Training Log Archive: Grandpa Jameson

surprisingly good sleep after racing hard. yard work and football today.

awesome hour walk on the river with Fi while Maggie and Ruby ran. legs feel good today, barely sore. could have definitely run today but being smart. won't run until tuesday.

Event: Indian Creek 50's
 

up at 430.. not alarm but Fi was a bit restless. alarm was set for 5 so just got up. feeling rested and ready to have some fun.

solid day at the office. mellow start with some fast dudes... and i went to the front as soon as we started the .25 fireroad climb. onto the single track at 1.3 miles and I had 15-20 gap over aish and another dude. let it rip on the 6 mile descent and then was all alone.

saw luke at 9 miles and still couldn't see anybody behind me. my plan for the day was to be really conservative on the climbs and roll the descents. i wanted to save my matches for the final 6 mile climb.

at the end of the first 15 mile lap i had a 2 min gap on aish... so i was running scared. had having run and ridden the course a few times i knew what was ahead. i got down to waterton canyon at 21 miles and started a steep, grinding 4 mile climb. i hiked any time it was really steep and ran the rest. i just wanted to keep my HR and effort in check.

i got to the last aid station (only one per loop) and some how still had my lead. i had just been running steady, not hard. i filled up, grabbed and handful of chips, and was out.

the last climb was gnarly. 6 miles, varying grades, and even though i was conservative early I was cracking. a combo of running and power hiking the douche grade. i finally made it back to the fireroad and it was all downhill. i ran hard and finished strong. the course was almost 35 miles... stoked i knew that going in!

i hung out for an hour after i finished and 2nd place came in around ~45min after... but no aish. not sure if he dropped but knowing he was behind me was motivation all day to keep grinding. that course was brutal... and awesome.

tried something a bit new for nutrition. i held off on the gels until about mile ~20. just used skrach chews and GU roctane drink. seemed to work well but i still like skratch drink better. took 3 gels in the last 14 miles. still up in the air though on nutrition... just so much sugar and my stomach was getting over it.

C • Tailwind 1

C • Congrats James! 3

C • blazzing ! 1

feeling very rested. tomorrow's race should be really fun. can't wait to let it rip and race hard.

mellow hood lap after dropping ruby off. feeling great.

mike aish and justin ricks are now on the start list for the 50k tomorrow... getting amped!

C • Good luck! 1

good sleep. mouth way less sore.

mellow cruise through chatfield state park and back. cool out... 59 at noon when i rolled out. legs feel great.

not great sleep.... had a cavity and other work done yesterday and my mouth was throbbing last night after the numbness wore off... tough to get to sleep and stay a sleep.

mellow cruise on the platte with the fam. feeling good... awesome, cool temps. mid 40's. loving it.

mellow core session with maggie

myrtl

5x
10 x kbs #26
1 min plank
10 x trx pull ups
30/30 side bridge
20 x russian twist #26
5e x kneeling slasher to halo
20 x sit ups

stated up watching the bolts lose... they are so hard to watch this year.

mellow cruise with luke out at south valley. warm and dry. feeling rested.

very good sleep.

super stoked on the last 3 weeks of training. planning on taking it pretty easy this week with the 50k on saturday. i want to have a solid day out there.

8wks our from TNF50.