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I had a really solid week that was marred by injury so my crosstraining didn't really happen. While lifting on Monday I felt something wrong with my left arm (bicep area) but got the workout done. I swam on Tuesday with some hard 25s and that evening my left oblique up into the armpit area got really sore and bruised. Thankfully skipping swimming and the arm portion of my lifts seems to have everything back in order but I'm going to be a bit more cautious in my crosstraining here.
7' 40"
40.7 mi / ~6 hours running
90' swimming
70' lifting
I need to start working in some cycling by January but there's no rush yet. I'd also like to get my running miles back up closer to 50 than 0 but we'll see what happens. I like this schedule of lifting the day after a quality run and only doing 2 quality runs per week.
1600 - 5:23 (2018), 5k - 19:33 (2018), 10k - 41:20 (2021), half - 1:38:57 (2018), Marathon - 3:37:17 (2018)
Cobra Commander Keen
Piwi - Covid has been, quite literally, the mildest illness I or anyone in my immediate family has ever caught. Zooming out to extended family a cough about what you'd expect from a common cold is as bad as any of them have had it.
Watson - I suppose it's possible I caught it after the negative test, but unfortunately there's no way to know for sure. Not vaccinated.
Mark, Steve, Watson, Zebano - Good weeks.
Watson - Monster workout! Thanks for the explainer on rogaining. Rogain here in the use is a drug to regrow hair...
No runs worth posting from me! My hr for effort/pace is right back where it should be across the 4-6 mile runs I've been doing. Looking forward to building things back up, though I'm not in a huge rush to do so.
5k: 17:58 11/22 │ 10k: 37:55 9/21 │ HM: 1:23:22 4/22 │ M: 2:56:05 12/22
Upcoming Races:
OKC Memorial 5k - April 27
Keen wow that's great news on the covid.
55+ PBs 5k 18:36 June 3rd TT
" If you don't use it you lose it, but if you use it, it wears out.
Somewhere in between is about right "
I had the swine flu back in 2009 or whenever that was a thing.
Mild temperature and a bit of a headache were about all that amounted to. I've had colds that were worse!
3,000m: 9:07.7 (Nov-21) | 5,000m: 15:39 (Dec-19) | 10,000m: 32:34 (Mar-20)
10km: 33:15 (Sep-19) | HM: 1:09:41 (May-21)* | FM: 2:41:41 (Oct-20)
* Net downhill course
Last race: Waterfront HM, 7 Apr, 1:15:48
Up next: Runway5, 4 May
"CONSISTENCY IS KING"
Intl. correspondent
Mark/Zeb - Yeah, I’ve tried Kombucha. It’s on the sour side which is my least favorite quadrant. What put me off though was that it’s sparkling.
I mostly need to tone down the sugar consumption.
Mark - your consistency was mostly on display this last week as you were sort of a last man standing on this board (You and Steve actually), but the fact that you were complaining about the weather is always a great sign.
Keen - I’m glad to see you slowly making your way back to mileage king. How’s that local rivalry for mileage king going on by the way?
PRs: 1500 4:54.1 2019 - 5K 17:53 2023 - 10K 37:55 2023 - HM 1:21:59 2021
Up next: some 800m race (or time trials) / Also place in the top 20% in a trail race
Tool to generate Strava weekly
Flavio - I actually passed the local guy maybe 6-8 weeks ago, and per Strava I'm nearly 100 miles up on him for the year!
Somewhat casually trying to pick out a marathon to run in the spring and I'm not sure any really tickle my fancy right now.
Problem Child
CommanderKeen Spring Marathon. What could POSSIBLY go wrong in KYLE CANYON???? This is 110% exposed to the sun with a stupid finisher area offering no shade, and requires a $40 bus ticket if you stay downtown. At least it is on a Saturday so maybe your illness will hit Sunday AFTER the marathon.
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
Thread predictions for 2022:
1. Steve will finally get to run his marathon. The taper madness will hopefully not reach JMac levels.
2. Piwi will mount a comeback and run a decent race.
3. Darkwave will get on top of recent issues and get back to kicking some ass in races (I'm not a medical professional so this is more a hope than a prediction but I'm sure everyone else agrees).
4. Flavio will run at least one race in some sort of costume. He will not be the only thread member to do so.
5. Mark will continue his recent challenge for Steve's title of "Chief Weather Complainer".
6. At least one NZ-based runner will run an event on a short course.
7. When we all get bored of arguing about (6) there will probably be a debate about easy pace.
8. At least one new regular will emerge (and hopefully not leave because of 7).
9. At least one race will get cancelled due to Covid (sorry, it's gonna happen...).
10. Have you considered strength training?
Mark I like the list 👍
Keen the guy near me is still logging consistent 100 mpw. He's been doing that for about 6 months now.
Hot Weather Complainer
Nice list Mark. I hope you're right about the marathon, I suspect there's a red light coming but hopefully it times itself better than last year.
Weather complaining competition: This time last week it was a wintry downpour, but it's back to summer now. It was 25C with a high sun at 7:45am when I started my run this morning. Obviously we don't get the humidity of Auckland but it was a bit of a slog especially with it also being a return to some speed. Ideally we can get cooler days for my workouts and leave the hot days for my easy runs, surely not too much to ask. It was a reminder that I'm in for some tough days by choosing to train for a marathon in early Autumn.
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
Mark - Excellent list of predictions. One notable thing missing there though:
- in which thread will Watson post next year? Will it be the 2019, the 2020, the 2021 or the 2022 thread?
Steve - That weather complaining has my seal of approval
JamesD
Merry Christmas to all!
Post-1987 PRs: Half 1:30:14 (2019); 10K 39:35 (2019); 5K 19:12 (2017); Mile 5:37.3 (2020)
'24 Goals: consistency, age-graded PRs, half < 1:32
Mark - Excellent list of predictions. One notable thing missing there though: - in which thread will Watson post next year? Will it be the 2019, the 2020, the 2021 or the 2022 thread?
Or all of them!
Merry Christmas everyone. I had to get out for a short run very early before xmas festivities kicked off at our house.
RIP Milkman
Merry Christmas you people in the future. As much as I can be a scrooge, I appreciate everyone here 🎅
5K: 16:37 (11/20) | 10K: 34:49 (10/19) | HM: 1:14:57 (5/22) | FM: 2:36:31 (12/19)
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Hope you enjoy the holiday.
PR's
1m 5:38 (2018)
5k 19:59 (2019)
HM 1:33:56 (2018)
FM 3:23:07 (2018)