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50 of thankfulness (race report) (Read 181 times)

jsobo119

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...Frosty...

posted: 11/29/2008 at 9:57 PM
modified: 11/29/2008 at 10:02 PM

This was my own personal race of 50k which I did to raise money and awareness for the LAF.

Thanksgiving morning my brother and I got up at 4:00 AM. Ate and headed over to Hinckley Lake. We drove one lap around the lake so he would be more familiar with where I would be running if in case for some reason I didn't show up as expected he could come looking for me.

The course was a 5k loop (just short but I added a little jaunt through the main parking lot to make up the difference).

We started at 5:21 am
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The first lap was nice. I felt pretty good I was just trying not to go to fast....
Here I am after the first lap.

And again after 9 miles or lap 3...

I was laughing

The sky was clear and the morning was crisp. It was an amazing sunrise!

The first 5 laps went well... I was reflecting I was enjoying the morning.

ala Ryan Hall on a Marathon and Beyond cover from earlier this year.

just rolling along

I kept a nice even pace and was taking a strategy of walking up the one tougher hill... at least part of it... I would run up it until the steeper section or until my HR got to 145 (whichever came first) then I would walk to the not so steep section or until my HR came back to the 130's( whichever was last)

was I off the ground?

I started to feel it in the 7th lap. My quads were really starting to ache. The wheels fell off in the 9th lap. My usual 9:30's dropped off... I ran my slowest mile in this lap 11:55. (I had a 12:48 at mile 22 but that included a trip to a portapottie.)

Here I am before the start of my last lap.

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At the top of the last big hill

and at the finish line

Doing that... running all by myself was quite a challenge. I learned a new level of pain. My quads hurt so bad at the end of the run that I really hurt each step. I ran about 4500 feet up and down in the course of this run but I am sure it is this hill that tore up my quads...

it took me 5:08:04 to complete it...

I would write more but I am not sure what to say. It was hard... it hurt... but I am grateful that I got a chance to do it. That I was capable of it...

Lifesabeach view log	posted: 11/30/2008 at 3:15 AM
	thanks for sharing! I enjoyed the report and the pictures...really beautiful place to run! Nice job! I called the kids over to see the ice in your beard...we So. CA folk don't see much of that. What is LAF?

Ennay view log Bif! Bam! Pow!	posted: 11/30/2008 at 4:19 AM
	Awesome. To do an ultra solo is a whole nother level. If I ever brave it I want people!!!
	Beware the Pink Boxing Gloves of DOOM! "It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds" - Captain Hammer 2009 Goals New PR's in 5K 10K HM M I failed the 12 minute run in 11th grade...

GregR	posted: 11/30/2008 at 4:26 AM modified: 11/30/2008 at 4:27 AM
	Thank you for posting this, and congratulations on the accomplishment. Living in Alaska, so the snow and ice are all too familiar sights! Way to go!

jsobo119

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...Frosty...

posted: 11/30/2008 at 5:09 AM
modified: 11/30/2008 at 5:10 AM

Quote from Lifesabeach on 11/30/2008 at 3:15 AM:

thanks for sharing! I enjoyed the report and the pictures...really beautiful place to run! Nice job!

I called the kids over to see the ice in your beard...we So. CA folk don't see much of that. Cool

What is LAF?

Lance Armstrong Foundation.

Funny story... my kids and wife came up after lap 7 to bring me a refill on the coffee and you should have seen the look on my 6 year old daughter's face when I said "give daddy a kiss" ... lol...

pRED view log	posted: 11/30/2008 at 5:39 AM
	Me, I would have chosen a flat loop. But to each their own. And thanks for supporting LAF. I do also.
	Ricky 2008 Goals: ~~sub-18~~ 5k 17:50 \| ~~sub-39~~ 10k 38:35 \| sub-3 M Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. T.S. Eliot You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, you might just find; you get what you need.

Boomer101	posted: 11/30/2008 at 3:01 PM modified: 11/30/2008 at 3:02 PM
	I really enjoyed the report and the pics. Awesome job. I did this on my 33rd birthday this year but instead ran 33 miles. It is awesome running the whole way by yourself. God job and congrats on the distance. Thanks for sharing.
	"26.2 miles of bald-headed sexy"

slimbo view log	posted: 11/30/2008 at 5:01 PM
	Very cool ... great pixs -- congrats
	Miami Marathon 01.25.09 Bib # is: 2660

nkeliher view log Mill city running nut	posted: 11/30/2008 at 5:33 PM
	Nice job - I've always wanted to do some sort of crazy solo endeavor. I'm a little jealous of the snow - I love running (or doing anything, actually) in the winter.