Competitive Jerks Racing and Training - 2023 (Read 573 times)

Yeah, it'd have to be a 10k as there are no 5Ks in Portugal. I've gone as far as to call the Portuguese Athletics Federation to try to figure it out and apparently the Portuguese runners don't care for 5ks and that's why I'm going to Barcelona for a 5k LOL.

There's also that soon it will be too warm to try to PR at any distance, there's no point trying to PR between mid March and late October around here, the weather is just too warm and the races start too late (earliest I've seen was a 9am start).

I have to watch the calendar in nearby Galicia in Spain though, there might be a 5k there.

My overall plan for the year is to somehow figure out how to get to 60 miles a week and beyond again (Without breaking down) so that I can unlock more fitness as I know I get better when I'm at that level as opposed to the current level of 40 to 45 miles per week.

I'm surprised March is too late, that's like Florida weather. I coukd see that for longer races, but in a 5K, you can PR at much warmer temperatures.

Anyway it's so hilarious that you only have 10ks as it is the opposite here in the US. You can run 3 different 5ks every weekend here if you want, but good 10ks are few and far between.

I have most of my year planned out and looking at next year. I plan 1-2 100 milers a year. With some fun stuff in between.  I have a few race I want to do in the next few years. Like a 48 hour race and a backyard ultra last man standing style. One of my 100s needs to be a Western state 100 Qualifier. On average it takes 3-5 years to get into that one with the loto. Sometimes you can get lucky and get in with 2 tickets like I did back in 2019. I have a friend it took him 7 years to get into the race. Every now and then I will throw in a half or full marathon for training for a 100.

Krash also, I just found out, if you show up to the drawing in Auburn you can win one or two entries to the race.  Apparently they hand out playing cards to everyone in the audience and draw one of those after the lottery.

DavePNW  man that comic is hilarious. Also sad.  A guy (SomethingClever)I only know from these forums actually just tore his Achilles’ tendon and is recovering.

Looking at the watch I do it all the time.  Training paces are important to me and I’ll either start too hard, or go too slow.  It’s something I developed after taking advice here on pacing, and making it through workouts. I guess I find it easier to just put a pace target into my head, and rely on the watch to tell me if I’m sandbagging. It’s also how I can hit such consistently consistent workouts when I’m in shape I guess.   On race day….yeah I’m checking it probably every 1/8 mile to make sure I’m not going too fast, while also thinking ‘HOLY SHIT THIS IS FAST!’

hey all, life is busy. I’d love to spend more time here, and the 2023 run groups, as well as the ultra running groups here. I can’t even keep up and work resolved itself, sort of, and my days are being filled with interviews, running, Jeep stuff, dad life, and SOME adulting. I turned Strava private for a bit (hissy fit/depression) and I’m consistently hitting paces while also still so very afraid of miles 16-23 at Boston. I have a dream goal there of getting the 35-39 male qualifying time for NYC. It depends on weather, and having NO experience there I’ve no idea how to approach it wisely. I’m still benefiting from all I’ve learned here over the years though. I’ll try to post more frequently. Looks like a solid group of runners here to start the year.

I have most of my year planned out and looking at next year. I plan 1-2 100 milers a year. With some fun stuff in between.  I have a few race I want to do in the next few years. Like a 48 hour race and a backyard ultra last man standing style. One of my 100s needs to be a Western state 100 Qualifier. On average it takes 3-5 years to get into that one with the loto. Sometimes you can get lucky and get in with 2 tickets like I did back in 2019. I have a friend it took him 7 years to get into the race. Every now and then I will throw in a half or full marathon for training for a 100.

In all seriousness, how many miles and hours take place during a backyard last man standing competition? If you are already doing 24+ hour races, do those last for 3.5 days??

flavio saw your post about Garmin courses.  If you haven’t ever done it before I’ll tell you this. When you build a course be mindful of remembering it. If you make a few loops Garmin might tell you to go a different direction. All the course knows is your landed on a dot. It doesn’t know ‘continue on this road for approximately 400 meters’. If you have an out and back it usually works fine. If you designed a figure 8 through a neighborhood you could change it to a circle, Garmin would inform you of a missed turn, and when you pass the next dot it will tell you to continue on your course.  Something I learned during ‘run every street’ long runs where I tried to make courses. With a new watch. It was winter and around 5:30am. Fun times.

Thanks, yeah the tech is still very green. My Garmin 945's screen has very low resolution so it's impossible to see where you should go by looking at the tiny map. It would be better if it showed a map of the course and a blue dot of where it thinks you are and the direction you're supposed to go. Garmin lacks a lot in terms of software development, their software is very hard to use, non intuitive.

It kept telling me to turn right, when in fact I should cross the street and take a diagonal street 🤪

They're very lucky the likes of Samsung don't care much about runners at the moment, but I'm sure Apple is eating up their marketshare on the i-Fanboys side. And once Apple starts making money, then Samsung will follow.

 

Thanks, yeah the tech is still very green. My Garmin 945's screen has very low resolution so it's impossible to see where you should go by looking at the tiny map. It would be better if it showed a map of the course and a blue dot of where it thinks you are and the direction you're supposed to go. Garmin lacks a lot in terms of software development, their software is very hard to use, non intuitive.

It kept telling me to turn right, when in fact I should cross the street and take a diagonal street 🤪

They're very lucky the likes of Samsung don't care much about runners at the moment, but I'm sure Apple is eating up their marketshare on the i-Fanboys side. And once Apple starts making money, then Samsung will follow.

I'm not sure about other versions, but the Fenix 7 and variants fairly recently got directional arrows on courses that makes it easy to know the correct direction. I'd be surprised if this hasn't or won't be implemented across all their watches with navigation (or at least the previous generation).

You might also check your course navigation settings. There are basically two options if you get off route - one is to just reroute from where you are to where you want to go, which works just fine for most of my stuff. There's also one in which it'll route you back to where you left the course if you leave it so you can follow the entire planned course, which should be great for a "run every street" application.

TOTALLY bombed a workout this morning. Just no speed or endurance at all for what I needed/wanted to do. Possibly a one-off, but I may also try adding in some extra carbs on the day before races to see if that's a fix. I usually do pretty well overall (general life and training) on the low carb side of things, but having that extra quick fuel during more intense running could be helpful.