- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 5/5 RuBi and day one of two carb loads for a half marathon on Sunday
- Comments:
Archives For November 30, 1999
No scenic picture or off-angle selfie to share, but this morning’s run was one of those that is best described as Blissful.
Early 0430 start, clear sky, beautiful waning crescent moon, temp cool enough to give a short-sleeved/shorts-wearing runner a chill at the start but just right after two miles, ever so slight wind, no other humans or animals in sight.
As for my run, a nice warm-up mile, followed by five quiet…meditative…yet negative split ones, only to see that I needed 10 more minutes to finish an hour-long, sweat test run. Quickly deciding to turn right instead of going straight, and then running that final 1.3 miles at a 7:50 avg pace…and finishing with just a little left in the tank, but knowing I was done.
blissful indeed.
That said, my blissful, “7:50 pace” doesn’t even come close to this “whoa!” video. The treadmill is set at 12.6 MPH or a 4:46 per mile pace, which is the average pace Ryan Hall ran at the 2011 Boston Marathon. whoa, indeed.
Training Journal – 10/31/13:
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 6-mile run
- Comments: Last night, I decided to do a sweat test during this morning’s run; so that meant I needed to run for an hour at race pace. I ended up running 7.3 miles @ 8:15 avg pace, avg cadence 97 & a run time of 1:00:16. [Strava]
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 8-mile run
- Comments: I did 8.5 miles @ 8:24 avg pace, avg cadence 96 & a run time of 1:11:35. [Strava]
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 5-mile run
- Comments: I took a right turn at the 3-mile mark (vs going straight) and ended up tagging an additional mile to the run. I did 6.2 miles @ 8:18 avg pace, avg cadence 95 & a run time of 51:34. [Strava]
Last month, I posted about being selected as one of five winners in a Competitor.com contest called “Share Your RUNNOVATION”
Last week, I got my prize pack from New Balance:
Some pretty cool stuff:
- Hi-Viz jacket
- 5 in track Shorts
- 7 in Go 2 Shorts
- Impact half zip
- Go 2 Short sleeve shirt
- Impact shirt
- Pair of 890v3
I may give the 890s a try in the morning…forgive me, Hoka One One.
Thanks Competitor and New Balance!!!
Training Journal – 10/28/13:
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 20-mile ride
- Comments: I rode for 1:18:34 for 22.4 miles @ 17.1 mph avg & avg cadence of 87 [Strava]
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 18-mile, long run
- Comments: I did 18.4 miles @ 8:42 avg pace, avg cadence 95 & a run time of 2:40:14. [Strava]
- Weekly mileage: Running: 47.1 / Bicycling: 27.6 – Total: 74.7
Just a few scattered things I read today and thought I’d share/post…
From an article titled, “Should You Be Coached?”
“Harry Chapin, in a song called Mr. Tanner, about a baritone from the midwest, penned the line, “he did not know how well he sang, he only heard the flaws.” Some of us train that way. We’re really hard on ourselves. It can be fairly destructive.”
“Golfing legend Lee Trevino is quoted as having said, “It’s not the arrow; it’s the Indian.” “
From a race website:
“Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much better.”
– Juha Väätäinen
I always stick this somewhere on each page of my training plan…it caught my eye again today:
“Do the work. Do the analysis. But feel your run. Feel your race. Feel the joy that is running.”
– Kara Goucher
Training Journal – 10/23/13:
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 8-mile run
- Comments: I did 8.6 miles @ 8:39 avg pace, avg cadence 95 & a run time of 1:14:34. [Strava]
- Current plan: ZRQL Marathon Training Plan
- Today’s session: 5-mile run
- Comments: I did 5.4 miles @ 8:34 avg pace, avg cadence 95 & a run time of 46:18. [Strava]
- Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
- Today’s session: Rest
- Comments: Rest today – new training plan tomorrow!
- Weekly mileage: Running: 6.4 / Bicycling: 142 – Total: 148.4
Following suite with yesterday’s run, I did an unofficial “race” this morning: Lake Hefner 10K. Mind you, it wasn’t one of my speedier 10Ks, as I kept my self in check, stuck with the “easy” plan, remembering that I’m supposed to be on taper.
I actually planned on a stationary bike ride in the hotel fitness center, but just didn’t want to be cooped up. I scratched that last night, decided on the equivalent caloric burn run distance, and planned a 3.2, hotel / Lake Hefner, out and back route. I made it ahead of the rain too, though there was a significant headwind on the return.
Oh, and the mammal sighting count today was:
- Skunk: 2
- Raccoon: 1
- People: 0
Looking forward to heading home tomorrow!
Training Journal – 10/14/13:
- Current plan: Foxy’s Fall Century Training Plan
- Today’s session:
15-mile ride10K easy run
- Comments: I did 6.4 miles @ 8:47 avg pace, avg cadence 93 & a run time of 56:27. [Strava]
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