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« Reply #8265 on: August 05, 2018, 01:46:58 pm »
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as for biggest area of improvement, it's definitely my "long tempo" runs. It's pretty difficult for me in training, to hit a hard tempo 5 miler right now. Most of my training is either short & fast (<= 1mi or repeat strides etc) or slow (>= 8:XX, possibly with a progression going down to 7:XX/6:XX).

so that "long tempo" is just not in my toolbox right now.

overall mileage is there.

speed is there.

vo2max is there (speed/races).

long & slow is there.

proper tempo isn't. not surprisingly, I don't actually enjoy these kinds of runs. the stuff in the middle makes me feel like crap.

hills aren't. i don't do them as often as I should.

so, hills & proper tempo = areas for improvement.

To put it into perspective, this Nacho Hernando guy (rare local elite), often does 1 hour runs with 5 miles tempo in the middle (5:0x-5:1x per mile). He does it 2-3x/wk it seems. I don't do anything like that.

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« Reply #8266 on: August 05, 2018, 10:59:31 pm »
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race day! again!



08/05/2018

bw = ?
bw before bed last night = ?
soreness = hamstrings slightly, calves slightly
aches/injuries = adductors barely, right soleus slightly (achy/weird)
other = feeling a little sick upon waking up/all day (slightly sore throat)
calves painful to touch/massage = much less so lately (right more so)
cramping = none
morning quad flexibility = loose
morning hamstring flexibility = loose, left clicky, bleh!
morning calf flexibility = loose, slightly thick
morning adductor flexibility = loose
toenails: 2 on left foot, 2 on right (black)
feel = good but tired
hours sleep: 6

wakeup = 05:20 AM

sub5 mile or sub3 km splits in 2018: 4 (mi) + 1 (km) = 5 of 50 :ibrunning:
- sub5's: ..., 2018/07/14
- sub3's: ...

top3 finishes:
2018: 20/27 (stay healthy!)
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1

data collected throughout the day when I have my watch on:
HR low: 42
HR high: 187

log:
05:30 AM: food: oatmeal + pink salt + lots of honey, toasted english muffin with light butter, water
06:40 AM: warmup + race: Dash Back to School 5k: 1st OA @ 17:42 :: another rough battle with a bandit. very brutal course - tons of small turns :: dropped a kick w/ 4:34 peak to try and beat the bandit (surprisingly impressive h.s. kid), seemed like a photo finish // vo2max PR = 69 :personal-record:
07:30 AM: food: rxbar, water
09:00 AM: food: dunkin donuts: 4 x egg & cheese wraps, 1 x donut, small frozen butter pecan coffee w/ whipped cream
02:00 PM: food: koia coconut almond drink, chocolate covered almonds, yogurt covered raisins, water
05:00 PM: food: "golden milk" (lol) turmeric rebbl drink, water
08:00 PM: workout: light shuffle (grass, legs toast); 1 hour @ relaxed noodle :: vo2max PR from earlier = 69 lol.
09:30 PM: food: 1/2 turkey thai peanut wrap, plantain chips, water
10:00 PM: food: koia cinnamon almond drink, water
10:30 PM: some self massage on soleus/calves



warmup + race:
Dash Back to School 5k: 1st OA @ 17:42 :: another rough battle with a bandit. very brutal course - tons of small turns :: dropped a kick w/ 4:34 peak to try and beat the bandit (surprisingly impressive h.s. kid), seemed like a photo finish

- https://my3.raceresult.com/104336/#1_D1E320
- 5k official: 17:42
- 5k watch: didn't register, stood around at the finish so.. either course was short (3 other people @ 3.05 mi instead of 3.1) or GPS issues (tons of tight turns). looks like it was a little short.

if a bandit is fast... I still try to beat them... lmao. Don't know who this kid was, but he was crazy impressive. It was basically a photo finish, he might have gotten me by a hair if he had a bib. I literally leaned, almost dove, to try and beat someone who didn't have a bib. I knew he was banditing and it still didn't matter.. Honestly, proud of myself for that.



?taken-by=andrewdarqui



workout: light shuffle (grass, legs toast); 1 hour @ relaxed noodle :: vo2max PR from earlier = 69 lol.
- https://www.strava.com/activities/1752936959



will post funny vo2max photo tmw.

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Re: ADARQ's journal
« Reply #8267 on: August 05, 2018, 11:02:27 pm »
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^^ im toast. think i might be getting a cold too. too much stress probably.


I hope they have drone footage of the finish. It was a pretty interesting finish. I asked, and got some obscure answer saying after the photos are posted, but not confirming they have footage of it.

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« Reply #8268 on: August 06, 2018, 06:22:47 pm »
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Looked up the 2OA guy's results on athlinks. I think he's done 2:44 for the marathon, 17's 5k, and a 4:50 mile. A good W, especially on back2back!

him, his wife, and I had a good post-race chat, really good people. From Wisconsin/Minnesota etc. I think his wife got 2nd for women. They came down for their anniversary, found the race, and did it. Pretty cool!

He kept looking at my Kenya bracelet. We didn't talk about it but.. Those Kenya bracelets are straight up FIRE. :F Watch, he'll get one.

KENYA RUNNING.

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« Reply #8269 on: August 06, 2018, 06:26:05 pm »
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oh also.. my TAMARAC/KENYA Flag bracelet is coming soon. They sent me a DM, similar to this photo, with mine on there. All I saw was the TAMARAC part, which is just black letters on white background, which is what i wanted.. can't wait to see it mixed in with the kenya flag on the other side tho. I'm sure it'll look slick. I wanted this one to be pretty simple/plain. I'll probably do some crazier ones for my next ones.

?taken-by=artikenco

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Re: ADARQ's journal
« Reply #8270 on: August 06, 2018, 09:47:42 pm »
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got a small cold. maybe I got it from LBSS? :f

rest day.



08/06/2018

bw = ?
bw before bed last night = ?
soreness = none
aches/injuries = knees/ITBands barely
other = slight cold, no sore throat
calves painful to touch/massage = much less so lately (right more so)
cramping = none
morning quad flexibility = loose
morning hamstring flexibility = loose, left clicky, bleh!
morning calf flexibility = loose, slightly thick
morning adductor flexibility = loose
toenails: 2 on left foot, 2 on right (black)
feel = good but tired
hours sleep: 9

wakeup = 08:30 AM

sub5 mile or sub3 km splits in 2018: 4 (mi) + 1 (km) = 5 of 50 :ibrunning:
- sub5's: ..., 2018/07/14
- sub3's: ...

top3 finishes:
2018: 20/27 (stay healthy!)
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1

data collected throughout the day when I have my watch on:
HR low: ?
HR high: ?

log:
09:00 AM: food: rxbar, water
10:30 AM: food: chicken soup, french bread (dipping it in there, very good), water
12:00 PM: nap: 2.5 hours
03:00 PM: food: turmeric drink, banana, water
05:00 PM: food: 1/2 thai peanut wrap, plantain chips, rxbar, water
10:00 PM: food: chocolate mousse, water

cold was better after chicken soup, worse after nap. hah.

going to rest again completely tomorrow I think.

also think i'm going to take this week light. haven't had a light week in a while, and I have tons of races coming up from August 17 through September.

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Re: ADARQ's journal
« Reply #8271 on: August 06, 2018, 09:50:14 pm »
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some HQ photos from cobra 5k.


















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« Reply #8272 on: August 07, 2018, 03:09:13 pm »
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So, this happened yesterday. :/

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/boca-raton/fl-sb-boca-raton-man-new-york-punch-20180807-story.html

edit: https://twitter.com/LyndaFigueredo/status/1026948443678429184

edit: https://www.wpbf.com/article/boca-raton-man-is-dead-after-a-violent-assault-in-new-york-city/22665614

edit: https://pix11.com/2018/08/07/florida-tourist-in-critical-condition-after-being-punched-by-queens-man-police/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5b6a4fe104d3016188551c6d&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter


I heard about it from my boss (Dominik), brother of the victim, yesterday morning. One of the worst phone calls/talks i've ever had. My stomach was torn apart as he started to tell me. I'm talking his very first words, before I had any idea what was going on, you could just tell something awful happened. Plus you could hear hospital machines in the background.

I met his brother (Sandor) once when he came to the office, seemed like a great guy. The guy I work for is one of the nicest/coolest people i've met. I don't even refer to him as "boss" when I make posts, I say "my friend" or "good friend" etc. Just a really good dude.

Also that dog i've posted about on my IG (Tank), that's Sandor's dog. Dominik is always taking it out to get ice cream or steak dinners etc.

I have no idea why this happened, nor do most people right now. All I know is this seems to happen very often in the US. While searching for the story, I found another article about an ex-con recently who sucker punched a dad of 5, completely unprovoked, killing him. This guy only got "3-10", and he'll probably be out after 2.

Just awful..

Also, the fact that they don't have this guy's plates in crystal clear video/photos is absolute garbage.

Hoping they catch this dude soon. Not sure how he won't be caught, just too much footage out there of him now, even though it's garbage quality footage, people know who he is. So senseless though.. he ruined many lives, and most likely ruined his own life, for what? bleh.

peace

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« Reply #8273 on: August 07, 2018, 07:09:51 pm »
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^^ damn he passed away shortly before I posted this. :/

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« Reply #8274 on: August 07, 2018, 07:45:55 pm »
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Man that's horrible. So sorry to hear that.
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« Reply #8275 on: August 07, 2018, 10:44:53 pm »
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man fuck. that.  :(
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

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« Reply #8276 on: August 07, 2018, 11:33:39 pm »
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small cold got worse.

rest day x2.



08/07/2018

bw = ?
bw before bed last night = ?
soreness = none
aches/injuries = none / right soleus slightly (ongoing thing)
other = worse cold, no sore throat
calves painful to touch/massage = much less so lately (right more so)
cramping = none
morning quad flexibility = loose
morning hamstring flexibility = loose, left clicky, bleh!
morning calf flexibility = loose, less thick
morning adductor flexibility = loose
toenails: 2 on left foot, 2 on right (black)
feel = good but tired
hours sleep: 7 + huge nap later on

wakeup = 06:30 AM

sub5 mile or sub3 km splits in 2018: 4 (mi) + 1 (km) = 5 of 50 :ibrunning:
- sub5's: ..., 2018/07/14
- sub3's: ...

top3 finishes:
2018: 20/27 (stay healthy!)
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1

data collected throughout the day when I have my watch on:
HR low: ?
HR high: ?

log:
06:45 AM: food: rxbar, orange juice, water
08:30 AM: food: umcka cold medication, egg/cheese flat bread
11:00 AM: food: rxbar, water
01:00 PM: nap: 3 hours
05:00 PM: food: lentil soup, french bread, umcka cold medication
10:00 PM: food: burger fi fried chicken sandwich, salt/vinegar chips, strawberry mousse (i need to chill w/ the mousse), water
11:00 PM: umcka cold medication
11:40 PM: food: koia coconut almond drink

probably won't run until thursday. going to rest up some more, until i get better from this cold.

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« Reply #8277 on: August 07, 2018, 11:55:54 pm »
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Man that's horrible. So sorry to hear that.

thanks man :/ yup :/



man fuck. that.  :(

yea :/



no word from my boss since earlier today. has to be absolutely brutal there with his close friends/family.

now they just need to get this guy, the quicker the better.

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« Reply #8278 on: August 08, 2018, 10:05:37 am »
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Man that's horrible. So sorry to hear that.

thanks man :/ yup :/



man fuck. that.  :(

yea :/



no word from my boss since earlier today. has to be absolutely brutal there with his close friends/family.

now they just need to get this guy, the quicker the better.

oh also, just wanted to mention this.

I posted this on IG a few weeks ago:

?taken-by=andrewdarqui

That was his dog (Tank). He brought him in to work that day, in that backpack. That's the only time I met him.

Tank was almost dead a month ago or so. Sandor canceled a vacation with Dominik to stay home with Tank, and spent like $3,000+ to get him a major operation which removed some 1+ lb tumor. Tank's been doing good now. Man that dog is going to miss him. :/

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« Reply #8279 on: August 08, 2018, 02:01:21 pm »
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I made it on to a promo photo for the Vista View Ultra 360 race :D



I commented that i'm hoping to do it solo next year.. nice. Glad I put that out there. Pretty sure I can win it. It's a 6 hour race on a hilly mulch trail, most laps wins. I run 20 miles on that path for fun sometimes. I'd need 35+ to top3. I'd need 40+ to "guarantee" a win. I mean it's not often someone gets 40+. Elite ultra runner ran it once, he did 50.4 miles.

His ultra results:

https://ultrasignup.com/results_participant.aspx?fname=Michael&lname=Wardian