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Wednesday Jan 14, 2009 #
Note
Half Marathon possibility
A note to all my readers: I'm considering running one of two half marathons on either February 22 or March 15 (see here: http://www.gfrcrun.org/marathons/halfm.htm ) in Cape Cod. The entry fees are $30 or $40; a valid point is that running 13 miles is neither entirely uncommon nor particularly remarkable among active training orienteers. These are good points, but I've never aggressively competed in a running race, and aiming for a benchmark and milestone could help focus my training.
So: Does anyone want to run a half marathon "with" me (presumably we would have different paces)?
Feedback welcome.
A note to all my readers: I'm considering running one of two half marathons on either February 22 or March 15 (see here: http://www.gfrcrun.org/marathons/halfm.htm ) in Cape Cod. The entry fees are $30 or $40; a valid point is that running 13 miles is neither entirely uncommon nor particularly remarkable among active training orienteers. These are good points, but I've never aggressively competed in a running race, and aiming for a benchmark and milestone could help focus my training.
So: Does anyone want to run a half marathon "with" me (presumably we would have different paces)?
Feedback welcome.
Note
I recently acquired Catching Features, and I'm thoroughly addicted. All I need now is a method to play Catching Features while on a treadmill or similar cardio machine that doesn't compromise my computer hardware. If and once I can find such a method, my training will be unstoppable.
Monday Jan 12, 2009 #
Running 46:22 [3] 7.7 km (6:01 / km)
shoes: 200809 NB Absorb EX 12
An early morning run. I was not thrilled about getting up and doing it, especially because I have been uncomfortably sick this past week. I have felt weak and unusually unenthused about being cold.
Anyway, today's run was a low intensity river loop with a significant street component along a route I do not often take. Snow was falling while I ran, and several inches had accumulated over the previous day.
I had a very curious experience at minute 34 of my run, where I suddenly and drastically felt a total loss of energy. I felt like I had hit the wall - like my unfortunate experience at West Point, May 2008. I stopped for a few minutes and paused to try to regain my composure, then finished my run at a slightly lower intensity.
I was not pushing that hard (I estimate 5:40 min/km), and my breathing rate was 4/4 and 3/3 throughout the run. I was not out of breath, as I would experience from running too fast and being unable to sustain that pace. My muscles did not experience any discomfort or cramping. The best explanation I can arrive it is some combination of the following
- There was a non-trivial amount of snow even in the plowed and cleared sections along my run. I was then doing significantly more work than I expected displacing snow. Also, in the minutes leading up to my breakdown, I had diverted from cleared sections and pushed through deeper drifts.
- I had a demanding bike session on Saturday that may have depleted my glycogen reserves. In retrospect, I did not eat that much between Saturday night and Monday morning (though I did eat a burrito, among other things), so I may not have completely replenished.
- My strength was depleted over the past week from my cold more seriously than I expected, and I have not fully recovered.
- My body temperature fell (perhaps from waiting at cross walks), slowing my metabolism (I'm really reaching here).
So, yeah. Dunno. I'm attributing much of this to the fact that it was snowing, and such running conditions are relatively foreign to me. While running, I listened to an exegesis of Psalm 17.
Anyway, today's run was a low intensity river loop with a significant street component along a route I do not often take. Snow was falling while I ran, and several inches had accumulated over the previous day.
I had a very curious experience at minute 34 of my run, where I suddenly and drastically felt a total loss of energy. I felt like I had hit the wall - like my unfortunate experience at West Point, May 2008. I stopped for a few minutes and paused to try to regain my composure, then finished my run at a slightly lower intensity.
I was not pushing that hard (I estimate 5:40 min/km), and my breathing rate was 4/4 and 3/3 throughout the run. I was not out of breath, as I would experience from running too fast and being unable to sustain that pace. My muscles did not experience any discomfort or cramping. The best explanation I can arrive it is some combination of the following
- There was a non-trivial amount of snow even in the plowed and cleared sections along my run. I was then doing significantly more work than I expected displacing snow. Also, in the minutes leading up to my breakdown, I had diverted from cleared sections and pushed through deeper drifts.
- I had a demanding bike session on Saturday that may have depleted my glycogen reserves. In retrospect, I did not eat that much between Saturday night and Monday morning (though I did eat a burrito, among other things), so I may not have completely replenished.
- My strength was depleted over the past week from my cold more seriously than I expected, and I have not fully recovered.
- My body temperature fell (perhaps from waiting at cross walks), slowing my metabolism (I'm really reaching here).
So, yeah. Dunno. I'm attributing much of this to the fact that it was snowing, and such running conditions are relatively foreign to me. While running, I listened to an exegesis of Psalm 17.