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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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Wed, Nov 21, 2007
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5.002.000.000.007.00

Marathon Dress Rehearsal Day.  Of course, today was gorgeous....sunny with some clouds and a bit of ice in spots on the road, but very nice outside.  Temps ~ 42.  Sunday is scheduled to be cloudy and rainy.  Excellent.

3 mile warmup (7:45/mi), 2 mile Marathon Pace (1st uphill mile 7:16/mi, 2nd out&back mile 7:06/mi), 2 mile cooldown (7:29/mi).  Still don't feel quite "right", but felt better today stretching it out a bit.  Broke out the shoes with a mere 30 miles on them...worked fine but still has the "new shoe orthotic squeak, so my apologies in advance to everyone running near me on Sunday.   I don't even notice the noise anymore...

Standard plyometric drills and lunges afterwards, although I only did half the normal lunges to avoid sore hamstrings/quads.  Next 3 days short recovery runs only, followed by raceday Sunday.


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Comments
From Andy on Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 16:51:00

Good luck on Sunday. I always know that I am ready for a marathon when I don't feel quite right the week before.

From Dale on Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 16:58:37

Thanks. I think I must have that same syndrome.....it's my third and I've felt pretty lousy the week prior to each. However, for this one I fell "less lousy", which I'm attributing to a less tapered taper. Hope that's a good thing....guess I'll find out.

Good luck in your Turkey Trot tomorrow.

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