Thanks all, the reason I don't run more races is I need to take my daughter to swim practice or meets pretty much every Sat morning and we don't have very many Sunday races here. That said I'll see if I can runs a few this summer.
Prince of Fatness
You might be able to find some cheapo 5K's on weeknights once the season gets going.
Not at it at all.
Ostrich runner
Let's see how a week of SCUBA diving in Mexico does as cross training. Have fun working you chumps.
http://www.runningahead.com/groups/Indy/forum
DOH!!!
04MAY2013 –
Thin Mint Sprint 5k
Date/Time: 5/4/2013 6:30 AM
Type: Running/Walking
City: Concord, NC
Director: Megan McClelland
Email: mmcclelland@hngirlscouts.org
Phone: 704-731-6604
Website: http://www.hngirlscouts.org
Distance: 5k
Habitrot 8K
Date/Time: 5/4/2013 6:00 PM
Director: Martha Seger
Email: marthaseger@habitatcabarrus.org
Phone:
Registration: https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/HabitatforHumanityCabarrusCou/habitrot.html
Details: 8k run
11MAY2013 –
On A Mission Twilight 5k
Date/Time: 5/11/2013 8:00 PM
Director: Kathy Jones
Email: katkak4ever2005@yahoo.com
Registration: https://www.sportoften.com/onlineregistration/waiverto.cfm?peventid=8363
Website: http://onamission5k.com
Distance: 5K
Run Back To The '80s 5K
Date/Time: 5/11/2013 4:00 PM
City: Charlotte, NC
Director: Krista Flanagan
Email: The411@RunBackToThe80s.com
Phone: 608-712-2769
Registration: http://www.active.com/not-specified/charlotte-nc/run-back-to-the-80s-5k---charlotte-2013
Website: http://www.RunBackToThe80s.com
Hamilton Lakes 10k and 5k
Date/Time: 5/11/2013 3:00 PM
City: Greensboro, NC
Director: Richard Swor
Email: rich@triviumracing.com
Phone: 313-304-0903
Registration: https://triviumracing.webconnex.com/hamilton-lakes-10k-5k
Website: http://triviumracing.com/events/run/2013/hamiltonlakes.htm
Distance: 10k & 5k
The Friends Run 5k
Date/Time: 5/12/2013 8:00 AM
Director: Jennifer Collman
Email: jennifercollman@yahoo.com
Phone: 561.758.2483m
"I want you to pray as if everything depends on it, but I want you to prepare yourself as if everything depends on you."
-- Dick LeBeau
Just for that. Have a great big glass of water when you're down there. From the tap no less.
"He conquers who endures" - Persius "Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel
http://ncstake.blogspot.com/
Now I don't have any excuse do I? BTW who races at 3:00/4:00 PM in May, should be nice and toasty
04MAY2013 – Thin Mint Sprint 5k Date/Time: 5/4/2013 6:30 AM Type: Running/Walking City: Concord, NC Director: Megan McClelland Email: mmcclelland@hngirlscouts.org Phone: 704-731-6604 Website: http://www.hngirlscouts.org Distance: 5k Habitrot 8K Date/Time: 5/4/2013 6:00 PM Type: Running/Walking City: Concord, NC Director: Martha Seger Email: marthaseger@habitatcabarrus.org Phone: Registration: https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/HabitatforHumanityCabarrusCou/habitrot.html Details: 8k run 11MAY2013 – On A Mission Twilight 5k Date/Time: 5/11/2013 8:00 PM Type: Running/Walking City: Concord, NC Director: Kathy Jones Email: katkak4ever2005@yahoo.com Phone: Registration: https://www.sportoften.com/onlineregistration/waiverto.cfm?peventid=8363 Website: http://onamission5k.com Distance: 5K Run Back To The '80s 5K Date/Time: 5/11/2013 4:00 PM Type: Running/Walking City: Charlotte, NC Director: Krista Flanagan Email: The411@RunBackToThe80s.com Phone: 608-712-2769 Registration: http://www.active.com/not-specified/charlotte-nc/run-back-to-the-80s-5k---charlotte-2013 Website: http://www.RunBackToThe80s.com Distance: 5K Hamilton Lakes 10k and 5k Date/Time: 5/11/2013 3:00 PM Type: Running/Walking City: Greensboro, NC Director: Richard Swor Email: rich@triviumracing.com Phone: 313-304-0903 Registration: https://triviumracing.webconnex.com/hamilton-lakes-10k-5k Website: http://triviumracing.com/events/run/2013/hamiltonlakes.htm Distance: 10k & 5k The Friends Run 5k Date/Time: 5/12/2013 8:00 AM Type: Running/Walking City: Charlotte, NC Director: Jennifer Collman Email: jennifercollman@yahoo.com Phone: 561.758.2483m Distance: 5K
Will Crew for Beer
Heh. There's no hiding in the Hurtlocker.
Rule number one of a gunfight, bring a gun. Rule number two of a gunfight, bring friends with guns.
I've got one in May (15th) that's at 6:30pm on a weeknight. I expect it fully to be horrible .
"When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem." Emil Zatopek
Thanks for starting this thread Happy! I have a feeling I'll be reading it and taking some of the advice in a couple of months or so!
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
HA!
Well.. that was a crazy week.
Yesterday made it all the way up to 7 tempo miles. Even ate lots of bugs by running next to the river. Win-win!
And we run because we like itThrough the broad bright land
Feeling the growl again
Well.. that was a crazy week. Yesterday made it all the way up to 7 tempo miles. Even ate lots of bugs by running next to the river. Win-win!
Runners need protein.
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills
This is a post of spaniel's from a general forum thread and thought it good to repeat here. Good example of typical training progression. I think (hope!) it's a good explanation of how most of us respond to increased training loads. Basically, we can't get discouraged from an increase in training and not seeing benefits right away.
Personally I've bumped my mileage significantly this year but I find myself tired and struggle to hit even one workout per week. I've finished 3 months of this higher mileage load and am crossing my fingers that my body gets a little more acclimated to 10miles per day and I can start hitting workouts a little more regularly. I've run pretty good PRs at 12K and 10miles but I've actually gotten slower at 5K. I think the mileage bump at easy pace has increased my general fitness but, due to not being able to run workouts yet, I've given up some 'speed'. I'm committed though to 10miles per day for this year (thanks, you boobs!). It might help if I stop racing every dang weekend as there is such a thing as racing too much in the context of trying to get faster! It would also help, I think, if I could get a little younger.
Get after it people!
You need to give it more than 2-3 months for the improvements due to those higher mileage weeks to show up. First you need to acclimate to them, then your body will adapt and use that extra ability to improve and you will see the benefits. It may take another cycle (3-4 months) for that work to reap dividends. Improvement for a real newbie is usually steady and significant. Over time, it will become more sporadic and occur in fits and starts. A summary of my personal journey: 1990 - started running fairly regularly (age 12) 1990-1994 - steady, pretty rapid improvement (>27min 2-mile down to 19:37 5K) 1995-1996 - more rapid improvement as I started training more (19:37 5K to 17:23 in one year, then 17:01 in another year) 1996-1998 - stagnation. No improvement. Training more (college team) 1999 - work paid off, 10K down from ~36 to 34:18 2000 - no improvement 2000-2003 - progressively increased training load; rapid improvement (10K down from 34:18 to 32:09, 2:29 marathon, 1:10 HM) 2004-2005 - stagnant to somewhat backward movement 2006 - 30:57 10K, 1:09 HM, 2:28 marathon; reset all PRs within 4-month period After that doesn't count because I declined due to lack of training like I had before. But as you can see, there were several periods where I was certainly training hard and not really getting anywhere, then all of a sudden I'd see a cycle where I would improve quite a bit.
You need to give it more than 2-3 months for the improvements due to those higher mileage weeks to show up. First you need to acclimate to them, then your body will adapt and use that extra ability to improve and you will see the benefits. It may take another cycle (3-4 months) for that work to reap dividends.
Improvement for a real newbie is usually steady and significant. Over time, it will become more sporadic and occur in fits and starts.
A summary of my personal journey:
1990 - started running fairly regularly (age 12)
1990-1994 - steady, pretty rapid improvement (>27min 2-mile down to 19:37 5K)
1995-1996 - more rapid improvement as I started training more (19:37 5K to 17:23 in one year, then 17:01 in another year)
1996-1998 - stagnation. No improvement. Training more (college team)
1999 - work paid off, 10K down from ~36 to 34:18
2000 - no improvement
2000-2003 - progressively increased training load; rapid improvement (10K down from 34:18 to 32:09, 2:29 marathon, 1:10 HM)
2004-2005 - stagnant to somewhat backward movement
2006 - 30:57 10K, 1:09 HM, 2:28 marathon; reset all PRs within 4-month period
After that doesn't count because I declined due to lack of training like I had before. But as you can see, there were several periods where I was certainly training hard and not really getting anywhere, then all of a sudden I'd see a cycle where I would improve quite a bit.
I feel like I am in that stagnation period from a speed perspective. OTOH, I have been having great longer distance runs lately. I ran 35 miles on trails Saturday and didn't feel the hills until the very end. Still had plenty of power too. I'm not sure I fully understand if I am just well trained for ultras or slower at speedwork due to poor recovery. I guess I will find out soon.