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Saturday Oct 22, 2011 #
11 AM
canicross 40:00 [3] 4.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: Columbia Trail Meister
That was a number of different outings through the forests off Fallowfield. My feet are more sore now than after last week's race.
Friday Oct 21, 2011 #
8 PM
Running 28:51 [3] 4.0 km (7:13 / km)
shoes: New Balance MT572
That was my first run since the race. My left knee hurt by end of mile one. There were puddles in the track's inside lane (8°).
Thursday Oct 20, 2011 #
canicross 14:00 [3] 1.4 km (10:00 / km)
Wednesday Oct 19, 2011 #
canicross 11:00 [3] 1.1 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: Columbia Trail Meister
My knees were unhappy even with this tiny exercise. However, we did walk another 4k through the day.
basic 6:00 [1]
Sunday Oct 16, 2011 #
Note
Detroit half marathon
7 AM
Running race 2:05:47 21.1 km (5:58 / km)
slept:2.0 shoes: Nike Pegasus+ 26 GTX
Detroit half marathon
56.1%
2531/8489 165/385 (45-49 men)
That's the first race event I've attended where the music playing as the gun went off was a song by Eminem, how appropriate. I failed in my training objective to race alongside Corey (I fell back in first 500m) but my training resulted in a great race in ugly conditions: rainy, windy and dark. I love racing in October. It was so good to turn off my (navigation) brain and just run, run, run.
Course design was unique, crossing the bridge to Windsor at 5k (watching a truck driver crash into the barricades watching us instead of the road), running past Corey's street, loving the downhill descent of the bridge and then the downhill descent in tunnel but then totally detesting the uphill climb out of and stifling heat of the tunnel in the underwater mile. With so many hills and 90° turns, this is not a course for qualifying times, IMHO.
Gatorade was available at every water station. I avoided the M&Ms station as I'd had no sleep sitting on toilet all night. I'd forgotten all about the nerves and GI torture of the night before racing. It's amazing that I had a running career at all. I didn't avoid the cookies station one mile from my finish. Tummy was no problem at all once the race started.
Spectators and entertainers were thin but then the weather was terrible and it was still night time. Hey, the post-race party didn't start 'til noon and we were in the car leaving by 09h30.
At the 15k split, I'd run my best in last four years - 1:25:36. From there, I just held on as best as I could. My 15k split was much better than my finishing time. My 10k split was an even better effort (55:25). Attempting to track Corey resulted in the expected crash-and-burn.
Another aspect of real racing that I'd forgotten: I ran by four runners in the last 60m on the ground, receiving medical attention. Don't leave anything on course!!!
The long drive home after the race (850k) was tough. I got out of the car many times and had trouble getting my knees to work. I iced the left knee often but the good knee seized up from being locked in driving position so long. Recovery will take some time and I expect be sick from a weakened immune system.
Corey did great. I did great. I'd like to feel motivated for more but the odds are very high that that was my final half-marathon.
Splits: the plan to run with Corey required 8:00/miles...8:19, 9:52 (mile sign was blown out of location), 8:27, 8:26, 9:04, 9:35, 9:22, 9:04, 10:01, 9:38, 10:37, 10:23, 11:24 (1.1mi).
56.1%
2531/8489 165/385 (45-49 men)
That's the first race event I've attended where the music playing as the gun went off was a song by Eminem, how appropriate. I failed in my training objective to race alongside Corey (I fell back in first 500m) but my training resulted in a great race in ugly conditions: rainy, windy and dark. I love racing in October. It was so good to turn off my (navigation) brain and just run, run, run.
Course design was unique, crossing the bridge to Windsor at 5k (watching a truck driver crash into the barricades watching us instead of the road), running past Corey's street, loving the downhill descent of the bridge and then the downhill descent in tunnel but then totally detesting the uphill climb out of and stifling heat of the tunnel in the underwater mile. With so many hills and 90° turns, this is not a course for qualifying times, IMHO.
Gatorade was available at every water station. I avoided the M&Ms station as I'd had no sleep sitting on toilet all night. I'd forgotten all about the nerves and GI torture of the night before racing. It's amazing that I had a running career at all. I didn't avoid the cookies station one mile from my finish. Tummy was no problem at all once the race started.
Spectators and entertainers were thin but then the weather was terrible and it was still night time. Hey, the post-race party didn't start 'til noon and we were in the car leaving by 09h30.
At the 15k split, I'd run my best in last four years - 1:25:36. From there, I just held on as best as I could. My 15k split was much better than my finishing time. My 10k split was an even better effort (55:25). Attempting to track Corey resulted in the expected crash-and-burn.
Another aspect of real racing that I'd forgotten: I ran by four runners in the last 60m on the ground, receiving medical attention. Don't leave anything on course!!!
The long drive home after the race (850k) was tough. I got out of the car many times and had trouble getting my knees to work. I iced the left knee often but the good knee seized up from being locked in driving position so long. Recovery will take some time and I expect be sick from a weakened immune system.
Corey did great. I did great. I'd like to feel motivated for more but the odds are very high that that was my final half-marathon.
Splits: the plan to run with Corey required 8:00/miles...8:19, 9:52 (mile sign was blown out of location), 8:27, 8:26, 9:04, 9:35, 9:22, 9:04, 10:01, 9:38, 10:37, 10:23, 11:24 (1.1mi).