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Saturday Dec 10, 2011 #
Event: Possum Trot Weekend
6 AM
Terrain (Trail) 28:00 [2] ***
shoes: Sabino TR
Early jog up the ridge at Pere Marquette while the sun came up. Very fine.
8 AM
Terrain (Trail) 26:00 [2] ***
shoes: Oroc 280 (old)
After breakfast and coffee with Kate and Yaya at the lodge, went for my proper warmup.
Terrain race (Trail) 58:17 [5] *** 7.5 mi (7:46 / mi)
shoes: Oroc 280 (old)
Pere Marquette trail run. Hard to interpret the time as the conditions were fast and they've done a fair bit of trail grooming. Just about everybody ran a PR. But, so did I and my overall place was about what I'd hope for given that this is an early season race for me this year, so I'm calling it a good day. 2nd to Rick Barnes in age group; 15th overall.
Terrain (Grass) 17:00 [2] **
Easy barefoot jog to ice the foot. As Sat evening, the foot is OK for the Trot. The legs, on the other hand...
Friday Dec 9, 2011 #
11 AM
Terrain (Grass) 34:00 [3] *
(rest day) shoes: DS Trainers
Easy jog around the neighborhoods south of 40 from work. Mostly running on people's lawns but also some on the powerline.
Thursday Dec 8, 2011 #
Note
weight:166lbs (rest day)
Took some force of will to take the day completely off as it's beautiful out. Going into the weekend, the G could be better, but I guess it's OK. Foot could be better, but I guess it's OK. Fitness could be better, but I guess it's OK. Conditions could not be better; if this was a late-season race rather than very early season (I usually take my annual break right after PM rather than October as I did this year), I would be shooting for a PR. As it is, I'll be happy to be under an hour which may take the age group if Rick Barnes gets the overall Masters win. No way I'm beating him this year.
As for the Trot, well, it will suck as it did two years ago when it was right after PM. But, it's an odd year, so what did I expect? Fitting that the Curse of the Odd Trot should go right to the end (PT9 being the only exception).
As for the Trot, well, it will suck as it did two years ago when it was right after PM. But, it's an odd year, so what did I expect? Fitting that the Curse of the Odd Trot should go right to the end (PT9 being the only exception).
Wednesday Dec 7, 2011 #
11 AM
Terrain (Grass) 52:00 [2] **
Barefoot on the powerline at lunch from work. Most of the grass was fairly warm as the sun was out. Some of the shady spots still had a dusting of snow, so the feet did get the desired icing effect.
Tuesday Dec 6, 2011 #
5 AM
Terrain (Grass) 1:03:00 [2] **
shoes: Sabino TR
In to work on the powerline. Some sort of wierd icy mist coming down, but not uncomfortable. Overcast reflected enough light that I didn't need to turn my headlamp on the whole way. Not a whole lot of spring in the stride this morning. Mostly the trough from Sunday's workout, but I think the Sabino's may have had it, too. They've got over 1000 miles on them and it really felt like running with bricks on my feet. Probably heightened by the fact that most of my recent running has been barefoot or in the 101's (which are pretty close to running barefoot).
7 PM
Running (Track) 54:00 [4]
shoes: Grid A2
4x800@2:56 400R. Well sort of. Took a while to find the pace but finally got it dialed on. To be expected, I suppose as I haven't done a true track workout in quite some time.
Monday Dec 5, 2011 #
4 PM
Terrain (Grass) 1:06:00 [2] *
(rest day) shoes: MT101
Home from work via the powerline with a stop by the store to get hot dog buns for Yaya. Had a fair bit of spring in my stride, which was certainly a nice change from the way I have been feeling.
Pere Marquette finally got around to publishing the seedings for this weekend. I'm 14th, which is not as good as it has been recently (odd given that last year was my best placing ever), but it's still in wave 0 and that's all that matters. Actually, I'm a bit relieved. I was afraid they might seed me in the top 10 and then I'd feel a lot of pressure to do well. I want to break an hour, but if my first couple splits show it won't happen, I'll back offf and try to save my legs for the Trot.
Pere Marquette finally got around to publishing the seedings for this weekend. I'm 14th, which is not as good as it has been recently (odd given that last year was my best placing ever), but it's still in wave 0 and that's all that matters. Actually, I'm a bit relieved. I was afraid they might seed me in the top 10 and then I'd feel a lot of pressure to do well. I want to break an hour, but if my first couple splits show it won't happen, I'll back offf and try to save my legs for the Trot.
Sunday Dec 4, 2011 #
8 AM
Terrain (Grass) 24:00 [2] **
Not surprisingly, it was a bit tough to get out of bed this morning. Went for an easy barefoot run on the powerline before church.
3 PM
Running (Road) 2:21:00
shoes: DS Trainers
IIncludes 6xCC Lake steps@73.
Last I checked, the Boston Marathon was still a road race, so a few long runs on pavement are called for. I'll probably try to get away with just one a week unless the foot problems completely go away (unlikely given the planned mileage).
The hope was to get in some work on longer hills, but time limited me to a run close to home, so the Missouri bluff was my only option. After I got done with the steps, I ran another 10 miles on rolling terrain at a firm, but comfortable pace.
Last I checked, the Boston Marathon was still a road race, so a few long runs on pavement are called for. I'll probably try to get away with just one a week unless the foot problems completely go away (unlikely given the planned mileage).
The hope was to get in some work on longer hills, but time limited me to a run close to home, so the Missouri bluff was my only option. After I got done with the steps, I ran another 10 miles on rolling terrain at a firm, but comfortable pace.