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Sunday Aug 6, 2017 #
9 AM
Trail Run 45:07 [1] 3.7 mi (12:12 / mi) +297m 9:46 / mi
A little hungover, out for a run up the dirt road out behind the wedding venue. Hills! And nice views.
Saturday Aug 5, 2017 #
9 AM
Trail Run 1:06:17 [1] 4.2 mi (15:47 / mi) +537m 11:18 / mi
Out to Colorado for a wedding. First run: up in Crested Butte. Starts at 9000 feet and goes up. Easy to get to by bus from the wedding venue (really!) and a lovely mostly-trail run up to a beautiful mountain lake. Just a little too cool out to take a dip. Ran until my HR was in the 140s, then hiked, which was most of the hills.
Trail Run 48:18 [1] 4.2 mi (11:30 / mi) +20m 11:20 / mi
Run down, mostly running.
Friday Aug 4, 2017 #
6 AM
Run 16:37 [1] 1.9 mi (8:45 / mi)
Running around the field by the bean, doing things.
Core 8:00 [1]
NP stuff, and learning how to do jumping jacks. Really.
Monday Jul 31, 2017 #
Note
"My everything hurts."
A bit of 50m post-mortem. Overall things went pretty well. I was sprinting for a train this morning and after about 15 seconds of DOMSy goodness, I started feeling a little better. Not that I want to go more than 500m today, but I can mostly walk.
Looking back, here's how I'd grade the experience:
* Training: B. The long distance stuff I did this spring definitely helped. The past two months in Chicago don't: hard to get proper hills and distance in. I think long stadium workouts are probably very good for ultras. Maybe another VM this fall? (Obviously, so are long hikes, and those are even fun!) If I sign up for a 100m, I'll have to be very cognizant of long training.
* Hydration: B-. I drank enough, but didn't pee during the race. What came out afterwards was yellow, but not too dark. I was on the edge of having to pee but would wind up sweating it all out. So maybe I drank the right amount, since most of it was ice water.
* Heat management: A. At least once I figured out the ice thing. Had the race not had ice, I would have dropped out at mile 30. But every aid station was well-stocked, and having a singlet on to dump ice down worked well. As did a hat; glad I grabbed that at the last second. The one thing with the singlet ice was that it would settle around my waist (gravity, and all) and then that area would almost get too cold. There's probably a (small) market for a singlet which would hold ice next to your body and be easy to refill.
* Feeding: B+. I never felt like I was quite eating enough, but also never bonked. The race is very well-stocked (no need for a vest to carry things) and I found out that M&Ms and pickles taste good together. Never got hungry, never neglected to eat at a feed. Stomach was good.
* Chafe Management: A-. Lots of body glide at the start, and everything stayed with with ice and water. Chafe all healed pretty quick.
* Feet: A-. Feet got a bit wet, and I could have had socks to change in to in a drop bag. But they stayed non-blistery, just turned to calluses, and the bottoms aren't even that hurty.
* Injury prevention: A. So far, just some doms and sore feet. No ITB. No ankles (legs feel strong). Need to keep up leg strength.
Figuring that I may wind up doing something on Wednesday. Until then a couple of days off!
A bit of 50m post-mortem. Overall things went pretty well. I was sprinting for a train this morning and after about 15 seconds of DOMSy goodness, I started feeling a little better. Not that I want to go more than 500m today, but I can mostly walk.
Looking back, here's how I'd grade the experience:
* Training: B. The long distance stuff I did this spring definitely helped. The past two months in Chicago don't: hard to get proper hills and distance in. I think long stadium workouts are probably very good for ultras. Maybe another VM this fall? (Obviously, so are long hikes, and those are even fun!) If I sign up for a 100m, I'll have to be very cognizant of long training.
* Hydration: B-. I drank enough, but didn't pee during the race. What came out afterwards was yellow, but not too dark. I was on the edge of having to pee but would wind up sweating it all out. So maybe I drank the right amount, since most of it was ice water.
* Heat management: A. At least once I figured out the ice thing. Had the race not had ice, I would have dropped out at mile 30. But every aid station was well-stocked, and having a singlet on to dump ice down worked well. As did a hat; glad I grabbed that at the last second. The one thing with the singlet ice was that it would settle around my waist (gravity, and all) and then that area would almost get too cold. There's probably a (small) market for a singlet which would hold ice next to your body and be easy to refill.
* Feeding: B+. I never felt like I was quite eating enough, but also never bonked. The race is very well-stocked (no need for a vest to carry things) and I found out that M&Ms and pickles taste good together. Never got hungry, never neglected to eat at a feed. Stomach was good.
* Chafe Management: A-. Lots of body glide at the start, and everything stayed with with ice and water. Chafe all healed pretty quick.
* Feet: A-. Feet got a bit wet, and I could have had socks to change in to in a drop bag. But they stayed non-blistery, just turned to calluses, and the bottoms aren't even that hurty.
* Injury prevention: A. So far, just some doms and sore feet. No ITB. No ankles (legs feel strong). Need to keep up leg strength.
Figuring that I may wind up doing something on Wednesday. Until then a couple of days off!
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