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Congratulations to Ben and Candice for winning the Paavo Nurmi Marathon this year. This is Ben's 5th or 6th consecutive win for the race. Unfortunately my hamstring gave out again on Monday and I had to miss the race this year. Maybe next year I will be able to stay within a minute a mile of Ben the way I was able to two years ago.
I Ain't Dead Yet!
Way to go Ben and Candice. Candice, I believe this is your first marathon win and I think this was 6 in a row at Paavo Nurmi for Ben. Simply incredible!!!
My hair is gone and I'm almost blindThe days of my youth are far behindMy neck is stiff, I can't turn my headCan't hear one-half that's being saidAnd this is the message I want you to getI'm still a-kicking, and I ain't dead yet.
wow, congrats all around.
This sets up well in the marathon buildup, huh?
Get off my porch
Thanks guys!!
spinach, sorry to hear about your hamstring! The Paavo hills certainly wouldn't have gone easy on it! I know my hamstrings are still screaming.
Don- yep it was my first marathon win! Definitely exciting. And you are correct, it was Bens 6th in a row.
Oldman- exactly! I sort of trained through and didn't set it up as a goal race....still looking toward NYC as the PR attempt.
Did another one of Hudson's fun workout today. Warmup + 3 miles accelerating from MP to 5k pace + Cool down.
Legs were a bit tired from last Sat's race and last Sun's 18 miler. Yesterday, I also did 13+ miles in doubles. So, I couldn't really get to 5k pace at the end. I only managed a bit faster than 10k in the last 0.5 miles or so.
Total: 10.37 miles
For the 3 mile multi-threshold run:
Mile 1: 6:48
Mile 2: 6:36
Mile 3: 6:27
Planning to run 4+ miles slow in the evening.
Last week was a low mileage week for me for a couple of reasons. I was hoping to do better in a hilly 5 miler. And I have been running pretty good mileage last couple of months and may need a break. I didn't do as well in the 5 miler race. I should have caught up with my last year's shape by now. However, there were a couple of reasons I ran slower this year. First was a strategic error. I thought about either taking it easy in the 2.5 mile moderate uphill and then charge up the really steep 0.5 mile, or charge up the first 2.5 mile and walk the 0.5 mile steep hill.I must have a mental error. I ended up doing taking it easy for the 2.5 miles moderate hill and walk the 0.5 mile very steep hill. By the time I reached the summit, it was too late to catchup. The downhill was windy and on dirt. So, it was really easy to fall and crash, which I almost did while chasing who I believe to be the leading lady at a U-turn. Lost a few seconds there while getting myself back to the trail.Also, the weather turned out to be warm for Northern California. I was a bit upset with the result so I pushed a bit harder on the 18 miler on Sun, even though legs were still a bit tired from the race the previous day.Mon:Recovery am: 7.68 miles @9:23 / mileTue:1-2-3-2-1-2-3 minutes @ 5k pace, same time for recovery in between: Total: 8.87 miles @ avg 8:12/mileWed:Slow MLR: 10.59 miles @ 8:45 / mileFri:Recovery: 5.04 miles @ 9:11 / mileSat:Warm up: 3.2 miles @ 9:10 / mile5 miles hill race: 36:50 Cool down: 3.11 miles @ 9:46 / mileSunLR: 17.73 miles @ 8:06 / mileTotal: 61.22 miles (98.524k)
I had a good week. The PAUSATF XC series start this week. My goal is to run better than last year and also be a bit faster than my friendly nemesis. I accomplished both without tapering much and still had over 80 miles. So, the race didn't derail my training for the 10k and the 1/2 in 6 weeks.The XC race was fun. It was 2 mile uphill and 2 mile downhill. Weather was cool enough. But it was so foggy that it was drizzling like it was raining. So, the dirt trail was a little wet. But overall, no compliants on the conditions. Last year, I ran out of gas in the last 1/2 mile. So, this year, I wanted to make sure I saved some gas and be very conservative on the uphill.Interestingly, when I checked the splits, I was almost exactly the same as last year for the first 2 miles but a bit faster on the last 2. And I was able to withstand a charge from my friendly nemesis in the last 50 yards Mon:Recovery am: 7.71 miles @9:36 / mileRecovery pm: 5.62 miles @9:22 / mileTue:3 mile multi-thresholds from MP to 5k pace: Total 10.37 miles @8:07 milesplits: 6:48, 6:36, 6:27Recovery pm: 4.11 miles @9:23 / mileWed:Recovery 1: 5.81 miles @ 9:16 / mileRecovery 2: 6.22 miles @ 9:10 / mileThu:Recovery: 7.71 miles @9:09 / mileFri:Recovery: 4.23 miles @ 9:11 / mileSat:Warm up: 3.29 miles @ 9:36 / mileSanta Cruz Cross Country race: 4 miles in 27:02Cool down: 2.96 miles @ 10:09 / mileSunLR: 20.07 miles @ 8:08 / mileTotal: 82.1 miles (132.127k)
Game on ... Time to start training for Monkey
Current weight = 223
Current estimated Monkey course time = 3:15
Monkey Goal weight = 183
Weeks to race 12
Long dead ... But my stench lingers !
Hey Clive, can you change me to the Philly marathon? I never signed up for Chicago, but hadn't picked my race til now. Not much time to make the goal if I don't go sub-3:00 in Philly...
Game on ... Time to start training for Monkey Current weight = 223 Current estimated Monkey course time = 3:15 Monkey Goal weight = 183 Weeks to race 12
That's a lot of weight to lose there DB...
And you can quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. Groucho Marx
Rob
4 weeks into my training and my resting heart rate this morning was 37. Progress is being made.
Don't ever remember it being that low. But, then I don't usually wear the heart rate monitor.
sadly beer is gone from my list of approved foods and beverages
I'm a no go on New York.... Getting married instead.
It'll be going for sub 3:00 at the beginning of 2012. Doing a 12 week stretch of short distance speedwork before launching into full marathon prep.
Well, at least you didn't scratch the pork rinds!
I have done many diets though the years - Pork rinds only fit well into the atkins diet - I have found 80% of the diets (including) atkins diet work if you follow them to the T. But, I went back to the count calories - Net in Vs net out a long time ago - Becuase when I get my weight to where I want, I do not "Go off" anything - I just try and balance net in vs net out.
The only thing weird I do is take hals cough drops as an appetite supressant - Or maybe a munchy killer.