Training Week Ending June 3, 2006

June 3?

tkb

SwStudio said:

Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training
week and goals.

cheers,

30 miles running; 2 miles beach walking and dune climbing. Total of
32 with a long run of 6.3.

Included in the mileage was a PB 5K, third in age division (55-59).
Elvis Presley Festival 5K. Great course mostly very flat with one
monster hill at about mile 2.5. Perfect weather, 70F with very low
humidity (a rarity in Mississippi).

The 50th Aniversary of the 1956 Elvis homecoming concert in Tupelo was
also fantastic, if there are any fans out there.

Race season is essentially over for this part of Mississippi, so I
have to find something to focus on. All the races in this area (about
eight 5Ks and two 10Ks are crammed into a three month period and then
it is over till mid fall. Too hot and humid for summer competition.

Thinking about a late summer 10K in Boerne, TX, in conjunction with a
family visit. Anyone run in that area?

Frank

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steve common said:

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splat

For a second, I thought it was UJ, until I looked at the mileage
and then the sender.

jobs

SwStudio said:

Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training
week and goals.

goals: take a cutback week, then forge ahead. Upcoming races: 3-mile and
4-mile sometime in July; 15K Sept 2; marathon Sept 30. Not that I feel
remotely capable of racing right now.

Su: 18mi (8:23)
M: AM 6.2mi (9:11), PM 3.8mi (9:23)
T: AM 13mi (9:21), PM 6mi (8:33)
W: PM 10.1mi (8:24)
R: 10mi incl 8x strides but still amazingly slow
F: 12mi (9:13)
Sa: 13mi (8:59)

total: 92.1 miles

I'd planned to run 6 miles Friday after work (bringing the total to an
f-clown-w 98), but by midweek I'd had enough of aching shins and constant
fatigue, so I took a zero on the 6-miler and left it at 92 for the week. I
wondered (not for the first time) if I had dug myself into some hole I
couldn't climb out of. Saturday's 13 started out dog-slow, but the last 4
miles gave me some hope. And then this morning, a gift: driving to meet my
Sunday-run friends I noticed that the leaden feeling was gone from my legs.
I'm sure it will be back, but I was glad to feel normal for at least one
day.

This coming week I will 1) take a cutback to 72 miles, and 2) visit my
massage therapist, who's been away for a month. I hope that does the
trick.

good week all

Karen

Quoted message said:

steve common said:

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splat

For a second, I thought it was UJ, until I looked at the mileage
and then the sender.

me too. I was surprised that UJ would post a 0.

Karen

Quoted message said:

For a second, I thought it was UJ, until I looked at the mileage
and then the sender.

Posting my third 0 made me think of his consistancy - plus I don't get to
say "splat" much either :->

SwStudio said:

Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training
week and goals.

Tue: 3.0 mile (4.8k) road
Thu: 3.0 mile (4.8k) road
Sun: 3.2 mile (5.1k) trail (My long run for the past 2 months!)
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Week total: 9.2 miles (14.8k)
Year total: 188 miles (302k)

Currently 237 miles (381K) (as of this minute) BEHIND on my NEW 2006
goal of running "only" 1000 miles (1609K).

Training: Better, but still quite light. I'll planning to jump to 12
miles (19k) for the coming week, then hold myself to adding 2 miles (3k)
per week until I get back to my "normal" mileage.

Racing past:
5K road race: finished

Racing future:
Tuesday: 1500m and 3000m track races - Goal: See what I've got without
reinjuring myself
Sat: 5000m track race - Goal: approach or beat crappy track PR, keep the
other guys for getting series points too easily
Peachtree Road Race 10K in 4 weeks - Goal: attempt course PR

Misc goals:
Lose weight

Piedmont Donald

SwStudio said:

Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training
week and goals.

you bet.... here was my week:

su-Ottawa ING Half Marathon, 1:55:44
m-no run, stretched lots, relaxed, a little walk
t-same as monday
w-easy :20 run
th-easy :30 run
f-no run
sa-no run, weights workout
su (today)-:40 swim workout (intense), might do a triathlon training
brick in an hour or two (bike to run)

GOALS: get into the tri training full-hog and do this thing! got a race
(Olympic distance) on Aug. 5, and i must be ready for it. no more
messing around. this means far fewer rest days (just one a week) and i
must manage the workouts so i don't end up with ITBS problems again
(the cycling and running in tandem often seem to lead to the
condition). might be a matter of bike fitting.

tri training: i'm looking at a weekly Monday brick workout (bike to
run), tues. off, wed. long run, thurs. bike, fri. med. dist. run, and
two swims over the weekends. would be nice to keep a weights workout in
there on weekends, but i might just let it go til after the race. two
months of solid tri training will keep me in tip top shape.

Cam

Goal: Get my lardbucket self in motion again.

I had a yearlong case of burnout after finally finishing the Boston
Marathon last year. Then just when I thought I might be back in a slow
but steady groove, last month I got a detached retina, and I spent 3
weeks not running at all, just taking a walk here and there. This week
I was cleared to run again, so off I went, 25 pounds heavier than I
was in Hopkinton.

All totals include some walking, some more than others.

M: DNR
T: DNR
W: 3 slow
T: DNR
F: 3 slow
S: 4.2 slow
S: DNR

Total 10.2 miles. Biggest week in a month.
--
Brian P. Baresch
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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If you're going through hell, keep going. --Winston Churchill

"joe positive" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

total: 92.1 miles

Quoted message said:

This coming week I will 1) take a cutback to 72 miles, and 2) visit my
massage therapist, who's been away for a month. I hope that does the
trick.

I agree with your philosophy of just grinding out the miles, and backing off
now and again until (and hoping if!) you can get used to it.

When I was younger, I could get up to 100+ and feel ok, but now my limit is
75-80.

If and when you adapt to the grind, will you back off on miles as you ramp
up intensity? This is what I like to do.

-- Dan

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Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training
week and goals.

ran %hr biked
05/29 off
05/30 0:49 69% 0:25
05/31 0:58 75% 0:41
06/01 1:18 75% 0:28
06/02 1:02 74% 0:43
06/03 off
06/04 3:38 78% 5,480', 20 trail miles
as 8x2.5 mile, 4x1370'^ hill repeats in:
32:19 83% 21:27 72% (up down)
31:55 84% 20:08 74%
31:34 86% 21:34 72%
38:26 77% 21:07 71% hiked up last 1

Got to train today with Doug and a few of his ultra friends. One of them was
doing 7 laps on this hill today, and though hiking the ups of the last few,
that's still a killer workout. My quads had enough coming down the 4th time.
Skipped Saturday run to accommodate longer run Sunday.

Goals: June 18th Mt. Greylock half marathon, July 30th Escarpment trail
run, Vermont 50 mile Sept?

Mt Greylock should be a good early tune-up race for Escarpment. It's on
trails and starts with a ~2600' hill in ~3 miles, then rolls down the next
9+ miles to the finish. Training seems to be going well this year, though
I'm still too fat, but lighter and in better shape than this time last year.

-Tony

2006 Summary
hrs hrs long
wk bike run run
01 3:33 0:50 0:25
02 1:39 2:18 1:05
03 3:17 3:01 1:15
04 1:37 3:05 1:32
05 1:14 4:24 1:55
06 0:20 4:36 2:07
07 1:08 3:24 1:14
08 0:26 5:15 2:28
09 1:49 1:33 1:01
10 3:17 3:43 1:21
11 1:56 6:10 2:49
12 2:20 4:16 1:21
13 2:52 6:03 2:15
14 1:47 6:32 2:43
15 3:12 6:21 2:09
16 1:57 6:09 2:35
17 1:58 9:04 4:28
18 3:41 3:59 1:21
19 1:44 7:42 2:39
20 1:59 7:32 2:38
21 3:04 7:39 2:29
22 2:17 7:45 3:38

Dan Stumpus said:

I agree with your philosophy of just grinding out the miles, and backing
off now and again until (and hoping if!) you can get used to it.

When I was younger, I could get up to 100+ and feel ok, but now my limit
is 75-80.

Ah, I'd love to get to where 100+ feels ok. Right now 85 feels ok, but
trying to sustain anything over that makes me tired.

Quoted message said:

If and when you adapt to the grind, will you back off on miles as you ramp
up intensity? This is what I like to do.

The plan is: a 72-mile week, then 4 weeks of 100-105 at whatever pace I can
drag myself around at. Then, if I haven't died, I'll drop back to 75 and
begin the "strength" (ha!) phase.

Karen

Monday - 5.5
Tuesday - off
Wednesday - 7
Thursday - 3.5 on the elliptical, (developed a sore throat, head cold)
Wednesday afternoon
Friday - 5.5 sore throat is gone, still congested.
Saturday - 9.25 hilly, felt pretty good, (standing outside in the wind and
rain at the Friehofer's Run for Women later took it's toll though)
Sunday - 13.5 first 7 on trails felt like [censored], with the combination of the
humidity trapped in the woods and the remnants of this cold, I just couldn't
catch my breath, I finished the run on the roads and felt better.

total: 40
goals, races:
get rid of this cold
5k next Saturday goal time 20:40 or better.

"SwStudio" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training
week and goals.

cheers,
--
David Hirsh, director
www.urbanburn.com - half marathon, full throttle!
www.hcatrailseries.com - Get off the road this season!
www.absolutelyaccurate.com - Hamilton's summer series!

77.50 just-under-50%-increase-to-keep-it-safe training miles, as

Mo PM: 15.0 First truly hot (87F) day of the year. Long run a day
late,
having sat out Sun with lower back pain. Felt fine today.

Tu AM: 4.55 recovery
PM: 4.25 recovery

We AM: 9.00 easy, 6x20" strides; feels like stride length is
increasing

Th AM: 9.50 5x840m, 1x1280m; still too slow but at least I managed to
start with the slowest and finish with the less slow

Fr AM: 6.50 easy
PM: 5.65 easy

Sa AM: 7.75 easy

Su PM: 15.05 progression: slow to MP-ish to tempo-ish. Weight shot up
3-4
lb this AM after postprandial cappucino last night,
further
confirmation of my milktose allergy/intolerance thing.

In the context of training for Boilermaker in 5 weeks, this wasn't the
ideal time to increase mileage. And I don't plan to log high 70's
again
for a while. But hey, I felt like running a lot. And I did much of it
on dirt, and treated my legs to a 10 minute cold bath after today's
run.

upcoming
--------
- race or two in June
- goal races = Utica Boilermaker 9 Jul; NYCM 5 Nov

steve common said:

Quoted message said:

For a second, I thought it was UJ, until I looked at the mileage
and then the sender.

Posting my third 0 made me think of his consistancy - plus I don't get to
say "splat" much either :->

My running's been so bad lately that it's not even worth "splatting."
Last month I ran 13 miles. However, I did bike 130 miles.
Hoping to get that changed this month.

jobs

Piedmont Donald <sorry_invalid@too_much_spam.com> wrote:
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Week total: 9.2 miles (14.8k)
Year total: 188 miles (302k)

Currently 237 miles (381K) (as of this minute) BEHIND on my NEW 2006
goal of running "only" 1000 miles (1609K).

Hmm.. my YTD is 175 miles. One of my goals for this year is to run 1000.
7 months to go and 825 miles.

Good luck with your races.

jobs

jobs said:

Hmm.. my YTD is 175 miles. One of my goals for this year is
to run 1000.

What's mising, jobs: health, time, inclination, other?

"joe positive" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I'd planned to run 6 miles Friday after work (bringing the total to an
f-clown-w 98), but by midweek I'd had enough of aching shins and
constant
fatigue, so I took a zero on the 6-miler and left it at 92 for the
week. I
wondered (not for the first time) if I had dug myself into some hole I
couldn't climb out of.

I notice you are always saying 'I.' Do I conclude that you are back to
coaching yourself or at least not reporting your fairly consistent
tiredness?

-DF