2019 3:20, And Beyond (Read 444 times)

omr I'm sure the things that bother him will change drastically. My aunt died of cancer and my uncle says a lot stops being important when you watch that. After having a rough 9 months I've realized work doesn't care about me. I'd be replaced just like I replaced someone. Don't feel guilty because I'd be shocked to find out his opinion of you changed somehow if you were in his shoes. I'm sure next semester he will care less about changing kids grades. Bigger things to worry about.

Brew:  We'll see.  My guess is he is going to retire either this year or after one more year.

Dwave:  Yep, definitely less stress on that front for now.  That's interesting about the timing mats and having to run beyond them.  Regarding the marathon, that's a borderline temperature for me, but at marathon pace, I would probably opt for calf sleeves, warmer compression gear on the top half that cover the thigh, but leave the knee open.  Good luck!

dwave I'd agree with your choice to wear tights. 30s is nothing I've ever run a marathon in and my long runs last weekend were both races for everyone else. Most of the racers had shirts and shorts. Dressing to race a 10K vs running near marathon pace for a 20k is different. I have a couple different pairs myself so I might lean towards a "thinner" pair. Something to act as "not quite shorts, but not long run winter layer tights" and had pockets for gels, arm warmers, or anything I don't want to leave on the course. I remember running CIM one year and stashing my gloves early just to pull them out later and a runner commented how he wished he hadn't tossed his. Some photos of the hand layers would be interesting in the recap just to see how you'd remove the layers for a gel then put them back on. I'm expecting you to keep them for a lot of the race. I think you got this. It should be exciting.

omr yeah, a lot of perspective on "what's important" changes with big life events. All of a sudden it becomes important to get his position filled, someone all of a sudden finds it important to point out how they're qualified (after they've said the don't want it) and it's not important to a lot of people to see how their "friend and colleague" is doing 3 months from now. Hopefully you get some good weather for Black Canyons. If you wanted to run Canyons 100K on the WS trail let me know. Since they give out belts (that max left behind) I might be willing to suffer through 64 miles of WS again. 17 or 18 hour cutoff...brutal.

ace how is the TRX coming? Book workout? YouTube workouts? Twice a week? Five times a week? I haven't see anything on strava so it obviously didn't happen.

cim expo Should be interesting to see how it works out. If the venue works well maybe SRA will use it again in the future. Parking and pickup/drop off might be easier than downtown on a Friday or Saturday. The only downside I see is you can't walk there if you stay downtown. If you stay anywhere else you'll need transportation including those who don't ride a bus to the start. I'm glad I'm not a race director. They're underappreciated.

timing mats Always run through both. I've learned that thanks to the people here. It's an extra few feet and there is a reason races have two. How much would it suck to have that PR ruined because you stopped and started walking just to find out your qualifying time was now missed because you walked that 10 feet? I walked the last little bit of a marathon thinking the timing mats were "ceremonial" and not ACTUALLY timing mats. Probably cost me 10 seconds.

Ugh, that's horrible, Dwave!  Glad the Xrays don't show anything as broken, but definitely the right move to not race this weekend.

fuck. i'm so sorry. i really hope you recover quickly, and i hope justice can be served as well.

it is very well studied that SUVs, trucks, and any vehicles which are that much heavier and also have a more blunt + high off the ground front profile (compared to previous generations of smaller cars) kill/injure people on streets at a 2-3x higher rate. it is policy failure and also individuals' moral failure that these killers are left largely unregulated, and in fact, their sales numbers are skyrocketing. in parallel, pedestrian death and injury counts are skyrocketing. i'm pissed off and sad that you're now part of these statistics, too.
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Hey all - just to update everyone (cross post for efficiency)

 

I literally got hit by a truck this morning, while on my shakeout jog.  My left side is pretty roughed up, with my left shoulder taking the worst of it.

 

Have been to the ER and to the Orthopedist.  X-rays don't show anything broken or dislocated, and I passed the neurology check-up.  But I can't really use my left arm right now, to the point where I need help to get dressed or undressed.  I could probably complete a marathon, but I can't run one to my full potential like this, and the ortho is really strongly opposed to me racing a marathon on Saturday.

 

So....plan right now is to skip Indy Marathon this weekend, and hope I am healed up enough in a week to run the Richmond Marathon.

 

I am really pissed off.

Darkwave That's fcuking bullshit! Also a literal fear I have sometimes. At least you have a backup race (isn't that just like you) to use all this fitness for. Hope you're okay physically and mentally. Kind of a rough week with the tree then the truck. At least the cats are okay, right? I was looking forward to tracking or seeing the results this weekend. Hopefully the weather at Richmond is something better than 28-34F.

rlk it isn't even worth a response you'll ignore so i'll just say SUVs and trucks, along with how tall they're allowed to be is regulated. If you'd like to have an open discussion as to the root cause of accidents I'm open to it. I'll say my point is "people aren't paying attention when they should be."

Sorry you're pulling out of CIM. I was wondering if you were going to do it and how this newer training cycle was working for you since you hadn't posted about how the longer 16ish week plan was going for you. I also hadn't seen a lot of what I'd consider "marathon specific" workouts. If you'll be in town I'll still take you and jmac out for Avocado toast if you know a place.  At the end of the day there is more to worry about than $100 vs $50 or who gets to work/home/around how.

I appreciated Cheryl's comment on Strava, too, and am curious as to the answer - Did you at least dent the truck??

Dynamite DOES come in small packages....

Again, hope it all comes out excellent for you girl. Up side is nothing is broken. Downside is you're out the entry fee and associated costs for Indy. Hope the airline gets you credit and the hotel doesn't charge you anything.

Oh no dwave!! That sucks - I hope you feel better ASAP, and I hope the a-hole who hit you is sufficiently shaken up from the experience to be more careful going forward