3:20 Marathoners ... New and Improved for (the rest of) 2017 (Read 372 times)

Airborne and smiling at mile 17...

There was a small cluster of guys running  a few yards behind the lead woman. Someone yelled out to them "Don't get chicked!". We laughed.

Favorite sign: "[Runner's name] Please Finish"

I paid for all that running on the drive home, but now feel fine. This is progress.

Congratulations, rlk!

my week:

• M: 10 with 5 1/2mi hill repeats on TM (omr's) @8mph
• T: 11 with intervals: 3 x (1200,400) 
• W: urd
• Th: 18 easy
• F: 10 easy
• S: 10 easy
• S: 10 easy

total = 69

Great pic of Jim's Kat.

Elysian Snailbones IPA

There is always - always - someone who is better/faster/more.  I realized today that I ran about 420 miles of races in Oct/Nov.  Hard to top, you'd think, especially in a group where 40 miles of races in 2 months is probably a lot.  Out of curiosity, I calculated Van Phan's total (she admits to being UCD - ultra compulsive disorder).  At least 423 in Oct/Nov races that I know about, and she won two and got second in another.  423 with 3 podiums > 420 with 1 podium.

It's time for the weekly Seahawks game, in which I cheer on whoever they are playing against.  Go Eagles.  Getting harder to watch though with the CTE stuff.

rlk:  congrats!  i don't know how it is that one smiles like that in a marathon, but you seem to manage it well.

hey to everyone.  every time i think i'm going to get back to posting regularly, life gets in the way.  but i still try to keep up on the reading.  i didn't get picked for western states, so i'm debating what to do after the black canyon 100k.  i'm using this cycle for base building...lots of slow, easy running with treadhills.  last week for me...

S:  9.7

M:  12
T:  Rest
W:  14

T:  12

F:  8

S:  19

Total:  74.7, @ 8:52OA with 3900' of climbing.

rlk - huge congrats!!! It must feel great to get Goal - 1 sec. And even more when you passed out for it. Oh, great photo too!

PJ - great racing to you too!

DkW - re afternoon races, it may be either a daylight or a temperature thing. Not all races are like that in the winter, but there's definitely a larger amount than during the rest of the year.

Also, no ATM cards?! How do you get cash?!

Aibnb - I definitely support it. I've had nothing but great experiences so far, and have used it quite extensively over the last 5 years. Of course, combing the reviews is critical. I never get anything with less than 4.5 stars and a decent number of reviews. Also, I find that travelling with a baby/toddler, it's much more comfortable being in an apartment (with at least one bedroom) than at a hotel room.

Jim - bummer about not running CIM, but glad to hear the ITB is feeling better. And good luck with training the next 13 weeks!

rovatti, OMR - fantastic weeks! You're killing it.

Hi everyone else! My week:

Had a good week, happy with almost 40 miles considering I had 2 rest days and no LR due to the 5k race on Sunday.

The 5k went very well, but I suspect the course was short unfortunately. This is very strange, since this is the 28th edition of the race and it's known to be very competitive, with some elite runners participating. Valentin Pfeil, the best austrian marathoner who ran the 2016 olympics marathon won it a couple of times, and not by much. Also, Andreas Vojta ran it once or twice. The course is on strava and it measures 5 km there (https://www.strava.com/routes/341548). However, I suspect it was not measured as the "shortest possible route", so when running the tangents runners can save some distance. Most of the runners that I saw on strava measured 4.8x or 4.9x km. So it's either that, or there is a systematic gps error there.

Anyway, I was hoping to get under 18:30 and hopefully closer to 18 on a great day. In the end, my official time was 17:31, over 4.83 km according to garmin. That was good enough for 27th OA and 5th AG (M30). Winner ran a 14:30. I was very happy with my performance and kept passing people throughout the race, feeling great and finishing quite strong (splits were 8:43 and 8:48, on a 2-loop course). However, the feeling is a little bittersweet in the end, I guess ace is familiar with it. I'm not 100% sure the course is short, but honestly I highly doubt I can run a 17:31 5k.

Alright, this week will be the first of my 18-week programme for Paris (adapted Pfitz 18/55 to peak at 60 mpw instead). Back to training!

Have a great week everyone!

Jim Sweet photo. I saw Tim Tollefson was at CIM and posted a video of the lead female. Looked like a lot of guys around her. I wonder how many were using her for pacing duties and how many were just trying to keep up. Hope the IT band starts getting better. I hated when mine hurt.

PJ 19...seriously? DAMN that is fast. I hope to be there one day. Anything cool for 2nd AG?

Ace CIM is a "fast" course. It is pretty much sealevel and USUALLY has perfect weather for PRs. The 100% flat last 5 miles might help with it too.  Oh and I was thinking about you when I found a Bells Two Hearted clone recipe along with the Expedition Stout clone. Apparently the logo for two hearted changed a while ago.

Pesto Nice "5k" time.

omr I always forget your the other crazy person like Max who wants to do WS all the time.

Nothing on the baby front. I have a feeling it's going to come down to inducing her tomorrow (pitosin drip apparently) so hopefully my wife isn't TOO nervous about it.

rlk after seeing the photo I'm going to add in "Smiles for miles" as a cliche saying. It's supposed to help you get through the tough times remembering the miles that were fun. I'm sure you'll end up using one of the many I gave you and laugh when you have to explain where you heard it.