28 February 2010
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26 February 2010
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25 February 2010
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24 February 2010
It became clear to me very early into the run that I wasn't going to run anywhere near 8 miles today. While I kept my heart rate at a very comfortable level in the low 140s, I just did not have any spring in my step. I hated to disappoint Richard, who had a busy week ahead of him with little time to get training runs in, but I had to be smart about it. After about 3.5 miles, Richard suggested to cut the run down to a short 4 miler. I was very happy to oblige. At least we were stretching our legs out. Hopefully, my muscles will recover enough for some training runs later in the week.
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17 February 2010
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16 February 2010
The wind was really cold and our lungs were already hurting during our warm-up. The first uphill sprint was next, followed by our first recovery jog back down. One down, nine to go. After the second uphill sprint Rich was cursing me already, followed by the third sprint and a curse for the hill, followed by the forth sprint. At this point, Rich had no energy left to curse anything. Actually, we had no air left to do any talking, let alone cursing. Our recovery jogs felt shorter and shorter. As our energy diminished, our downhill jogs became faster and faster, because we did not try to slow ourselves down. Funny how that works. With 4 sprints up the hill to go, Rich was certain that we only had 2 or 3 sprints at the most to go. Sorry, Rich. We kept going and somehow breathing as well. After the eighth sprint, I was certain I was going to leave last night's dinner on the side of the road. Recovery came slower and slower and the bottom of the hill approached faster and faster, only to have to turn around again for another sprint uphill. Our speech became slurred and the conversation consisted of one word exchanges, where each of us would have to fill in the ten missing words. Richard's "Walk"..."Bottom"..."Hill" actually meant "Let's walk all the way down to the bottom of the hill before we start our final one mile cool down run". No further explanations necessary, I was right there with him and knew exactly what he meant. I am just glad he had to utter the words and not me. Everything was an effort at this point. The one mile cool down literally functioned as a cool down in the worst sense of these words. It was cold and our exhausted bodies quickly started to freeze running into the wind. Once we finally completed our cool down, we were both glad it was over. By the way, we covered 5.5 miles during this speed/hill workout and we definitely felt every single yard of it.
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14 February 2010
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Posted by Ultra Kraut in 2010 Winter Winds 2/4 Mile, Endurance Running, Race Reports, Running, Ultra Running
13 February 2010
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12 February 2010
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10 February 2010
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09 February 2010
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I am still wussing out on my speed and hill work but I will integrate it back into my training soon. Physically, I felt pretty good on tonight's run. No twitches or pains. I managed to run almost 13 miles. Not too bad for a Tuesday evening run. Tomorrow's temps are even less promising than today. 26 degrees with wind chills making it feel like 14 degrees. The joys of running in the winter. I know I sound whiny but this is Alabama, the Deep South, it is not supposed to be cold here.
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08 February 2010
By the time we left my house, Richard had already logged 4 miles running from his house with a full backpack in preparation for his Chile race. Once we got closer to the office, James and Mike met up with us to run back to the office to drop of Richard's backpack before we would go on another 4 or 5 mile run around the Explorer Blvd loop. All in all, it was an easy run. Once we got closer to the office, I decided to break from the group and turn back home. This added another 3.5 miles to the 8 miles I had just completed. I was on track for my weekly goal mileage of 60.
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06 February 2010
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05 February 2010
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04 February 2010
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03 February 2010
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02 February 2010
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01 February 2010
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