Running Pumpkins - Halloween Run Challenge (Page 21)

mav - 2009-10-23 6:29 PM

3.4 done today... a little behind schedule, but I am leaving for home tommorow and will finish up my runs in cooler climates

mav - 2009-10-23 3:29 PM 3.4 done today... a little behind schedule, but I am leaving for home tommorow and will finish up my runs in cooler climates

jsnowash - 2009-10-23 12:24 PM p.s. Just realized todays run puts me over 100 miles for the month! 30 more to go to reach my monthly goal - shouldn't be a problem!

jsnowash - 2009-10-23 10:57 AM Good luck, Baowolf!! Kids are all healthy again, and I got a nice 7 mile tempo run in today. I ALSO picked up the Halloween candy today..... must.... resist..... temptation.......

toddg - 2009-10-23 11:27 PM Gonna see what happens with my weekend run. Shins are really starting to hurt so probably should back off a bit and rest them. I'm at 102 miles so far on a pace for 155 for the month which is higher than I should be (goal was only 112, 10% over last month would be 137).  Might take a short run this weekend and put in some more bike miles instead.

Have this and next weekend  as the last two long ones before the IMAZ taper starts. 

toddg - 2009-10-23 11:20 PM

Baowolf - 2009-10-24 4:00 PM Long weekend so far.  I drove down lastnight and camped for $10, last of the big spenders.  As the race was about to start everyone lined up and it occured to me that for this race I should line up at the FOP istead of the MOP... ops and the gun went off.  

I got up near the front and just stayed there the entire race was cool.  At about mile 5 I got about a tablespoon of sand and small rocks in my left shoe at a thigh deep river crossing and well that is where they stayed for the next 13.6 miles.  Oh m gosh the hills.  I could have really done without that last 1300 foot climb at mile 15.  Mr. Garmin says I had close to 8000 feet of climbing in the 30k (18.6 miles or whatever).  

I turns out I got 2nd place in age group and third place overall with a 20 minute PR over last year.  Yay!  Too bad the only guy in front of me in my age group won the entire race.  Oh well huge improvement of like 1:07 per mile pace or some such.  It also puts me at 108.5/110 miles per the month, so no problem finishing that off next week.  Sooo odd to actually podium something.  I went out hard and just held it, well until that last hill, I ended up using a run walk alternation climbing that beast it was sooo steap, 1300 feet climbing in like 1 mile or so.  

KathyG - 2009-10-23 8:35 PM

Keep your shins happy!

Enjoy your last two big weekends before taper time. Feeling ready to be done with big training?

Baowolf - 2009-10-24 7:00 PM Long weekend so far.  I drove down lastnight and camped for $10, last of the big spenders.  As the race was about to start everyone lined up and it occured to me that for this race I should line up at the FOP istead of the MOP... ops and the gun went off.  

I got up near the front and just stayed there the entire race was cool.  At about mile 5 I got about a tablespoon of sand and small rocks in my left shoe at a thigh deep river crossing and well that is where they stayed for the next 13.6 miles.  Oh m gosh the hills.  I could have really done without that last 1300 foot climb at mile 15.  Mr. Garmin says I had close to 8000 feet of climbing in the 30k (18.6 miles or whatever).  

I turns out I got 2nd place in age group and third place overall with a 20 minute PR over last year.  Yay!  Too bad the only guy in front of me in my age group won the entire race.  Oh well huge improvement of like 1:07 per mile pace or some such.  It also puts me at 108.5/110 miles per the month, so no problem finishing that off next week.  Sooo odd to actually podium something.  I went out hard and just held it, well until that last hill, I ended up using a run walk alternation climbing that beast it was sooo steap, 1300 feet climbing in like 1 mile or so.  

Anyway keep on running pumkins.  I'll get a more offical RR up once they post the offical times.  

Tod use a marathon stick on those shins, ice daily and go lite on the run for a few days, at minimum low intensity and low distance.  They should clear up in 1-2 weeks with some lite running.    

toddg - 2009-10-24 7:30 PM Got an 18 mile run in today. Icing and resting up tonight and then a long bike tomorrow.

KathyG - 2009-10-24 6:42 PM

How do the shins feel?

losta - 2009-10-24 8:38 PM Did my running session on the treadmill today it was easier on the knee. Have a good weekend everyone! Tomorrow night will be the last weekly update before the challenge concludes next weekend. Please update the team google doc by 9PM EST if you can.

Baowolf - 2009-10-24 7:00 PM

Long weekend so far.  I drove down lastnight and camped for $10, last of the big spenders.  As the race was about to start everyone lined up and it occured to me that for this race I should line up at the FOP istead of the MOP... ops and the gun went off.  

I got up near the front and just stayed there the entire race was cool.  At about mile 5 I got about a tablespoon of sand and small rocks in my left shoe at a thigh deep river crossing and well that is where they stayed for the next 13.6 miles.  Oh m gosh the hills.  I could have really done without that last 1300 foot climb at mile 15.  Mr. Garmin says I had close to 8000 feet of climbing in the 30k (18.6 miles or whatever).  

I turns out I got 2nd place in age group and third place overall with a 20 minute PR over last year.  Yay!  Too bad the only guy in front of me in my age group won the entire race.  Oh well huge improvement of like 1:07 per mile pace or some such.  It also puts me at 108.5/110 miles per the month, so no problem finishing that off next week.  Sooo odd to actually podium something.  I went out hard and just held it, well until that last hill, I ended up using a run walk alternation climbing that beast it was sooo steap, 1300 feet climbing in like 1 mile or so.  

Anyway keep on running pumkins.  I'll get a more offical RR up once they post the offical times.  

Tod use a marathon stick on those shins, ice daily and go lite on the run for a few days, at minimum low intensity and low distance.  They should clear up in 1-2 weeks with some lite running.    

JRowe81 - 2009-10-25 1:59 PM What what!!!! So just got done my Du a few hours ago. Guess who ran a sub 10 min mile on the 1st 3 miles!!!!! I was pumped!!! Got hit by a sniper on the bike in the calf but that was solid leaving me nothing at all for the 2 mile run to finish. Yeah I paced out at 12 and change. AAAAAHHHHH BOOOOOO. But I had nothing in the tank and was pumped about it!!! Bao how was your race? Kathy did your cyclocross go well? Also only have 4.6 miles left to hit my month goal!!!