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Quote from: Joe on March 26, 2018, 04:36:19 am

Quote from: LBSS on March 26, 2018, 03:11:07 am

alright, gonna be in the states and UK in may/june and there are a few potential races. will enter at least one of these, hopefully two.

13 may
hope for henry mother's day 5k: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/hopeforhenry5k/
- this is the day after my brother's memorial service and three days after i land in the states, so conditions will not be ideal. but shit, desperate times. need to check with fam about whether they're okay with me entering. i imagine they will be, i'd be home by 9:30 or 10 am, likely before my other brother wakes up.

26 may
lee valley velopark 5k: http://www.runthrough.co.uk/?event=lee-valley-velopark-may-2018&event_date=2018-05-26

30 may
chase the sun wimbledon common 5k: http://www.runthrough.co.uk/?event=chase-the-sun-wimbledon-may-2018&event_date=2018-05-30

joe, you wanna race in either of the london ones?

I'm racing a half marathon on the 27th in Edinburgh, lol, but I'll think seriously about signing up for the on the 30th.

 

my mom wrote back to say not only was she cool with my running the one on the 13th but she'd like to run it as well. now i'm psyched, something external to work toward!

whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that's awesome man!!

coolest news i've heard in a while.

31-03-18

Workout

Run --

Warmup - 1.2mi @ 8:30 + 5 strides of 50m

Workout - 8 x (400 @ ~1:37 + 400 @ ~1:47) [so this was 4mi in 27:03, because I didn't get the paces quite right every time, for an average pace of 6:45/mile]

Cooldown - 2.15mi @ 9:30

Notes

So I did a half marathon specific workout I found on that blog I posted about recently: http://nateruns.blogspot.com/2015/01/workout-wednesday-400400-alternations.html

The blog post said to aim for 6-8 miles for half marathon, but I guess I will build to that over the coming weeks. I am still pretty new to running these sorts of paces, before this I'd only done 8 miles total a <7:00 pace, and not that many more at <7:20.

The idea is to alternative 400s such that the average pace is your target half marathon pace (so here it was 6:45, for a 1:28:30 half marathon). The fast 400s should be 20s/mile faster than target pace, and the slow "rest" 400s at 20s/mile slower. The "rest" pace isn't exactly slow for me, since that works out to like ~7:00-7:05 pace.

I really liked this workout! That's 4 miles of hard running, half of which was at ~6:20ish pace. I got better at finding the rhythm/pace without having to check my watch at 200m with time, though if you look at Strava you can see I blitzed the first 400 in 1:24, lol. But yeah, hitting 16 laps in basically 27 flat without going totally balls to the wall is pretty great.

Also, I picked up a cheap pair of Kinvara 8s since they're a pretty old shoe by now. Quite liked them! Feel super light, though I guess they're not really that much lighter than my Escalantes. They're a much firmer/more responsive ride, which is nice to have as a contrast. Bit better lateral stability, which makes them better suited for track work. Anyway, glad to have a second pair of shoes in the rotation (excl. my racers).

Actually went into this workout still feeling a little sore. It was also raining and the track was soaking wet, so all things considered I feel good about the result of this workout.

solid work!!

alternating 400's is rough. just something about it that always scares me. (odd maybe?).

Big thing to improve at with this session pacing wise: I would slow down too hard when transitioning from the fast 400 to the rest 400, and then not pick it up until like 200m into the rep. More even "rest" reps would probably help me actually recover a bit more during then and help me extend the workout.

yup. playing catchup screws things up. might be good to "float into it" after you hit the lap key, instead of hitting the brakes hard etc. that way the transition period is definitely "fast enough", as you gradually slow down.

Easy run tomorrow to get over 30mi!

nice!!

old skewl. one of my favorites.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01yUzXQctcM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01yUzXQctcM</a>

some crazy games today....

kansas -nova game might be nuts, i can also see it go either way by decent margin....

yea those are two heavy hitters. I think it'll be close. I think KU will get it.

GO BLUE

tip is just after 3 AM local time. planning to wake up for the second half.

nice!!



rooting for Loyola CHI!!!!!!!! Can't wait!)#(@!)$(@

probably won't watch the end of the nova/ku game, need to get to sleep.





KU vs Loyola CHI on Monday!!

"Andrew Tillman Lilly @dogscalder 2m2 minutes ago

Holy buckets - Jake Robertson through 5k in 13:38. Soi has been dropped."

https://twitter.com/dogscalder/status/980071430917308416

Sydney McLaughlin

She's such a monster.. man.. no joke. 50.07 400m today in the rain/soaked track........

http://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/kentucky-sports/other-uk-sports/article207497374.html

and she's a hurdler? what? and she's 18 i think? wtf.

 @GoSydGo : 50.07 | World lead, No. 2 NCAA in-season performer all-time, No. 3 collegiate performance all-time, NCAA Freshman Record

incredible.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MydhdSOsbgY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MydhdSOsbgY</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpUJprJ7TG0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpUJprJ7TG0</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wctj6O7JyI0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wctj6O7JyI0</a>