30 July 2010
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29 July 2010
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27 July 2010
I was ready to try for a PR again, even though I failed last weekend blaming the high humidity for my failuere;-) However, with a flatter course and slightly less humidity at 7AM in the morning, I figured I'd give it another shot. Well, I fell short...again. Even though I had adjusted my race approach by not pushing all out at the start of the race, but rather hitting my target pace within the first quarter mile, I just could not hold on to that pace during the second mile. The third mile was faster again and overall, I never got close to my maximum heart rate of 194 from last weekend. My average heart rate was about 5 beats slower as well, so I figure I could have done better and gotten closer to my PR. Instead, I was 2 seconds slower than last weekend. I am going to scour the the local track website for the most recent 5K race results and I will find myself someone that consistently runs just under 20 minute times. I will line up behind that person at the next 5K and hoild on for dear life. I am going to get my PR this year. It might not be this summer, but come fall, I will be ready. I want that 19:59 as my finishing time.
While I missed my PR, I did finish 14th overall out ot almost 400 runners and placed 3rd in my age group. So yes, I did receive one of those really big medals;-) I will be back for this one next year, because the course truly is nice and flat and, who knows, maybe it will be cooler and even less humid next year.
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20 July 2010
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19 July 2010
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17 July 2010
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15 July 2010
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14 July 2010
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11 July 2010
The picture above shows the sunrise as we entered the nature preserve this morning around 6AM. We kept a very easy pace, making it a very enjoyable run and allowing us to fully take in the beautiful scenery along the river. 15 miles into the run, we ran underneath the I65 overpasss and Richard took the picture below. Human engineering is amazing.
After about 20 miles and roughly four hours, we arrived at the Marina just outside Decatur, where Mike and I had stashed our bikes the night before. Luckily, they were still there. At this point, Richard had already biked for 35 miles. It can't have been easy for him to keep such a slow pace on his bike riding alongside Mike and myself for 4 hours, but he was a very good sport about it. Once we got on our bikes, we crossed the bridge into Decatur and to the nearest Waffle House, which would serve as our own little halfway aid station. Having gone through about 1.5 liters of water and about the same amount of G2 along with some sport beans, it was time to refuel and reward ourselves at the same time. I started with a large glass of Coke followed by another...and another. I know it's not a sports drink, but it just felt and tasted soooo good. Next followed a large breakfast along with some extra items. This is what our aid station served me: a big three egg ham and cheese omlette along with hash browns, 2 sausage paddies, two slices of toast, an extra waffle and a big cup of coffee, along with the before mentioned cokes. It was heavenly. After a short hour, it was time to put our helmets back on, swing our butts on the bikes and head back home. For our return leg, Ricahrd had scouted out a different section within the nature preserve on Google Maps called "the Eagles Nest Way" or something like that. It was perfect, with long shaded sections along vast corn fields. It ended up shaving about 2 miles off our course, but it added a new trail section to our trip. When we arrived at my car in Madison, Mike and I had completed almost 40 miles running and mountain biking and Richard must have had somewhere between 55-60 miles on his bike. Everyone's behinds were hurting, but it was a great training run and bike. Needless to say, this has become a favorite among our little ultra running group. If you ever are in this area, I strongly recommend you give this run a try. Just check out my Garmin Connect RSS feed on this blog or click here for details.
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08 July 2010
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07 July 2010
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06 July 2010
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05 July 2010
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02 July 2010
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