I hope you don't mind me starting this (and super hope I'm not just blind and this hasn't already been started)!
1) What race are you running and when?
2) Will you be traveling for your race? If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? (For example, do you bring your breakfast with you so you won't be surprised? Or do you always arrive 2 days ahead of time?)
3) How much sleep do you try to get a night when you're in the high mileage weeks?
4) What is your main goal/focus for this week's training?
1) What race are you running and when? Boston 4/18, and Mountains 2 Beach 5/29
2) Will you be traveling for your race? If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? (For example, do you bring your breakfast with you so you won't be surprised? Or do you always arrive 2 days ahead of time?) Yes for both. For fulls, I always get there 2 days ahead of time. I might pack a few food items and then ht up the store when I get there. If I have a full size suitcase, I always bring all race stuff in a small carry-on tote.
3) How much sleep do you try to get a night when you're in the high mileage weeks? Not enough. If I'm starting to feel really worn out, I try and squeeze in 7:30-8:00 hrs.
4) What is your main goal/focus for this week's training? Try to figure out this Achilles crap. I have a massage scheduled for Friday & I'm going to e group run this evening, where afterwards, they have someone on site doing injury assessment and ASTYM. Weekly mileage will be low until I sort it out.
5) What is your long run? It's supposed to be a 90 min progression run, but it will be a bit longer since I am running (NOT racing) a half.
Post by bostonmichelle on Feb 8, 2016 17:06:00 GMT -5
1) What race are you running and when? Tobacco Road Marathon (3/13)
2) Will you be traveling for your race? If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? (For example, do you bring your breakfast with you so you won't be surprised? Or do you always arrive 2 days ahead of time?) Not traveling. I traveled for Kiawah and packed everything in my carry on for the race. I stayed overnight in a hotel right at my full marathon and brought my own breakfast.
3) How much sleep do you try to get a night when you're in the high mileage weeks? At least 8, but lately its been more like 7
4) What is your main goal/focus for this week's training? Strong runs during the week and backing off the pace a bit on my long run
5) What is your long run? 15 miles this week, woot woot!
6) Any vents/AWs? I'm burning out and these mid week longer runs are getting really tough. My last long run did not go well at all, still had a decent pace but it was a suck fest. AW - But I did get 6 miles in last night at goal marathon pace.
1) What race are you running and when? Paris Marathon, Sunday April 3rd
2) Will you be traveling for your race? If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? (For example, do you bring your breakfast with you so you won't be surprised? Or do you always arrive 2 days ahead of time?) Yes, I *wish* I lived in Paris. I'm arriving on the Friday so I have a chilled day of non-travel on Saturday before the race on Sunday and so I can pick up my race number. I'm going to buy some Nutella and bananas, maybe a croissant locally and call it good.
3) How much sleep do you try to get a night when you're in the high mileage weeks? Whatever I can at all times. I love sleep.
4) What is your main goal/focus for this week's training? Main goal is not to skip my mid-week runs. Got a cancer check-up (it's pretty invasive) so I might not feel like running tomorrow, but will throw in 3 miles or so.
5) What is your long run? I just did an 18 miler so next weekend's run is a scaled back 13.1 in Barcelona. A race - yay!
6) Any vents/AWs? Effing mo-fo of a dog bit me on my long run. 5 dogs off lead charged at me, barking. Total brown undies moment. Was ready to punt the lot over a hedge with my foot but they surrounded me. I ended up running off screaming the most unlady-like things.
1) What race are you running and when? Napa - in 4 weeks!!
2) Will you be traveling for your race? If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? (For example, do you bring your breakfast with you so you won't be surprised? Or do you always arrive 2 days ahead of time?) I'll stay up there overnight, but I'm not dragging the whole family up there for the weekend. I always bring my breakfast!
3) How much sleep do you try to get a night when you're in the high mileage weeks? More than I usually do. The extra sleep is just a luxury I don't really have space for most of the time.
4) What is your main goal/focus for this week's training? Staying strong, maintaining health and continuing to figure out how to integrate the tri season base building period with the end of marathon training
5) What is your long run? 20 miles this weekend!
6) Any vents/AWs? No vents or AW related to running. But I can AW that I took my bike out on the roads for the first time since November this past weekend - and I forgot how annoying it is to stop at all the stop lights. Bike training is tough. If I don't have at least 1:30-2:00 for a ride, it doesn't seem worth it by the time I make it through town to open road. With running, on the other hand I can get a really solid workout in with an hour (or less even). The trainer is so easy, but I really need to develop the handling skills so I should be on the roads.
1) What race are you running and when? Gettysburg, 4/24
2) Will you be traveling for your race? Â If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? (For example, do you bring your breakfast with you so you won't be surprised? Â Or do you always arrive 2 days ahead of time?) Nope. When I travel I pack a clif bar or pop tarts. I don't do anything special that I can think of. Coffee is my only must, and that is pretty easy to find.
3)How much sleep do you try to get a night when you're in the high mileage weeks? I'm thrilled with 7 hours. At least 6.
4) What is your main goal/focus for this week's training? I did a marathon pace long run today, so everything else is extra I'd like to get some tempo miles in at 10M- half pace to help with those races coming up.
5) What is your long run? I did 18.5 today and hope to do 15-16 next Monday. looking at the weather the next 7 days (snow, cold) it might be good to make this a cut back week. That is one benefit of not following a set plan. I can do whatever I want.
6) Any vents/AWs? Vent: I need to get my diet and sleep under control. AW: I had a great running week. I'm pumped that I did well in my crazy hilly 10M race Sat and was able to hit marathon pace 2 days later.
Well I think I'm out for Austin next week. Didn't get to do my 10 miles yesterday bc DH just had to go wash the car and it took all damn day before superbowl and today I've got some stomach crap and I'm puking my guts up.
1) What race are you running and when? Shamrock Marathon, 3/20
2) Will you be traveling for your race? If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? (For example, do you bring your breakfast with you so you won't be surprised? Or do you always arrive 2 days ahead of time?) I am. I always try to get in the Friday before a Sunday race, earlier in the day. And it's dumb, but I'll always bring a bagel, but I don't ever bring the topping. I'll scope out a coffee place on the Friday I get there too.
3) How much sleep do you try to get a night when you're in the high mileage weeks? I've been trying really hard to get in about close to 7.5 hours each weeknight. This earned me the nickname "grandma" from my H.
4) What is your main goal/focus for this week's training? It's my 55 mile week w/my first 20-miler, so I'm trying to keep positive and follow all of my runs to a T. In the past when I've had 55-mile weeks I never actually got all the miles in, so this is a big mental goal for me.
5) What is your long run? 20
6) Any vents/AWs? My last weekend's long run sucked. I think for the first time ever though I have the mentality that it's not determining my race and I'll always have some sucky runs, so I'm over it.
Post by bluedaisyus on Feb 8, 2016 20:33:22 GMT -5
1) What race are you running and when? RnR New Orleans on 2/28.
2) Will you be traveling for your race? If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? (For example, do you bring your breakfast with you so you won't be surprised? Or do you always arrive 2 days ahead of time?) Yes I'm traveling. I arrive mid morning on Friday and the race is Sunday. I have no idea what I'm going to do, this is my first ever destination race.
3) How much sleep do you try to get a night when you're in the high mileage weeks? As much as I can, but that's probably 6-7 hours max.
4) What is your main goal/focus for this week's training? I'm going from a pretty cold locale to a warmer one, so at the advice of my coach I will probably try to get them in on the treadmill to get some miles in a warmer environment.
5) What is your long run? My longest was 22 this past Saturday. I'm in taper now. Woot!
6) Any vents/AWs? I ran 22 miles! Well, intervals, which is what I always do. The last few miles were tough but I looked at my data later and realized I finished with an overall pace 28 seconds faster per mile than my 20--and my 20 was already my second fastest training run pace. I feel good though, no foot pain like I had after the 20. I think I can actually do this thing! I just have to be careful not to go out too fast. I'm slow so it's going to take me forever anyway, no need to rush it at the start.
1) Boston (4/18) 2) Yes, I will arrive on Friday late afternoon/early evening. I will bring some food things with me. 3) I try more on high mileage weeks, but it's hard. I usually only sleep 5-6 hours a night at the most. 4) Get my runs in. I have a pain of a week with work and kids not having school on Fri (when I usually do my long runs). Ugh! 5) This is an easier week - 16 miles for my long run. 6) I'm with clseale with my Achilles. It sucks.
Well I think I'm out for Austin next week. Didn't get to do my 10 miles yesterday bc DH just had to go wash the car and it took all damn day before superbowl and today I've got some stomach crap and I'm puking my guts up.
1) What race are you running and when? Boston Marathon 4/18
2) Will you be traveling for your race? If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? (For example, do you bring your breakfast with you so you won't be surprised? Or do you always arrive 2 days ahead of time?) Yes. I don't travel for races that often so I don't have a routine. I will be arriving on Friday so plenty of time to acclimate. We're staying at a VRBO so I'll get all my essentials. The race is kind of an odd time like (10:30-11) so that will likely throw me off a little.
3) How much sleep do you try to get a night when you're in the high mileage weeks? As much as I can, I usually average around 7-8 hours.
4) What is your main goal/focus for this week's training?Just getting in the mileage in this nasty winter weather. We're visiting my sister in PA this weekend and dammit it's going to be really cold. I'm already annoyed at how many layers I'm going to need.
5) What is your long run?Not too long thankfully so that will help things. I'm doing 90 minutes (60 min at an easy pace and 30 min at a faster pace)
6) Any vents/AWs? I was able to beat my marathon pace run even though I was still kind of sick. I averaged around 8:15 for 7 miles.
Well I think I'm out for Austin next week. Didn't get to do my 10 miles yesterday bc DH just had to go wash the car and it took all damn day before superbowl and today I've got some stomach crap and I'm puking my guts up.
Oh no! Feel better!
Thanks. Feeling semi human today. Enough that I'm hungry and I want all the PHO.
1) What race are you running and when? Boston Marathon 4/18
2) Will you be traveling for your race? If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? (For example, do you bring your breakfast with you so you won't be surprised? Or do you always arrive 2 days ahead of time?) Yes. I don't travel for races that often so I don't have a routine. I will be arriving on Friday so plenty of time to acclimate. We're staying at a VRBO so I'll get all my essentials. The race is kind of an odd time like (10:30-11) so that will likely throw me off a little.
I recommend eating half a bagel (or some carb your stomach can handle) at the village. I also fuel a little more often at Boston since you are running through lunch. I will take a gu every 5 miles vs. my usual 6-7. I think it helps. If you are able, doing a couple long runs after you have been up for a few hours is a good idea.
Post by CallingAllAngels on Feb 9, 2016 10:23:06 GMT -5
1) What race are you running and when? Tobacco Road 3/13
2) Will you be traveling for your race? If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? (For example, do you bring your breakfast with you so you won't be surprised? Or do you always arrive 2 days ahead of time?) I will. It's about 2.5 hours away. I have no hard rules. We are arriving Saturday afternoon and the race is Sunday morning. I think the kids are coming with us. We have a suite, so hopefully that's not too bad.
3) How much sleep do you try to get a night when you're in the high mileage weeks? 6-8 hours per night, same as always
4) What is your main goal/focus for this week's training? Sticking to my plan
5) What is your long run? 12 miles
6) Any vents/AWs? I ran 19 miles last week! Longest run ever. I should only be able to say that two more times!
1) What race are you running and when? Boston Marathon 4/18
2) Will you be traveling for your race? If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? (For example, do you bring your breakfast with you so you won't be surprised? Or do you always arrive 2 days ahead of time?) Yes. I don't travel for races that often so I don't have a routine. I will be arriving on Friday so plenty of time to acclimate. We're staying at a VRBO so I'll get all my essentials. The race is kind of an odd time like (10:30-11) so that will likely throw me off a little.
I recommend eating half a bagel (or some carb your stomach can handle) at the village. I also fuel a little more often at Boston since you are running through lunch. I will take a gu every 5 miles vs. my usual 6-7. I think it helps. If you are able, doing a couple long runs after you have been up for a few hours is a good idea.
Thanks! These are great tips. I will definitely try this.
Post by hurricanedrunk on Feb 9, 2016 11:41:41 GMT -5
1) What race are you running and when? Cellcom 5/22
2) Will you be traveling for your race? If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? (For example, do you bring your breakfast with you so you won't be surprised? Or do you always arrive 2 days ahead of time?) No I won't be traveling for this race. Most of the time when I travel for races it's within a couple hours so I like to be there the night beforehand. I usually bring something for breakfast or know if the hotel/place I am staying offers it.
3) How much sleep do you try to get a night when you're in the high mileage weeks? I don't aim for a specific number but listen to my body and go to bed earlier/ nap if needed.
4) What is your main goal/focus for this week's training? Getting in the miles - the usual winter weather woes.
5) What is your long run? 10 miles
6) Any vents/AWs? Had a great speed work out yesterday.
Post by keweenawlove on Feb 9, 2016 13:42:39 GMT -5
1) What race are you running and when? Wisconsin 5/7. Not completely sold I'll do the full but I'm training like I am 2) Will you be traveling for your race? If so, what are your hard rules for traveling for races? Not technically. It's an hour away so I'll sleep at home. I don't have many hard rules because I feel like I race better if I can stay flexible. I do always bring breakfast because it's such a mixed bag at hotels.
3) How much sleep do you try to get a night when you're in the high mileage weeks? I don't aim for a specific number my usual 7ish hours is almost always upped by me falling asleep on the couch at 8 or 9 a few nights a week 4) What is your main goal/focus for this week's training? First "official" week of Hansen's Plan - speed, tempo, and long run every week. 12x400m @ 5K pace and a 5 mile tempo this week
5) What is your long run? 8 miles. It feels weird to go that short
6) Any vents/AWs? I had an awesome 5 mile tempo run last weekend even with the last 1 1/2 miles straight into the wind
I recommend eating half a bagel (or some carb your stomach can handle) at the village. I also fuel a little more often at Boston since you are running through lunch. I will take a gu every 5 miles vs. my usual 6-7. I think it helps. If you are able, doing a couple long runs after you have been up for a few hours is a good idea.
Thanks! These are great tips. I will definitely try this.
Yes! I am planning on doing at least one of my 20s this way. I should probably do it before it gets too warm out, actually. I wasn't sure if it would help, but figured it would be a good confidence boost.