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Ewart_Harris

312 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

May 21, 2008 7:10 AM

Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 19/05

Time for everyone to report in:

Cool Runner ------------RACE-------------------Goal Time

CarboDiem -------------Boston April/08---------3:30:00
Jim Sullivan-------------Boston April/08---------3:04:40
Beatfreq------------------Boston April/08---------2:59:59
Ewart Harris------------Otttawa May/08----------3:15:00
spicegeek-----------------N/A---------------------N/A
Rotherhitherunner----London--------------3:15:00
Achilles58 --------------April20--------------3:30:00

Ewart_Harris

312 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

1. Feb 25, 2008 9:25 AM

in response to: Ewart_Harris

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

Mon - Rest
Tue - 8.81 miles @9:18
Wed - 14.7 miles @8.38
Thur - 8.8 miles @9.19
Fri - 11 miles @9:16
Sat - 4.48 miles 8.42
Sun - 24 miles took me including time to stop and take a shower 4:28

Total weekly mileage 71.8 Miles

This week was not bad, all my miles were easy but that is how I am training for now especially with the weather. On Sunday, I started running at 4:00AM and once again, I almost had to quit my run. I had a most untimely call of nature, which brought me under a small bridge where I manage to make a mess of myself. Gross! I know. My hands started to freeze on account of me removing my mittens. I had to make a mad 2-mile dash for home, praying that my family was still there. The kids had to go to a swim meet 45min away and I was hoping to join them later. My hands hurt so badly I did not think I could get my keys in to open the door. The key is not on a ring, which also makes it difficult to handle. When I turn the last corner and looked in my drive way I saw that I was out of luck. I got the key from my pocket only to have it fall to the ground. My hands had no feeling and my heart began to race thinking how will I retrieve them from the ground. Some how a flat key that even on a warm day would be difficult for me to pick up off the floor just came up in my hands. The miracle continued as I manage to get them in the door and some how with my hands numb and without feeling I manage to open a lock which is also difficult to get a key to turn in even while working with warm hands.
Any way with my hands hurting like **** as I tried to wipe my self and then take a shower, I vowed to go back and finish my run. After some time my hands felt better they were swollen and red at the wrist but I just put some Vaseline on them put on a fresh set of digs stuck my hands in my wet soggy mittens and step back outside and did the last 10 miles of a 24 mile run. Took me 4hr: 28min in all including all the stoppage time, but when I was finished I mentally beat my chest.

beatfreq

124 posts since
Jun 26, 2005

2. Feb 26, 2008 4:30 AM

in response to: Ewart_Harris

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

That's some perserverence, EH - good job!
Here's my week...
Mo - AM: 6.2 miles @ 9:42 in heavy rain, PM: 4 miles @ 8:42
Tu - 9 miles @ 7:57
We - 9 miles @ 8:07
Th - AM: 6.2 miles @ 8:40, PM: 4 miles @ 8:04
Fr - AM: 11.8 miles @ 8:34 in heavy snow, PM: 4 miles @ 8:03 on Treadmill
Sa - 10 miles @ 8:30
Su - 16.2 miles inc. 1 mile w/u, 7.6 mile race @ 6:05, 7.6 mile run @ 7:56

weekly mileage: 80.4
avg weight: 190 lbs (same as last week)

I'm glad to start working a couple races into my schedule - starting to get used to running fast again.

Happy running, everyone!

JPGarland

775 posts since
Dec 7, 2007

3. Feb 26, 2008 6:20 AM

in response to: beatfreq

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

Please excuse the interruption, I'm a fall marathon guy. From another regular thread, I find it useful to include a link to the prior thread for easy reference back. Here's the Week of 2/17 Thread.

Ewart_Harris

312 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

4. Feb 26, 2008 12:17 PM

in response to: JPGarland

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

To JP and everone reading this thread. Do you think it would be better to keep one thread flowing and just change the date in the subject line. If a few will just vote yes or No I will make a decision and follow the lead next week. I vote YES. I was worried about the thread growin long or just loss at first, but now with JP's suggestion I understand that it is good to easily follow everyones progress to the end in one tread. Let me know what everyone thinks.

beatfreq

124 posts since
Jun 26, 2005

5. Feb 27, 2008 4:24 AM

in response to: Ewart_Harris

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

I'll vote YES. With only a few people posting, the thread shouldn't get too long. By the way, I've had a lot of trouble logging in to Active the last couple of days - I enter my e-mail and password and it comes up with an error screen, go back to the forum, and I'm still not logged in; repeat a few times, and all of a sudden, I'm logged in.

Rotherhithe Runner

25 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

6. Feb 27, 2008 8:34 AM

in response to: beatfreq

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

It's a YES from me too. I too have not managed to log on until now, Active really do try your patience...

Wow! Sounds like a tough session on Sunday Ewart! And getting up at 4.00am to run, you are showing some serious dedication. Likewise Beatfreq. I'm still on the early part of the learning curve with this Marathon training lark, and I'm starting to get the picture from you guys that there's no substitute for miles. If only my IT band would get with the program!

My week last week took a bit of a dip due to a ill advised weights session while away on work (I don't normally go to the gym). This meant my legs were trashed over the weekend due to stupidly doing 200 pound leg presses - they felt fine at the time but the payback was for the next 2 days - a lesson learnt!

Mon/Tues - Out of action due to ITBS stiffness in the knee.

Weds - approx. 6.1 miles @ 7:29p

Thurs - 4 miles untimed

Fri - 7 miles treadmill incl. 5 x 2min at 6:05p

Sat - 7 miles EZ with 5 x 1k @ 7.15p (first ever track session for my girlfriend who is running the half I'm doing this coming weekend)

Sun - 10.1 miles, 4 at 9:00p & 6 @ 8:00p

Total: 34.2 miles

Well it's the Reading half-marathon for me this coming Sunday so I'm hoping to get a pb from that to show that I'm on target for the London, fingers crossed.

Ewart_Harris

312 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

7. Feb 28, 2008 10:44 AM

in response to: Rotherhithe Runner

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

Careful with those weights. I would not do too much heavy weights being a distance runner unless you are one of those person who find it difficult to bulk. I am not sure if you know a poster called Tchuck, he use to post a lot during the old CR days. He use to lift weights and I think he was a "trainer" or something but he was a very knowledgeable about weight lifting and he runs HM I think. He use to give very good advice on weight lifting and distance running. I am going to post in Basic Training and see if he will comment.

But suffice to say in my opinion weight training is great for developing balance form and strengthening specific area but I think from my experience too much of it especially with heavy weights can eat into running performance when it comes to long distance running. For 100m to 400m I think it does help more.

This morning 5AM I ran 13 miles in -17c weather I came home with three stalagmites of ice at the bottom of my Balaclava.

Anyone else living in or around Toronto that went running this morning. Let me hear your stories.

Good luck and good running to all.

Ewart_Harris

312 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

8. Mar 4, 2008 9:32 AM

in response to: Ewart_Harris

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

Fellow Posters. I am afraid that it does not seem as if this is going to work. It took me four day to navigate my way back to this thread. It seem as if there is no direct way to get back to the coolrunning threads. If anyone is able to get here then post and let me know what you guys are thinking about doing. my email addres is ewartharris@hotmail.com So you can email me and possibly we can join some other board or move over to the regular running board on this webite. That seem easier to get to.

beatfreq

124 posts since
Jun 26, 2005

9. Mar 4, 2008 10:45 AM

in response to: Ewart_Harris

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

Ewart, are you getting this error screen when you try to log in?

The system has recovered from an error.

A log of this error has been created.

We have created an error report in the system's event log to help us improve our system. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.

I've been getting that for a while now. Then when I tried to go back to the coolrunning screen, it appeared that I wasn't logged in, because the "Log in to Reply" buttons were still displayed - instead of the "Reply" buttons. But depending on what screen I'm on, refreshing my browser or navigating to a new page seems to replace the "Log in to Reply" buttons with "Reply" buttons, indicating I am actually logged in. Going back to the home page - www.coolrunning.com is misleading, because the "Log In" button is always there - even if you are already logged in - no matter how many times you refresh the browser.

Ewart_Harris

312 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

10. Mar 5, 2008 11:15 AM

in response to: beatfreq

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

beatfreq

I am having exactly the same problem. I have this single log in that takes me to the training log and that is the only one that works. I then click on MY Active and if I see a post with basic training or any othe Old CR community I hit that and it will then bring me over. I am guessing that everyone else is also have the same problem. I signed up over at runningahead as runners bliss I am going to keep checking in but it seem as if this message board is realy dying. Take care guys and keep running.

Jim24315

1,921 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

11. Mar 6, 2008 2:56 AM

in response to: Ewart_Harris

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

Ewart Harris wrote:Fellow Posters. I am afraid that it does not seem as if this is going to work. It took me four day to navigate my way back to this thread. It seem as if there is no direct way to get back to the coolrunning threads. If anyone is able to get here then post and let me know what you guys are thinking about doing. my email addres is ewartharris@hotmail.com So you can email me and possibly we can join some other board or move over to the regular running board on this webite. That seem easier to get to.

Hi All,

Add me to the list of those who have been having problem with login, although I always seem to get in. I feel that I've been very patient with the Active site, but have just about had it. If you haven't checked out RunningAhead.com it is worth looking at. They have good running log and several other nice twists. One nice feature is that they allow you to create your own user groups and it is very simple to do.

It's not that I'm trying to drive away business. I have been a lot more patient than most since the transition from CoolRunning. I will probably continue to post here on the 50 plus thread unless it dies completely. It seems to be on life support now.

I'd be interested in joining your group either here or elsewhere except that I am not planning a marathon until October. I've been lurking for a while now and you guys seem like a very good fit. Anyone who goes out for 10 more after what you went through is my kind of runner (""I just put some Vaseline on them put on a fresh set of digs stuck my hands in my wet soggy mittens and step back outside and did the last 10 miles of a 24 mile run.")

I ran a 3:09 in December, which was my first since '93. I'm hoping to get down close to 3 hours in the next one, but would be happy with anything under 3:05. Even though it's going to be a while before the marathon my weekly mileage has been in 50's-60's so far this year.

Maybe I'll drop you a message at your email.

Jim

Rotherhithe Runner

25 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

12. Mar 6, 2008 1:56 AM

in response to: Jim24315

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

Hi Guys,

I'm quite happy to resurrect this thread at Runningahead. Let me know and I will sort out a login (Roth Runner).

Welcome aboard Jim! Great to have you on the thread, I've always really enjoyed hearing about your races on Cool Running and am sure you'll be there or therabouts when it comes to slaying 3hrs in October....

Rotherhithe Runner

25 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

13. Mar 6, 2008 3:02 AM

in response to: Rotherhithe Runner

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

My week last week included my pre-marathon half marathon which resulted in a nice personal best. The conditions were pretty good, a bit windy but the majority of the course is quite sheltered so it didn't really matter. I had 3 goals before the race, sub 1:25, consistent splits, and to finish strong (sub 20 for the last 5k), and I managed them all, so I was very happy with that.

I need to pick the mileage up a bit this week as the last couple have drifted down into the mid 30's, my IT band problems seem to be minimal at present, so I'm hoping to up it to the mid 40's this week, including my second 20 miler.

It's 5 & 1/2 weeks to the London & I'm off to South Africa on Saturday for 3 weeks! Bad timing (the trip was confirmed before my marathon entry was), but I'll have to keep my training up while I'm there. I'm on safari for a few days next week, so I suspect running may be out of the question, but we'll see! Warm weather training for my first marathon - I feel quite the pro!

My last week:

Weds - 10.5 miles @ 7:40p (with 3 x 1.18m laps @ 6:17, 6:22, 6:24)

Thurs - 4.1 miles @ 7:00p

Fri - 4 miles @ 8:40p

Sat - 3.65 miles @ 7:30p

Sun - Reading Half Marathon, 1:24:45 (average 6:28p)

Total: 35.35 miles

I hope your training is all going well state-side. Let's try and keep this thread alive somewhere, if not here, on runningahead......

Ewart_Harris

312 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

14. Mar 6, 2008 1:10 PM

in response to: Rotherhithe Runner

Re: Spring Marathon Trainers Thread- Week of 02/24

It is almost the end of the week and I am just posting last week numbers.

Mon - 4.33 miles @9:00
Tue - 11 miles @ 9:16
Wed - off
Thur - 13 miles 8:28 wanted to do 15 but my hands started to get cold
Fri - 11 Miles @ 8:55
Sat - 5.25 miles @ 8:34
Sun - 26.2 miles @ 9:07

Total 70.78 Miles

Last week continued to be cold with snow on different days. We have been hard hit this winter in Toronto. Still not able to do a lot of speed work so I am hoping my strategy of high mileage will work out.

Great HM RR that is a very good time considering the low mileage and the IT band problems.
I guess we all have to decide if we want to move over to runningahead. I guess we all have to vote on that and sign up and start a training group. Let me know what you all think. I already signed up as runners bliss and got into my first argument over there already. There is alot more life over there.

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