How Much Discomfort Can I Tolerate?!

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Location:

Eugene,OR,USA

Member Since:

Nov 09, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

  • 5k PR - 18:48 (7/04/08)
  • 8K PR - 33:46 (5/19/07, on trails)
  • 10k PR - I have not run a competitive 10K yet.
  • 12K PR - 50:10 (8/09/08)
  • 15K PR - 1:04:52 (3/22/08)
  • Marathon - Have run 1 trail marathon, (Grand Island) 3:55 (July 2007)
  • Ultra Marathons -
  • Farmdale 33.5 miles, 10/08 - 6:08
  • Riddle Run 28 Miles, 01/09 - 5:35 (run in 2-3 inches of snow)
  • Devil's Lake 50k, 07/09 - 6:22
  • Howl at the Moon 8 hour, 08/09 - 39.98 miles
  • North Country Trail Run 50 miles, 09/09 - 9:44
  • Farmdale 32 miles, 10/09 - 5:45
  • McNotAgain 30 Miles, 10/09 - 5:50
  • Red Rock Canyon Half, Las Vegas, 06/12 - 2:15


Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running in the winter - 1st year in Eugene - fun!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep on Keeping on..

Personal:

Moved to Eugene in Autumn, 2012 - Track city USA!

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.003.000.007.50

It rained most of the night but by 8:00am it had stopped, so I went out under gray skies, about 45 degrees, for a 7.5 mile run. Was planning to run it at a moderate pace, but I was feeling good so at various points during the run I would do threshold pickups which lasted from 800meters to 1 mile. The last 1.5 miles my lungs and legs were under control so I pushed as if it were the final segment of a race. This was one of my best runs since the marathon. I should mention that after the marathon at the end of July I was feeling so beat up that I didn't run for 6 weeks. When I started running again in mid September my body was feeling great but I had lost a lot of fitness. Most of my runs since then have been short and slow, from 3-5 miles. These past 2 weeks I have finally seen an improvement in my fitness, and I have been picking up the speed. I ran a 10K last weekend, my first race since the marathon, in 44:20, which is about right for where I am fitness-wise. I kept thinking during the race that I was going to slow down and crash, because I hadn't trained long or hard enough. I am planning to work my long runs up to about 12 miles. I don't think I want to go further than that, I remember how dead my legs were from 20 milers, and I was always walking around with a sore heel and mashed-potato quads. I don't see the point in that, I must have a body which is sensitive to runs over 2 hours. I am planning on racing Da Deer Run in early December, a 5 mile cross country slog near Bloomington. My time won't be great, but it feels awesome to be training again. After the 7.5 miler today I did 4 sets of pull-ups, dips, push-ups, crunches, and calf raises, then 40 minute walk home.

Comments
From Dallen on Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 19:43:31

Welcome to the blog. Glad to see someone on here from my corner of the country.

From Cassandra on Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 14:26:21

Cheers to that! I live in Indiana and am new to serious running as well.

From Jim on Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 16:59:44

Welcome to the blog. It is good to see some people from the midwest on the blog. I am from Indiana and I am looking forward to following your progress.

From Will on Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 19:20:50

Thanks Dallen, I'm a long time fan of yours.

Cassandra - good luck with your training, I am looking forward to reading how your free-spirited training goes.

Jim, we have similar goals, let's see how we do in a year!

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