Pshorty's Group-GO NATHAN!!! (Page 6)

gracetheterp - 2008-01-07 3:55 PM

pshorty - 2008-01-07 11:24 AM HOLY CRAP!!! It's 65 degrees in January in north Indiana!! When we got back from Florida four days ago it was 4 degrees. Gonna ride my bicycle outside. Whoo hoo. (it's the little things).

It's 70 degrees here- this is going to be an AMAZING week. Definitely will be worth waking up at 430 to get work out of the way- I'm done everything by noon Tu-Th and it's supossed to be upper 60s each day

I am so jealous.  Why can't banks open at 3am and close at noon?

gracetheterp - 2008-01-07 5:37 PM

sesh - 2008-01-07 5:02 PM

gracetheterp - 2008-01-07 3:55 PM

pshorty - 2008-01-07 11:24 AM HOLY CRAP!!! It's 65 degrees in January in north Indiana!! When we got back from Florida four days ago it was 4 degrees. Gonna ride my bicycle outside. Whoo hoo. (it's the little things).

It's 70 degrees here- this is going to be an AMAZING week. Definitely will be worth waking up at 430 to get work out of the way- I'm done everything by noon Tu-Th and it's supossed to be upper 60s each day

I am so jealous.  Why can't banks open at 3am and close at noon?

Wellll to be fair I only am working about 20 hours a week. Winter class is too intense to let me do much more than that. At least you get weekends off?

Ahh the weekends.  And I thought they were great in college.  Now, they are little blessings every five days.

Now it's TUESDAY.  Woooooo!

They gym wasn't that crowded this morning.  What is everybody waiting on?  I am prepared to bust heads for my bike in spin class tomorrow, though.

Thanks for the video! Taken out of context, that was probably the worst video (and the longest) I've ever watched on YouTube -- b-o-r-i-n-g! So why is it that I was on the edge of my seat, pulled up a PDF of the Boston Map and elevation chart to cross-reference as it played, and yelled at the traffic to get out of the way? One word: obsessed. I can't wait to run this thing.

I didn't expect the road to be as windy and narrow in places, and for the route to be through such "neighborhoody" areas. Coming from the NYC and Burlington Marathons, which are largely "in-town", it seems very unique. Can't wait!

I shouldn't have watched it before going to bed. When I have dreams about running, I tend to act them out. The positive side: I get in an extra workout. Drawback: My wife gets bruised. Up early to the Y tomorrow morning!

Buenos noches! 

Speaking of Boston.  Here is the only way I'll ever cross the finish line there. 

I've heard that whole day is just incredible.  Might have to go spectate one day.

(boston.jpg)

A bucket of clams and a few Harpoon I.P.A.s really helped me across the finish line.

Let me know how you go about doing that actually.

Paul,

Just began a quick canvas of websites:

Runner's World Forum on Hill Training for Boston: http://forums.runnersworld.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/960108738/m/91810... />Elevation Charts in Greater Detail: http://www.csurun.org/maps/BAA/

I'm drawing on a number of plans for training; one of them is Hal Higdon's:

http://www.halhigdon.com/boston/bostonbound.htm

Doing equal training running up and down steep inclines seems to be the recommendation of every article I've read, as its the downhills late in the race that people say do a runner's quads in. As far as race strategy, I've heard that negative splits are very possible and preferable. Otherwise, steady on the downhills early and late, ride the crowd up through Heartbreak. But I feel like I've only scratched the surface here.

Have you ever run with a pace group?

Paul,

I'd heard about pace groups, but didn't use them in my first two marathons. When I ran New Jersey, I decided to give it a try. I ran in the center of the 3:10 pack, which numbered about 25 people. the group was tight through mile fifteen, thinned by mile 17, and broke apart at mile 21. The pacer ran like a clock, the group broke the wind, and the energy of 25 people sailing along like a peloton was really helpful to me. I hit my goal in large part 'cause I was on cruise control with the group for 21 miles. I think I'll be with the 3 hour group; however, I don't know how Pace groups work with the wave start and the size of the field. I may decide to run solo -- or who knows, maybe with a BT group!

Oh, and I found the rosetta stone for Boston pacing (courtesy another BT'er):

http://box.net/public/75o3rqgty9