My feet will be happy when this Ironman training is over. Every long run ends with black and red toes. In all seriousness my feet are starting to hurt on long runs and I just hope that it won't affect me for IMWI. My weekend was full of continuing education. I took Saturday off so decided to go for a long run on Sunday. It was hotter than I anticipated. By mile 7 my socks were wet. This … [Read more...]
With my absence on the track of late, the boys have been steppin' it up with the workouts. Last week, in preparations for Fall marathons, they did: 2 miles, 1 mile, 800, 400 at a little faster than 6:00 pace. In fact, I heard results of 11:48, 5:47, 2:43, :81. That's a tough workout. Great job guys. The plan today is take this trend even further and run: 2 miles, 1 mile, 1 mile, & 1 … [Read more...]
All the other rabbits doing Ironman Wisconsin seem to have some kind of training regimen. I, on the other hand, am going into my training and racing completely ad lib. So I thought this Saturday I should just put in a long brick. I woke up at 04:45 to fuel up for today's ride. My plan was to leave the house by 05:15 but it was still pretty dark so I waited until 05:30. It was still dusky … [Read more...]
Last tuesday at lunch, instead of nearly throwing up on the track, I did what every red-blooded Springfieldian does in August... I ate my way through the fair (and back). Both "lunches" will make you nearly throw up, one is just a little better for you than the other. I'll spare you the details of what I ate (trust me, you wouldn't want to know). The guys, however, didn't follow me to lunch and … [Read more...]
Last week our running group broke up into two groups for two different workouts. Bill Owens took a group to the boulevard to run quarters on the grass and in the shade. Essentially to get a little break from the heat. I stayed at the track with a group to run a lot slower and a lot longer. Did I mention it was 96 degrees with a 109 heat index? Boy, did I choose the wrong workout. The … [Read more...]
Last week was again the first Tuesday of the month (boy they come around quickly) so we found ourselves marching down 1st street towrad the cemetery. There were 12 of us, which seemed huge considering the heat index was 111 deg. (thanks, Buzz). It was really an impressive group for the conditions as well as the fact that there were at least a couple no-shows due post half-Ironman recoveries. … [Read more...]
I signed up for Steelhead 70.3 in Benton Harbor, MI as a training race for Ironman Wisconsin. But hundreds of dollars later, it was kind of hard to take it as just a training race. This was the real thing with a start line, finish line and results posted online. The weekend started off early Friday morning meeting up a Starbucks. Jason, Eric, John, Patty, Travis and I caravaned up to the race. … [Read more...]
Last week I was between races and feeling the effects of one while preparing for the effects of another. I found myself happily taking it quite easy and still getting something in that resembled a track workout. The rest of the crew (besides Lawyer and myself) ran 800s with a full recovery. Recovery is a difficult thing to factor in when running a track workout (especially when the guys are pressed … [Read more...]
For all the things that went wrong in this race it was amazing how well it turned out for me. WRONG: 1) The rain started as soon as we left the hotel and didn't let up until I got on the bike. This meant we set up our transition in the rain, waited for the start in the rain, and did all the preparation in the rain. After a while I didn't even try to keep things dry. My clothes, transition … [Read more...]
Last week's workout was quite the challenge to most that took it on. It's a workout that seems simple and not all that difficult to run. It really is one long progression ending in total exhaustion. From what I remember, I went one lap further than I did last year. I'm not sure if that's a true sign of my fitness, or more of a luck of the draw with the weather and the timing of the workout … [Read more...]
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