High-Octane

KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE

Coach John McKay of USC said this to his team after they had been humiliated 51-0 by Notre Dame.

McKay came into the locker room and saw a group of beaten worn-out and thoroughly depressed young football players who were not accustomed to losing. He stood up on a bench and said, “Men, let’s keep this in perspective. There are 800 million Chinese who don’t even know this game was played.” That’s what you call perspective.

Okay, here is the real race report:  DNF

 I was so mad at myself I just couldn't bear to write a race report until now. Although running and racing is not really that important to me I still driven to accomplish something when I set out to do it. This pursuit to BQ has me frustrated. I have managed to flunder in my effort to achieve the goal.

I should have BQ'd on my first marathon but I went into it missing 4 weeks of training because of a bone spur. My second marathon I ruined by overconfidence and a pace who had me on a 3:09 marathon at 16 miles. My third marathon I tried to run 4 weeks after my third. I was simply not recovered and now this last marathon and ...how dumb is this... on this marathon I missed the full marathon cut-off and ran 3 miles before I realized it! Anyway, now I find myself contemplating running OKC again it 4 weeks :-(

Anyway, here are my splits through the 16 miles. Miles 13-16 are erratic as I was trying to figure out what to do. I ended up running 22 miles before I quit all together.

2/26/2012
Mile	Time	HR	HR %
1	8:00:00	141	73%
2	7:48:00	154	82%
3	7:52:00	157	84%
4	7:50:00	155	82%
5	8:02:00	156	83%
6	7:44:00	156	83%
7	7:37:00	156	83%
8	7:49:00	155	82%
9	7:57:00	152	80%
10	8:06:00	157	84%
11	7:41:00	156	83%
12	7:30:00	156	83%
13	8:00:00	157	84%
14	7:12:00	162	87%
15	8:05:00	166	90%
16	7:57:00	164	89%
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
26.3
Total	125:10:00	96	51%
Pace	4:46:38
Ft Worth Cowtown Marathon
Weather - 38 Degrees. Calm
Target: Race  - 26.3 Miles @ 7:26 Note: Ran off course. DNF

3 days off after the debockled marathon. My quads are still pretty sore but the rest of my legs and feet are fine.

2/28/2013

Total Miles: 8 Alternating miles on Eliptical @ 9:00 Pace & Treadmill @ 7:30 Pace.

Psalm 73:25-26

Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

My quads are still sore from the race but the rest of my body is good. I figure I'll just run through the sorness.

3/1/2013
Mile	Time	HR	HR %
1	8:47:00	No HR Monitor
2	8:35:00
3	9:09:00
4	9:01:00
5	8:55:00
6	9:00:00
7	8:57:00
8	7:02:00
9	8:48:00
10	8:45:00
Total	86:59:00	0	0%
Pace	8:41:54
Big Loop
35 Degrees, Calm
Target: 9:00 Pace Ran 1 mile fast.

My quads are still sore but better than yesterday. I just tried to run comfortably on this run. Other than being tired it was pretty good.

3/2/2013
Mile	Time	HR	HR %	Elevation Gain
1	8:09:00	No HR Monitor
2	8:20:00
3	8:19:00
4	8:30:00
5	7:50:00
6	8:15:00
7	8:25:00
8	8:42:00
9	8:08:00
10	7:57:00
11	8:36:00
12	8:31:00
13	7:25:00
14	7:47:00
15	7:46:00
Total	122:40:00	0	0%
Pace	8:10:40
Where Run - Big Loop to Old Chruch, back to Smallville and home.
Weather - 45 Degrees, Windy
Target: Long Run - 15 Miles Note: My quads are still sore.