4.75 miles
Been wanting to run the trails here for some time now. Finally got a chance to run
them today. I felt pretty good for the day after a marathon. Park is not very big
but it has trails going all over this park. Will probably explore some more of
this park in the near future. I live 5 miles from these trails so very close
to home.
nb/1210/135
Monday, August 19, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Pikes Peak Marathon
26.2 miles 5:04:43
47th Overall 2nd age group
7:00 am) warm and clear skies
Started out comfortable and walked when ever it was steep or my breathing became
labored. I felt okay on the up but not super. I hit Barr Camp at 1:30:19. I was
hoping to be around 1:27. So I was close but I knew this was not good if I wanted
to be 3:00 at the summit. I had a hard time running above Barr Camp. I did power
hike most of the last 6 miles up. My hiking was pretty good and I passed several
runners. I hit the summit at 3:07:00. I was a bit worried about this as I knew
I would need a good descent to break 5 hours. My down has been historically
slow. Today was no different. I again felt sick, sluggish and tired on the down.
Not sure why I have such difficulties with this part of the race. Thought I
would have a better down as my downhill running seemed to be improving this year.
I still had my best down to date but a 1:57 down is pretty pedestrian.
pi/73
47th Overall 2nd age group
7:00 am) warm and clear skies
Started out comfortable and walked when ever it was steep or my breathing became
labored. I felt okay on the up but not super. I hit Barr Camp at 1:30:19. I was
hoping to be around 1:27. So I was close but I knew this was not good if I wanted
to be 3:00 at the summit. I had a hard time running above Barr Camp. I did power
hike most of the last 6 miles up. My hiking was pretty good and I passed several
runners. I hit the summit at 3:07:00. I was a bit worried about this as I knew
I would need a good descent to break 5 hours. My down has been historically
slow. Today was no different. I again felt sick, sluggish and tired on the down.
Not sure why I have such difficulties with this part of the race. Thought I
would have a better down as my downhill running seemed to be improving this year.
I still had my best down to date but a 1:57 down is pretty pedestrian.
pi/73
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Ute Valley Park
5.33 miles 49:00
First post in a week. Been super busy with painting the inside of the new house
and moving in this past weekend. Hopefully things will settle down and get back
to a more normal schedule.
My health has been kind of off this past week. Feeling run down and I have a
cold. Not a bad cold but not what you want this close to a race.
My hamstring has also been sore. Felt pretty good on tonight's run so that's
a good thing. Doing a full taper this week in prep for the Pikes Peak Marathon
on Sunday.
nb/1210/130
First post in a week. Been super busy with painting the inside of the new house
and moving in this past weekend. Hopefully things will settle down and get back
to a more normal schedule.
My health has been kind of off this past week. Feeling run down and I have a
cold. Not a bad cold but not what you want this close to a race.
My hamstring has also been sore. Felt pretty good on tonight's run so that's
a good thing. Doing a full taper this week in prep for the Pikes Peak Marathon
on Sunday.
nb/1210/130
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Intemann
5 miles 45:00
Hilly trail run. Kept the effort fairly easy.
Ran on a new section of trail they are building just off Intemann. Not sure what it's
called.
nb/1210/125
Hilly trail run. Kept the effort fairly easy.
Ran on a new section of trail they are building just off Intemann. Not sure what it's
called.
nb/1210/125
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Treadmill 15%
2.88 miles 40:00
15% Incline
4.0 - 4.5 mph
Haven't done this workout in a couple weeks due to hiking quite a bit
on steep trails. Didn't want to skip this workout again this week even
though once again I had some good hiking this week. Today I finally
did more than 30 minutes. I was pretty cooked by 30 minutes but went
on for 10 more minutes. I did last 10 minutes at 4.5 mph.
I was totally spent after this workout. I have a love hate relationship
with this workout. Today it was mainly hate until I hit the stop button.
Legs pretty tired going into this one thanks to yesterdays run/hike
on Barr Trail.
15% Incline
4.0 - 4.5 mph
Haven't done this workout in a couple weeks due to hiking quite a bit
on steep trails. Didn't want to skip this workout again this week even
though once again I had some good hiking this week. Today I finally
did more than 30 minutes. I was pretty cooked by 30 minutes but went
on for 10 more minutes. I did last 10 minutes at 4.5 mph.
I was totally spent after this workout. I have a love hate relationship
with this workout. Today it was mainly hate until I hit the stop button.
Legs pretty tired going into this one thanks to yesterdays run/hike
on Barr Trail.
Saturday, August 3, 2013
3-2-1 Pikes Peak
12 miles
8:55 pm) Low 40's cloudy perfect weather
Finally got to run the last 3 miles of Barr Trail in prep for the Pikes Peak
Marathon in 2 weeks. Didn't feel awesome but not too bad. Hiked most of it
as running made me too winded for the most part. Watch died on the last mile
up. I was bummed by that because I think it was my best top mile of the day.
Went up with a group of runners and my coach Paul DeWitt. Had a good time
and met some cool runners. Some are training for Leadville 100 and others the
PPM.
mile
1 down 13:24
2 down 10:46
3 down 9:52
4 up 16:01
5 up 16:50
6 up 18:37
7 down 12:38
8 down 10:10
9 up 16:50
10 up 19:05
11 down watch died half way
12 up ? Maybe 17:30 as I pushed it.
pi/46
8:55 pm) Low 40's cloudy perfect weather
Finally got to run the last 3 miles of Barr Trail in prep for the Pikes Peak
Marathon in 2 weeks. Didn't feel awesome but not too bad. Hiked most of it
as running made me too winded for the most part. Watch died on the last mile
up. I was bummed by that because I think it was my best top mile of the day.
Went up with a group of runners and my coach Paul DeWitt. Had a good time
and met some cool runners. Some are training for Leadville 100 and others the
PPM.
mile
1 down 13:24
2 down 10:46
3 down 9:52
4 up 16:01
5 up 16:50
6 up 18:37
7 down 12:38
8 down 10:10
9 up 16:50
10 up 19:05
11 down watch died half way
12 up ? Maybe 17:30 as I pushed it.
pi/46
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Hill Progression/Tempo Treadmill
8 miles 64:00
5:00 warm up.
Then every 2:00 upped treadmill 1%
Treadmill was set at 7.0 mph for the entire time
Got to 9% before I couldn't go higher.
Back to 0% for 2:00 then repeated it.
This time got to 8%.
Back down to 0% for 2:00.
I then started flat tempo run. I started out at 10.2 and quickly found out
my legs were not used to that kind of turnover. Ended up going down to
9.5. Once I got used to it was able to go back up to 9.7 and then again
with 3 minutes left did 10.0. Total of 15 minutes tempo.
6 minute cool down.
Very hard run. Was tired before I even got on the treadmill. Really didn't
feel like doing this workout. Glad I did it and got it done!
5:00 warm up.
Then every 2:00 upped treadmill 1%
Treadmill was set at 7.0 mph for the entire time
Got to 9% before I couldn't go higher.
Back to 0% for 2:00 then repeated it.
This time got to 8%.
Back down to 0% for 2:00.
I then started flat tempo run. I started out at 10.2 and quickly found out
my legs were not used to that kind of turnover. Ended up going down to
9.5. Once I got used to it was able to go back up to 9.7 and then again
with 3 minutes left did 10.0. Total of 15 minutes tempo.
6 minute cool down.
Very hard run. Was tired before I even got on the treadmill. Really didn't
feel like doing this workout. Glad I did it and got it done!
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