- Current plan: Big Sur Marathon Training Plan – W9/D3
- Today’s session: 9 mile easy run @ 8:27-9:28 pace
- Comments: I did 9.03 @ 8:28
- Current plan: Big Sur Marathon Training Plan – W9/D2
- Today’s session: 4 mile easy run @ 8:27-9:28 pace
- Comments: I did 4.83 @ 8:12
- Current plan: Big Sur Marathon Training Plan – W9D1
- Today’s session: Cross Train: 60 minute bike ride
- Comments: I rode 64 minutes for 16.52 miles @ 15.3 mph avg.
Hurricane Point – the “big one” on the Big Sur Marathon course…
I started looking for a good distance and climb simulation hill in my area last week and found one: Calaveras Road in Milpitas (starting at the Piedmont intersection and going up to Weller Road.) I figured I couldn’t simulate the possible windy conditions along the coast, but climb over distance was possible.
The Hurricane Point climb starts just before mile 10 and is 2.15 miles long and ~542′ up – about a 4.8% grade. The sim I set up on Calaveras is 2.17 miles long and ~670′ up – about a 5.8% grade. Not an exact sim, but I figured I would err on the side of longer/steeper.
This morning I added the sim to my planned 17-mile long run, to check it (and myself) out. For today’s run, the sim started at mile ~8 (the beauty here is that I can add miles to either side of the sim so my long runs prep me for Big Sur.)
So, today it was just me, my John Mark McMillan playlist on repeat, and my Hurricane Point sim. A great run and self-test. I think I did pretty good for a first trial and feel better about adjusting my pacing plan for the Big Sur.
Giddy-up!
Training Journal – 2/17/13:
- Current plan: Big Sur Marathon Training Plan – W8/D7
- Today’s session:17 mile long run @ 8:32-9:49 pace
- Comments: I did a 17.1 @ 8:51 pace
- Weekly mileage: Running: 43.08 / Bicycling: 16.16
I was leaving Regional Med Center today and just had to watch this…
Training Journal – 2/16/13:
- Current plan: Big Sur Marathon Training Plan – W8/D6
- Today’s session: Rest
- Comments: Rest, pancakes, & not much else
- Current plan: Big Sur Marathon Training Plan – W8/D5
- Today’s session: 8 mile easy run @ 8:37-9:37 pace
- Comments: I did 8.12 @ 8:19
So there’s this game we play.
We go in the backyard.
She wanders around the yard.
I get the pooper-scooper.
She wanders around the yard.
I pick up poop.
She wanders around the yard.
I go around the corner to dump the poop and put the pooper-scooper away.
She wanders around the yard. There’s just one more…and I get that “Whah?” look.
It even looks like she’s shrugging…
Training Journal – 2/14/13:
- Current plan: Big Sur Marathon Training Plan – W8/D4
- Today’s session: 4 mile easy run @ 8:37-9:37 pace
- Comments: I did 4.88 @ 8:04
Oh My #1: The other day, I bought Kilian Jornet’s film, A Fine Line, and have watched it once. The story, amazing scenery, and subtitles – all combined – make it too much to process in one viewing, so I will watch again…and probably again and again. One thing that made me smile was Jornet’s shoe inventory – when compared to my meager, six-pair inventory. NOTE: In addition to the 13 on the shelf and the pair he’s putting on, there are about six pair on the floor:
Oh My #2: I’m a runner nerd. I’ve built some spreadsheets for tracking monthly and annual stats, shoe mileage, and pacing, but they are pretty basic and unsophisticated. I stumbled on the mother-of-all-pacing-spreadsheets yesterday (at least to my knowledge), bought the Big Sur Marathon sheet, and am on “modeling” overload! Well worth the $5.75!
Oh My #3: This Beck video was posted on gizmodo.com the other day. wow. It’s best experienced with headphones on…trust me.
Training Journal – 2/13/13:
- Current plan: Big Sur Marathon Training Plan – W8/D3
- Today’s session: 8 mile easy run @ 8:37-9:37 pace
- Comments: I did 8.14 @ 8:43. My goal was to try and do a 9:00 pace…I almost made it.
- Current plan: Big Sur Marathon Training Plan – W8/D2
- Today’s session: 4 mile easy run @ 8:37-9:37 pace
- Comments: I did 4.84 @ 8:13. Legs are a bit stiff from Sunday’s trail run & yesterday’s ride. Post run thought: “I really need to pay attention to the planned pace…”
We went to the outlet center on the weekend and, believe it or not, I was the only one who made a purchase. A Pearl Izumi store in Gilroy…sweet!
Tried them out on my ride this morning – $39 investment: nice. Toasty hands: priceless!
Training Journal – 2/11/13:
- Current plan: Big Sur Marathon Training Plan – W8/D1
- Today’s session: Cross Train: 60 minute bike ride
- Comments: I rode 63 minutes for 16.16 miles @ 15.3 mph avg.
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