This girl is on fire.
February:
Runnrchic - 02/24 - New Orleans Marathon - Goal: break 4:34
GregTR - 2/24 - Cowtown Marathon - Official 3:10 pacer
March:
Patti678 - 3/2- Albany Marathon, Albany GA
CompetitiveChik - 3/2 - Woodlands Marathon
JodisRunningForAutism - 3/3 - Seaside Half Marathon Destin, FL
not too swift - 3/3 - Intown Ten (10K) Road Race
PressingOn - 3/3 - Redmond Watershed Trail Run
Docket_Rocket - 03/09 - 13.1 Miami Beach
Julia1971 - 3/16 - Rock n Roll USA
ImNotScott - 3/16 - Rock n Roll USA
SIAR - 3/16 Hermes 5 miler
jojo61397 - 3/17 - Publix Atlanta Marathon - Goal: Sub-4:00 hour
Patti678 - 3/17 Publix Half Marathon, Atlanta GA
Not too Swift - 3/17- Georgia Marathon
athensguy - 3/17- Georgia Marathon
RVDowning - 3/17 - Shamrock Marathon
Docket_Rocket - 3/17 - LA Marathon
Joe1775 - 3/23 - Haulin' in the Holler 50K
Docket_Rocket - 3/23 - Palm 100 50K
JenRosie - 3/24 Irish Run 8K
onemile - 3/30 - Egg Shell Shuffle Half Marathon
PressingOn - 3/30 - Cupcake Run Marathon
April:
Docket_Rocket - 04/07 - Marathon Paris
runnrchic- 04/07- Gulf Coast HM, Pensacola
joe1775 - 4/13 - Glacier Ridge Trail Ultra 50
Docket_Rocket - 04/14 - Key Biscayne Half Marathon
So_Im_a_Runner - 4/14 Union Half Marathon (1:30 pacer)
marco59 - 4/15 - Boston - goal: 3:05
markrice - 4/15 Boston - goal sub 3:15
GregTR - 4/15 - Boston
JenRosie - 4/15 - Boston
onemile - 04/20 - Carmel Marathon
Xrayman: 4/21: Lansing Marathon
GregTR - 4/21 - London Marathon
SIAR - 4/28 - Glass City Marathon
GoneFishing - 04/28 - Big Sur, CA
May:
hilltopper91 - 05/05 - Broad Street Run
jackdyl11 - 5/5 - New Jersey Marathon
Joe1775 - 5/5 - Flying Pig Marathon, Cincinnati OH
Docket_Rocket - 05/07 - Puerto Rico Marathon
Patti678 - 5/11 - Gulf Coast Half Ironman, Panama City Beach, FL
RVDowning - 5/11Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon
SprinklesRunner - 5/19-Run for the Red Marathon
runmomto3boys - 05/20 - Green Bay Marathon
June:
Docket_Rocket - 06/13/2012 - San Francisco Marathon
July:
Patti678- 7/4- Peachtree Road Race 10K: goal: PR
August:
Patti678- 8/23 & 24- Hood to Coast- 199 mile relay with 10 person team
September:
SprinklesRunner - Date TBD - Wineglass Marathon
GregTR - 9/29 - Berlin Marathon
October:
runmomto3boys - 10/6 Lakefront Marathon
GregTR - 10/13 - Chicago Marathon
RVDowning - 10/13 - Chicago Marathon
RVDowning - 10/26 - Silver Comet Marathon
2013 PRs:5K: 20:43
10K: 43:44
10M: 1:09:15HM: 1:34:37
M: 3:23:53 (NYCMQ, BQ-20)
I'll be heading out for a recovery run today. 10 day forecast is still looking good and I'm hoping this might be my last sub-freezing run. Yay! It's 32 out but feels like 25.
Happy Friday everyone!
Bad Ass
Morning! Off to work with a headache. Short recovery run tonight. HM tomorrow (for fun).
Julia, enjoy your 10. Happy with the new pic?
DamarisMarathon Maniac, Ultra Runner
PRs: 24:57 (5K); 51:25 (10K); 42:46 (5 Miles); 2:04:31 (HM); 4:34:09 (Marathon); 8:00 (Trail 50K)
Next: San Francisco Marathon * Chicago Marathon * MCM * Ft. Myers Beach Marathon * Philadelphia Marathon * Space Coast Marathon * WPB Marathon
Damaris Runs with Asthma
you mad bro?
Good morning! Just got back from getting my recovery run in. Only 4 miles and I actually kept it at recovery pace for once and felt great. My last 20 miler of this cycle is tomorrow and I'm actually looking forward to it.
DD has a playoff basketball game tonight. This is a rematch with a local rival that knocked them out of the playoffs last year. Fingers crossed for her.
Julia - I hope you're right about the temps. I'm ready for a warm-up!
Damaris - I hope your headache gets better. Enjoy your short run tonight and have fun with the HM tomorrow. :-)
"A goal without a plan it is just a dream" - Dave Ramsey
PR's: HM: 1:44:18 (05/06/13)FM: 3:54:51 (3/16/13)
2013 Races
Rock n Roll USA (3/16) - Goal: < 4:00:00
Frederick HM (5/5) - Goal: To have fun and celebrate life.
Marine Corps Marathon (10/27) - Goal: ?
Julia-- I used to live in Minot, I remember when 25 was a heat wave
Docket-- hope your headache gets better
Scott-- Good luck on your 20 miler tomorrow...
Did a 5 miler this morning. Off to a charity golf event (I don't play, I actually suck something fierce). Really excited.
Jodi
PR:
Half: 1:48 (March 3rd, 2013)
Full: 4:05:40 (March 17th, 2013)
2013/2014 Goals:
Sub-4:00 hour Marathon
Sub- 125 poundsSub- 1:45 hour half.
By the way, how does one go about adding oneself (and the famous Docket) to the Chicago Marathon on the marathon list? :-) Likewise I have the Silver Comet Marathon on Oct 26th.
Did 8 on the treadmill this morning. We are having a significant rain event that is started last night and should continue all day today and through tomorrow morning.
Yesterday I was at the local HS track at 0415; was supposed to do 2wu+6(1m@HMPw400r)+2cd but my left hamstring was bothering me and got worse if I tried to go faster. The best I could do for a couple of laps was to try to keep to the HMP cadence taking rather baby steps which only got me down to 10x mpm and I was supposed to be doing these miles at 9:00 mpm. It kept getting colder the longer I was out there. It started out around 37F but went down to 32F. I wasn't going fast/hard enough to keep myself warm. I pulled the plug early, about 3.13 miles short of the 11.25 I should have done. I'm kind of worried about my 18 miler for this coming Sunday. It is supposed to be 3 warm up, 12 at marathon pace and 3 cool down. That is a nine mile out and back. But if I get out there 9 miles and then have a hamstring problem, it will be brutal to have to walk 9 miles back. So, I thought maybe I would only go out 4.5 miles, so an out and back would be 9 and then just do it twice. Then I thought I could just go out 3 miles, and then an out and back would be 6 and then I could do it 3 times. In fact, in that case I could just do my run at the Alpharetta Big Creek Greenway instead of going all the way to the Silver Comet.Then I thought some more and thought that instead of doing a 3-out-and-back 3 times, I could just run on the track. It would be something less than 72 laps because I run in the outer lane. Still mulling this one over.
I think my hamstring issue is better but the discomfort has moved to behind the knee. I started off real slow on the treadmill this morning and it seemed to get better the farther I went. Don't know about doing 8 tomorrow afternoon if I have to do 18 early on Sunday. But on the other hand, I guess that is what the Hansons' plan means by "prefatigued." I'm just gun shy about this hamstring/behind-the-knee issue.
You just have to ask Julia real nice, since she posted first today.
Hey all. I'm currently waiting out the tail end of our ice storm here to try and get my run in. I'd like to be able to get some faster miles done, so slick surfaces really won't be my friend. I guess there's always the mill option...
Julia...Two recoveries in a row for you, or is this to make up for the faster recovery yesterday? Feels like 25 sounds pretty warm...I'm thinking you'll be okay!
Docket...Hope your head feels better. I liked the other pic because we could see you better, but I guess we know what you look like.
Scott...Don't those recovery miles feel good when you actually do them? Last 20 huh? That's quite the benchmark. I hope it goes well for your younger Mutombo this evening.
Jodi...Enjoy the 5 miles. I'm jealous of your golf tournament!
RVD...Yep, just list the dates and the event in the format like they are above so that the original poster can copy and paste them in. As for your hamstring, I can only say that I hope it feels better. If it were me, I'd back off the MP miles and just get the mileage in with easy miles. I know it's hard not to stick to the plan though, especially if it's something you paid for. Hopefully the warmer weather will come soon and give you some relief.
PRs: Marathon (2:56xx; '13) Half (1:25xx; '12) 10k (40:26; '11) 5mi (29:23; '13) 5k (18:31; '11)
Good morning everyone!
I didn't get to post yesterday because work has heated up a bit (always good to be busy ). I get out on my run until 10:00 on Wednesday, so I shortened my run from 13 to 10, and will hopefully do the 13 tonight (unless the same thing happens, which is pretty likely). I had a good tempo last night. 5:39 pace for 4.3 miles, with some hills, which is at least close to a PR on that course and I was feeling fine at the end.
When I don't do a tempo on the track I usually do it on a 2.15 mile course around my house, which basically goes down for the first mile and then back up for the second. This makes my splits really lumpy. The weird thing was that while at ~5:40 pace they usually go 5:20, 6:00, last night they went 5:35, 5:45 (slower on the downhill, faster on the uphill). I can't figure out what that means. I tried out my Adios's for the first time last night. Could that have something to do with it?
Anyway, I'm doing my first race of the season next weekend. Time to start obsessively checking weather.com!
Julia - I agree on the weather! It's not bad while running, but it is hard to get out the door! I mark National (aka RNR USA) as the first day where I know I'll wear shorts for the rest of the year, until November-ish.
DR - Have a good time on your half tomorrow! Does just for fun mean your just giong to be taking it easy?
Scott - Good luck to your DD!
Jodi - Good job on the run and have golfing.
RVD - I'm glad your hamstring is feeling better, but I feel like I said that a few days ago too. I hope it stays better! I do long runs in laps, with the first lap longer than the second. It helps me to get through it mentally, plus theres water and a bathroom at the end of the first lap. If your hamstring or knee are sore, would you consider just doing the run at a long run pace, and skipping the marathon pace miles this week?
Impatient double post.
BUT I can use it to wish SIAR good luck on his run.
And, to make sure I say that if I were going to run 72 laps on a track, I'd probably switch directions every few miles to keep from screwing up my knees and hips.
This Sunday is the last long run scheduled. There are a couple of other MP runs, namely 2wu+8MP+2cd. But, given that I've had to blow off a few training days, and didn't even get my moderate 18 miler in last week, I could use the emotional lift that a good 3wu+12MP+3cd would give me. There were only three 18 mile long runs on this 20 week 40 - 60 mpw schedule, and if I don't run this 18 miler this Sunday I would have missed all of them.
RVD, I would do another route. Maybe 4 miles and back, etc., in case you have the problem
jack, yes, easy.
SIAR, there is no pleasing all of you!
fake it till you make it
Happy Friday, Dailies!
6 recovery miles done on the treadmill this morning. It's actually beautiful temps and not much wind, but the 7 inches of snow that fell overnight drove me inside. Still snowing out there, hoping it's at least a little bit plowed for tomorrow's 18 miler. Got home from the gym to find that the neighbor had snow-blown our driveway saving me a couple hours of shoveling. I am now baking cookies and putting together a six pack of various bottles of beer to take him as a thank you gift.
Julia Glad to see you found a singlet that you like! I should be smarter about buying doubles (or more) of running clothes I like. I have 2 pairs of shorts that are going to wear out soon, they are my favorites and I can't find an exact match anymore. Hope the recovery miles were good and the warm-up in temps sticks around.
D-R half marathon for fun sounds like a great idea!
Scott have fun at the game- is DD's ankle better? Don't wear yourself out screaming/cheering so much that you're tired out for the 20 miler!
Jodi what charity is the golf event benefiting? I've never golfed in my life... well, except for some mad skillz I have with mini-golf.
RVD be careful with those MP miles. I know its hard to not get the mental benefit of nailing the workout, but if the hammie gets injured from working too hard the mental benefit isn't going to mean much. Hope it behaves for you.
SIAR are you expecting a melt of the ice? Do you ever wear yaktrax or the like? I wear them if its really icy, but can't get good speed/turnover. Have a good workout.
Jack how were your new adios? I've never run in Adidas but the pics I saw of the new ones look pretty slick.
They were great! Very comfy and smooth, and felt lighter than they are. I'm comparing them to some heavy trainers, though, since I've only been running in my Cumuluses for a few weeks now. They're more substantial than the 1400's I had before. But, I think they're exactly what I'm looking for in a marathon shoe. I'm 6'2'', 163, so I need a little bit of cushioning.
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