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SSMinnow - 2010-12-29 6:32 AM

Ok, how many times do we have to answer this question....the list was posted last week dude.  Didn't you like the list?

Plainsman AU - 2010-12-29 11:08 AM

And I guess you are going to make me LOOK for the list?  Sorry I missed it.

fattyfatfat - 2010-12-29 9:34 AM here i am on the run.

sdalessio - 2010-12-29 7:12 AM

No racing yet but ask me next week.  ;-)

'11 goal - 3:45 marathon at Shamrock in March.  Maybe if I keep telling myself I can do enough times it will happen.  Anyway, I'm a little behind in my training.  I was hoping to go to Disney with more miles but I still have 10 weeks after Disney to get there.  Feb. 6 will be a big day. 

My coach has a 26k race pace run that he likes to do 6 weeks out for a good gauge on what a runner can do come race day.  So I think the plan is to build up to that practice race then recover a week and build again for a few weeks before tapering.  I want to reproduce my race day as much as I can to both get an accurate time and practice the prep, nutrition and mental toughness.  I want to make myself hurt so I know I can do it come race day.

After Disney I want to talk to my coach about more longer tempo runs instead of pounding out easy long runs.  I can run the faster track intervals and I can run all day long in low Z2.  I really need practice at medium distance Z3 runs.

Any thoughts out there from our esteemed Boston qualifiers?  There seem to be so many approaches to training for that run effort.  After several years of endurance training and learning what makes me tick, I think I would benefit more from Hanson brother's approach to marathon training. 

SSMinnow - 2010-12-29 11:14 AM

Funny, I only remember you walking.....

dalessit - 2010-12-29 9:52 AM Oh and a couple choice pictures from Lonestar if you were curious what some of us look like.

Here are trevor and I taking a nap while waiting for john to finish...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jd_and_the_dogs/4559265005/in/set-72157623825140981/

Also Trevor and I checking our watches to see if we should go back and take a nap while waiting...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jd_and_the_dogs/4559260387/in/set-72157623825140981/


Anyone have the group picture from dinner?  I can't seem to find it.

fattyfatfat - 2010-12-29 9:17 AM

fattyfatfat - 2010-12-29 9:17 AM

Plainsman AU - 2010-12-29 11:08 AM

And I guess you are going to make me LOOK for the list?  Sorry I missed it.

badgerintx - 2010-12-29 11:25 AM

TrevorC - 2010-12-29 2:14 PM

Going tomorrow for my 1st ever VO2 max test. Figured since I was doing all this training stuff, not its time to get resonably serious able what it all means....Power is still a bit down the road for me.

So I assume I do a warmup and then run my a$$ off for 10 or 15 minutes?

dalessit - 2010-12-29 1:21 PM Anyone ever get severe cramps in their calves or hamstrings?

Some workouts I have on the trainer have me come to a complete stop in the big ring front and small back, then explode as hard as I can. 

Most times when I do this my calf siezes up completely, it hurts enough to cry,  I've had to have sam unclip my foot for me because it hurt so bad and I couldn't move.

Today in the pool I was doing some sprints and tried to push off the wall as hard as I could and my hamstring siezed up similar to the way my calf does.  LOL our "lifeguard" is usually staring up at the wall or sleeping, so luckilly it's a shallow pool or I would have been in trouble.

When these happen I am fully warmed up, they tend to be around the middle of the workout.  I've been doing a lot more stretching lately to help with flexibility, so not sure what else I can do there.

Anyone else ever have these or any ideas how to stop them? 

fattyfatfat - 2010-12-29 8:06 AM from reading your race report,  maybe what happened before the run had a lot to do with what happened during the run leading up to you max hr at 218!!!  holy cow man, i'd be dead!!!  i can't imagine where my hr would be swimming in 93 degree water.  then, this on the bike "First lap had a hard time catching my breath." and all this all with a heat index of 101. 

we've all been there and will be there again, ha!  its the nature of this.  you'll be rocking the run this year.  but as basic as this sounds you've got to remember that its three sports and a whole lot of thinking that go into this.  setting yourself up for the run is huge.