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2013 in 2013 Team 5 - Auhugh!! Time to post miles for Week 2! (Read 398 times)

crazyrunninglady


Warrior Princess

    After yesterdays duathlon, I can confirm that running in sand is indeed awful.

      After yesterdays duathlon, I can confirm that running in sand is indeed awful.

       

      I might have missed an earlier message so sorry if this is a repeat question - How did it go?

      2014 Goals: (Yeah I suck)

      • Sub 22  5K
      • Sub 1:35 1/2 marathon 
      • Sub 3:25:00 Marathon

        Running in powder snow sucks too.

        Take Charge. Train Harder. Suck Less. No Excuses.


        Trail Monster

          I ended up with 21 miles in 20-ish degrees yesterday. Little slower than I wanted but for having three layers on and snow blowing in my face most of the time, I am quite happy with it!

           

          60 miles for the week. Smile

          2013 races:

          3/17 Shamrock Marathon

          4/20 North Coast 24 Hour

          7/27 Burning RIver 100M

          8/24 Baker 50M

          10/5 Oil Creek (distance to be determined)

           

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          crazyrunninglady


          Warrior Princess

             

            I might have missed an earlier message so sorry if this is a repeat question - How did it go?

             

            Surprisingly well.  My finish time was 1:33:57.  Given that my stretch goal was sub 1:40, I was pretty amazed.  My runs were a little slower than I'd have liked but about 1 1/2 miles of the 5k course was on loose sand and I really hate beach running.  My two 5ks were almost identical, though at 26:24 and 27:00 which seemed to make my coach happy.  And while I wasn't great on the bike, I wasn't horrendous either.  I ranked 9th in my age group on both run sections, 21st based on the bike which gave me 14/34 for F 35-39.  I was not in the top half overall but even just to be in the top half of my age group was way more than I'd expected.  Really, the second 5k was what my coach had been most interested to see as he figured it a good test of my current endurance.

              8 happy easy miles after dark tonight, light winds, about 35.  After a 10 hour work day.  Tired.  Bottle of beer for dessert.  Zzzzzz.

              Take Charge. Train Harder. Suck Less. No Excuses.

                @Banshee:  Nice job dude!

                 

                @Xena (I've evolved it from warrior princess):  Awesome job!  It is always super cool to exceed expectations.  All of the hard work is paying off.

                 

                @Team5:  Come on people we have to get the mileage up for this week.  Do it for Baboon!  Everytime you feel like not running think of Baboon who would love to swap places with you.  Your lucky to be able to run so put down those potatoe chips, get off the couch and get out the front door.  Well make sure you put some running clothes on and for the love of running don't wear that backwards robe snuggy thing outside.

                2014 Goals: (Yeah I suck)

                • Sub 22  5K
                • Sub 1:35 1/2 marathon 
                • Sub 3:25:00 Marathon


                Trail Monster

                  @Banshee:  Nice job dude!

                   

                  You mean chica! I'm a woman. Wink

                  2013 races:

                  3/17 Shamrock Marathon

                  4/20 North Coast 24 Hour

                  7/27 Burning RIver 100M

                  8/24 Baker 50M

                  10/5 Oil Creek (distance to be determined)

                   

                  My Blog

                   

                  Brands I Heart:

                  FitFluential

                  INKnBURN

                  Altra Zero Drop

                    Xena, I like it!

                    Take Charge. Train Harder. Suck Less. No Excuses.

                       

                      You mean chica! I'm a woman. Wink

                       

                      Can you prove that?

                      2014 Goals: (Yeah I suck)

                      • Sub 22  5K
                      • Sub 1:35 1/2 marathon 
                      • Sub 3:25:00 Marathon
                      crazyrunninglady


                      Warrior Princess

                        It was not our week.  This was not completely unexpected.  In addtion to Phil, we have another warrior in need of knee repair.  We also had a warrior suffer an injury related to a vasovagal episode (not me this time!)  Diana, sadly, is still continuing to battle a mystery illness.  Crew dawg has couple weeks of work related stuff before he can devote meaningful time to running.

                         

                        Despite this, we were close.  Far closer than we ought to have been.  We missed 100% posting.  If wed gotten it, the margin would have been ridiculously narrow.

                         

                        The next few weeks will be difficult.  We have warriors who must put their health first.  And we always encourage this.

                         

                        That does not change that I believe us to have one of the strongest teams in the competition.  Do what you can while we heal.  Do more if you can so long as it won't put you on our fallen warrior list as well.  But know that this hiccup is temporary and that we will return stronger.

                         

                        In the meantime, we had two in the top 20 runners (bruce and sara.)  We had several high mileage weeks.  Dan ran his first half.  Joe ran a 40 mile race. I did a duathlon.  Christian decimated a track team.

                         

                        This year will only get better.

                          Definitely, we had a down week. Se la vi!

                          Take Charge. Train Harder. Suck Less. No Excuses.

                          crazyrunninglady


                          Warrior Princess

                            Not to be a brat, but I've been wondering forever about your spelling of c'est la vie.  Intentional or not?  It's driving me crazy not knowing.


                            Trail Monster

                               

                              Can you prove that?

                               

                              Me

                               

                              ^ me

                              2013 races:

                              3/17 Shamrock Marathon

                              4/20 North Coast 24 Hour

                              7/27 Burning RIver 100M

                              8/24 Baker 50M

                              10/5 Oil Creek (distance to be determined)

                               

                              My Blog

                               

                              Brands I Heart:

                              FitFluential

                              INKnBURN

                              Altra Zero Drop

                                Sorry that does not prove anything.

                                 

                                This is me on a log.

                                 

                                2014 Goals: (Yeah I suck)

                                • Sub 22  5K
                                • Sub 1:35 1/2 marathon 
                                • Sub 3:25:00 Marathon