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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Last post by LBSS on May 01, 2026, 04:54:21 pm »- run 59:19, 10.50 km
legs starting to feel normal again.
legs starting to feel normal again.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« Last post by LBSS on May 01, 2026, 02:08:45 pm »people do seem to love indianapolis as a race, but as a place to visit, nah. i'd much rather go to the finger lakes. one of the track group guys did wineglass a couple years ago and loved it. something to think about...
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« Last post by Joe on May 01, 2026, 07:31:04 am »30-04-26
Run
- w/u
- 5 x 7' (1'30") [4:12 average]
- c/d
12.42k, 1:01:25
Lift
Chins, dips, curl, laterals
01-05-26
Run -- 9.76k, 58:42
Notes
Feeling the fatigue today. Last _big_ session tomorrow. Thinking maybe 3 x (3k @ HM + 1k float) + 3 x (2k @ HM + 1k float) or some mix like that, will see how I feel. Then next week just normal NSM (maybe slightly shorter SubT on Tuesday, normal Thurs). Probably do a Parkrun on Saturday, though not quite at 100% effort, then properly taper for final week.
well I registered for the lotter for Berlin Half in spring 27, but am thinking of an autum 27 marathon. Could be tempted to go stateside for that...Wineglass or Indianapolis are pretty tempting...
Run
- w/u
- 5 x 7' (1'30") [4:12 average]
- c/d
12.42k, 1:01:25
Lift
Chins, dips, curl, laterals
01-05-26
Run -- 9.76k, 58:42
Notes
Feeling the fatigue today. Last _big_ session tomorrow. Thinking maybe 3 x (3k @ HM + 1k float) + 3 x (2k @ HM + 1k float) or some mix like that, will see how I feel. Then next week just normal NSM (maybe slightly shorter SubT on Tuesday, normal Thurs). Probably do a Parkrun on Saturday, though not quite at 100% effort, then properly taper for final week.
should poke around to see what looks interesting in late winter/early spring 2027, i guess
or you could come across the pond and do one over here. the only US marathons worth traveling that far for in the spring are boston, obviously, and maybe eugene just because of the running history there. actually, if i don't qualify for boston this year then eugene 2027 might be in the cards. but in the fall there's a bunch of great ones: the other US majors but also marine corps, wineglass, philadelphia, richmond, indianapolis monumental, CIM (if you can get in).
some great sub-marathon spring races as well. i also kind of want to do cherry blossom ten miler next year, it's pretty iconic. some of my running buddies are doing brooklyn half in a couple of weeks, which seems cool and can qualify you for the new york marathon.
OTOH, i also kind of want to come over and do some of the big european races at some points, so maybe what i'm really doing is talking myself into traveling the other way, lol.
well I registered for the lotter for Berlin Half in spring 27, but am thinking of an autum 27 marathon. Could be tempted to go stateside for that...Wineglass or Indianapolis are pretty tempting...
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« Last post by LBSS on April 30, 2026, 08:35:46 am »should poke around to see what looks interesting in late winter/early spring 2027, i guess
or you could come across the pond and do one over here. the only US marathons worth traveling that far for in the spring are boston, obviously, and maybe eugene just because of the running history there. actually, if i don't qualify for boston this year then eugene 2027 might be in the cards. but in the fall there's a bunch of great ones: the other US majors but also marine corps, wineglass, philadelphia, richmond, indianapolis monumental, CIM (if you can get in).
some great sub-marathon spring races as well. i also kind of want to do cherry blossom ten miler next year, it's pretty iconic. some of my running buddies are doing brooklyn half in a couple of weeks, which seems cool and can qualify you for the new york marathon.
OTOH, i also kind of want to come over and do some of the big european races at some points, so maybe what i'm really doing is talking myself into traveling the other way, lol.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Last post by LBSS on April 30, 2026, 08:23:16 am »- run 55:12, 8.98 km
still recovering.
still recovering.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« Last post by Joe on April 29, 2026, 01:48:34 pm »29-04-26
Run -- 10.1k, 58:06, including 5 x ~15s strides
Notes
Decent enough. Realised instead of bothering about plyos, I should just do strides. Will try to keep them as a regular thing. I just did them as part of the running, jogging until HR was normal again between 'reps'. Knee fine on this run other than during a couple of strides. hmm. It very rarely hurts during the day, seems only to be if I internally rotate my lower leg against some pressure. Maybe it did happen during my fall from a couple weeks ago (also my finger still not 100% recovered from that, was a pretty deep graze).
90k this might happen week
eta: joined the lottery for the april 2027 berlin half, and may start casting about for a fall 2027 full, if i am still committed to running when lotteries/signups for such things roll around.
Run -- 10.1k, 58:06, including 5 x ~15s strides
Notes
Decent enough. Realised instead of bothering about plyos, I should just do strides. Will try to keep them as a regular thing. I just did them as part of the running, jogging until HR was normal again between 'reps'. Knee fine on this run other than during a couple of strides. hmm. It very rarely hurts during the day, seems only to be if I internally rotate my lower leg against some pressure. Maybe it did happen during my fall from a couple weeks ago (also my finger still not 100% recovered from that, was a pretty deep graze).
90k this might happen week
eta: joined the lottery for the april 2027 berlin half, and may start casting about for a fall 2027 full, if i am still committed to running when lotteries/signups for such things roll around.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Last post by LBSS on April 29, 2026, 07:35:15 am »- run 55:24, 10.13 km
with the track group but i just did lazy circles. a bunch of people had also raced last weekend - there's a big road 10k nearby that i'd like to do next year - so i wasn't alone. a couple of the guys PR'd in that race. legs still pretty dead and hamstrings still pretty sore. left ITB started bugging a little right above my knee, right at the end. probably nothing to worry about.
with the track group but i just did lazy circles. a bunch of people had also raced last weekend - there's a big road 10k nearby that i'd like to do next year - so i wasn't alone. a couple of the guys PR'd in that race. legs still pretty dead and hamstrings still pretty sore. left ITB started bugging a little right above my knee, right at the end. probably nothing to worry about.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« Last post by Joe on April 28, 2026, 02:08:01 pm »28-04-26
Run
- w/u
- 3 x 11'30" (1'30") [4:18 avg]
- c/d
Notes
Very low HR [155 avg, barely above 160] but legs didn't want to go any faster (though, again, pace not too bad).
Run
- w/u
- 3 x 11'30" (1'30") [4:18 avg]
- c/d
Notes
Very low HR [155 avg, barely above 160] but legs didn't want to go any faster (though, again, pace not too bad).
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Last post by LBSS on April 28, 2026, 07:13:31 am »- run 19:05, 3.22 km
lol. i've been sorer in my life but legs absolutely dead. scraping my heels stepping onto the curb. still, glad to have gotten out at all. i have to commute today so i'll get at least another few miles of walking in, which ought to help as well.
lol. i've been sorer in my life but legs absolutely dead. scraping my heels stepping onto the curb. still, glad to have gotten out at all. i have to commute today so i'll get at least another few miles of walking in, which ought to help as well.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Last post by LBSS on April 27, 2026, 02:22:39 pm »thanks! the duration itself didn't feel hard, i do think the fact that i've raced longer distances helps anything shorter feel more manageable. i wasn't moving at a "serious pace" in either of the ultras i did last year but that sensation of needing to try hard just to keep my legs turning over was not new. the JFK took me more than 2.5 times as long.
in re: strength work, davis does recommend deprioritizing it closer to the race, but i bailed on it too early IMO. part of the problem is just that it's a hassle to get to the gym, and my workouts didn't/don't need to be long, so it seems weirdly out of balance. 45-minute round trip to do 30 minutes of work. hopefully getting stuff for the house will make it easier to just keep a baseline level of consistency.
i hope it's true about sawe. and man that's funny about toledo getting a shout-out from magness, i didn't realize it was the third-fastest time ever for an american. that's wild. well, i bet it'll be more popular with elites and sub-elites next year.
in re: strength work, davis does recommend deprioritizing it closer to the race, but i bailed on it too early IMO. part of the problem is just that it's a hassle to get to the gym, and my workouts didn't/don't need to be long, so it seems weirdly out of balance. 45-minute round trip to do 30 minutes of work. hopefully getting stuff for the house will make it easier to just keep a baseline level of consistency.
i hope it's true about sawe. and man that's funny about toledo getting a shout-out from magness, i didn't realize it was the third-fastest time ever for an american. that's wild. well, i bet it'll be more popular with elites and sub-elites next year.