swbkrun Mentor Group II- CLOSED FOR BUSINESS!!! (Page 14)

Wow, way to go Linda!

EDIT: Sam told me this was for Baltimore, even more impressive, that is a no joke course, lots of hills, and dead rats to jump over...

Edited by dalessit 2010-10-16 12:01 PM

Congrats, Linda!   That's a rippin' fast time - send some of that skill west!!

Thanks guys for all your support, you are awesome!  I started out the first 3 miles thinking "no way can I run this far today". I thought I might stop at the half point so I could walk to my car.  By mile 6 all my body systems finally felt relaxed and not so stressed, the pace felt very comfortable.  I felt that way for the rest of the race. I am resting now and eating rice: )  I will do a RR soon.

Linda

Smokin' fast run, Linda! Nice job, you earned it ten times over!

Congratulations on the PR, Glen!

Isn't fall great?

Edited by gotta run 2010-10-16 4:26 PM

eating rice.  pffffffftttt.  go get a beer!

Edited by fattyfatfat 2010-10-16 4:53 PM

So, was 3:38 for the FULL race?????

I could do 3:38, but that would be only thru 22 miles.

Great race!

That is the awesome and amazing part. Way to hang in there and so awesome that it felt good for you. Enjoy your rice, but please eat a giant bowl of ice cream later, OK?!

Awesome!!!

That's incredible!  Even moreso considering you've been under the weather.  Wish I go under the weather like that.

Wow great race Linda!!


and John - dude 5 miles in 40 minutes? What up with that? Speedy in my books.
And Glen - great job on the run!!

Great for you, Glen!! That is a huge milestone!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!

Gorgeous!!! I'd love to check that out in person! Today was such a BEAUTIFUL fall day!! I love where we live!! (Remind me I said that on day 50 of consecutive rain, ha ha!!)

TRAINING QUESTION

So I got my 17.38 miles run in.(or 28k) Just what was in my plan.
 The last 5k was super hard on me.

So for all you marathon vets....How do you know if you're running is  improving? Or how do you know when/if you are ready for the distance? And out of curiosity, how many calories an hour do you take in running the distance?

Honestly today, I feel like running is starting to kick my a$$. Volume is really starting to pick up, and I'm starting to get a bit concerned about being ready. I really struggled with it. I really had to push myself through it. I mean I happy getting it in today, but it was super slow. I don't know.  I really thought during the last bit of the run today about dropping down to the 1/2 in Vegas.

I just gotta say.....

ON WISCONSIN!!!

X2 on kicking some Ohio State ! 

Not to mention a big WAR EAGLE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjTuemF1Rd4&feature=related

(just in case you don't know what that means)

Dude

Don't beat yourself up...17 miles is a long frigging way...for one of us "non runner" types.  I really have no real advice for you since that run is about 5 miles longer than anything i have ever done...except pick yourself up by the bootstrap and suck it up a little

Seriously...NICE JOB! 

A Milestone for me! 

6 mi run in the books!! ABOUT DA.MN TIME too!!  


Next week is my Olympic triathlon.  I'm not exactly looking forward to it.  However, If I stick with my plan to just tell my mind to shut up and just finish it and not obsess about the times, I should be fine.  I'm not looking forward to the steep hills that I have to endure for the bike. :-) Frankly, I don't care anymore at this point about having fast splits. I haven't been diligent with my training, (especially the swims), so I'm not expecting a miracle. :-)   Am I putting myself too much? Should I change it to Sprint?

I'm enjoying the runs more because it's finally started to get cooler in the mornings and in the evenings. Still in the 90's during the day, too hot. :-) 

Trev, I remember feeling the same way last fall training for my marathon...it was anything more than 2.5 hours that really seemed hard.   You did a great job getting through it!  I am hardly a vet, however it is pretty fresh in my mind...running for that long just seemed grueling.  What helped me was to monitor my cadence every 30 minutes or so, make sure my leg turnover wasn't getting lazy or "plodding", I loved hearing my garmin alert me to drink...it broke up the monotony! 

At this point in your training (6 weeks out), I don't think you should worry if your running is improving...your endurance most certainly is, if you are building the mileage according to your plan.  Trust in the plan, and don't despair, it is supposed to be hard in training. 

As to your question about nutrition, I am a water and gu girl.  My method was two sips of water every 15 minutes, one gu at one hour and a half gu every 30 minutes after that.  That is only about 100 cal/hour, but for my size I think it was enough. 

Keep up the awesome work and remember that the power of positive thinking can do wonders!

Congrats to DJ and Glen on those milestone 6 mile runs!  That is terrific, you guys! 

btw, DJ, just go out there and have fun at your olympic, you can DOOOOOO it!

congrats on the run!  if you think you are going to put yourself or someone else in danger during the swim than i might advise changing over to the sprint.  otherwise,  heck no... go race the oly.  and yeah, don't worry about splits but you better have fun!!!

Edited by fattyfatfat 2010-10-17 8:02 AM