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

DWave - This was the first year of the race, so I expected a few things to not be exactly as you'd expect from a race that is well established. The mile markers thing didn't bother me at all (and still would not have if I had been racing), but it was the only "off" thing I took notice of. I'd definitely say keep it on your list of possible races.

Legs felt heavy and without any pop at all during my run this morning. 1 sec/mi faster than the same course yesterday (same effort) but "low" was the only gear I had. No HRM issues today, which was a nice change of pace.

Jury duty on Monday! On the plus side, though, I'm discovering that Raspberry Pi projects are a ton of fun.

pj DO IT!!!

ace didn't you run Knoxville Marathon last year? Any post-race review I can re-read? Seems like it is this weekend so I'm looking over the course. 33F as a low seems cold, but that might match Mt. Charleston weather.

rlk Do you have a season pass to ski there and "South Lake"? My Mother in Law might travel to Colorado so if you have a pass I'd be curious to know how well it works with traveling. Hope you're having a blast. That post-ski run just SOUNDED horrible.

keen My HRM was CRAZY drunk on Tuesday. I'd LOVE to run 6:50/mi pace with a sub 150 heart rate for a full marathon, or even a half marathon. You ever tried any "heart rate" gel or vasoline to see if that helps?

Stealing from the sub 3 thread:

Marathon pacing: I've always gone for race pace from the start. For Mt. Charleston (I was just talking about this) I'm thinking I'll keep it slower than a 6:50 until 21 (flattens out) and maybe even slower than 6:55 since the goal is 7ish (whatever gets me in the 4/20/20 marathon) pace. I've always thought this is how people run marathons. Pick a goal, run race pace from the start, and adjust along the way (half, last 10K, final mile) so the concept of planning a pace for sections of a marathon seems foreign to me and I'd be curious to know how people plan it out. One RB (zero experience with marathons) said he would pretty much expect me to bank time at the start with the downhill. I told him I'd rather have something left in the tank for the final 5-6 miles instead of being 3+ minutes ahead then finishing over goal time. I think he said something like 6:50 pace but this was in reference to my 6 mile downhill run, and some other runs he did where he pretty much ran 5K effort and pace then said after it was faster than he planned. Dude "runs by feel" and seems to feel like running by what his instant pace tells him but also says his aerobic heart rate is 170...which was his 5K heart rate.

Yes I'm checking weather for Mt. Charleston already. Course runs downhill mostly W->E then heads south. The start might be the most worried I am because if it's 30F there and they kick me off the bus 30 minutes before race start I'll need to plan throw away clothes.

brew- if she's gonna ski more than 3 days, worth looking into  some sort of multi-day ticket. definitely cheapest to book before arriving. the one i have is geared towards at least several days per season and yes has flexibility across Vail-owned resorts (heavenly kwood northstar in Tahoe, several in CO, Utah, British Columbia, etc etc) but it's not the time of year to make that investment ...

i tried a pre ski run today and it was just as bad! blah blah altitude uphill blah blah. tshirt weather though.

pj- too far! yikes. fun meet going on at same time (intended for people who don't get into stanford) - sf state invitational, it's in east bay this year. i did it last year and got my mile PR!

south bay? or further south

Brew - I haven't tried any of those gels, but I always wet the strap down before putting it on. I switched to a different sensor (how'd I get so many of these??) and haven't had any static issues with it.

So, I got out in the field today (finally!) and i'm not going to head anywhere as a result.  Although, traffic looks suspiciously light, so I think I could probably just make it for the women's 10,000 which is the main reason I'd go.  And then I was picking out running routes in Monterey for Saturday, to answer the how far south question.

But now I think i'm going to Sac tomorrow instead.  And then on to somewhere else Sunday night.  Maybe push east.  Got to find a place to do a long run.  Maybe the WS course?

Would up in Reno.  Waves.

Ran up to the golf course where I did TAC nationals several decades ago.  Didn’t look that much different.  Probably go donate a dollar to old the Bally’s where we stayed.  The nostalgia tour rolls on...