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Friday after work I needed to make up for the interval session (4 x 1200) I skipped on Thursday. Instead of going to the track, I just programmed up the Garmin and headed down to the Chesterfield levee. After the mile warmup, the start of the first 1200 coincided with a stretch along the levee where [...] After training almost entirely for long slow distance for the last year, my interval sessions this summer were a nice change, but they haven’t exactly been translating me into a speed demon. I’ve been feeling better the last few weeks, but by 21:10 5K PR is totally out of reach. My plan was targeting [...] A workout that was good. It is about time. Temps tonight were only 85 degrees and humidity was 40% – in other words – totally glorious. I did 5 x 1000 with the Fleet Feet crowd. My average time was 4:18. Still nothing incredible, but better, so much better. I actually felt [...] - Last Thursday was intervals, 10 x 400 at an average time of 1:38 per. Still sluggish even though it was mid 90s and humid. I ran 3.93 miles Tuesday morning, my last run of this training cycle. The bulk of my training (apart from some tempo runs and the races) was based on time, not distance, so an odd distance like this isn’t unusual for me. However, in this case I planned to run this exact distance. [...] Saturday, Jason, Kathy, and I met up in Forest Park to get our last long run in before Comrades. Kathy isn’t even running in the race yet she came down to support the team and put in some distance! Jason and I got on the short (3 mile) hill loop and did our Galloway 9/1 effort [...] Running Banana came thru with flying colors, delivering my Comrades shirt. I put it on for tonight’s 60 minute journey to the Awakening and back. Fits perfectly and I’m sure it will work for the run. My name is on the front, ultra large, which makes me feel a little goofy out training, [...] After watching Jason finish so strongly in the Frisco 50K, hearing Bart Yasso talk about his run walk strategy, and realizing the first half of Comrades is going to be seriously up and down, I’m strongly considering a run walk strategy for taking on Comrades. My plan would be 9 minutes running/1 minute walking for [...] No, not the study of meteors, but the prediction of weather. I was touched by everyone’s concern for me, running in the heat of a St. Louis March. Honestly, it isn’t that bad, but my main focus was to be the first blogger of the year to complain about the heat. Mission accomplished! However, [...] The human body stores enough glycogen to power you to about 18-20 miles or so. In order to run a 56 mile race, you’ve got to take in some calories along the way. My estimate is that I need to ingest roughly 3500 calories during this run in order to keep on the road. [...] |
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