Short little run. Felt good to get out and run some, my left quad was pretty sore?
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So I decided to head to Nashville with Nikki and thought that I’d jump into the race and run the half marathon with her and then run the full with her running partner (and our friend) - Jill. It was a lot of fun. I’ll write up a race report later, I also used my podcasting recorder during the race, so hopefully I can get that edited this week.
Here are the stats from my Garmin: I tried to use the mile markers on the race course, not the mile labs on the Garmin. They were about .2 miles different. I also missed the split at mile 11, so there are only 25 laps.
lap 1 - 1.08 miles / 8:50.17 / 8:10 pace / 152 bpm
lap 2 - 0.94 miles / 8:04.43 / 8:38 pace / 152 bpm
lap 3 - 1.00 miles / 8:26.60 / 8:24 pace / 154 bpm
lap 4 - 1.03 miles / 8:10.25 / 7:57 pace / 154 bpm
lap 5 - 1.00 miles / 7:45.44 / 7:47 pace / 154 bpm
lap 6 - 1.01 miles / 8:08.40 / 8:01 pace / 153 bpm
lap 7 - 1.00 miles / 8:17.58 / 8:16 pace / 157 bpm
lap 8 - 1.02 miles / 8:09.17 / 8:00 pace / 153 bpm
lap 9 - 0.99 miles / 7:31.55 / 7:35 pace / 155 bpm
lap 10 - 1.01 miles / 7:29.53 / 7:23 pace / 154 bpm
lap 11 - 2.01 miles / 16:37.95 / 8:18 pace / 155 bpm
lap 12 - 1.02 miles / 8:24.17 / 8:16 pace / 147 bpm
lap 13 - 1.02 miles / 8:31.90 / 8:22 pace / 153 bpm
lap 14 - 1.01 miles / 8:14.04 / 8:08 pace / 152 bpm
lap 15 - 1.02 miles / 8:59.58 / 8:48 pace / 151 bpm
lap 16 - 1.01 miles / 8:46.80 / 8:42 pace / 153 bpm
lap 17 - 1.00 miles / 8:56.10 / 8:55 pace / 148 bpm
lap 18 - 1.01 miles /8:52.33 / 8:45 pace / 154 bpm
lap 19 - 1.02 miles / 9:03.60 / 8:53 pace / 151 bpm
lap 20 - 1.01 miles / 9:07.47 /9:04 pace / 152 bpm
lap 21 - 1.01 miles / 9:26.08 / 9:21 pace / 153 bpm
lap 22 - 1.02 miles / 9:28.12 / 9:16 pace / 150 bpm
lap 23 - 1.03 miles / 9:54.95 / 9:40 pace / 149 bpm
lap 24 - 1.01 miles / 10:24.25 / 10:21 pace / 147 bpm
lap 25 - 1.24 miles / 11:09.85 / 9:01 pace / 156 bpm
Finished!
This makes me feel pretty good about my fitness. I jumped in and did the race. Feel pretty good today, a little sore but Nikki and I went for a walk this morning. My heart rates were all in the mid to low 150’s… normally during a marathon that I try and race that average heart rate would be around the upper 170’s. Now, I couldn’t handle that type of intensity now….
But this “trial” does let me feel good about this idea of being committed to the basic week and regular exercise. As Jim said in Jodi’s last podcast (www.confessionsofarunner.com), it is a commitment to a lifestyle. The ability to keep this mentality has allowed me to clear up some nutrition issues and still allows me to be fit.
More in the race report and podcast.
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Ran with John and Ron from Magee’s. First time to go any significant distance since getting glut issues training for ultra…. felt very good and comfortable.
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Did a test run at the Arboretum w/ a client. The averages really don’t mean anything as they were 3 x 1 mile repeats with warm up and cool down. She’s running well!
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After spending time running with my client an doing mile repeats with her, I did my own test:
lap 1: 1.00 mile / 6:20 per mile / 167bpm
recover
lap 2: 0.97 mile / 6:09 per mile / 174bpm
recover
lap 3: 1.00 mile / 6:13 per mile / 175bpm
stopped repeats b/c times slowed and heart rate did not increase…. felt pretty good. it would be ideal to have these at least below 6:00/mile, but can’t ask for that with current fitness.
still good to be running again.
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So I feel pretty good about how I’m feeling on the run right now…. I want to run longer. But I’m trying to follow my own advice and make sure I can run consistently, multiple weeks, without pain and then I’ll allow myself to go long.
A major problem is that next weekend is the Country Music and Derby Marathon. I can’t do either now b/c of logistics (Nikki is going to Country Music to run the half). But that makes me think more about going to do the Flying Pig the following week…. Please talk me out of this!
Need to swim… Need to swim… Need to swim…
And with gas at 3.45 today, need to commute, need to commute, need to commute!
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Trainer Ride. Watched the running of the Bluegrass Stakes and the 70.3 Ironman Championships in Clearwater, Florida. My trip to the Keeneland Race Track yesterday made me think a lot about the similarities between the training of these horses and what we try to do when training for a running or triathlon event.
Nikki and I were able to hang out with a horse trainer and his wife (an equine nutritionist) so it was fun to hear them make the comparisons first. He talked about his effort to train for a 5k and how it made him think about training the horses. I also was intrigued to hear the discussions about the “mindset” of a horse in a race, especially how they react when they are returning to the race track after an injury.
There was a lot to think about, hopefully as I learn more about horse racing I can learn some lessons that are applicable for us.
(To be honest, I was just as interested in the methods / styles of betting or handicapping. Which is probably a good reason I don’t make it out there much.)
In today’s races: Monba won the stakes race. That was a surprise as it seemed that all people talked about this week was Pyro, who finished 10th. Hopefully he’ll be ready for the Kentucky Derby. In the 70.3 Championships, Andy Potts was awesome as usual but the women’s winner (Mirinda Carfrae) was very impressive, running a 6:01 pace for the win. (The 70.3 was run in November, just aired today on tv.)
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Just a basic run from the house. Kelty ran with me and was very peppy… never getting tired. New improvement for her. Garmin died (forgot to charge), so I only have the time of the run. I could figure out the distance, but that would take too much time 
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