Training week ending Nov 1st 2009
John Hurley
goals.
John Hurley
snip
> Greetings wreck runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals.
Another busy week at work probably about 55 miles in.
Starting to flirt with the idea of adding in some swimming to the
winter training schedule and possibly doing a couple triathlons next
year. I had a lot of fun doing that decades ago.
Looks like next weekend my daughter is going to run a 1/2 marathon
( since she is finished with cross country season ) and I will
probably race the 5k that day and then run the half with her.
Good luck all!
Brew1
was to run 6 minute kilometers (30 min for 5k); I hit 10k at 59:58,
20k dead on 2 hours, ran a bit faster and hit 30k at 2:58:53; from
19-25 miles it was ugly, but managed to pick it up at the end.
2:06:15 for the first half, 2:10:27 for the second half, total time
4:16:42
Longest training run: 16 miles
Highest mileage week: 26.1 miles
If I had trained "properly" past experience says I would have been
injured, so I opted to stay healthy instead and make it to the
starting line. I don't recommend this regimen for anyone else unless
they like being in hell for the last hour of the race.
Great course with some hills in the second half, crowds were very
enthusiastic, highly recommend this race although I think we got lucky
on the weather (it can be wet and windy, pretty much assured of a
temperature around 50 degrees).
Michelle
<b7ceb5c2-a3b9-400c...@k19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>,
John Hurley <johnb...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Greetings wreck runners! Please tell us about your training week and
> goals.
29 miles this week. Also 106.35 miles for the month, making it my highest
mileage month ever, and my first 100+mile month. I've already run 60 more
miles this year than all of last year.
10/27: 4 miles 51:53 (12:58 pace)
10/28: 7 miles 1:26:14 (12:19 pace)
10/29: 4 miles 52:09 (13:02 pace)
10/31: 14 miles 3:12:03 (13:43 pace) 54 seconds of that was waiting for
traffic lights, giving me 3:11:19 moving time.
Plans are essentially unchanged, but I'm thinking of making the Vegas half
a training run and not going all-out race pace; I haven't decided yet,
though.
--
26.2 Because I can
Charlie Pendejo
Mo: 8
Tu: 7
We: 7
Th: 5
Fr: 8
Sa: 12 w/ 4.5 tempo
Su: 11 on marathon route before the race, between miles 8 & 13
NYCM's always exciting here, the competitive race and the 40,000+
strong river of runners. Terrific to see Meb taking command in
Central Park to become the first American winner since Salazar. And 6
Americans in the top 10 men. Nice! Joan Benoit-Samuelson looking
awfully strong too.
upcoming:
26 Nov - PPTC Turkey Trot 5M
12 Dec - NYRR Holiday 5k
19 Dec - NYRR Ted Corbitt 15k
John Hurley
snip
> NYCM's always exciting here, the competitive race and the 40,000+
> strong river of runners. Terrific to see Meb taking command in
> Central Park to become the first American winner since Salazar. And 6
> Americans in the top 10 men. Nice! Joan Benoit-Samuelson looking
> awfully strong too.
Meb is an American name?
Guess I should find a race report ...
John Hurley
snip
> NYCM's always exciting here, the competitive race and the 40,000+
> strong river of runners. Terrific to see Meb taking command in
> Central Park to become the first American winner since Salazar. And 6
> Americans in the top 10 men. Nice! Joan Benoit-Samuelson looking
> awfully strong too.
Keflezighi, the 2004 Olympic silver medalist, earned his first major
marathon with a time of 2hr 09min 15sec. The 34-year-old athlete was
born in Eritrea, and became a US citizen in 1998.
Well a US citizen anyway ... it sure seems like we are importing most
of our mens Olympic medal winners in the long distance races.
D Stumpus
"John Hurley" <johnb...@sbcglobal.net> wrote
Keflezighi, the 2004 Olympic silver medalist, earned his first major
marathon with a time of 2hr 09min 15sec. The 34-year-old athlete was
born in Eritrea, and became a US citizen in 1998.
Well a US citizen anyway ... it sure seems like we are importing most
of our mens Olympic medal winners in the long distance races.
John,
According to his official web page, he got here as a refugee with his family
when he was 12. So he's US trained. Lots of American's have "foreign
blood"-- that would be all of us non native-Americans...
His webpage also implies that he started running at age 12 or so. He ran a
5:20 mile in 7th grade, and he and his two brothers led San Diego HS to CIF
title. He took a full scholarship to UCLA after 2nd in the XC HS
nationals..
-- Dan
Charlie Pendejo
> Well a US citizen anyway ... it sure seems like we are importing most
> of our mens Olympic medal winners in the long distance races.
We're a nation of imports, John. That's a central idea in this
country's identity, you may recall, even if in many places it's less
evident in daily life than here in NYC, home of the Statue of Liberty,
Ellis Island, and the most ethnically diverse zip codes on the planet.
FWIW we're not poaching these guys ala Qatar or Bahrain with their
Kenyan "immigrants" who are transparently acting as mercenaries for
these countries' sports programs. The Keflezighis, Lagats, and
Lomongs come to this country seeking safety and political stability
and the opportunity to earn a living, just like millions of others of
their generation and the generations before. Meb's family were
political refugees, and he went to high school and university in
southern California.
This'll sound cheesy but anyone else who caught the finish will
confirm it: his love for this country and pride in representing it
came across rather vividly. And I didn't notice any of the American-
born runners wearing a USA singlet. These folks who've come from the
war-torn and poverty-stricken third world are often the ones who
appreciate America a lot more deeply than those of us who've grown up
taking peace & prosperity for granted.
Parker Race
> Greetings wreck runners! Please tell us about your training week and
> goals.
M: off
T: 5.5 1.5 at 5K pace
@: off
Th: 6.5
F: 4.5
Sa: off
Su: 14 trails
Total 30
Goals:
the same
Races:
Nothing certain right now. I should have gone to Falling Leaves 20k
today
it would have spared me watching the Giants clusterf&*k!
Dot
"Meb Keflezighi caps stirring comeback"
http://tinyurl.com/yeqp8py
Dot
--
"You�ll never hear me say I beat the Peak. I�ve run up there pretty
fast, and that mountain doesn�t care. I�ll never conquer the Peak." -
Matt Carpenter
I2Run
| Greetings wreck runners! Please tell us about your training week and
| goals.
Tue: 5.0 mi (420')
Wed: DNR, hard rain
Thu: 8.1 mi (900')
Fri: 11.5 mi (1300')
Sat: 7.0 mi (1100')
Sun: 6.3 mi incl, 5 mi race in 33:14
Paced myself more like a 10 miler having not done any short distance
races in a while. It was more like a good tempo run & easy week.
total: 46 mi (4420')
Jos Bergervoet
>
> Greetings wreck runners! Please tell us about your training week and
> goals.
Mo -
Tu -
We -
Th -
Fr 5km
Sa 9km
Su 11km
Just taking it easy after last Sundays marathon..
-- Jos
Edward Edmonds
I wasn't born in the U.S.
I really like the fact that Meb had the U.S.A. singlet on.
Hall, that guy is a funny guy, sometimes I just can't tell if he's
completely in it.
Christelle Daunay had fine form.
Edward Edmonds
I wish they would've gotten decent commentators, they were incredibly
ignorant.
Bart Mathias
> Greetings wreck runners! Please tell us about your training week and
> goals.
After three 30K weeks in October (wow!) I'm back to Tu 8K, Fri 5K, Su
13K to start out November. Today's 13K was kind of hard with lots of
short walk breaks, took seven minutes longer than last week (1:31).
Maybe either because I gave blood on Friday, or because I was too aware
of having done so. Or possibly both.
Goal for November: Win another turkey in the 10-miles predict-your-time
Turkey Trot. Not very likely; in 16 recorded tries, I've only been under
a minute off four times, and missed it by 16 minutes (!) one year. But
in 1990 I managed to "predict" it to the second (1:16:34--nobody can
really predict to the second, it's sheer luck). One other person did the
same, but he wasn't so slow, and my "accuracy" was better percentage-wise.
First time I had come in "first" in an organized running event since
crossing a finish line first in a race in 1940 or 1941.
Bart
Anthony
Tue: 15k track including 3 x 3000 LT workout
12:28/ 12:10/ 11:53 30' bike
Wed: 2k easy, 20' bike
Thu: 13k easy, 20' bike
Fri: off
Sat: 40' bike
Sun: 20k easy/ hilly/grass felt sluggish
and a bit sore.
Total: 50km (31 miles).
Anthony. Jerusalem, Israel.
pithydoug
> On Oct 31, 9:46 am, John Hurley <johnbhur...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > Greetings wreck runners! Please tell us about your training week and
> > goals.
> Races:
> Nothing certain right now. I should have gone to Falling Leaves 20k
> today
T'was a beautiful day and fun run. Trail mostly dry but just enough
mud in places with some roots and rocks to keep you from falling
asleep at the wheel. It's an interesting course with the first 8
primarily sneaky up with some level spots. If you don't drop your load
too early, the last 4 is primarily down and a chance to let it out. As
always it took me about 4 miles to wake up.
Some wispy fox(maybe 102 lbs, 35 yo, slightly chilled) caught up to
me with about 2 miles to go. She said she had been trying to catch me
for the last 3 miles. I asked her, now that you caught me what do you
plan to do with me, please be gentle - we laughed. I said let's bring
it in together. She was in front and stride for stride on the even
footing but she was very timid on the rougher segments and I ended up
in front. My screw shoes may have helped. We finished and thanked
each other for the push. As we filled out our index cards side by side
she told me she was from NYC and does all her running on the flat East
Side. I commended her on trail abilities for a road weenie. :) She
must be tough the roads. When I filled in my age, I though she was
going to faint. I guess we are not going to have any kids.
I bailed after the race and before the awards. We had a meeting about
the Kingston Classic race at 4 in Catskill. I was 53rd of about 150
with a time of 1:47. I haven't the faintest idea how it comepares with
previous years and don't really care. It's was a beautiful day in the
Minnewaska State Park and great day to be alive and running.
Are you going to try to make some of my runs this winter?
-D
pithydoug
I agree. I only got chance to watch it for a few minutes and thought
the guy, who ever he was, come from a badminton or tiddlywinks
background. He was making asinine statements.
Reminded me of Fox with Buck and McCarver doing the World Series. At
times I had to hit the mute button. A friend watches the TV on mute
listens on the radio.
-D
jobs
> Greetings wreck runners! Please tell us about your training week and
> goals.
M - 4.5 miles @ 8:15
T - -
W - 4 miles @ 7:50
T - 8 miles hilly @ 8:30
F - 4.5 miles on treadmill (3 @ 6:45)
S - 9 miles hilly @ 8:00-10:00
S - 5 miles hilly @ 8:30
total: 35 miles
jobs
Daniel
Mon 0
Tue run ~ 30 minutes
Wed 45 minute walk
Thu run 45 minutes
Fri 0
Sat run ~35 minutes
Sun run 45 minutes, hills
Total about 14 miles.
First run in a new pair of shoes Saturday -- I've gone through several pairs of
Asics Cumulus 8 & 9, these were Cumulus 10. Thes have the stretchy upper fabric
and are less confining in the toe box; they have the new "solyte" foam and
redesigned "hinge points" across the bottom of the sole -- feel cushier than the
last model and I don't think it's just because of the miles I have put on the
other pair of 9's. Oh well, we'll see how they/I do.
I'm going through a phase of building up miles, time-on-legs, and confidence.
The immediate goal is getting the long run back up over an hour.
Peace,
--
Daniel ( deltae...@usa.net )
Tom Russo
> Greetings wreck runners! Please tell us about your training week and
> goals.
Been working on just getting into a regular rhythm of training, having
spent quite a few weeks just running whatever I felt like.
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 6 miles base
Weds: 4 miles LT
Thurs: intended a 6 miler, got caught in a snowstorm that turned it
into a 2 miler instead
Friday: 3x mile repeats with 1 mile warmup and .25 mile recoveries
between
Sat: rest
Sun: 8 miles
Total: 24.5 miles.
Goal for this week is the same, only not getting snowed out one day
and crashing an extra rest day that I hadn't planned for.
Christos Dimitrakakis
> Greetings wreck runners! Please tell us about your training week and
> goals.
This Sunday I had planned to hike to the Eisenerzer Reichenstein. It
was a nice trip, but there was ice all the way up. Near the peak the
conditions were far too icy for me, and there were many sheer drops.
(In fact going up was OK, but going down was very slippery and I had a
couple of falls). Part of the way up was with a medical doctor who
planned to paraglide from the peak and who told me that every year,
someone dies here because it is slippery. (That's more or less when I
decided to not attempt the peak without poles). On the way down, I
noticed a couple clining to a snowy cliffside on all fours, apparently
trying to traverse a snowed-in gully to reach a clear part of the
path. It must have taken them 20 minutes to traverse 50m, but they
made it.
Summary
-------
Time Type Volume Time Details
26 Oct AM Run 3.6 km @ 31 100m climb
27 Oct PM Weights @ 45 Misc
28 Oct PM Run 3.3 km @ 30 100m climb
29 Oct PM Weighs @ 45 Misc
30 Oct PM Run 3.2 km @ 23 200m climb
31 Oct PM ---------- OFF -------- Planned off day
01 Nov PM Hike 8.0 km @ 260 800m climb
Christos Dimitrakakis
Teresa Bippert-Plymate
> Greetings wreck runners! Please tell us about your training week and
> goals.
No miles this past week. I've gone to the Dr, then PTs, to get a
diagnosis and help with the ham/butt pain. Ha, seems I have a lazy
butt! My glutes and hip stabilizers are weak; consequently my hams
were stepping in and doing work that the glutes/hip stabilizers were
supposed to be doing, and getting constantly restrained. (Core was fine,
probably due to the dressage riding I do).
So- two PT appts a week for 6 weeks. I've been doing the exercises now
2x a day for the last 10 days, and I DO already feel the difference.
Tuesday we redid the diagnostic exercises done the first day, and I
already have stronger hips and more flexibility. The butt pain is still
present, but it is starting to fade. It seems that long periods of
sitting is the worst.
But making progress....
Teresa in AZ
pithydoug
wrote:
> John Hurley wrote:
> > Greetings wreck runners! Please tell us about your training week and
> > goals.
>
> No miles this past week. I've gone to the Dr, then PTs, to get a
> diagnosis and help with the ham/butt pain. Ha, seems I have a lazy
> butt!
My word I've never heard the term "lazy" butt applied to exercise.
Maybe during, well, nevermid. :)
>
> So- two PT appts a week for 6 weeks. I've been doing the exercises now
> 2x a day for the last 10 days, and I DO already feel the difference.
> Tuesday we redid the diagnostic exercises done the first day, and I
> already have stronger hips and more flexibility. The butt pain is still
> present, but it is starting to fade. It seems that long periods of
> sitting is the worst.
> But making progress....
Good news!!!! keep us posted. Now get your lazy ass..... :)
-Doug
Teresa Bippert-Plymate
> On Nov 5, 12:10 pm, Teresa Bippert-Plymate <ter...@as.arizona.edu>
> wrote:
>> John Hurley wrote:
>>> Greetings wreck runners! Please tell us about your training week and
>>> goals.
>> No miles this past week. I've gone to the Dr, then PTs, to get a
>> diagnosis and help with the ham/butt pain. Ha, seems I have a lazy
>> butt!
> My word I've never heard the term "lazy" butt applied to exercise.
> Maybe during, well, nevermid. :)
Hehe, I get it! But usually, no nevermind...
>> So- two PT appts a week for 6 weeks. I've been doing the exercises now
>> 2x a day for the last 10 days, and I DO already feel the difference.
>> Tuesday we redid the diagnostic exercises done the first day, and I
>> already have stronger hips and more flexibility. The butt pain is still
>> present, but it is starting to fade. It seems that long periods of
>> sitting is the worst.
>
>> But making progress....
>
> Good news!!!! keep us posted. Now get your lazy ass..... :)
>
> -Doug
Thanks, I will. I ran last night and though still some butt pain, it was
noticeably less, and I can actually feel how much more stable the hips
are, particularly the right one. They feel stronger!
Teresa in AZ
Teresa Bippert-Plymate
be a 35-yr old male of course....;-))
Teresa in AZ
pithydoug wrote:
>
> T'was a beautiful day and fun run. Trail mostly dry but just enough
> mud in places with some roots and rocks to keep you from falling
> asleep at the wheel. It's an interesting course with the first 8
> primarily sneaky up with some level spots. If you don't drop your load
> too early, the last 4 is primarily down and a chance to let it out. As
> always it took me about 4 miles to wake up.
>
> Some wispy fox(maybe 102 lbs, 35 yo, slightly chilled) caught up to
> me with about 2 miles to go. She said she had been trying to catch me
> for the last 3 miles. I asked her, now that you caught me what do you
> plan to do with me, please be gentle - we laughed. I said let's bring
> it in together. She was in front and stride for stride on the even
> footing but she was very timid on the rougher segments and I ended up
> in front. My screw shoes may have helped. We finished and thanked
> each other for the push. As we filled out our index cards side by side
> she told me she was from NYC and does all her running on the flat East
> Side. I commended her on trail abilities for a road weenie. :) She
> must be tough the roads. When I filled in my age, I though she was
> going to faint. I guess we are not going to have any kids.
>
> I bailed after the race and before the awards. We had a meeting about
> the Kingston Classic race at 4 in Catskill. I was 53rd of about 150
> with a time of 1:47. I haven't the faintest idea how it comepares with
> previous years and don't really care. It's was a beautiful day in the
> Minnewaska State Park and great day to be alive and running.
>
> -D
rms
>>> 2x a day for the last 10 days, and I DO already feel the difference.
What are the exercises ?
rms