Time of day 7:30 PM
Distance 4.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Easy Buffalo loop with a few light striders.
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Sun November 20th - 10mi
Time of day 2:00 PM
Distance 10.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Didn't want to run too long this soon after the marathon, but got a solid 10 miler in.
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Distance 10.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Didn't want to run too long this soon after the marathon, but got a solid 10 miler in.
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Sat November 19th - 6mi
Time of day 6:45 AM
Distance 6.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Gearing up for the Thanksgiving 5 miler. Easy run after yesterday's tempo.
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Distance 6.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Gearing up for the Thanksgiving 5 miler. Easy run after yesterday's tempo.
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Fri November 18th - 10mi
Time of day 6:30 AM
Distance 10.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Easy run before work.
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Distance 10.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Easy run before work.
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Thu November 17th - 10mi
Time of day 7:00 PM
Distance 6.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Distance WU/CD 4.00 mi
Comments Good tempo run after work. Georgetown loop, plus a loop around the Capitol.
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Distance 6.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Distance WU/CD 4.00 mi
Comments Good tempo run after work. Georgetown loop, plus a loop around the Capitol.
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Tue November 15th - 8mi
Time of day 7:30 PM
Distance 8.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments easy run after work
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Distance 8.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments easy run after work
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Mon November 14th - 6.04mi
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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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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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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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Sat October 22nd - 9mi
Time of day 9:00 AM
Distance 2.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
WUCD Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Distance WU/CD 7.00 mi
Comments Ran with the GRC crew from the store in Georgetown. Went out and back on the towpath. For the last two miles we picked it up to marathon race pace as a group (roughly 6:06, 6:28 - unclear whether the mile markers were exactly correct or not).
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Distance 2.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
WUCD Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Distance WU/CD 7.00 mi
Comments Ran with the GRC crew from the store in Georgetown. Went out and back on the towpath. For the last two miles we picked it up to marathon race pace as a group (roughly 6:06, 6:28 - unclear whether the mile markers were exactly correct or not).
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Fri October 21st - 6mi
Time of day 8:00 PM
Distance 6.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Route Georgetown Loop - 6 miles
Comments ran after work. about a mile from home i heard a "pat hughes!" it was micah out picking up some climbing equipment from craig's list.
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Distance 6.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Route Georgetown Loop - 6 miles
Comments ran after work. about a mile from home i heard a "pat hughes!" it was micah out picking up some climbing equipment from craig's list.
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Thu October 20th - 16.2mi
Time of day 5:00 PM
Distance 10.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Route CT-NE-MA-WI-Capitol Long Run
Distance WU/CD 6.20 mi
Comments Good workout after work. Approx 3 mile warmup, 10 miles at marathon pace, and 3 mile cooldown. Felt OK. Very hilly couse - up Connecticut to Nebraska, then to Massachusetts, Wisonsin, along the Potomac and the Mall, around the Capitol, then back home.
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Distance 10.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Route CT-NE-MA-WI-Capitol Long Run
Distance WU/CD 6.20 mi
Comments Good workout after work. Approx 3 mile warmup, 10 miles at marathon pace, and 3 mile cooldown. Felt OK. Very hilly couse - up Connecticut to Nebraska, then to Massachusetts, Wisonsin, along the Potomac and the Mall, around the Capitol, then back home.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tue October 18th - 6mi
Time of day 6:30 AM
Distance 6.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 10 (16)
Route Georgetown Loop - 6 miles
Comments Easy morning run. Forgot that I had a breakfast meeting at 8:30, so I had to cut it short. Still a little sore, and I think it's from the 15 miler on Sunday, not from the race on Saturday.
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Distance 6.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 10 (16)
Route Georgetown Loop - 6 miles
Comments Easy morning run. Forgot that I had a breakfast meeting at 8:30, so I had to cut it short. Still a little sore, and I think it's from the 15 miler on Sunday, not from the race on Saturday.
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Sun October 16th - 15mi
Time of day 7:30 PM
Distance 15.00 mi
Shoe T5 Racer (yello)
Comments First portion of the run was 9.45 miles in just over an hour - Lusty, Tyle, and Pinto took it our hard, dipping down to just above 5:30/mile pace for the last 3-4 miles, and I was running with Greg Hartnett not too far back. We made it back to Fauver around 9.45 miles and then Mueller, Tyle, and I continued on to run a early worm to make it 15 miles. The worm was slower, which was welcome. It felt good to be back running around Mt. Hope. Perfect weather.
Great to see all the men for the weekend. It's always good to be back in Rochester.
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Distance 15.00 mi
Shoe T5 Racer (yello)
Comments First portion of the run was 9.45 miles in just over an hour - Lusty, Tyle, and Pinto took it our hard, dipping down to just above 5:30/mile pace for the last 3-4 miles, and I was running with Greg Hartnett not too far back. We made it back to Fauver around 9.45 miles and then Mueller, Tyle, and I continued on to run a early worm to make it 15 miles. The worm was slower, which was welcome. It felt good to be back running around Mt. Hope. Perfect weather.
Great to see all the men for the weekend. It's always good to be back in Rochester.
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Sat October 15th - 7.971mi
Time of day 12:00 PM
Distance 4.97 mi
Shoe Zoom Waffle Xc 7 (Orang)
WUCD Shoe T5 Racer (yello)
Distance WU/CD 3.00 mi
Comments Bleh. Not the greatest race. It was raining and had been for days beforehand, so the course was really muddy. I got out relatively well and hit the 1k in 3:30ish, then hit the mile around 5:30ish, but my pace slipped from there. I realized that running in deep mud is essentially a process of accelerating and slipping, over and over. It's hard to get into a rhythm like you can on the roads. Anyway, I'm not too concerned about the performance - it was more like a hard tempo run. Ran back to Fauver with Roosa after the race and had a creamer in the shower before getting lunch with my mom.
Race recap: http://www.uofrathletics.com/news/2011/10/15/MXC_1015112605.aspx
Results: http://www.uofrathletics.com/custompages/UR%20MEN'S%20CROSS%20COUNTRY%20MUGS/RESULTS/XCMen_Results_2011.htm
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Distance 4.97 mi
Shoe Zoom Waffle Xc 7 (Orang)
WUCD Shoe T5 Racer (yello)
Distance WU/CD 3.00 mi
Comments Bleh. Not the greatest race. It was raining and had been for days beforehand, so the course was really muddy. I got out relatively well and hit the 1k in 3:30ish, then hit the mile around 5:30ish, but my pace slipped from there. I realized that running in deep mud is essentially a process of accelerating and slipping, over and over. It's hard to get into a rhythm like you can on the roads. Anyway, I'm not too concerned about the performance - it was more like a hard tempo run. Ran back to Fauver with Roosa after the race and had a creamer in the shower before getting lunch with my mom.
Race recap: http://www.uofrathletics.com/news/2011/10/15/MXC_1015112605.aspx
Results: http://www.uofrathletics.com/custompages/UR%20MEN'S%20CROSS%20COUNTRY%20MUGS/RESULTS/XCMen_Results_2011.htm
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Fri October 14th - 8.1mi
Time of day 6:30 AM
Distance 8.10 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 10 (16)
Comments Good morning run with Tyle. Ran up Mass Ave to Wisco, then down through Georgetown to the Mall and back.
Tyle's comments: Run with Pat from his great new apartment. Time and distance a guess. Nice loop by Joe Biden's house, then past the Apple store ...
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Distance 8.10 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 10 (16)
Comments Good morning run with Tyle. Ran up Mass Ave to Wisco, then down through Georgetown to the Mall and back.
Tyle's comments: Run with Pat from his great new apartment. Time and distance a guess. Nice loop by Joe Biden's house, then past the Apple store ...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Wed October 12th - 4.5mi
Time of day 6:45 AM
Distance 4.50 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Ran on some trails in Rock Creek Park. Right knee/IT band was a little tight.
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Distance 4.50 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Ran on some trails in Rock Creek Park. Right knee/IT band was a little tight.
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Tue October 11th - 16mi
Time of day 5:30 AM
Distance 16.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Ran up to the Bethesda metro stop and back via Wisconsin Ave. before work.
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Distance 16.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Ran up to the Bethesda metro stop and back via Wisconsin Ave. before work.
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Friday, October 7, 2011
Fri October 7th - 6.04mi
Time of day 6:30 AM
Distance 6.04 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Route Georgetown Loop - 6 miles
Comments Good morning run. Right foot is less tender today and didn't bother me at all on the run. It was a little sore after the run, though.
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Distance 6.04 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Route Georgetown Loop - 6 miles
Comments Good morning run. Right foot is less tender today and didn't bother me at all on the run. It was a little sore after the run, though.
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Friday, September 30, 2011
Fri September 30th - 6mi
Time of day 6:30 AM
Distance 6.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Easy morning run with PMurph. Looped up to the Cathedral then down to Nora's and back via Adams Morgan.
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Distance 6.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Easy morning run with PMurph. Looped up to the Cathedral then down to Nora's and back via Adams Morgan.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Mon September 26th - 7mi
Time of day 7:00 PM
Distance 7.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Quick run out to Georgetown and back. I raced a bus from the Buffalo to Wisconsin Ave and barely won. Felt good.
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Distance 7.00 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Comments Quick run out to Georgetown and back. I raced a bus from the Buffalo to Wisconsin Ave and barely won. Felt good.
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Sat September 24th - 4.7mi
Time of day 7:30 AM
Distance 3.70 mi
Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
WUCD Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
Distance WU/CD 1.00 mi
Comments Final leg (#28) only an hour after my previous leg (#26). Because we only had 11 men on the team, we had to make up for 3 extra legs. Because legs #5 and #6 were cancelled, only one person had to run 4 legs, and that person was me. Thankfully this was a shorter leg, but that didn't make it any easier. There were a lot of stop lights to contend with, but I did the best I could. At least I didn't have to wear a reflective vest and headlamp.
Approximately 13 kills before handing off to Nolan.
After finishing our van's legs, we handed off to van 2 and drove to the finish line at National Harbor. Team RunPartner.com ended up finishing 8th overall in the race, which means we caught and passed ("killed") 253 teams. We won the race in a course record time of 2:02:05, even with the 37 minute delay from the first two legs. It was a great race, and we all raced hard. I had a lot of fun getting the old crew back together.
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Distance 3.70 mi
Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
WUCD Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
Distance WU/CD 1.00 mi
Comments Final leg (#28) only an hour after my previous leg (#26). Because we only had 11 men on the team, we had to make up for 3 extra legs. Because legs #5 and #6 were cancelled, only one person had to run 4 legs, and that person was me. Thankfully this was a shorter leg, but that didn't make it any easier. There were a lot of stop lights to contend with, but I did the best I could. At least I didn't have to wear a reflective vest and headlamp.
Approximately 13 kills before handing off to Nolan.
After finishing our van's legs, we handed off to van 2 and drove to the finish line at National Harbor. Team RunPartner.com ended up finishing 8th overall in the race, which means we caught and passed ("killed") 253 teams. We won the race in a course record time of 2:02:05, even with the 37 minute delay from the first two legs. It was a great race, and we all raced hard. I had a lot of fun getting the old crew back together.
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Sat September 24th - 3.7mi
Time of day 6:30 AM
Distance 2.70 mi
Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
WUCD Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Distance WU/CD 1.00 mi
Comments Did another warmup, about a mile, with Tyle before my leg.
Too the baton from Lusty just before dawn for a very short leg. The van had to leave before I did to make sure it got to the next exchange zone in time for Nolan to get set for his leg.
I think I got about 11 kills on this leg.
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Distance 2.70 mi
Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
WUCD Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Distance WU/CD 1.00 mi
Comments Did another warmup, about a mile, with Tyle before my leg.
Too the baton from Lusty just before dawn for a very short leg. The van had to leave before I did to make sure it got to the next exchange zone in time for Nolan to get set for his leg.
I think I got about 11 kills on this leg.
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Sat September 24th - 6.2mi
Distance 5.20 mi
Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
WUCD Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
Distance WU/CD 1.00 mi
Comments RAGNAR RELAY 2011 - Day 2
I took the baton from Mueller at exchange 15 around midnight for leg 16 -- a rolling 5.2 mile leg, which ended up being the foggiest, darkest run I've ever done. I was wearing my 300 lumen headlamp, but could still only see about 4 feet in front of me. The fog made it feel like I was running through a snow storm. I wore my glasses for the first couple of miles, but took them off after realizing I could see just as poorly without them. Probably the weirdest part about running in total darkness is not knowing when you're going to hit a hill until you're running up or down it and not knowing for how long it's going to last.
I passed off to Nolan after a pretty good run.
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Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
WUCD Shoe Gel-ds Racer 8 (1)
Distance WU/CD 1.00 mi
Comments RAGNAR RELAY 2011 - Day 2
I took the baton from Mueller at exchange 15 around midnight for leg 16 -- a rolling 5.2 mile leg, which ended up being the foggiest, darkest run I've ever done. I was wearing my 300 lumen headlamp, but could still only see about 4 feet in front of me. The fog made it feel like I was running through a snow storm. I wore my glasses for the first couple of miles, but took them off after realizing I could see just as poorly without them. Probably the weirdest part about running in total darkness is not knowing when you're going to hit a hill until you're running up or down it and not knowing for how long it's going to last.
I passed off to Nolan after a pretty good run.
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Fri September 23rd - 6.9mi
Time of day 11:15 AM
Distance 4.90 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
WUCD Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Distance WU/CD 2.00 mi
Comments RAGNAR RELAY 2011
1st Place - New Course Record (2:02:05 for 198.1 miles)
Team RunPartner.com:
Patrick Hughes
Ezra Milby
Daniel Mueller
Steve Mutisya
Daniel Lane
Joseph Lust
Christopher Nolan
Jon Pinto
Marek Slipski
Tyle Stelzig
Tim Rusterholz
Great relay race from Cumberland, Maryland through DC to the National Harbor. All of the guys on the team raced their hearts our, and we were rewarded with a course record - breaking the old record (2008) by 1 hour and 32 minutes.
I ran legs 1, 16, 25, and 28 for a total of 16.5 miles.
We arrived in Cumberland, Maryland around 3:15pm on Friday afternoon. After checking in and going through the safety briefing, i jogged about a mile to shake out my legs after a long van ride from DC. We were the only team to show up for the last wave (the other teams that were scheduled to be in our wave had either dropped out or had started early at 2pm), so I had to run the first stretch around Lake Habeeb alone in the rain. Tyle got on the line with me, and we ran the first 200 meters together. I was keeping a good pace around the slippery trails and made it to a mile to go just over 20 minutes, then I took a wrong turn. Or, more accurately, the turn I was supposed to take was not marked. Because we started so far after the next closest team, the volunteers were all cleaning up and leaving their stations, which meant that both Tyle and I made wrong turns. Mine resulted in a 7 minute delay, and Tyle's in a 30 minute delay.
After handing off to Tyle, I jogged around a little bit and hopped in the van for the next check mark where Tyle handed off to Mueller.
Mueller then handed off to Nolan before we had to skip over legs 5 and 6 due to muddy roads. Ezra started running leg 7 around 7:30pm, and we hooked up with them at exchange 7 to drop off walkie talkies and the slap bracelet that we used for a baton. We didn't see the crew again until around 10:30-11pm at exchange 12 after some really hot showers at a local high school.
My next leg did not occur until around midnight, so check tomorrow's RP entry for the rest of the details from Ragnar.
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Distance 4.90 mi
Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
WUCD Shoe Adrenaline Gts 11 (17)
Distance WU/CD 2.00 mi
Comments RAGNAR RELAY 2011
1st Place - New Course Record (2:02:05 for 198.1 miles)
Team RunPartner.com:
Patrick Hughes
Ezra Milby
Daniel Mueller
Steve Mutisya
Daniel Lane
Joseph Lust
Christopher Nolan
Jon Pinto
Marek Slipski
Tyle Stelzig
Tim Rusterholz
Great relay race from Cumberland, Maryland through DC to the National Harbor. All of the guys on the team raced their hearts our, and we were rewarded with a course record - breaking the old record (2008) by 1 hour and 32 minutes.
I ran legs 1, 16, 25, and 28 for a total of 16.5 miles.
We arrived in Cumberland, Maryland around 3:15pm on Friday afternoon. After checking in and going through the safety briefing, i jogged about a mile to shake out my legs after a long van ride from DC. We were the only team to show up for the last wave (the other teams that were scheduled to be in our wave had either dropped out or had started early at 2pm), so I had to run the first stretch around Lake Habeeb alone in the rain. Tyle got on the line with me, and we ran the first 200 meters together. I was keeping a good pace around the slippery trails and made it to a mile to go just over 20 minutes, then I took a wrong turn. Or, more accurately, the turn I was supposed to take was not marked. Because we started so far after the next closest team, the volunteers were all cleaning up and leaving their stations, which meant that both Tyle and I made wrong turns. Mine resulted in a 7 minute delay, and Tyle's in a 30 minute delay.
After handing off to Tyle, I jogged around a little bit and hopped in the van for the next check mark where Tyle handed off to Mueller.
Mueller then handed off to Nolan before we had to skip over legs 5 and 6 due to muddy roads. Ezra started running leg 7 around 7:30pm, and we hooked up with them at exchange 7 to drop off walkie talkies and the slap bracelet that we used for a baton. We didn't see the crew again until around 10:30-11pm at exchange 12 after some really hot showers at a local high school.
My next leg did not occur until around midnight, so check tomorrow's RP entry for the rest of the details from Ragnar.
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