Texas Independence Relay (Read 3309 times)

Around the horn and Mississippi: how's the training going? Are we going to roll over this feild or what?

I would absolutely do some doubles. I thought last time [I ran a relay] that it would help if I did a few double and triple races (2 on Saturday, one on Sunday) but I'm not sure that was very helpful for me. Too much racing. Basically, if you could increase your easy-running mileage, run a few 10k's, regularly work your hills, and sharpen up in February... That's it. Running is running. Basic marathon-style training would proabably be most useful. What is that? Varies per individual, but I think you could just add in some easy miles in the form of doubles, and long runs, and you'd be halfway there. 10k pace is probably what we'll want to target. But because of fatigue, lack of sleep, and essentially haveing 3 races in 24 hours without proper warmup and cooldown, somewhere between HM and Marathon pace is more realistic for a well-trained runner. If your marathon PR is soft, then you could approach your 10k pace, I suppose. (not to mention, some legs are shorter and easier, etc.) Thanks for correcting my spelling. I'm constantly making mistakes and it's annoying to me.

I would absolutely do some doubles. I thought last time [I ran a relay] that it would help if I did a few double and triple races (2 on Saturday, one on Sunday) but I'm not sure that was very helpful for me. Too much racing. Basically, if you could increase your easy-running mileage, run a few 10k's, regularly work your hills, and sharpen up in February... That's it. Running is running. Basic marathon-style training would proabably be most useful. What is that? Varies per individual, but I think you could just add in some easy miles in the form of doubles, and long runs, and you'd be halfway there. 10k pace is probably what we'll want to target. But because of fatigue, lack of sleep, and essentially haveing 3 races in 24 hours without proper warmup and cooldown, somewhere between HM and Marathon pace is more realistic for a well-trained runner. If your marathon PR is soft, then you could approach your 10k pace, I suppose. (not to mention, some legs are shorter and easier, etc.) Thanks for correcting my spelling. I'm constantly making mistakes and it's annoying to me.

I hadn't even thought of double races! You would think that would make sense to throw a few of those in there since that is what we'll be doing for the relay...but I think my legs would fall off! I know I need to increase my easy-running mileage. I'm just having trouble finding the time to do that. I need someone showing up at my door at 5 a.m. and dragging me out to run! Doing doubles will help with weekly mileage totals. I'll step up and get that done. I do have one 10k planned and I'm sure I can find a few more between now and then. This relay may be the motivation that I need to finally get me to reaching my goals. (sorry about correcting your spelling, I don't like it when I spell something wrong and it gets quoted, so I didn't want to do that to you) MTA: Thank you for your help!

Interesting...are all the hotels going to be booked in that area friday night? Shall I plan on sleeping on the side of the road?

Now that would be cool to grab some tents... I will check on this unless Modal knows something I don't already. Tim? MTA: I meant hotels.

Now that would be cool to grab some tents... I will check on this unless Modal knows something I don't already. Tim?

Yeah, would'nt this be our fearless leader's call?

I've been sick as a dog for about a week now. My luck is pissing me off, two minor injuries in 2 months and now I'm sick. With that said, I haven't improved much. I already do two a days but they only consist of 8 to 10 miles. The longest run I do is about 8-12 miles straight at a 9 to 10 minute pace on the weekends. My plan is to bump that up a mile a week until I get to 20. Hopefully, barring injury, I will be running 20 miles by February. No guarantees on speed but luckily I'm competitive by nature. What's that saying..." run more, sometimes harder....?"

"the will to win is nothing without the will to train." Step it up, young man! But above all, stay healthy darn it!

We might end up doing something different, but here are my thoughts at present. Have a team meet up Friday night in order to have a final rundown and make sure everyone is on the same page. I believe we should be able to find rooms in or near Gonzales in the $50-75 range. Here’s where I stayed last year. http://www.lockhartinntexas.com/ (Do you all want to camp? ) On March 6th, I would like team members to be in TX (Dallas or Houston) by noon. The Dallas van will leave in the afternoon and attempt to get to Austin/Gonzales before 5pm. I’ve posted a document on the Google group as a rough outline of items we’ll need to address.

I thought DH meant "dear husband." Not that there's annything wrong with that. Or designated hitter I guess.

Err...Ummm...Oops Dear Hottie ??? Yes, should have been DW