SWBKRUN Mentor Group-"Off Season?" What is that?!! (Page 217)

SSMinnow - 2009-08-14 11:00 AM Hey Tracy--The thought of 66F water and 50F air temperature sounds pretty good to this Wisconsinite.  That is about what it is like at our house in Nothern WI a lot of the summer.  Then I read on about the course and fainted. .  I am grunting like a mule going up the 375ft 1m climb on the IM Course.  I would be spending a lot of time on my feet in Savageman! YOWZA.

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My next race is the SAVAGEMAN Olympic in September. The race organizers just sent out an email with a detailed breakdown of the race course.  Doesn't this sound just peachy?  Major uuggghhhh!!!

roni_runnw - 2009-08-13 12:47 PM I can't keep up with you guys, but I'd like to stick around too.   LOVE all the pics... even Steve's capri's Thanks for setting up the photo site, very cool.

Janet- Sending good vibes your way! You'll do great! x3 on just spin up the hills in a low gear.

I'd like your opinions on something. I have a sprint Sunday. It's not an A race, but I would like to do well. It's, sort of, my measurement on improvement from year to year since it was my first, and I've done it each year. My dilemma is... I have a 10 mile run scheduled for Saturday on my training plan for my next HIM (9/26) and my 50k (12/5). I think if I do the 10 mile run Saturday or even Friday I won't be able to do my best at the sprint, but if I skip it it will mess with my build for the 50k (the following week is 12 miles). I think I'll probably be alright for the HIM since I'll have more long runs before that and even longer than the 13.1, so I guess my real concern is messing with the build phase of the 50k plan. Any thoughts?

BigReub - 2009-08-14 9:57 AM

That run climb at the 4.5 mile mark would be my concern.  At least on a bike you can change gears - on the run it's just you and your legs.

Seeing those profiles motivates me to get out and do something though. 

SSMinnow - 2009-08-14 1:36 PM

Yes, but if you are in the granny gear and still about to tip over you are screwed.  At least when you are attempting to run up a 10% grade hill or greater, you can stop and walk.  I was pondering that very thought during my hill run today.  My HIM has big stupid steep hills and a lot of them.  As I practice on these types of hills around here, become totally gassed, I wondered whether walking the steepest part made the most sense to save myself from the embarrasment of a full blown asthma attack, puking and whatever other malady might pop up.  A question I will ask Steve when I see him on the course on Tuesday.

dalessit - 2009-08-13 9:55 AM

Can you do the long run on Tuesday?  I did that a couple weeks when I had a sprint. 

The other option is to just do the 10 miler after your sprint.  A. It's only a 5k for the race, and B. I can't believe I am saying this, it's only 10 miles.  drop in the bucket for 50k training.

Plainsman AU - 2009-08-14 1:40 PM So I am at Masters today at lunch in the 50m outdoor pool.  On my left are 3 girls from the Auburn swim team (enough to keep one motivated and as the day progresses I am really feeling totally defeated in that I feel like I am swimming super slow.  I mean these kids are just making me look like I am swimming backwards!  And the guy on my right seems to be swimming twice as fast as I am. 

So I pull up at one point to talk to the coach, and I tell him that I am feeling super slow and if he can put an eye on me to see if he can see what the deal is.  Then he informs me that the guy swimming in the lane to my right is like the 15th fastest guy in the world.  So at that point I sucked it up and didn't let my ego get in the way the rest of the workout.

Jeepguy2358 - 2009-08-14 6:55 AM

Jeepguy2358 - 2009-08-14 7:55 AM My wife and I are booking our vac. for 2010 this week.  Check out where we are staying:

http://www.wimco.com/villa-rentals/tortola/west-end/high-point.aspx

We stayed here last time:

http://www.wimco.com/villas/villa.aspx?pid=897813

Due to our schedules, we can't take too many vacations, but when we go, we do it right! 

DougRob - 2009-08-14 11:14 AM Suzy:

OK now I have read that George IS riding with the Shack next season. It is from the same interview with Outside Magazine. Odd.

Doug

dalessit - 2009-08-14 5:58 PM

Lots to comment on.


LOL, long day at Kings Dominion with the kids (Amusement Park), almost 9:00PM, off to get my 5 miles in for the day.