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Re: 2 week taper for mini marathon

guest — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:27:00 GMT

As mrinertia has alluded to already, it's good to do some quicker paced stuff in the final week. It tends to keep you a bit sharper and ready for the race... I'll normally do a run with some faster pick-ups a few days out from the race (ie, around Wed or so).

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Re: mrinertia and others

guest — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:35:00 GMT

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Originally posted by RichardC:
So far hills have been on just about every run that I have done.... especially when I am on trails... last sunday one of the hills was 2 1/2 miles long.. (I have to say I was pretty tired towards the end of that hill...) so I dont think hills will be a problem... I just want to make sure I have my bases covered.

however with that being said... hills in the first mile or two seem to kill me... but not in later miles.... Make any sense?

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Yeah, early hills really hurt me too! Takes my big carcass a long time to get warmed up!

Is your marathon a trail marathon or road marathon?

- Chris

Re: Monday Morning Check in week ending 11-25

guest — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:42:00 GMT

Had the flu all week last week, so I did no running at all, though I did manage to get 3 miles on the hotel dreadmill this morning (traveling yesterday and today).

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday!

- Chris

PS RichardC: Try band-aids or tape... both work a little better than BodyGlide on the nips (at least for me). The BG seems to wear off pretty quick and not be as effective. Downside is it hurts a bit when you pull off the tape.

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Re: Monday Morning Check in for week ending 11/11

guest — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:40:00 GMT

Recovery from last week's 50 miler is going pretty well... not too many unusual aches and pains. Took it fairly easy this week on mileage and pace.

Mon - off
Tue - 5.9 miles, trail, night run, easy (60min)
Wed - off
Thur - 7.4 miles, trail, night run, easy (90min)
Fri - off
Sat - 7.3 miles, trail, 1.5mi pickup at 6:22 pace (60min)
Sun - 2.6 miles, easy hike up a small mountain w/ the family (119 min)

23.2 miles / 5.5 hours

Have a good week everyone!
- Chris

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Re: Monday Morn Check in (just a bit early)

guest — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:18:00 GMT

Took the entire week off leading up to Saturday's run... still letting some injuries heal. Ran another Grand Canyon R2R2R on Saturday. Felt a bit sluggish and un-recovered from the past few months, but it went ok. Cut about 1hr 45min off my previous best over the 50 miles. I'll post a trip report and photos later this week if anyone is interested.

Mon - off
Tue - off
Wed - off
Thur - off (travel)
Fri - off (travel)
Sat - Grand Canyon R2R2R - 50 miles, 11,300' of gain
Sun - off (travel)

Total: 50 miles

Now that that sufferfest is out of the way, I think I'm going to cut my mileage back in November and keep all runs short (below 10 miles) until things heal up.

Hope everyone had a good weekend!
- Chris

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Re: Recap for week ending 9/30

guest — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:45:00 GMT

Recovery week for me.

Mon - Off
Tue - Off
Wed - 7.7 miles, trail, moderate
Thur - 5.0 miles, trail, easy
Fri - Off
Sat - Off
Sun - Off

PS: Nice job on your first marathon, mrinertia!

Thanks,
- Chris

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Re: Diets

guest — Tue, 15 May 2007 01:17:00 GMT

I agree with the above advice of mrinertia, BrianMcN, and pcsronbo ... losing weight in theory is very easy (but in practice, not so easy). If you want to lose weight you have to take in fewer calories than you burn... there's simply no way around this, no matter what a diet pill ad may tell you. The problem with this is that it's uncomfortable to be hungry. Your body is designed to avoid starvation...and it's a very very powerful system.

One thing I would give the most emphasis on out of the excellent advice given is to write down EVERY SINGLE THING you eat, EVERY SINGLE DAY, and total up the calories. It was an enormous eye opener for me, and the absolute KEY to my weight loss (about 50 pounds over the last few years).

Losing weight, while extremely hard to do, is very simple math and there's no magic bullet, pill, or diet, no matter what the billions of dollars diet industry would suggest.

Good luck!
- Chris

PS: Don't get frustrated! It takes time to put on weight, and it's going to take a lot more time to take it off... stick with the plan and it will happen. A pound a week is a good target for most people...

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Re: Workout report for Sun. April 29.

guest — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:12:00 GMT

17.2 mile trail run this morning. It was HOT today (85 degrees)! I guess it's good heat training for the Grand Canyon R2R2R I've got coming up May 12.

Addendum: Hiked about 3.5 miles later in the afternoon with my wife and son.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

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Re: Workout report for Thursday April 26th

guest — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:04:00 GMT

Mount Sanitas time trial - 1.5 miles and 1250' vertical feet in 22:35...it's the local hill climb testpiece. Broke my PR by 18 sec. Finished off with another 5 or so miles of trail running at a conversational pace.

Good luck in the half marathon pmcneb!

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Re: Workout for Saturday

guest — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:03:00 GMT

34 mile ultramarathon through the desert near Moab, UT. Nice to be out on a warm sunny day finally!

And I agree... 22 miles on a treadmill is definately worth some type of award (or medication!). Wow, way to go RunForFun.

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