2022 Advanced Racing Thread (Read 497 times)

mmerkle


    Through 30k in 2:14:20, on 3:08:57 pace.

    mmerkle


      3:09:19, well done Fishy. Looking forward to the report.

      Fishyone


        Got it done today.  Very happy and COLD!! Race was great .  the .7 mile walk back to the hotel was brutal LOL

         

        MMkerk- Thanks for tracking!!  I absolutely thought about my internet friends a few times today and dug a little deeper. When i saw 3:09Tight lippedx as I was nearing the finish I absolutely sprinted the last 400M

         

        JMac- I hope to get your permission to complain just a little about the wind....I would absolutely prefer it over warm temps but it made for an interesting run.

         

        Report to follow---thanks all!!

        5K 18:36 (2023), 10K 39:40 (2022), 1/2 1:24:37 (2023), full 2:58:36 (2015) 

          Great work Fishy!

          Dave

          JMac11


          RIP Milkman

            Nice work! Yes it's definitely windy today, you get some minor complaining allowed. I just got my first text that you're through 30K: you would think these big marathons would have tracking figured out by now! Looking forward to the report.

             

            JT - you're in for 2024 NYC. No more Martian marathons 

             

            Mikkey - love the ears

            5K: 16:37 (11/20)  |  10K: 34:49 (10/19)  |  HM: 1:14:57 (5/22)  |  FM: 2:36:31 (12/19) 

             

             

              Great job Fishy! Nice even splits. I was tracking Lawrence from the old RWOL 3:10 group and the two of you had almost identical splits throughout. I'll be interested to hear about the wind!

               

              JMac: Sure, I'm in for NYC. Not my preferred kind of course but I'll do it for the social aspect .

              2:52:16 (2018)

              ch17


              It's Tuesday every day

                WTG Fishy! Very relieved, too: somehow my phone didn't get updated after the HM so ever since about 10:30 EST I've been "Uh oh... uh oh..."

                 

                Have a great post-marathon Sunday afternoon!!!

                ch17


                It's Tuesday every day

                  @Darkwave: thanks for the shout out yesterday! It was quiet out there :-D (more below).

                   

                  Quick last-week (13-19 Nov 2022) summary here: 43.4 mi at ave 9:37 min/mi page, 5k race on 11/19 in 25:28 which oddly enough was good enough to win the masters' women division because very few regular runners showed up.

                   

                  I'd started off conservatively (not having raced since early July), got to a good place to start speeding up after mile 1, passed one person, and then realized that everybody in front of me was so far away I couldn't see them! So I ran the last say 1.75 mi seriously alone.

                   

                  Saw Darkwave with maybe 3/4 mi to go, which helped.

                   

                  I ran the race because it was #4 of a five-race series in which I've been participating. If my luck holds up I could possibly win the W50-59 div: the last race is next month. There's no way I could have won without running yesterday.

                   

                  Onward!

                  SteveChCh


                  Hot Weather Complainer

                    Christine - Nice to see your continued progress, and always great to get a W - who cares if it's a small race.

                     

                    Fishy - Brilliant effort in rough conditions!

                     

                    me - Not a huge week with the Queenstown half, which I intended to run at moderately easy pace and enjoy it...it didn't quite pan out that way, with the first half going well and keeping a consistent effort, but after the last steep hill (which had been removed from this course but seems to be a fixture again as it means closing a State Highway to avoid it) I started feeling like I was working way too hard.  I knew the course isn't the easiest but I was still surprised how dead my legs were by 12km.  By 14km I thought I better slow it down if I was to stay at moderately easy effort - if I'd stuck to going sub 1:35 I may have got it but more likely I would have completely blown up.  A few much slower kms and I felt a little better but was still quite lightheaded at the finish.  My feet were blistered and sore too, because 90% of the course is on a trail and I very rarely train on them.  At 16km I knew I was 1km away from a 1km stretch of road and I counted down every step...I'm not sure Queenstown is the race for me, unless I do it as a training run, it just beats me up too much.  My legs are very sore today, after going at what should be a comfortable pace.  This week was going to be close to a standard week but it will have to be a light week with only easy running, which is fine as I have plenty of time before I need to think about Christchurch.  It was a huge weekend in Queenstown though, 91% of runners come from outside the region and with 12,000 runners in a pretty small tourist town, it made for plenty of chaos.  The traffic was backed up from the airport all the way to town yesterday.

                     

                    Weekly for period: From: 14/11/2022 To 20/11/2022

                    Date Name mi km Duration Avg/mi Avg/km Elevation Gain
                    in m
                    14/11 Warm up 0.34 0.54 00:03:21 09:51 06:12 0
                    14/11 Easy pace 6.29 10.12 00:52:25 08:20 05:11 17
                    14/11 Strides 0.74 1.19 00:05:48 07:50 04:52 0
                    16/11 Warm up 0.33 0.54 00:03:26 10:24 06:21 0
                    16/11 8 x 500m @ 4:15/km with 1 minute recoveries 5.01 8.06 00:39:17 07:50 04:52 9
                    17/11 Recovery 4.08 6.56 00:39:16 09:37 05:59 7
                    18/11 Warm up 0.33 0.53 00:03:26 10:24 06:29 0
                    18/11 Easy with some strides 3.14 5.05 00:25:34 08:09 05:04 6
                    19/11 Warm up 0.35 0.56 00:03:19 09:29 05:55 0
                    19/11 Warm up with strides 0.31 0.50 00:03:01 09:44 06:02 7
                    19/11 Queenstown half marathon 13.13 21.12 01:37:09 07:24 04:36 106
                    20/11 Queenstown Recovery 3.76 6.06 00:34:05 09:04 05:37 14

                    Total distance: 60.81km (37.80mi)

                    5km: 18:34 11/23 │ 10km: 39:10 8/23 │ HM: 1:26:48 9/23 │ M: 3:34:49 6/23

                     

                    2024 Races:

                    Motorway Half Marathon February 25, 2024 1:29:55

                    Christchurch Half-Marathon April 21, 2024

                    Selwyn Marathon June 2, 2024

                    Dunedin Half Marathon September 15, 2024

                    Mikkey


                    Mmmm Bop

                      Fishyone - That’s a fantastic result and almost an even split!  Very well done. 👍

                       

                      JT - Thanks!  Charlie and Emma look beautiful, I remember you posting a pic of them before either on here or Strava. ❤️

                      5k - 17:53 (4/19)   10k - 37:53 (11/18)   Half - 1:23:18 (4/19)   Full - 2:50:43 (4/19)

                      Running Problem


                      Problem Child

                        Congratulations FISHY

                        Many of us aren't sure what the hell point you are trying to make and no matter how we guess, it always seems to be something else. Which usually means a person is doing it on purpose.

                        VDOT 53.37 

                        5k18:xx | Marathon 2:55:22

                        darkwave


                        Mother of Cats

                          Mikkey - you should include a Tyson photo with each weekly report. (JT Reeves - feel free to do similar).
                          Flavio- you know you don't HAVE to run a marathon, right?
                          Fishyone - very nice job in hard conditions
                          CH17 - good job to you as well, and I'm glad the timing worked out for me to cheer. I was a bit surprised you were finishing just as I was starting my warm-up - I thought that race started at 9am, for some reason.
                          SteveChCh - good job on what was an unexpectedly hard effort!

                          Everyone's gotta running blog; I'm the only one with a POOL-RUNNING blog.

                           

                          And...if you want a running Instagram where all the pictures are of cats, I've got you covered.

                          darkwave


                          Mother of Cats

                            Me:

                            49 miles running, 5 hours pool-running, and 500 meters swimming.

                            M: 90 minutes pool-running
                            T: 11 miles, including 6x800 in 3:31, 3:30, 3:25, 3:21, 3:20, 3:18; recoveries of 2:3x-2:5x after. Followed with leg strengthwork.
                            W: streaming yoga and 10 miles very easy (9:49) plus drills and two strides.
                            Th: 90 minutes pool-running and upper body weights/core
                            F: streaming yoga and 10 miles easy (9:41) plus drills and two strides.
                            Sa: 17.5 miles, with 4, 3, 2 miles at marathon effort and 1 mile a bit faster, with 1 mile easy between each. Paces were 7:34 for the 4 miles, 7:31 for the 3 miles, 7:36 for the 2 miles, and then the last mile in 6:59. Followed with leg strengthwork and 500 meters recovery swimming.
                            Su: 2 hours pool-running.

                             

                            If you're wondering why I did a marathon workout on Saturday, it's because I'm entered in the Houston Marathon (8 weeks out).  I'm taking a similar attitude to Chicago - training for a marathon for the heck of it and then I'll decide whether to run the race when I get closer.

                             

                            I entered Houston before I got Covid, which means that I ended up starting this shortened training cycle even later than I'd planned.  OTOH, Saturday's workout was really surprising - it feels like my fitness is picking up pretty close to where it was before Chicago.  So we'll see how this goes.

                            Everyone's gotta running blog; I'm the only one with a POOL-RUNNING blog.

                             

                            And...if you want a running Instagram where all the pictures are of cats, I've got you covered.

                            mmerkle


                              My Week (kinda boring)

                               

                                                                                                          Time:             Miles:     Kilos:        Pace/mi:       Pace/kilo:

                               

                              11/14: Easy 9                                                      1:10:38              9           14.5            7:51               4:53

                               

                              11/15: Easy 8                                                      1:05:13              8           12.8            8:10               5:05

                              Upper body + core

                               

                              11/16: 2 miles for w/u and c/d,

                              4 X 1 mile on the track with 4 min

                              walk/jog rests

                              5:55, 5:57, 5:48, 5:35                                           55:34                8           12.8            6:57               4:19

                              some leg strength work later

                               

                              11/17: Easy 6                                                       47:51                 6            9.6            7:59                4:59

                               

                              11/18: Off

                               

                              11/19: Easy short-long run                                  1:35:07              12          19.3           7:56                4:56

                               

                              11/20: Easy 8                                                       1:02:22              8           12.8           7:48                 4:51

                               

                              Total: 51 miles, 82.1 Kilometers, 6:36:45

                               

                              Still dealing with mild discomfort in my right hip flexor. Kind of annoying, but I'm not overly worried about it at the moment. I did mostly hold back on the mile reps but I wish they were a bit faster.                                                

                              Mikkey


                              Mmmm Bop

                                Mikkey - you should include a Tyson photo with each weekly report. (JT Reeves - feel free to do similar).

                                 

                                I don’t have a problem if you want to post pics of your cats each week!  My brother is a huge cat lover and always telling me how superior they are to dogs Smile

                                5k - 17:53 (4/19)   10k - 37:53 (11/18)   Half - 1:23:18 (4/19)   Full - 2:50:43 (4/19)