I've been avoiding looking but while it's supposed to reach 45F today, the temps absolutely plummet after dark and at race time tomorrow it's supposed to be 13F and windy with a ReelFeel of -10F. Ugg. Time goals are gone, just gonna bundle up and run hard.

I've been avoiding looking but while it's supposed to reach 45F today, the temps absolutely plummet after dark and at race time tomorrow it's supposed to be 13F and windy with a ReelFeel of -10F. Ugg. Time goals are gone, just gonna bundle up and run hard.

Zebano - Best of luck tomorrow.  Definitely better for the primary goal to be staying warm rather than a time.

Mark - Sorry for the late reply, but I'm fine with you just posting the dates of races and not worrying too much about targets or results.  Congratulations on winning the race on your home course.  Time to start plotting when your daughter will be faster than you?

CC - I prefer quite roads too, but have to deal with busier ones just to have some variety in routes.  That said, whenever possible, I try to get off the busy roads quickly (or even better, just cross them).  My RP is more tolerant of traffic and some of his routes make me uncomfortable - a matter of personal preference, I guess.

Keen - Best of luck Sunday.

Thank you to all those offering kind words and congratulations on my 5M (and my year in general).  I officially started training for my spring halves yesterday (i.e. did the first workout of the Hansons plan).  Contrary to the plan, however, I intend to run some shorter races while training.  Question to the group - is there a rough relationship between times in street races and times in trail races?  I know a lot depends on the trail, but in general should I expect to be 10% slower on a trail?  25% slower?  More?  I ask because I have a 5k trail race coming up later this month and have no idea how to run it or what pace to start off with.

 

There is way too much variability in what constitutes a "trail" to make any sort of estimate. When I was in the shape of my life 4 years ago, I went out to Colorado and ran a few trails and they were so hilly and nasty I was running 13:00/mile. I have some back here that are basically packed dirt and flat and I run 5 seconds per mile slower than roads.

Thanks.  Deep down, I thought that might be the case.  There's a winter series of 5 runs on the same trail.  Maybe I'll run a few of them - the first to get the lay of the land and then another few to see what I can do.

ETA:  I ran in two different shoes today.    One model on my left foot and another on my right.  They were by the same manufacturer and had the same basic color scheme, so on quick glance they're similar.  I only discovered the difference after the run when I took a closer look at why one seemed to have shorter laces than the other (which I noticed, but didn't investigate, when I was putting them on).  I ran three miles without noticing anything.  Shows how much attention I'm paying to how I feel on short, easy runs....

Zebano, I had to run it twice yesterday and twice today but I stole back the legend on my block from my neighbor for ya 

 

Thanks.  Deep down, I thought that might be the case.  There's a winter series of 5 runs on the same trail.  Maybe I'll run a few of them - the first to get the lay of the land and then another few to see what I can do.

 

ETA:  I ran in two different shoes today.    One model on my left foot and another on my right.  They were by the same manufacturer and had the same basic color scheme, so on quick glance they're similar.  I only discovered the difference after the run when I took a closer look at why one seemed to have shorter laces than the other (which I noticed, but didn't investigate, when I was putting them on).  I ran three miles without noticing anything.  Shows how much attention I'm paying to how I feel on short, easy runs....

This begs the question: are you going to repeat this with the mismatched shoes the other way around so you can even out the mileage?

 

This begs the question: are you going to repeat this with the mismatched shoes the other way around so you can even out the mileage?

That would be the proper thing to do, wouldn't it?

 

Fred - I agree with Keen's query.

I likely won't do the reverse to get equal mileage on the shoes.  1)  it was only three miles.  2)  once I know the shoes are different, it's almost certain my mind will exaggerate the difference and mess up my run.

Marky_Mark - I've honestly never understood how any Hoka shoe could be anything but "clompy" - that is the perfect word for those shoes.  I appreciate the sanity of next week's race goal.  "Any race you can walk away from."

James- nice steady week for you.

My week:

52 miles running, 5.5 hours pool-running, and 1000 ~yards swimming.

M: 90 minutes pool-running
T: Upper body weights/core and 11 miles very easy (9:41) plus drills/strides
W: 12 miles, including a track workout of 4800m, 3200m, 1600m in 22:11, 14:26, 7:00 (5:00 jog between each). Followed with leg strengthwork and 500 yards recovery swiming.
Th: 2 hours pool-running and streaming yoga
F: Upper body weights/core and 12 miles very easy (9:41) plus drills/strides
Sa: 17 miles, with 2x5 miles in 37:38 (7:32 pace) and 38:39 (7:44 pace), followed with injury prevention work and 500 meters recovery swimming.
Su: 2 hours pool-running and streaming yoga.

The new medication I'm taking really helps.  I upped the dose on Friday, and I couldn't believe how great my running gait felt at times during the first part of Saturday's run.  It definitely seems to wear off though, so I need to figure out how to schedule taking it around racing.  But still, things are moving in the right direction in terms of fixing my running.