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Saturday May 24, 2014 #
Event: Sulphur Springs Trail Run
6 AM
Running - Trail 5:21:51 [2] 47.22 km (6:49 / km) +733m 6:19 / km
shoes: Saucony Peregrine
Well, that was my first 50 miler attempt. I always knew in the back of my head it would be kind of a long shot with no real preparationn.
Basically, I stuck by my plan for the first hour - which was, go super slow, walk every hill and ignore everyone.
But, after that first hour, I felt so good, like, really good and without realising it, I was running the hills - even parts of Martins Rd on the first loop. Probably wasn't the wisest thing to do.
Things still stayed OK on the second loop - I kinda got the same PF sensation somewhere around Burlington Bridge, but put it in the back of my mind and kept going. All was well, and then around 35k it all stopped being well. Quads totally locked up, foot is hurting more, any downhill became agonising to run and generally it was anti-fun.
Got to the end of loop 2 and it wasn't a hard decision to short course myself, run the 10k loop and complete 50k (like I had originally planned before it sold out!).
Honestly not disappointed - learned a lot, the biggest being loop races aren't for me. Will look into another 50k somewhere, sometime - that length seemed OK. If I feel like working up from there after that - then I'll consider it. Currently, the training you should do for a 50 miler seems so obnoxiously boring (to me) and time consuming - not sure it's something I'm into.
Basically, I stuck by my plan for the first hour - which was, go super slow, walk every hill and ignore everyone.
But, after that first hour, I felt so good, like, really good and without realising it, I was running the hills - even parts of Martins Rd on the first loop. Probably wasn't the wisest thing to do.
Things still stayed OK on the second loop - I kinda got the same PF sensation somewhere around Burlington Bridge, but put it in the back of my mind and kept going. All was well, and then around 35k it all stopped being well. Quads totally locked up, foot is hurting more, any downhill became agonising to run and generally it was anti-fun.
Got to the end of loop 2 and it wasn't a hard decision to short course myself, run the 10k loop and complete 50k (like I had originally planned before it sold out!).
Honestly not disappointed - learned a lot, the biggest being loop races aren't for me. Will look into another 50k somewhere, sometime - that length seemed OK. If I feel like working up from there after that - then I'll consider it. Currently, the training you should do for a 50 miler seems so obnoxiously boring (to me) and time consuming - not sure it's something I'm into.
Thursday May 22, 2014 #
Running - Trail 30:00 [3]
shoes: Saucony Peregrine
Running with ARK Attack
Wednesday May 21, 2014 #
Running - Trail 1:30:00 [3]
shoes: MT 1010 2014
Don't normally feel the need to log ARK nights set up, as it's usually pretty casual. But was on a pretty tight schedule tonight for set up and had a lot to get through, then followed with 2xARK Nav+1 hr of ARK Attack.
Pretty cactus by the end of the night. Many thanks to Hammer for the post-ARK burgers.
Pretty cactus by the end of the night. Many thanks to Hammer for the post-ARK burgers.
Monday May 19, 2014 #
5 PM
Running - Trail 46:46 [3] 5.78 km (8:06 / km) +211m 6:51 / km
shoes: MT 1010 2014
3 days in a row. Oh yeah, I'm bad.
Cruise around Spencer Gorge shaking out all the weekend aches and pains. Awesome to finally get out and enjoy the chlorophyll bomb. Quite a few people out. Pretty tough work fording Spencer Creek.
Cruise around Spencer Gorge shaking out all the weekend aches and pains. Awesome to finally get out and enjoy the chlorophyll bomb. Quite a few people out. Pretty tough work fording Spencer Creek.
Sunday May 18, 2014 #
9 AM
Running - Trail 2:00:00 [3] 17.0 km (7:04 / km)
shoes: Yellow VIbrams
TM Ohio Take 2. Band Aid+Duct Tape+ New Pair of tights and I was ready to go - still had to stay clear of all the water obstacles (ie 75% of them).
Took it a lot more casually, did the TM thing - helping people over the tough obstacles, it was a lot of fun and I get now why people enjoy that side of it.
Course had dried out a lot and been buffed by the 6000 who went through the day before, much nicer to cruise around on.
Took it a lot more casually, did the TM thing - helping people over the tough obstacles, it was a lot of fun and I get now why people enjoy that side of it.
Course had dried out a lot and been buffed by the 6000 who went through the day before, much nicer to cruise around on.