Time of day 7:15 PM
Distance 6.04 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Route Georgetown Loop - 6 miles
Comments Much better than yesterday's run, although I'm still a little sore.
Thanks to Danny Mueller for finding this gem (see pages 20 and 22): http://media.campustimes.org/2011/01/2008-04-03.pdf
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sun November 13th - 4mi
Time of day 9:30 AM
Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Route Buffalo Out and Back
Comments Very easy run - first one since the marathon. It felt great through the first mile, but then my quads and hamstrings started to cramp up. I stopped and stretched near the buffalo, then ran (slowly) home. Clearly I'm not as recovered as I had thought.
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Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Route Buffalo Out and Back
Comments Very easy run - first one since the marathon. It felt great through the first mile, but then my quads and hamstrings started to cramp up. I stopped and stretched near the buffalo, then ran (slowly) home. Clearly I'm not as recovered as I had thought.
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Mon November 7th - 0.25mi
Time of day 6:30 PM
Distance 0.25 mi
Comments Really sore from the marathon, but jogged a little bit with Nippette to loosen up. She probably wondered why all of a sudden I'm so slow. I'm taking the rest of the week off, but I'll go for a few long walks to keep my legs loose.
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Distance 0.25 mi
Comments Really sore from the marathon, but jogged a little bit with Nippette to loosen up. She probably wondered why all of a sudden I'm so slow. I'm taking the rest of the week off, but I'll go for a few long walks to keep my legs loose.
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Monday, November 7, 2011
Sun November 6th - 27.219mi
Time of day 9:40 AM
Distance 26.22 mi
Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
Route NYC Marathon
WUCD Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
Distance WU/CD 1.00 mi
Comments Bleh. Tough race today.
I woke up at 4am to catch the subway to the Staten Island Ferry at 5:30am. The shuttle dropped me off at the starting line around 6:30am, so I had about three hours to kill before the race started. I got a small cup of coffee and chatted with an older man from Virginia about the Marine Corps Marathon. I headed over to the corral around 8:30 and jogged around a little bit. We were ushered onto the Verrazano-Narrows bridge around 9am and waited in the cold for 40 minutes before the start.
The first mile was slow - a combination of running through a big crowd and up the bridge's incline. The second mile was a minute faster for the opposite reasons - downhill and the field had thinned. I settled into a good pace right around 6:00/mile through the 10 mile mark. The numbers worried me, as I thought my marathon pace was closer to 6:10-6:20, but it felt so easy that I let my legs trump my brain. I should have known better, because the same thing happened in Chicago with a similar result for the second half...
At mile 12 I developed an awful cramp in my right ankle - something I've never felt before. I could feel the pain throughout my ankle, but it was mostly concentrated on the inside where the tibia bone ends. This was the point where things started going downhill. The pain lasted through mile 18, but by the time it abated I was a wreck. I think it's just a case of not having prepared enough for the race. I got a late start because of my torn tendon, and then once I started training I was a little too timid in my training. I really should have had my mileage up a lot higher than it was, but I was worried about re-injuring my foot and having to drop out of NYC. I now know that if I'm going to run a marathon, I have to do the work to succeed whether or not that puts me at a higher risk of injuring myself. After under-preparing for Chicago and NYC and getting similar results, I don't want to run another marathon without being ready for it.
It was great seeing so many people out on the course during the race. Billy Askey passed me somewhere in the middle (around mile 11?), Jake Klim was out there cheering in the middle of the street in Manhattan, Alex Voetch was at mile 14 right after the Queensboro bridge for a quick energy boost, Tim Hartnett passed be on 1st Avenue in Manhattan, and of course my girlfriend was out there at miles 18 and 23 cheering me on louder than anyone else. My sister and aunt also came out, but unfortunately they missed me at mile 23 by just a few minutes.
After the finish, we had to walk ridiculously far to reach the UPS trucks that held our bags. I stopped in the medical tent to get some ice for my back (which had tightened up only after finishing) and simply to sit for a minute. They weren't letting anyone sit or stretch in the finishing corral. I finally made it out at 77th and Columbus where I met my girlfriend and family and hopped in a cab to go get lunch.
All-in-all it was a good learning experience. I for sure won't go out over my head, whether it feels good or not, in Boston this spring. Better to leave some for the last few miles than to die a long, painful death again.
Overall Place: 1153
Age Group: 214
Bib/Seed Number: 2007
Overall Time: 3:00:14
Splits
Mile 1: 6:32
Mile 2: 5:29
Mile 3: 5:49
Mile 4: 6:00
Mile 5: 6:00
Mile 6: 6:04
Mile 7: 6:03
Mile 8: 6:14
Mile 9: 6:15
Mile 10: 6:02
Mile 11: 6:21
Mile 12: 6:11
Mile 13: 6:24
Half: 1:20:17
Mile 14: 6:39
Mile 15: 7:03
Mile 16: 7:16
Mile 17: 6:52
Mile 18: 7:07
Mile 19: 7:22
Mile 20: 8:08
Mile 21: 7:42
Mile 22: 7:54
Mile 23: 8:01
Mile 24: 8:45
Mile 25: 8:39
Mile 26: 7:42
Mile 26.2: 1:29
Avg. Pace: 6:52
Metric Splits
5k: 18:29
10k: 37:17
15k: 56:24
20k: 1:15:52
Half: 1:20:17
25k: 1:37:19
30k: 1:59:11
45k: 2:23:45
40k: 2:49:48
Results: http://web2.nyrrc.org/cgi-bin/htmlos.cgi/79225.1.026198847013112751
Course Map: http://www.nycmarathon.org/documents/INGNYCM11_Course_Map_ForWeb.pdf
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Distance 26.22 mi
Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
Route NYC Marathon
WUCD Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
Distance WU/CD 1.00 mi
Comments Bleh. Tough race today.
I woke up at 4am to catch the subway to the Staten Island Ferry at 5:30am. The shuttle dropped me off at the starting line around 6:30am, so I had about three hours to kill before the race started. I got a small cup of coffee and chatted with an older man from Virginia about the Marine Corps Marathon. I headed over to the corral around 8:30 and jogged around a little bit. We were ushered onto the Verrazano-Narrows bridge around 9am and waited in the cold for 40 minutes before the start.
The first mile was slow - a combination of running through a big crowd and up the bridge's incline. The second mile was a minute faster for the opposite reasons - downhill and the field had thinned. I settled into a good pace right around 6:00/mile through the 10 mile mark. The numbers worried me, as I thought my marathon pace was closer to 6:10-6:20, but it felt so easy that I let my legs trump my brain. I should have known better, because the same thing happened in Chicago with a similar result for the second half...
At mile 12 I developed an awful cramp in my right ankle - something I've never felt before. I could feel the pain throughout my ankle, but it was mostly concentrated on the inside where the tibia bone ends. This was the point where things started going downhill. The pain lasted through mile 18, but by the time it abated I was a wreck. I think it's just a case of not having prepared enough for the race. I got a late start because of my torn tendon, and then once I started training I was a little too timid in my training. I really should have had my mileage up a lot higher than it was, but I was worried about re-injuring my foot and having to drop out of NYC. I now know that if I'm going to run a marathon, I have to do the work to succeed whether or not that puts me at a higher risk of injuring myself. After under-preparing for Chicago and NYC and getting similar results, I don't want to run another marathon without being ready for it.
It was great seeing so many people out on the course during the race. Billy Askey passed me somewhere in the middle (around mile 11?), Jake Klim was out there cheering in the middle of the street in Manhattan, Alex Voetch was at mile 14 right after the Queensboro bridge for a quick energy boost, Tim Hartnett passed be on 1st Avenue in Manhattan, and of course my girlfriend was out there at miles 18 and 23 cheering me on louder than anyone else. My sister and aunt also came out, but unfortunately they missed me at mile 23 by just a few minutes.
After the finish, we had to walk ridiculously far to reach the UPS trucks that held our bags. I stopped in the medical tent to get some ice for my back (which had tightened up only after finishing) and simply to sit for a minute. They weren't letting anyone sit or stretch in the finishing corral. I finally made it out at 77th and Columbus where I met my girlfriend and family and hopped in a cab to go get lunch.
All-in-all it was a good learning experience. I for sure won't go out over my head, whether it feels good or not, in Boston this spring. Better to leave some for the last few miles than to die a long, painful death again.
Overall Place: 1153
Age Group: 214
Bib/Seed Number: 2007
Overall Time: 3:00:14
Splits
Mile 1: 6:32
Mile 2: 5:29
Mile 3: 5:49
Mile 4: 6:00
Mile 5: 6:00
Mile 6: 6:04
Mile 7: 6:03
Mile 8: 6:14
Mile 9: 6:15
Mile 10: 6:02
Mile 11: 6:21
Mile 12: 6:11
Mile 13: 6:24
Half: 1:20:17
Mile 14: 6:39
Mile 15: 7:03
Mile 16: 7:16
Mile 17: 6:52
Mile 18: 7:07
Mile 19: 7:22
Mile 20: 8:08
Mile 21: 7:42
Mile 22: 7:54
Mile 23: 8:01
Mile 24: 8:45
Mile 25: 8:39
Mile 26: 7:42
Mile 26.2: 1:29
Avg. Pace: 6:52
Metric Splits
5k: 18:29
10k: 37:17
15k: 56:24
20k: 1:15:52
Half: 1:20:17
25k: 1:37:19
30k: 1:59:11
45k: 2:23:45
40k: 2:49:48
Results: http://web2.nyrrc.org/cgi-bin/htmlos.cgi/79225.1.026198847013112751
Course Map: http://www.nycmarathon.org/documents/INGNYCM11_Course_Map_ForWeb.pdf
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Sat November 5th - 2mi
Time of day 11:00 AM
Distance 2.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Just a few slow miles in the morning to shake out after a long drive to NYC last night. There is still some snow on the ground from last weekend's storm.
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Distance 2.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Just a few slow miles in the morning to shake out after a long drive to NYC last night. There is still some snow on the ground from last weekend's storm.
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Fri November 4th - 4mi
Time of day 4:00 PM
Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Out to the buffalo and back. Stretched at the buffalo for a few minutes.
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Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Out to the buffalo and back. Stretched at the buffalo for a few minutes.
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Thu November 3rd - 6.04mi
Time of day 8:30 PM
Distance 6.04 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Route Georgetown Loop - 6 miles
Comments Easy run after work to loosen up. Felt good. Did a few striders at marathon pace.
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Distance 6.04 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Route Georgetown Loop - 6 miles
Comments Easy run after work to loosen up. Felt good. Did a few striders at marathon pace.
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Thu October 27th - 9mi
Time of day 6:45 AM
Distance 9.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Conditions Light Rain
Comments morning run with pmurph
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Distance 9.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Conditions Light Rain
Comments morning run with pmurph
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Sun October 23rd - 18mi
Time of day 10:30 AM
Distance 18.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments long run - was almost impaled by a buck being chased through the woods by a loose dog.
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Distance 18.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments long run - was almost impaled by a buck being chased through the woods by a loose dog.
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