Nice running/recovery/and tapering going on today.

 

17.5 miles total on a hodge-podge of a running day with some nice cooler temps.

 

2.2 mile warm-up @ 8:37

5K fun run @ 7:03

10.2 cool-down/trail run @ 10:16

lame, cograts to your daughter on her XC race.  buckeye, nice half.  perch, good job on the trail race.

Nice long runs for Walt, CNY, henrun, breger, and Tramps (including 5K race).

This morning, I did a 5K race in Grand Blanc, MI.  The temp was in the high to mid 50s and it was overcast, a nice morning for a race.  Since this is a ways away from where I usually race, I only saw 2 people I knew.  My wife walked the 5K, the first time she's done a race in quite awhile, and did well.  I finished with an 8:48 pace and was 3/3 in my AG (65-69}.

A good day and good runs for all.

TomS

Ohhh I love that sign Carolyn. Good girl you are.

 Perch....waiting for a race report on that 30k you did today. Awesome job....I like your last 10k approach

I have not read the thread today.  I am assuming we have terrific runs around here as always.

Great to see hallar positing.

Any pictures from twocat?

Was I the only one who did not know that Francesca had BQ for 2010? Congrats sistahh. What an amazing experience that would be for your kids.

Enkie, how are you doing? I miss you dearest one.

I got woken up this morning with a kiss and my pre-long run breakfast ready for me. I was told then that my ride to the mountain was leaving in half and hour because it was going to be a hot day even up in the woods. DH even had my pack ready with water, nuun, the right among of gu I would need for a 20 miler (how does this non-runner know all of my needs for a long run?) Anyway to make a long and happy story short...this is what I did: 10 smiles slow (enjoying the coolness of Green Lake) then 10 miles at MPish. I followed the Salmon Creek drainage all the way to Conconally Lake. My DH waited for me every 3 miles with water and anything else I may need. One mile slow to cool down and I have 21 miles in my bag. Very happy with the pace considering the elevation gain. I think at one point I was near  the 4800ft elevation and the heart felt that it was going to explode

Wild life sighting: two turtles, a coyote, over a dozen deer, two gentle snakes and some cute rabbits.

Mariposai always has such great long run descriptions...

And boy, what about Henrun's description yesterday?  Super!

lame -- congrats to your daughter. That's impressive.

Well, I didn't do my 16 miler today.  Kids had me up most the night, and with the sinus infection I have, I didn't feel it was prudent to reach for it today on 3-4 hrs sleep.  Soooo, I just got done doing tomorrow's 5 miles on the TM.  I took people's advice here, and finally took the portable DVD player into my office and watched a couple Frasier episodes while running.  Unfortunately, I hit on one absolutely hysterical episode and spent a few minutes literally hanging on, trying not to pull a Tim, while gasping for breath and trying to suppress my laughter.  I thought I might pass out....gonna try a drama in the DVD player next time.

We left the house at 5:40 am for the Manchester Invitational XC 5K meet, and just got back, at 7:45 pm.  So no running for me!  But DS came in 2nd, out of 226 boys, so it was a fine day.  He set a PR of 16:14.  He was actually happy with how he did, for a change!  His splits were exactly even, something he's been working hard to do but not achieved in the past.

If I wasn't afraid of offending my friends, I'd use a plethora of 4-letter words to describe today's race.  Instead, I'll say hot, brutally hot, and unrelenting.  I felt worse at a little over the halfway mark than I did at the end of SOB.  I'd say that for about 70%+ of the run we were either going up or going down, and 80% or more of the course was totally exposed.  We started at 9:20.  For 90% of the first 5.88 miles we were climbing in the direct sun.  Took me about 1:40 to get that far, and by the time I got to the aid station (2nd station, first one with food), it was probably in high 80s.  I was told it ended up being in the 90s.

One of the aid station workers told me that even the elite runners were having a hard time, which gladdened my heart a tad.   And when I got done, the paramedics had 2 people laying down, and one guy - who was a really good runner - ended up having to have oxygen. I don't know if any others had to have assistance.  I had to sit for almost an hour before I felt like I could drive.  The upside of that, had a really cute medic keeping watch over me.

There was no way I could drive back to Healdsburg tonight, so I'm still in Monterey.  Had fantastic lasagna, and now I'm icing my poor shins.  And as bad as my feet feel, I'm surprised I ended up with only one blister.  I want to drink the entire gallon of water I have here, but I feel so bloated . . .

I was either DFL or second to DFL - but I finished!

And Perch - Great run to you!  I felt like I wanted to die for, oh, probably 13+ miles.

Nono - Yes, you have to be very careful what you watch on that player while running on a TM.  At least on a stationary bike, I'm already sitting down.

Carolyn, you are silly!  BTW, it looks cold out there; everyone's got winter jackets on. 

This was a local charity race that's part of our club's "Grand Prix" series.  The race is for an anti-violence program which commemorates the murder of a local teen and football player so lots of teens take part.  I've missed so many races this year that I needed to run this in order to get to the necessary 7 races to complete the Grand Prix--one more race to go.  Not an "A" race, not even a "B" race for me, just a training speed workout really, which is why it didn't warrant a RR.  I went out comfortably hard and had steady splits, with the last 0.1 being slow because there is a sepentine turn going through gates to finish up on the high school track.  A quirky little race but nice to get out and see the regulars.