From Jason D on Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 20:37:45 from 24.127.111.174
Your summer to fall window is like what 1-2 weeks at most? I'm back in the flat Midwest, which means the foliage elevation contrasts are out the window. I hear it's nice up north though. I love fall!
From Jake K on Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 21:04:28 from 67.166.113.191
Haha - right now it feels like summer to WINTER in 1-2 days. It was 90 degrees earlier in the week and now this is happening as I type...
I think the transition period seems quick because of the elevation difference. The leaves at 9-10K change quick (Desolation Lake is 9200'). Then the colors work their way down to the valley over the rest of September and October. Its actually kind of neat - you get like 2 months of fall foliage if you follow the elevation and then head down to Southern Utah later in the season.
Fall is arguably peak season for running. Strangely I really like hot summer running so that comparison might be a tie for me.
From Jason D on Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 21:51:37 from 24.127.111.174
I thought that it was probably elevation after I typed that. Two months of foliage sounds fantastic.
So I see on the Instagram that you are thinking fall marathon. CIM? Looks like a cheeky little jaunt at TOU the other day too. I wish I had the time and money to travel there. I've got the itch but no real options given the late start to the summer/fall.
From Jake K on Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 20:10:50 from 67.166.113.191
Yeah I'm trying not to get too far ahead of myself... work is busy and I don't want to overfill the bucket... but I'd like to take a shot at another marathon before switching back over to ski boots. CIM would be the one - it fits the what I'm looking for better than any other race (time frame, competition, travel logistics, etc). Even if I only manage to do mileage + strides for a couple months, I think I can run a pretty decent marathon without the complicated training schemes :-)
From Jason D on Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 20:49:38 from 24.127.111.174
Your mileage has been solid for a while. A midweek workout and quality long run every weekend would seem doable without any more time commitment than you have currently. But yeah. You could have run sub-2:30 if you stuck it out at TOU. Not sure if that is "pretty decent" or not.
I just checked...8 weeks of marathon specific workouts and a 2 week taper starting this weekend.
From Jake K on Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 20:40:36 from 67.166.113.191
You are definitely right - that's all I did during my entire Chicago buildup, and what I did during the last block of training leading up to CIM as well. It seems so easy on paper, I just need to get myself motivated enough to do a workout during the work-week! Time commitment is the easy part - I already run so much to begin with, running faster more often would actually cut down the amount of time I spend running :-)
I think if I just do it for a week or two... well then, like you said, then there's only another 6-7 weeks, so that's actually not too difficult.
And if I "only" got in the long run + strides most weeks (200s count as strides), I actually think I could potentially break 2:30 off that... and I would be happy with that. 2:29 is definitely "pretty decent"
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