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August 2013 Racing Thread (Read 59 times)

wcrunner2


Are we there, yet?

    I'm still waffling between two August races... being indecisive is rough.

    I find being indecisive very easy ...or maybe not. I don't know. Run both...or neither.

     2024 Races:

          03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles

          05/11 - D3 50K
          05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour

          06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.

     

     

         

    bluerun


    Super B****

      I find being indecisive very easy ...or maybe not. I don't know. Run both...or neither.

       

      I can't run neither, I need to run at least one race in August!  (Don't ask.)  But if I do one of the September races I want to do, and both of these, I'd end up racing three weeks in a row, and that won't work for a delicate little flower such as myself.  So.

       

      Someone else should really just decide for me.  And when they do, I will find all sorts of reasons to argue with their decision, because that's what indecisive people do, right?  I think.

      chasing the impossible

       

      because i never shut up ... i blog

      wcrunner2


      Are we there, yet?

         

        I can't run neither, I need to run at least one race in August!  (Don't ask.)  But if I do one of the September races I want to do, and both of these, I'd end up racing three weeks in a row, and that won't work for a delicate little flower such as myself.  So.

         

        Someone else should really just decide for me.  And when they do, I will find all sorts of reasons to argue with their decision, because that's what indecisive people do, right?  I think.

        So what are the races and any mitigating factors that might sway you one way or another?

         2024 Races:

              03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles

              05/11 - D3 50K
              05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour

              06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.

         

         

             


        Hip Redux

          I *had* my goal 10K for the year in August... not so sure it will be run at this point.  

           

          bluerun


          Super B****

            So what are the races and any mitigating factors that might sway you one way or another?

             

            8/18 -- 10 miler (wouldn't be aiming for a PR, necessarily... a course PR is pretty much a given there)

            8/25 -- 5K or 10K (based on the previous two races in this series, I could potentially finish in the top three females in either distance)

            9/2 -- 5K or 10K (same as above, but not quite as easily)

             

            The problem is that the ones I really want to do are 8/18 and 8/25, and I can't do both of those.  I can either do 8/18 and 9/2, or 8/25.  Sadness.

            chasing the impossible

             

            because i never shut up ... i blog


            Will run for scenery.

              Aug 18

              Pike's Peak Marathon.

              Goal :  7:30

              Stupid feet!

              Stupid elbow!

              Baboon


              delicate flower

                Aug 10:  Chilmark Road Race 5K - Goal is PR (21:23)

                Aug 26:  Old Wethersfield 10K - Goal is 44:59 (that'd be almost a 3 minute PR, but that's my goal)

                <3

                LRB


                  Aug 10:  Chilmark Road Race 5K

                   

                   

                  Aw shit!

                  Baboon


                  delicate flower

                     

                     

                    Aw shit!

                     

                    PR might be a conservative goal.  I was looking at my log from last year and my speed workout interval paces were not touching my paces now.  Still, it's a tough 5K course with 150' of uphill.  That said, I'm much stronger on hills now too...

                    <3

                    LRB


                       PR might be a conservative goal. 

                       

                      Excellent!  My first this year was as well.  So it is not a matter of if, but by how much.


                      Don't call me Buttercup!

                        Well, poop.  I drank the kool-aid and will be racing in August after all.

                         

                        Frederick Women's Distance Festival 5K

                        Aug. 10th

                        Goal:  no idea.  Some kind of PR.

                        Slow and steady wins the....  wait a second! I've been lied to! 

                        FreeSoul87


                        Runs4Sanity

                          August 10, 2013

                          YMCA 10k

                          Goal: under 58 minutes (shhh real goal is 55:59 or less)

                          *Do It For Yourself, Do It Because They Said It Was Impossible, Do It Because They Said You Were Incapable*

                          PRs

                          5k - 24:15 (7:49 min/mile pace) 

                          10k - 51:47 (8:16 min/mile pace)

                          15k -1:18:09 (8:24 min/mile pace)

                          13.1 - 1:53:12 (8:39 min/mile pace)

                           26:2 - 4:14:55 (9:44 min/mile)

                          bluerun


                          Super B****

                            Well, poop.  I drank the kool-aid and will be racing in August after all.

                             

                            Frederick Women's Distance Festival 5K

                            Aug. 10th

                            Goal:  no idea.  Some kind of PR.

                             

                            Ohhh, I know, I know!!... wait.  It's a Saturday.  I know you did that on purpose.

                            chasing the impossible

                             

                            because i never shut up ... i blog

                            Rondog65


                              I am with the group of indecisive, as I am still on the fence about an upcoming 5 mile race being an Irish Pub Race on Saturday 8/03.  I will probably  decide on Friday, or maybe Saturday!

                              Ron's PRs 5K 24:14 (12/07/2013); Half Marathon 1:53:33 (5/26/2013)


                              Don't call me Buttercup!

                                 

                                Ohhh, I know, I know!!... wait.  It's a Saturday.  I know you did that on purpose.

                                 

                                I can't help it when races are!  Pfft.

                                Slow and steady wins the....  wait a second! I've been lied to! 

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