I ran a 30 mile time trial in 3:51:54. I ran in Mt Vernon, 6 times around the 5 mile skagit ultras course. Jim came and helped me out and shouted things at me that Joel said all the way from North Carolina. Just kidding, Jim doesn't shout at me! And someone else would shout so loud that I could hear him without any help. I finished 10 miles at slightly under my PR pace in 74:xx, something something, but my hamstrings started complaining early- actually at about 8 miles and the day just wasn't getting any warmer. I managed to run the rest of the way at around 7:40-7:58 pace and finish at around what would have been a 4 hour 50k. But don't tell me that, I did not want to run another 1.07 miles! I don't know why but for some reason that sounds really far right now.
I need to do some more speed work and more leg strengthening activities. I'm usually able to touch my toes but that hasn't been the case for the last month or so.
On Christmas day I hit 5000 miles for the year! Today I hit 5100. I basically ran 5000 miles in 11 months because of the one month I was injured and only ran 80 miles the entire month. Next year I hope to be able to run 5215 miles and beyond.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Fairhaven Frosty 10k
Aww remember when there was this widdle biddy race called the 10k? I don't!
I ran the Fairhaven Frosty 10k on Saturday and I don't remember how to run this race. It is like a sprint right? Or at least it feels like you are sprinting but you are really running 6:53 pace? Right. Maybe I do remember this.
The course was hard in that there were four pretty good sized hills- twice up Chuckanut road and twice up the Interurban switch backs. Also because it was extremely w word. ( I can't actually say the w- word because when you say the w- word it will start w-ing right in your face.) But anyway the w was so strong I could not breathe unless I turned my head sideways for some of the race, and it felt like it was pushing me backwards. We only got the negative effects of the w because it was blowing north which meant it was beating us face first up Chuckanut Drive but wasn't giving back as when we were running north because we were in the trees of the Interurban by that point.
This race is so short there were only two times I felt like crying- one when I was running up the Chuckanut Drive hill with what felt like a hurricane beating the will to live out of me and the other time when I had rounded the final corner and could see the finish line about 200 meters away and the finish line clock rapidly approaching 43 minutes and the w picked me up and dropped me like 100 meters backwards.
With the hard course and the w I feel like my time was all right, especially since I don't do very much speed work right now.
I ran the Fairhaven Frosty 10k on Saturday and I don't remember how to run this race. It is like a sprint right? Or at least it feels like you are sprinting but you are really running 6:53 pace? Right. Maybe I do remember this.
The course was hard in that there were four pretty good sized hills- twice up Chuckanut road and twice up the Interurban switch backs. Also because it was extremely w word. ( I can't actually say the w- word because when you say the w- word it will start w-ing right in your face.) But anyway the w was so strong I could not breathe unless I turned my head sideways for some of the race, and it felt like it was pushing me backwards. We only got the negative effects of the w because it was blowing north which meant it was beating us face first up Chuckanut Drive but wasn't giving back as when we were running north because we were in the trees of the Interurban by that point.
This race is so short there were only two times I felt like crying- one when I was running up the Chuckanut Drive hill with what felt like a hurricane beating the will to live out of me and the other time when I had rounded the final corner and could see the finish line about 200 meters away and the finish line clock rapidly approaching 43 minutes and the w picked me up and dropped me like 100 meters backwards.
With the hard course and the w I feel like my time was all right, especially since I don't do very much speed work right now.
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