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Taylor Mountain 50K

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Location:

Eatonville,WA,USA

Member Since:

Nov 01, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Short-Term Running Goals:

Regain consistency.

Build up slowly and come out strong.

Regain "speed" (relative)

Finish WR50 again.

Improve at Cascade Crest. 

2013 Races:

  • Capital Peak Mega Fat Ass 17M (1/19) - 2:48:48
  • Yakima Skyline Rim 50K (4/21) - 7:16:20
  • Grey Rock 50K (5/13)
  • White River 50M (7/27)
  • Cascade Crest 100M (8/24-25)

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find my true running potential, then exceed it.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Hoka Stinson B Lifetime Miles: 982.34
Hoka Stinson Evo Lifetime Miles: 452.95
Altra Provision Lifetime Miles: 139.73
Altra Torin Lifetime Miles: 380.08
Hoka Bondi 2 Lifetime Miles: 706.15
Hoka Mafate 3 Lifetime Miles: 81.12
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
184.290.005.006.50195.79
Hoka Stinson B Miles: 187.61NB 860 - Black #2 Miles: 8.18
Night Sleep Time: 61.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 61.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.250.000.000.008.25

8.25 miles, 1:05:46, 7:58/mi.

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 8.25
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.200.000.003.008.20

8.20 miles, 1:07:09, 8:11/mi.  15 x 60 sec repeats w/ equal rest.

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 8.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.110.000.000.0013.11

13.11 miles, 1:44:23, 7:58/mi.  First 7 miles crap, so when the hip got better, didn't want to stop.

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 13.11
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.060.000.000.008.06

8.06 miles, 1:07:41, 8:24/mi

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 8.06
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.005.000.009.00

9 miles, 1:11:05, 7:54/mi.  2 mi warmup, 5 tempo miles, 2 mi cooldown.

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.050.000.000.008.05

8.05 miles, ~ 1:05.  Used backup FR305.

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 8.05
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.520.000.003.509.02

9.02 miles, 1:10:43, 7:51/mi.  12 x 90 sec repeats w/ equal rest.  1 x 2 min repeat.

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 9.02
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.180.000.000.008.18

8.18 miles, 1:06:46, 8:10/mi.

NB 860 - Black #2 Miles: 8.18
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.080.000.000.008.08

8.08 miles, 1:06:04, 8:10/mi.  Tired.

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 8.08
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

18 trail miles, ~ 4:45.  Elbe Hills.  Muddy from equestrian users.

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 18.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.120.000.000.008.12

8.12, 1:05:11, 8:02/mi.

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 8.12
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.090.000.000.008.09

8.09 miles, 1:04:18, 7:57/mi.  

Left hip muscle spasms were pretty mild and only lasted a couple of miles.  Better climbing gear today.  Warm weather.  Unfortunately, felt a bit sick to my stomach the entire time.

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 8.09
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.160.000.000.008.16

8.16 miles, 1:10:30, 8:38/mi.

Left hip flexor overly fatigued today.  Didn't have much juice at all.  Need to get some rest. 

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 8.16
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Race: Taylor Mountain 50K (32.55 Miles) 05:38:55, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
32.550.000.000.0032.55

32.55 miles, 5:38:55, 10:25/mi, ~ 5000' vertical.  2 1/2 marathon loops and 1 5 mile loop.

First race since August.  Hip still not 100%....sometimes not 50%, but need some motivation to do longer runs and to get more consistent.  Fun event.....muddy, hilly, and decent weather.....all the way until about mile 22, when the skies opened with a downpour, thunder, and evidently lightning.  Misery index was pretty high towards the end but plugged along and got 'er done.  Loop courses aren't my favorite and it was mentally tough to head out on the 5 mile loop, especially since it went up a pretty steep fire road and I knew I had return on some singletrack I'd run twice already.

Hip held out well.  Hip flexors were pretty tired by around mile 15, so probably need to work on strengthening them.  Quads were pretty mashed by the end of the 2nd lap, with the left quad worse.  Not nearly as beat up as expected, probably due to the hokas.

So, pretty happy.  Not my best race ever, but considering how undertrained I am, good enough.  Thinking about another 50k in a couple of weeks as another training run. 

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 32.55
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.100.000.000.005.10

5.1 miles in 43:08, 8:28/mi.

The race took a heavy toll on my left hip muscles, including the left ITB.  All are extremely sore and tight.  Like post first downhill marathon/100-mile race sore and tight.  But today was day 3 so I chanced a run.  Pretty ugly, as expected, and difficult not to limp-run.  Moving into a hip flexor stretch afterwards elicited a gasp of pain from the ITB so maybe not such a good idea....

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 5.10
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.130.000.000.008.13

8.13 miles, 1:07:22, 8:17/mi, 8 strides.

Left leg better but still tired and sore.  What energy I had fled around mile 5.  Obviously not recovered from the race yet.  Didn't help matters that today was sunny and therefore warm, something we haven't seen much of here in the PNW this year. 

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 8.13
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.130.000.000.008.13

8.13 miles, 1:07:22, 8:17/mi.

Left hip/leg slowly improving.  Tired legs and body again.  High humidity really zapped me today and it was a slog. 

 

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 8.13
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.110.000.000.008.11

8.11 miles, 1:04:15, 7:56/mi.

Felt a bit better recovered today.  Hip didn't tighten up until nearly 3/4 miles into the run and loosened up again by mile 4, so all in all a decent day.  

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 8.11
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.450.000.000.0011.45

8.56 mile bike ride uphill to trail head in 56:32, 6:36/mi.  11.45 trail miles in 2:43:07, 14:15/mi.  8.56 mile bike ride downhill back home in 29:32, 3:27/mi.

Crosstraining is supposed to be good for you, right?  Stepping off the bike at the trailhead, I realized my bony butt was not happy with the bike riding....pain radiating down my left leg and soreness on both sides.  The first couple of miles of running were pathetic, but I hoped to shake the bike ride from my legs.  It worked.....kinda.....but took several miles and it was more of a fast hike today.  Plenty of vertical....2600+' according to garmin connect.  Plenty of mud and torn up trail too....the horses did a real number on some of the trails lately.  

Hoka Stinson B Miles: 11.45
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
184.290.005.006.50195.79
Hoka Stinson B Miles: 187.61NB 860 - Black #2 Miles: 8.18
Night Sleep Time: 61.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 61.00
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