MIke Danko's Group-open (Page 17)

I have two spint tri's in my near future. I am more excited about thr tri's than the 1/2. I do have a 1/2 planned in Oct. It's The Middle Half. It's in my hometown of Murfreesboro. This will be the 2nd year they have put on this event. I hear it was very well planned last year. Last year they limited it to 1000 people.

One of the ladies I train with and I have set the goal to do a sub 2:00. This means I need to shave 26 minutes off the one I did yesterday. I think I can do it. One thing, this will be a flat course instead of a hilly on like I ran yesterday. Another thing is that I am going to get away from running with my group on race day. I like training with them but I feel like during the race I need to go do my best. We all stopped to use the bathroom during the race. I was the only guy (should have only taken me a few seconds) but I waited on the other 3 ladies. I figure I lost 5 minutes. We also slowed down our pace because one of the ladies was struggling a little bit.

I am very glad I ran with them. They are great people and a lot of fun, but in the next race I am going out on my own. I feel like due to these couple of things and a lack of hills in the next race a sub 2:00 is very possible.

Thank you very much Andrew. I really appreciate all the support people on this site provide, especially here in this mentor program.

My goal is to work on some speed work over the next month. I have 2 spints coming up, one with a 2 mile run and one with a 4 mile run. I really want to work on my speed for these events. What is funny, the last 1/2 mile I ran a 6:30 pace. Part of it was downhill and I was ready to be finished with the race.

I used to be able to run a sub 6:00/mile when I was younger, so I know I am capable. It just worked out where our group trained with a 10:30 pace.

I know one of my training partners wants to do a sub 2:00 in the half. We are going to work together. She is a strong runner and we should be able to challenge each other.

First 1/2 mary now under my belt with a 1:50 time. (8:25 pace) It was close to my target so I can live with that. (JT .... you can do it too, < 2h 1/2 mary) The Derby race was the best race event I have ever run in with 10,000 people. It was crazy ...

Now off to the next big hill a HIM, MAY 17th...... Mike, any advice this is my first, 3 weeks away... Oh $&^%$ it will be here before I know it .........

greg

Leanne (canadarn2001):May 3 White Lake Sprint

David: Ohio State Triathlon (Triathlon) 5/4/2008 in Columbus , Ohio

Mike; magik611 10 miler May 4th

I think that you need to do all three types of runs; Long, Tempo and Speed work. I know you can get the <2h if you keep a good balance. I bet that by the end of summer you will be there.

greg

Today I did a swim Time Trial (1000 m) at 18:57. If I got it right (a 1.1 factor) then this is a 1:43 per 100 yd pace.   Last TT for 1000 yd 19:31 (1:57pace) on 11/1/2007

Focusing on your form sure makes a difference.....

greg

bang182 - 2008-04-29 6:36 PM  I know it has been a while since I have posted anything regarding training. The new job has certainly curtailed my activities. Many of you have heard my trials and tribulations with swimming and needless to say it has been a major challenge. However, I had a major first today, to this point I have only been able to swim about 200meters without stopping and that was pushing it. Today, I swam 800 meters w/o stopping in about 20 minutes. Now the rest of the workout was another story as I basically threw in the towel as I was so stoked to have made it this far. For those of you who have struggled with the pool, give the 0to1650 workout plan a try as it certainly helped me get over a huge hurdle that quite honestly I never thought I would be able to overcome. Thanks for listening. Current plans for 08 Tour de Cure May 18 Tri in the park June 28 Tri in the park July 26 Peactree City Tri August 23

Congrats,      that is so awesome....   I can still remember that day as well..... Also Blueradier "JT" just made the 1000 swim as well.

Yes I did. I have taken a few days off after the 1/2. I have plans to swim tonight. It will be my first swim in over a week. I will be interested to see if I can still get that distance.

Congrats on the new milestone.

I think some from our group are doing this race. I'm not sure if they have a 1/2 associated with it. I thought about checking in to it but if I remember correctly it is a bad weekend for me.

Great job on the PR and finish!!! I look forward to your race report.