorts and a t-shirt. 1600 people showed up, which makes the Vancouver Turkey Trot a sweet 10K race!

The first 2 km were somewhat slow. We were running on walking paths with many bottleneck areas, and then up a bridge ... on the sidewalk! They could have closed one lane, there was so little traffic! Anyway, I managed to run up the bridge - going up hills are what I like best - and didn't loose too many spots running down (I'm really slower on the way down). I hit the 3 km mark at about 16 minutes, and was really excited about that. My fastest run in life has been a 5m15s/km (8m20s/mile?) So I kept going and ditched my walk-every-10-minutes strategy. I was having a grand time. I just kept running and there was the 5km mark at 25m22s, so I was actually accelerating! I got really excited then. At the 6km mark there was a water station so I walked through to drink a tiny bit, about 30 seconds of walking and I was running again, thinking that this was not a good strategy but why not keep going if I had fun?? I started thinking that maybe the guy who put up the kilometer-marker signs didn't have his computer set up properly, and the last km will be longer than the others. But let's just run!

From that point, I don't think I was passed again. I felt like I was flying, and having definitely a grand time. The running surface was not the best. The walking path is really nice, but I don't like to run on uneven pavement and there was a lot of that. Anyway, I just kept going, and a bit after the 7km mark I see my girlfriend from behind. I have no idea when she passed me, because I was sure she was behind. So I increased the pace a bit to catch up with her and called 'Hey champion!' but it seems she was struggling a bit, although she's a better runner than me most of the time. Anyway, I just kept going with my pace and hit the 9km mark at 43msomething. Now I was really excited. I had hoped to be below 55 minutes, and now I was going for a sub-50! I usually don't care that much about time, but now I was really really surprised and excited, so it kicked me harder to keep going.

The last km was a bit harder when I realized the finish was a bit further than I thought, and my tummy started acting up a little bit. I must have slowed down because I finished just under 49 minutes. I was nonetheless very very very excited and happy to find my dear partner waiting there for me - he had ridden his bike to the race finish. Sweet!

Rumour says I came 24th in my age group (20-29) in a field of 150 or so, but I haven't seen the final results. For now I'm just really happy.... and my quads HURT like crazy. I won a Puma hat for my pain, and the race shirt is really gool. I think I'm going to go sit in a cold bath and dream about a sub-2h half-marathon in the spring!

Thanks for letting me share this!

**kaybee** · 10-09-2006, 12:02 PM

Congratulations, Grog! That's a great time. Sounds like you had fun, too!

KB

**colby** · 10-09-2006, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by Grog

Woooohooo! What a grand (Canadian) Thanksgiving day for me!

[ snip ]

Rumour says I came 24th in my age group (20-29) in a field of 150 or so, but I haven't seen the final results. For now I'm just really happy.... and my quads HURT like crazy. I won a Puma hat for my pain, and the race shirt is really gool. I think I'm going to go sit in a cold bath and dream about a sub-2h half-marathon in the spring!

Thanks for letting me share this!

WOW, Grog, AWESOME job!!

Amazing how different things can be on race day! Congrats

PS: Happy Thanskgiving

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