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Taper Czar
Thanks everyone. I'm here in California and just gonna be relaxing until race time. Good thing coming from the east coast is sleep should be easy and the 430 wake up is actually more like 730 for me. Weather isn't the A+ people come to expect with this race, but should be okay. Low 50s, light rain, 10mph crosswind.
Keen - standard taper feeling. I FINALLY felt good in my 5 miler yesterday. That's always the run where it feels like I'm ready to get to work. With another day off, and then just 3 miles the day before, it's go time. You should follow the same schedule. If you feel good this weekend, you've over tapered.
5K: 16:37 (11/20) | 10K: 34:49 (10/19) | HM: 1:15:28 (3/20) | FM: 2:36:31 (12/19)
Next Race: Whatever COVID-19 will allow me to run
Good luck Jack sub 2.40 would be amazing.
50+ PBs -
5k 18.25 Tauranga Parkrun Sept 20 81.36 % age grade
10k 38.55 oct 19 strava run
" If you don't use it you lose it but if you use it, it wears out.
Somewhere in between is about right "
Good luck JMac you got this!
PR's
1m 5:38 (2018)
5k 19:59 (2019)
HM 1:33:56 (2018)
FM 3:23:07 (2018)
Anyone else here in the Western States lottery? Good luck! (drawing starts in 30 minutes)
JamesD
Good luck, JMac!
Another easy week building back a base. Glutes/hamstrings were a little better but still sore sometimes.
Sun - 20 minutes swimming
Mon - 9.3 miles easy
Tues - 6.2 easy
Weds - 9.3 supposed to be easy, wound up a little faster (8:15/mile not 8:20-25)
Thurs - off
Fri - 9.3 easy, also faster than expected
Sat - 6.4 slow including strides
Total - 40.5 miles
12-week average - 32 mpw
Post-1987 PRs: Half 1:30:14 (2019); 10K 39:35 (2019); 5K 19:12 (2017); Mile 5:37.3 (April '20)
2021 Goals: Stay healthy, 40+ mpw, Half<1:30; PR or 80% age-grade at some distance
My week in the bag. Maybe a little lighter next week before a mini-taper into the 5000m race the following week. The typical December humidity has definitely arrived, Tuesday and Sunday were particularly tough. Also, this Sunday morning was thankfully (probably) the last of my crazy 4am efforts. My wife's family are closing that business now and starting up something different next year. Hopefully this means I will be able to run at slightly more normal times.
M: 6.4km easy
T: 14km progression run
W: 16.1km easy
T: 16.8km with intervals
F: weights
S: 14km track session (10x800/300 jog recovery)
S: 26.1km long run
Total: 93.5km
5,000m: 15:39 (Dec-19) | 10,000m: 32:34 (Mar-20) | 10km: 33:15 (Sep-19)
HM: 1:10:46 (Nov-19) | FM: 2:41:41 (Oct-20)
Last race: Mt. Maunganui Half Marathon, 28 Nov, 1:20:08
Up next: Southern Lakes Half Marathon, 1 May, and hopefully a few others before then
"CONSISTENCY IS KING"
I got another solid week at 34 miles. That’s 3 weeks in a row at 34/35, so I’ll do a bit less next week then try to bump up to 40 the following week. I did strides one day this week; how often should I be doing them?
I had an annoying thing happen on my run today. At about 8.5 miles my thoracic spine seized up. I pulled up as if I’d been shot in the back , and it hurt about as much as I’d expect getting shot to hurt. Couldn’t run another step without shooting searing pain; hell, I could barely stand up straight! So I walked and stretched, made it home and rolled. It’s still there now, but not so bad. This happens to me about once a year and is a real nuisance.
800m: 2:20.3 (2015) | 1 Mile: 5:13 (2016) | 5K: 18:32 (2010) | 10km: 39:55 (2012) | HM: 1:28 (2013)
Making a comeback
Good luck JMac. Also Ben and Candice Schneider (husband and wife) are running who are here on runningahead and in my track club. And another from my club...McCoy Benzen are running CIM.
New 2020 Goal: Actually run a race, any race, just run a real legit race. **Eye Twitching**
USATFMN XC 6k Lake Elmo Championship 21:49
2021 Goals (Assuming we can race again)
Marathon Sub 2:40
10k Sub 35:00 in Marathon build
5k Sub 16:30 in Marathon build
Go JMac.
Kimba and James - good weeks.
Mark - nice week. It's great that you won't have to run at 4am on Sunday's anymore, you've done so well this year. I guess it's been a tough year for your wife's family with the swimming business.
My week was pretty good.
M 8.0km
T 0
W 6.5km
T 14.1km incl 6 * (800m circa 10k pace with 200m easy)
F 6.6km
S 21.2km
S 8km
Total 64.4km / 40 miles
I am racing a 5km on Tuesday. Waterfront 5k Summer Series. Forecast is pretty good, not too warm for this time of year. And thankfully the gale northerlies that have been going for the last two weeks have stopped.
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)
JMac is through halfway in 1;18, and picking up the pace!
King of pastries
Jack through 25k in 1:32:52, sub 6 per mile the whole way so far. Go Jmac!
PRs: 1500m 4:54 (2019) 3K 10:34 (2019) 5K 18:02 (2020) 9.86K 36:40 (2020) HM 1:23:30 (2020)
Up next: Some half marathon race early march 2021
Tool to generate Strava weekly
And through 30k, perfect pacing, on pace for 2h36
I can't log on to the tracker!!!
There's no need to log in. Just click "I'm not a participant" then enter his bib on the top right search field. PS: you can add more than one runner.
I can see Brewing is also running there and he's on pace for 2h58
Jmac through 35K in 2h09 on pace for 2h36. Brewing on pace for 2h59 now.
nimmalS on pace for 2h30
By the way forum member madison must be within shouting distance from Jmac as they have a very similar splits. Maybe Jack passed him along the way.