delicate flower
Of course for some you folks, "recovery" means a 12 mile run. I need to get off my butt and go run but I am achy and procrastinating, so here I am posting on the internet instead. Wife is out for a long bike ride with a few others and we'll all meet up for EAT after. It is another windy day, of course.
Good morning!
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Warm&fuzzy
I ran another 4 this morning, which gets me to 30 for the week. I am not complaining.
Have a great day!
Runner with a riding problem.
No more marathons
Some random thoughts on the day after a HM.
1. I. Hurt.
2. Well, not so much hurt - ache.
3. And only for about the first ten or so steps after initial movement.
4. Unless it's up or down steps - then it hurts/aches
5. Finishing strong is so much more fun than struggling to finish.
6. I wonder what I could run a HM in if I actually trained for a HM?
7. No - don't go there. See #5 above.
Boston 2014 - a 33 year journey
Lordy, I hope there are tapes.
He's a leaker!
Some random thoughts on the day after a HM. 1. I. Hurt. 2. Well, not so much hurt - ache. 3. And only for about the first ten or so steps after initial movement. 4. Unless it's up or down steps - then it hurts/aches 5. Finishing strong is so much more fun than struggling to finish. 6. I wonder what I could run a HM in if I actually trained for a HM? 7. No - don't go there. See #5 above.
Well, with the training you've put in this spring and the timing of your goal events this summer, you could very well put a fall half marathon on the calendar and parlay your fitness into an absolute PhatOldMan PR.
12.8 in the rain, 59.9 miles for the week. This was week 1 of taper. 2 weeks to go.
+a billion.
I suppose I feel a little sore, but within the margin of error of the level of soreness I feel every day of my life. Still thinking 8-10. Probably no point in doing anything longer at what will likely end up at a recovery pace.
A good day for me yesterday. Based on the negative split and long course, I think I had sub a sub-1:34 in me. Maybe someday I'll actually train properly for a half as a goal race. Would be nice to turn around and do another, but I don't see one in the cards till September. Anyway, I'll happily take what I got. If I am just viewing this as a fitness test, I give myself an A. So just need to hold on to it for 4 weeks.
Dave
+a billion. I suppose I feel a little sore, but within the margin of error of the level of soreness I feel every day of my life. Still thinking 8-10. Probably no point in doing anything longer at what will likely end up at a recovery pace. A good day for me yesterday. Based on the negative split and long course, I think I had sub a sub-1:34 in me. Maybe someday I'll actually train properly for a half as a goal race. Would be nice to turn around and do another, but I don't see one in the cards till September. Anyway, I'll happily take what I got. If I am just viewing this as a fitness test, I give myself an A. So just need to hold on to it for 4 weeks.
Or build upon it.
I ran, and decided to make my 14 miler interesting and took to the track. The cushy track is also easier on my tired body. I did 400, 800, 1200, 1600, repeated four times, with 400 recoveries. I ran them all at what felt like a "medium effort." Garmin says I ran a HM in 1:32:47, which would be my fastest in my last five attempts. Too bad training runs don't count. Anyway, 14 miles at 7:08 avg. Good run.
For the week:
Swim - 6.0 miles
Bike - 101.7 miles
Run - 31.4 miles
13 hours of training.
Heading into a very tough week - a 6x1000, a 15 MLR, a 20 LR, 70 total. To be followed by what is considered the start of taper. But for Pfitz, that includes a 12 MLR, a race, a 17 LR, 58 total.
That's pretty much par for the course for you, but I understand what you mean.
Nice run indeed!
Rumor has it that Damaris has completed her one thousandth, six hundred and fifty seventh half marathon.
So for a three week taper, the first week is about the same as a normal week but with 10 miles less. Makes sense. It is also what I did this week
From the Internet.
16 today; cruised through some rolling hills at a decent clip, hit a long hill climb toward the end and then a big headwind once I got to the top of that climb - happy enough to jog it in the last couple miles from there and call it a day. Accidentally deleted the activity in the importer thingy, so I had to download the file from Garmin Connect and lost all the lap data, boo :C
Shower, compression socks, and food are next on the agenda (already poured a bowl of cereal with strawberries into my face but I need something else!).
SO weird to think that the next time I see 15-16 will be during the marathon, and then I probably won't run that far for at least a month or so after that!