How'd the paddle race go? Now that that's out of the way, time to run, right?

hi folk... What a way to do inter-island travel. The race went well. We came in at 6 hrs and 6 minutes. Given that we are a small club and a mixture of paddlers who haven't really been together for a whole season, a novice steersman...it went great, we far exceeded our own expectations. 68 out of 108 crews. The top team, Tahitian crew, came in at 4 hrs and 40 minutes...kicked everybody's butts. All through the week before race day everybody was buzzing about the 15 - 30 mph winds we were getting and there were talks of 16 - 18 ft swells and rough conditions..but on race day the winds dialed down a bit and the there were only 6 - 8 ft swells. It was a bit rough but not as rough as it could have been. Everything went as well as they could, no capsize, no mutiny on the boat (although there are few tense moments when everybody is starting to get tired and start yapping at each other). I felt good all the way through. All the running i've been doing kept me in shape enough to finish the race strong even though i have only gotten back to paddling about 3 months ago. I got to be in the crew that finished the race so that was nice. Now back to running, yesterday i did a 5 miler which felt pretty good and added some strides. I need to avoid cranking up the mileage too fast, just make sure i take it pretty easy. But yeah, looking forward to marathon training. Peace out!

Week whatever it is... blatant disregard for the 10% rule. 37 total miles in 5 runs. Put in my first real long run this season, 16 miler which pretty much kicked my butt. Never felt good throughout the whole run. Might have been the sudden jump in mileage, we'll see if my planned 18 miler this weekend will be a better one. I think i am keeping my 4 hr as a goal marathon time (9:10 marathon pace) even though i feel like i am not quite there yet. It doesn't help that i'm 10 pounds heavier since i started paddling again. Peace out!

That paddle race sounded pretty wild! Great job out there even finishing the thing, I can't imagine how grueling that must be. Ease back into your running and you'll get back to speed in no time!

well i got a stomach bug that hit my son a few days earlier. That explained my crappy tuesday morning run and maybe the sunday run ??? Anyway, took wednesday off, which actually might serve me well, and hopefully hit 8 miles tomorrow morning. Not sure though cause my wife got the bug today and was pretty sick tonite, hopefully she'll recover by tomorrow morning.

Week something... Well its been a while but i finally got over 40 mpw again and everything felt fine...minus the pace that i wanted to be at but its all gravy!. Managed to do the 18 miler on sunday although not quite the conventional long run way. Ran 8, then a 5K race @MP (9:10) and 7 after. This week is stepback week although i'll probably bump up the midweek mileage to catch up.

I'm guessing that the stomach bug is all over with and you are feeling better! Good deal. Careful about adding mileage to stepback weeks, though. They are also called recovery weeks for a good reason. Nice run - I did something similar on my 10-miler on Sunday - but I can't say it was for any reasons related to training. I was just having fun on a nice morning.

WTG on your milage last week!!! Hope everyone at home is feeling better!!