Training Log Archive: FoxShadow

10 miler with mobiz and Guerfondler and John and Eric and Corey. Fun run and pretty good clip up and back though the theo wirth parkway. Legs are sore and need a few days off now. Feels good to have a lot of good training in this week though.

Second effort in my pursuit of a Kelly marathon 10k split. Today's goal: two miles at pace.

I did it at the gym, and forgot my running shoes and so I had it in my gore-tex Columbia mid-high boots. Good news is that I got it done. Bad news is that I have no chance of doing that for 10k anytime soon. Super difficult. Feels good to have it under my belt though.

Onward.

Warm up, cool down for the fast effort. Some abs and light lifting, which didn't last long.

I've been considering taking my running training up a notch over the last few weeks. I think it's mostly been motivated by Kelly's inspirational efforts, but also because the lebanon single track is not much fun to ride when cold/covered with ice/snow. I'm a goal oriented person, it gives me direction and makes for easier decision making when the work day is winding down and I ask myself what I'm going to do for a workout.

One goal I really like, but I've been hesitant to take on, is to run Kelly's 10k split from her Olymipic trial qualifying effort in the marathon. You'd think that a farily fit dude could take on his girlfriend's marathon's 10k split without much trouble. Problem for me is that she crossed the 10k split at 38:40. That's 6:15 per mile for those of you keeping score. Yikes! My PR is two minutes slower than that, and that was 8 years ago when I was a decent triathlete, and running 3-4 times a week before my back was bad. So, I don't like the fact that it may not be possible.

But hey, it's a good way to put into perspective Kelly's accomplishments, right? That's what I figure. So, here begins my first training regarding this goal.

Tonight's goal was to (1) run 10k and (2) to do one mile at goal pace. So, I ran the third mile at pace. Good thing was that I was able to do it without cramping or hurting too bad. But it was really tough, not too far from blowing up. Felt like I could do about 2, maybe 2.5 miles at that pace before I blew up. I did the other miles between 7:30 and 8 minutes per mile. In the end I was a full mile behind her, so I was about one sixth slower. Emasculating? Perhaps. For me, I'll take that as a decent starting point...

Feels good to be done. I'll do at least one run with this goal in mind per week for a while, up to her run in Houston and perhaps beyond.

Initial indication confirms that what she did was impossible for most humans. Really stupid silly fast.

C • fast man 8

Lift at Anytime before meeting Molly and Julia and Kelly for a run.

Ran at the riverbottoms, the usual run from the parking lot to the dock and back. Nice fun run.

Wore my heart rate monitor tonight, and it showed 960 calories burned. I swept particularly hard, but regardless, it's good to know I'm working.

Nice morning ride with MoBiz on the river path and then out to Hopkins.