| Location: AL,USA Member Since: Jun 14, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: I've finished a couple of races here and there... Short-Term Running Goals: Maybe one day I'll be enough of a runner to run a race. maybe not...
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 200.18 | 9.33 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 214.51 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.33 |
| I've got to question my own sanity when I use running as my preferred means of procrastination. | Add Comment |
| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| At the office until 6am. Solid 30 minutes of sleep. Back at the office by 8. Life is good. | Comments(4) |
| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
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"Training is principally an act of faith." - Frank Stamfl
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.25 |
| "Maybe it's easier to like someone else's life, and live vicariously through it, than take some responsibility to change our lives into lives we might like." - Tish Grier
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| "If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke." - Brendan Francis
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 5.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.33 |
| "We can aspire to anything, but we don't get it just cause we want it. I would rather spend my life close to the birds than waste it wishing I had wings." - Eli Attie
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.40 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 13.40 |
| Probably not the smartest thing to do 3 days before a 12-hour race, but I've never claimed to be the smartest runner out there... | Comments(2) |
| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| "More often than not, a hero's most epic battle is the one you never see; it's the battle that goes on within him or herself." - Kevin Smith
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Delano 12 (55 Miles) 10:08:08 | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 55.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 55.00 |
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Ran the third edition of the Delano 12-hour run, and, true to form,
I kept up my own tradition of not going the full twelve hours and
stopped around 10... The day got started at about 6am, in about
47 degrees and rain. The course is a 1-mile cinder path loop around a
park in Decatur, AL, and it is an ideal place to run fast (if you can
keep your head in the game, that is). Against my better
judgement, I went out way too fast, running with a couple of running
friends of mine from Huntsvillle. After a couple of hours, I decided
that I had better settle into a slightly more manageable pace after
lapping a couple of guys that I knew would end up beating me handily,
and we all set about plugging away at the miles. An hour after
the 12-hour started, the 50-mile and 50k options started, and guys
began flying past me on a quest to get in a good time, which several
did. As the day progressed, the rain would lighten up, then come back,
but it had more or less stopped completely by early afternoon, which
was a nice improvement. The course was affected by the rain in several
ways. For example, a stretch of about 15 or 20 yards was completely
submerged at the start with about ankle-deep water, which some skirted
around while others (such as myself) just plowed through; I just
figured that my shoes were already wet.... The race directors (Eric
Schotz and Jon Elmore, who are on the FRB at schotz.fastrunningblog.com
and jelmo.fastrunningblog.com) along with a couple of other
volunteers/spectators, did an impressive job of draining the course by
digging trenches and even using a bilge pump to clear the
aforementioned wet spot. Another fun spot on the course was a short
out-and-back that was needed to get the full mile from the loop and
left the cinder path for about 20 or 30 yards in the grass. Needless
to say, a grassy spot in the rain that gets run through by 60 or so
runners 40, 50, 60, even 70+ times a piece over the course of 12 hours
gets to be a bit of a bog. Again, some people kept swinging farther
and farther outside to keep from going through the mud (and avoiding
perhaps losing a shoe in the mud), but, again, being the 5-year-old
trapped in a 22-year-old's body, I plowed right through the mud every
time, and it got more and more fun as the day went on. I truly think
it will take weeks for all of the mud and crud to get out from under my
toenails (awesome!). While the day went on, I definitely slowed
down, getting passed by more and more people, which was fine with me; I
was well ahead of where I was a couple of years ago at this event, so I
was happy as could be. Once I got to the 50 mile mark, I decided to
just play around, walking and running until I wanted to call it a day,
and after 55 miles, I got to talking for a while, and before I knew it,
45 minutes or an hour had passed, and I figured I would be way to stiff
to do any more running, so I called it a day and turned in my chip.
(So I finished my 12-hour race in 10 - BEAT THAT)
After I got done, a few people kept on chugging along for the
remaining 2 hours or so. Jamie Donaldson, the women's course record
holder at Badwater (135 miles) and 5th place finisher at the 24-hour
World Championships in Korea last year, won the overall title in the
12-hour with 76 miles (I think...). It was impressive watching her
plug and plug all day, not noticeable tiring much at all. Blake
Thompson, one of the guys I started with, kept putting in miles, and I
must say, I expected him to crash at the pace he was holding, but I
stand corrected; he managed to only marginally slow down, claiming 70
miles. Rob Youngren, one of the guys that ran the Double Mountain Mist
with me a couple of months ago (and beat me by an hour and a half on
the second loop), laid down the hammer in the final hours and made up
many miles, undoing the lap I had taken on him and putting many more in
front of me, eventually finishing 69 miles. Steven Speakman, a friend
from Auburn, AL, who had stayed at my house the night before, was in
his first foray beyond 50 miles. I lapped him early, but he easily
reclaimed that mile and kept going after I pulled out, pushing through
all the mental and physical challenges that don't present themselves
until after 50, to eventually claim 65 well-earned miles. All
told, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It was a well put on event with a
good crowd of good people, and time-based format provides a good venue
to change the way you approach a race. Much appreciation to Eric and
Jon.
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| I truly hope that the golfers at Point Mallard enjoy the view of the river. | Comments(1) |
| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 with Lynn at Point Mallard. Sibling company always makes for a great run. | Comments(2) |
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Oak Mountain 50k+ (33 Miles) 06:06:58 | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 33.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.00 |
| Oak Mountain 50k (actually 33 miles, but, as Dewayne Satterfield remarked, maybe the course was measured in Horton miles - let's see how many ultra junkies get that reference...) More comprehensive report to come...
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.60 |
| "We may go to the moon, but that's not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us." - Charles de Gaulle Something for us "distance" runners to keep in mind.
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.60 |
| In the office until about 9:15, but it felt too good outside not to run. Great night run. No quote tonight; instead, I'll reference Kelli's quote for the day. Lance effectively summarizes the inner motivation driving us all to keep...on...going...
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.50 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.50 |
| "Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." - William Faulkner
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 9 out at Bartram to clear my head. Got to test out my new Inov8 Roclite 295's, and they did not disappoint. For any of you trail runners out there (i.e. Ultrajim, Crockett, Tarzan, et al....), I would recommend giving Inov8's a try; they provide great traction and keep your heel low to the ground to let you "feel" the trail underneath you, acting like a minimalist shoe while providing the bottoms of your feet with the protection they need.
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Ditto "If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else." - Laurence J. Peter
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 200.18 | 9.33 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 214.51 |
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