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Location:

Alexandria,VA,USA

Member Since:

Jun 03, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

4:34 mile, DC RR Mile, 2007

15:39 5k, Occidental College, 2007

25:52 8k, Rockville Twilighter, 2007

32:54 10k, Shelter Island (tough course!), 2004

49:30 15k, Tulsa Run, 2001

52:21 10 mile, Broad Street Run, Philly (fast course!), 2007

1:08:49 half marathon, Hobble Creek (downhill), 2001

2:28:55 marathon, St. George (downhill), 2006

2:33:04 marathon, Chicago, 2001

Short-Term Running Goals:

15:20 5k

4:25 mile

2:26:00 marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

sub 15:00 5k

sub 2:22:00 marathon

Personal:

I live in Alexandria, VA, but still consider myself affiliated with Wasatch Athletics in Salt Lake City, UT, and High Noon A.C. in Ithaca, NY. My coach is Demetrio Cabanillas.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Wed, Aug 08, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
14.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.00

Ugh! Today was a bust. It reminded me of the blog that Scott posted about Draper.

NOON: NIST 6 42:32

PM: track 8ish

It was 100F with 54% RH at noon. Actually, this did not feel all that bad. But the day was not over yet. Later in the afternoon the humidity rolled in, like a blanket covering the sizzling concrete. I made it out to the track and went through my usual warm up routine: 3 miles + 9 sets of drills, and I was already feeling horrid. I put on the spikes and started my 400s hitting 67 and 66 for the first 2. On the third I just quit on the finishing straight, pulled up with 20 meters to go and finished in 68. Done. I had absolutely no desire to do another one and something let me just walk away. Maybe it was a blessing in disguise because my Achilles was sore, but really I think my bank account is empty. Oh well. Keep plugging away I guess and hope I can get my motivation and my legs back.

Comments

From dutch on Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 12:29:09

Randy,

I'm impressed that you continue to battle the heat and humidity like you are. It's just absolutely kicking my trash. Even if i run in the morning, i'm pretty much worthless the rest of the day and starving for naps.

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 13:12:41

Have there been any lapses in your recovery procedures in the last week?

From Randy on Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 14:55:05

Sasha,

I'd say, not really. I could probably have done with a couple of ice baths, which I will take tonight, but I think (as Ben will attest) the heat has just been demoralizing. Also, I have kicked up the mileage significantly in the last couple of weeks and I think I just hit a phase where I was spent. Also, I'm rethinking my 'day off' strategy... What I have noticed is that I though I feel pretty good on Tues, after Mon off, I do not really feel much better on the Wed of my speed workout. Hence, I am thinking I will either move my speed work to Tues or run on Mon and make Tues a very light (say 4 miles easy) day.

Also, I have not forgotten about your hill data, but it may have to wait until after my 5k on Sep 1.

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