How Much Discomfort Can I Tolerate?!

May 06, 2024

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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
Mon, Oct 06, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.002.500.006.50

Weather - 77 degrees, sunny.

My body must be adjusting to running with insufficeint oxygen, because today is the best I have felt in weeks. I ran easy to the woods, then decided to go moderately hard on my normal 3/4 mile loop. I was able to hold a pace of 7:00-7:15 for 3 loops without too much discomfort, even though my lungs were constricted.

This is a good sign if I can run hard with low oxygen, in a month when I am back to full oxygen capacity it will be interesting to see how fast I can go.

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Comments
From The Howling Commando on Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 20:42:51

Hey Will are you going for a record with the consecutive days? or are you stopping at a year? just wondering how that works. I am excited for your 33 miler coming up

From will on Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 15:43:28

Benn, funny you should ask that today. When I got up this morning my stomach felt upset, so instead of getting ready for work I lay in bed for about 30 minutes to see if I would feel better. I ended up vomiting 7 times in 3 1/2 hours. One of the first things I thought about was how I was going to get my run in. I held out hope that by this evening I would feel good enough to run a mile or two. If not, I thought about what a great ride it has been, and that I would just start over again.

So now it is afternoon, I have stopped vomiting, and am now attempting to eat something. If I can hold the food down I will try to get my run in this evening.

I think the record is decades, so no, I have no desire for setting a record. I guess the reason I am running every day has to do with a comment Sasha left on my blog during my first month here - he recommended an active rest on easy days rather than not running at all. I figured if he was correct in his assumption, then running everyday is the way to go, and from then on I have run everyday and have found his idea to be correct for me, my body does not seem to get overly tired from the easy running on days that I would have normally not have run. I also believe it has helped my body become stronger and better at running.

I'm excited too about the 33 miler. I just finished reading Dean K.'s new book, that was awesome, and I also just finished rereading his first book. Man, I love the chapters on his first Western States, what a beast of a course, and he describes his trials and pains with great lucidity - very inspiring for me! I am feeling hesitant about running 33 miles. I have put in 3 long runs recently of over 3 hours, and they did not take much out of me. However, by the end of each of those runs I was really struggling to keep up a decent pace (9:00 for me). I am wondering if I have enough guts and determination to run the extra 2.5-3 hours with that kind of hurt - I guess I am going to find out!

It looks like your running is going great, and I read your comment about wanting to run a 50 miler - wow, awesome, you can do it! Put in the training and by next summer you should be good to go.

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