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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #6345 on: September 28, 2025, 08:25:50 am »
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yeah, DC has surprisingly quite a lot of trails in the city and nearby (the one yesterday is about a 45-minute drive from my house, closer to baltimore). great resource, although of course the grass is always greener and i fantasize about living somewhere even more trail-centric and beautiful, like colorado.

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #6346 on: September 28, 2025, 04:17:47 pm »
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- run 2:45:14, 27.60 km (w/ 9:48 break in the middle)
did a double loop of what's become my most common weekday morning route, with an "aid station" break in the middle to eat a sandwich (turkey and pesto on wheat bread), use the bathroom, and refill water bottles. left the clock running during the break. will try to be more efficient on race day! ten minutes is too long. used the raide belt, which is what i'll use during the races.

second loop was getting hot (T+DI 145) and it was humid the whole time (dew point 62), so i took a few minutes after finishing to ice my neck, face, and stomach. that felt good. also drank about 800mL of water within five minutes of getting home. didn't feel dehydrated out on the run but obviously was starting to get that way.

this put me at 102.94 km for the week, which is a PR and my first ever 100km week. feel pretty good about that. lower legs are cooked.
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #6347 on: September 30, 2025, 07:32:33 am »
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barely slept last night for some reason. not even sure whether i was awake when alarm went off but i decided to just bag it and give myself another hour in bed. weird.
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #6348 on: September 30, 2025, 11:47:51 am »
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think it's pretty fair to take a day off after first 100k week! awesome work!

and re 'in a place to run for 3 hours' I moreso meant "a place where i can run without being slightly afraid of an injury blowup', but yes now i'm also envious of having easy access to nature, though i prefer our weather at least
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #6349 on: October 01, 2025, 07:55:13 am »
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oh i was definitely slightly worried about an injury out there, it would be a long way back to the car if i sprained an ankle or whatever.

- track workout
-- warm up
-- 12 x [400m @ 5k pace w/ 200m jogging rest; every fourth 400m @ "faster" pace]
-- cool down
this workout is apparently called "hammer 400s." did the 5k reps in 90-95s, "hammer" reps in 82-84s. it wasn't too challenging, jogging rests averaged right around my normal easy pace, didn't even have to run at a "recovery" pace.
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #6350 on: October 02, 2025, 07:51:24 am »
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- run 1:16:09, 13.69 km
properly cool out for a change. tired and legs a bit dead.

ETA: also, noticed that september was my first ever 200-mile month. 322.42 km, or 200.34 miles. good stuff.
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #6351 on: October 04, 2025, 11:09:23 am »
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Hello from the Dolomites. In Italy for the next week and change. Hiked and ran today, plan is for more of that the rest of the time we’re up here. I’m not gonna journal as I go, didn’t bring laptop and it’s annoying to do on the phone.

Absolutely gorgeous up here.
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