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2023 Goals
Marathon Sub 2:37 (CIM) 2:41:18
10k Sub 35:00 (Victory 10k 34:19)
5k Sub 16:00 (Hot Dash 5k in March (16:48), Brian Kraft in May (16:20), Twilight 5000 in July and August (16:20/16:25 Both heat index 102-103F)
Sub 1:16 Half Marathon City of Lakes Half Marathon 1:15:47)
Sub 56:30 in 10 mile (Twin Cities 10 mile, Canceled due to weather, 56:35 as a workout)
2024 Goals
Sub 2:37 Marathon
Sub 1:15 Half
Sub 34 10k
Sub 16 5k
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DPS - I'm sorry, but your map looks like fake news. I'm much more inclined to believe the one posted by Darkwave
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
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Oklahoma is part of New Zealand since Steven Adam's started playing for them
Jmac the squabbling over there will put people off posting. They need to grow up.
Steve I'm going to say 41 mins flat good luck.
55+ PBs 5k 18:36 June 3rd TT
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If your state regularly features tornadoes, it's in the Midwest. Ergo Oklahoma is in the Midwest.
This time I agree with dps. Mississippi, Alabama and even my part of western Georgia regularly have tornadoes (one touched down about 25 miles from us two weeks ago), and neither we nor Midwesterners want to consider us Midwestern.
However, by the college football standard (Kiwis won't understand this), Oklahoma might be considered Midwestern. It goes like this:
-If your state's main university is in a conference that usually doesn't get a team in the college football playoff, you're probably in the West or the Northeast.
-If your state's main university is in a conference that gets a team into the playoff, where it loses, you're probably in the Midwest.
-If your state's main university is in a conference that gets a team into the playoff, where it wins, you're probably in the Southeast. Right, Corey?
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
The coming week will be lighter. My legs are a bit tired today, and I have a 10km race planned for Sunday. This is not a goal race and only the second 10km I will have raced (previous was over 10 years ago when I had a heavy cold so downgraded from the half-marathon - I finished in 44:44 and in pain. I also took a wrong turn towards the end which cost about 20 seconds - absolutely no reason to take the turn I did, except a very foggy brain). The race is in Hagley Park and is 80% on grass which is another unknown. It is VERY dry here at the moment (as dry as it was when the huge fires of 2017 occurred) so the ground will be hard but still different to the asphalt I usually run on. I have my target as 42 mins which I set several months ago. Based on recent training, I think 41 is possible, depending on the impact of the softer surface. If you looked at my above week, knowing I've built up to that over a few months, what would you predict for a 10km time? (I may regret asking...but at least it won't be as brutal as another thread around here).
The coming week will be lighter. My legs are a bit tired today, and I have a 10km race planned for Sunday. This is not a goal race and only the second 10km I will have raced (previous was over 10 years ago when I had a heavy cold so downgraded from the half-marathon - I finished in 44:44 and in pain. I also took a wrong turn towards the end which cost about 20 seconds - absolutely no reason to take the turn I did, except a very foggy brain). The race is in Hagley Park and is 80% on grass which is another unknown. It is VERY dry here at the moment (as dry as it was when the huge fires of 2017 occurred) so the ground will be hard but still different to the asphalt I usually run on. I have my target as 42 mins which I set several months ago. Based on recent training, I think 41 is possible, depending on the impact of the softer surface.
If you looked at my above week, knowing I've built up to that over a few months, what would you predict for a 10km time? (I may regret asking...but at least it won't be as brutal as another thread around here).
I think you're in a little better shape than I am, so in ideal conditions, under 41, maybe even under 40 if you had raced some recently. Between the surface, a less-than-complete taper, and the possibility of warmer temperatures than you like (if I'm reading Accuweather correctly), maybe 41-42.
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This time I agree with dps. Mississippi, Alabama and even my part of western Georgia regularly have tornadoes (one touched down about 25 miles from us two weeks ago), and neither we nor Midwesterners want to consider us Midwestern. However, by the college football standard (Kiwis won't understand this), Oklahoma might be considered Midwestern. It goes like this: -If your state's main university is in a conference that usually doesn't get a team in the college football playoff, you're probably in the West or the Northeast. -If your state's main university is in a conference that gets a team into the playoff, where it loses, you're probably in the Midwest. -If your state's main university is in a conference that gets a team into the playoff, where it wins, you're probably in the Southeast. Right, Corey?
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Yep, that's about where my head is at too. I won't taper but I also won't do 2 speed sessions this week and I will have had Friday and Saturday off (maybe a short easy run with strides on Saturday).
The forecast is for 29C (84F) which is definitely warmer than I like to race in but it is an 8am start and it has been slow to warm up in recent mornings.
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 1:27:34
Selwyn Marathon June 2, 2024
Dunedin Half Marathon September 15, 2024
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SteveChCh - I don't know enough to predict a time. I would expect a course that is 80% grass to be slower than one that is on the roads, even if it's dry.
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I know very little about college football, but if JamesD's logic makes Oklahoma mid-west, then I agree with it
I'll confess - I consider Kansas (where my extended family is from) to be the epitome of the mid-west. Oklahoma has a long border with Kansas, and thus is also mid-west. Of course you could use this same argument to claim that Colorado is also mid-west; I'd fall back on time zones there.
Another way to approach it: if you are in the central time zone and don't border the Gulf of Mexico, you are mid-west.
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My week:
66 miles, 18 "miles" of pool-running, and 1000 yards of swimmingM: 9 "miles" pool-running. T: 8 miles very easy (9:10), upperbody weights/core, 2 miles very easy (8:51), drills.W: 5.5 miles very easy (9:32), yoga, 6.5 miles very easy (8:47), drills+2 uphill strides.Th: 5 "miles" pool-running; core; later 4 "miles" pool-running.F: 12 miles, including 3200, 1600 in 12:44 (6:25/6:19) and 6:06. ~5 minute recovery between the two. Followed with leg injury prevention work and 700 yards recovery swimming.Sa: 10 miles very easy (8:51), drills+four strides, and upper body weights/core.Su: 22 miles, split as first 7 averaging 8:44, next 7.5 averaging 7:30, last 7 averaging 6:47 (plus half-mile jog). Followed with leg injury prevention work and 300 yards recovery swimming.
Recovery from Sunday's half blended into full marathon training. Had a bit of a scare when I thought I was coming down with a bug on Thursday, but cutting way back plus extra fluids and a ton of sleep kicked it, Whew!
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Steve- I would throw a mile into tues and thursday at your goal race pace a the last mile of each of the runs just to feel the pace so you have it locked in come race day.
Steve- I would through a mile into tues and thursday at your goal race pace a the last mile of each of the runs just to feel the pace so you have it locked in come race day.
Yep, actually what I might do is run at the park where the race is and do 1-2km at the end on the grass a couple of times this week.
Apologies for my uselessness at keeping up with goings on here. One minute I'm having banter with DPS about ice hockey, the next we're talking about Steve's grass race (really? in Hagley they're running that much of it on grass?!).
On the topic of of ice hockey, I'm actually trying to avoid talking about it here in Canada because my team is the Detroit Red Wings and this year calling them a dumpster fire is totally unfair to the dumpster fire.
Anyway my week was assisted by time zones, I'm just gonna run it on day of the week even though I gained a day on Tuesday.
M: 17.1km with steady effort (AM), 6.3km easy (PM)
T: 22km with hills
W: 5.5km easy
T: 10.7km with strides
F: 11km easy
S: 10.2km with a couple of hill efforts
S: 10km easy
Total: 92.9km (plus some snowboarding)
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
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Mark- you get bonus points if you run up the hill before snowboarding down.
The grass will be quick for Steve. I know Christchurch has been very dry (so has Wellington).
PRs: 5km 18:43 (Dec 2015), 10km 39:59 (Sep 2020), half 1:26:16 (Sep 2016), full 3:09:28 (Jun 2015)
40+ PRs: 5km 19:31 (Oct 2020), 10km 39:59 (Sep 2020), half 1:29:39 (Jun 2018), full 3:13:55 (Sep 2022)
2023 PRs (hope to beat in 2024): 5km 20:34, 10km 41:37, half 1:32:32, full 3:21:05
2024 PRs: 5km 20:25