Fred D's Ironman/Half-Ironman focused Mentor Group --CLOSED (Page 14)

rymac - 2012-01-08 6:11 AM

I finished 3rd Overall at the trail half marathon...my first overall podium so pretty happy about that.  The course was on mountain bike trails and extremely hilly and technical with lots of twists, turns, rocks, roots...all the stuff that makes trail running so awesome!   I had a blast. 

My legs felt really fresh (taper fresh) in the early miles as I was climbing really well..then came a long climb at miles 10-11 and the residual fatigue caught up to me...the mind wanted to go faster..but the legs were screaming at me to shut it down...luckily the last 1.5 miles were a net downhill where I was able to recover and actually would have caught the second place guy if I had a quarter mile of runway left...missed second by about 5-10 seconds.

My legs are still screaming at me this morning...resting up today .

rymac - 2012-01-07 9:11 AM

I finished 3rd Overall at the trail half marathon...my first overall podium so pretty happy about that.  The course was on mountain bike trails and extremely hilly and technical with lots of twists, turns, rocks, roots...all the stuff that makes trail running so awesome!   I had a blast. 

My legs felt really fresh (taper fresh) in the early miles as I was climbing really well..then came a long climb at miles 10-11 and the residual fatigue caught up to me...the mind wanted to go faster..but the legs were screaming at me to shut it down...luckily the last 1.5 miles were a net downhill where I was able to recover and actually would have caught the second place guy if I had a quarter mile of runway left...missed second by about 5-10 seconds.

My legs are still screaming at me this morning...resting up today .

bzgl40 - 2012-01-07 12:16 PM Disney Relay marathon for me today.  Honestly I am not sure what they hope to achieve with the relay race.  Only reason I did it was so my friend could get their medal since he has all others (except Tinkerbell but he plans on doing that one too, girl race be damned).  Given that they have the regular half marathon the day before...  Anyways, I did ok I guess.  Not as fast as I wanted to go but as fast as I could go.  I did have a tiny mental lapse and had to talk myself back into running hard somewhere with less then 3 miles to go.  I have to remember that this was a C race for me but it showed me that my run fitness isn't quite there yet.  My pace faded a fair amount as the miles went on.  I guess that is a pacing issue as well but i think the pace I started at is a good pace for me once my fitness is there to hold that pace.  My running partner's time was only seconds off me so that was pretty cool. 

Blinddave - 2012-01-07 7:08 AM

went for a 75 min run this morning with Sicone we did 7.76 miles in that time the furthest Ive ever run! Need to sort out the rest of my training to fit around work and family.

Fred D - 2012-01-08 3:33 PMGot a little swim in later today and now going to watch the steelers broncos game. Was doing a few sets of breath control 50s. Anyone like doing these, I actually do.

Fred D - 2012-01-07 5:21 PM Sure. 50s with rest. 6*50 with first 50 breath every 2nd stroke, then next 50 breath every 3rd stroke, then every 4th stroke etc until you hit breathing every 7th stroke. Then reset and do over. Note, this is NOT hypoxia training, rather it allows you to focus on great form. You are supposed to swim the 50s really easy. Try it sometime, as it also breaks up the monotony.

Fred D - 2012-01-07 6:08 PMFunny story.... We were out at a restaurant last night and haing a drink before our meal. The bartender says the drink is courtesy of the manager.turns out he is an ironman and I was wearing an ironman sweater, so that was nice. I talked to him and he did IMFL last year. Small world.

Rudedog55 - 2012-01-07 7:08 PM

Did a little 10k today, finished in 50m 30s, it was close to a PR on a tough course, and i was not even running at full throttle, honestly, i was a little hung over from my daughters 2nd b-day party last night!!

Nice to see progress with my increased volume.

Rudedog55 - 2012-01-08 4:08 PM

Did a little 10k today, finished in 50m 30s, it was close to a PR on a tough course, and i was not even running at full throttle, honestly, i was a little hung over from my daughters 2nd b-day party last night!!

Nice to see progress with my increased volume.

Fred D - 2012-01-08 1:32 PM . Interesting. Honestly even for the FFOP people, they really have to talk themselves into pushing hard at the end. Everyone has to suffer near the end of an endurance event if you are going for a PR. Whether you are a pro or BOP you have to suffer to get there....