Re: Training Week Ending March 25, 2007

"Christos Dimitrakakis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Tony S. said:

Greetings rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals.

Firstly, I decided to register for a 10km mountain race, with a 1200m
climb, which takes place on June 3. I am probably going to walk most
of it, my aim is to try and do a comfortable effort, in order to
simply finish and see what it's like. I don't mind being passed by
wiry 100year-olds.

Interesting choice. Where's the race and what's it called? Is there a
similar amount of descent, or is it mostly/all uphill? If all uphill that's
~12% grade, if 1/2 & 1/2 it could be like 24% up etc.

Wiry 100 year olds is a funny image! I remember some guy around age 65
chugging past me in the final run segment of a duathlon, and it was pretty
humiliating. (I was 37 at the time and not in bad shape). OTOH the number of
fast masters in their 40's and 50's is frightening.

-Tony

Tony S. said:

"Christos Dimitrakakis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Tony S. said:

Greetings rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals.

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Firstly, I decided to register for a 10km mountain race, with a 1200m
climb, which takes place on June 3. I am probably going to walk most
of it, my aim is to try and do a comfortable effort, in order to
simply finish and see what it's like. I don't mind being passed by
wiry 100year-olds.

Interesting choice. Where's the race and what's it called? Is there a
similar amount of descent, or is it mostly/all uphill? If all uphill that's
~12% grade, if 1/2 & 1/2 it could be like 24% up etc.

I love running hills, and my current goal is to be able to climb 1000m
non-stop 🙂
I like running trails in general, but there's something about a long
hard climb that's very satisfying

As for the race, this is the website:
http://www.hochkar-berglauf.at/

As you can see here, this is pretty much all uphill, with the first
2.5k flat... nice warmup I guess... there are some bits with 15-20%

http://kapus.ka.funpic.de/strecke.htm

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Wiry 100 year olds is a funny image! I remember some guy around age 65
chugging past me in the final run segment of a duathlon, and it was pretty
humiliating. (I was 37 at the time and not in bad shape). OTOH the number of
fast masters in their 40's and 50's is frightening.

That happened to me on my first and currently only race, from which I
retired due to shin pains. Silly me, tried to use shoes with high
heel rise on the flat after two months of training only mainly with
minimalist shoes on hills.

For this race, most of the current participants seem to be locals -
and there is a 100 year old, but he's only running the 3.5k 'hobby'
race.

"Christos Dimitrakakis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Tony S. said:

"Christos Dimitrakakis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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On Mar 25, 5:40 am, "Tony S." <[email hidden]> wrote:
> Greetings rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and
> goals.

Quoted message said:

Firstly, I decided to register for a 10km mountain race, with a 1200m
climb, which takes place on June 3. I am probably going to walk most
of it, my aim is to try and do a comfortable effort, in order to
simply finish and see what it's like. I don't mind being passed by
wiry 100year-olds.

Interesting choice. Where's the race and what's it called? Is there a
similar amount of descent, or is it mostly/all uphill? If all uphill
that's
~12% grade, if 1/2 & 1/2 it could be like 24% up etc.

I love running hills, and my current goal is to be able to climb 1000m
non-stop 🙂
I like running trails in general, but there's something about a long
hard climb that's very satisfying

I like hills mainly because I like going to high places, and because hills
are honest - that is they honestly point out in what kind of sappy condition
you're in at the moment! (or what great condition).

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As for the race, this is the website:
http://www.hochkar-berglauf.at/

As you can see here, this is pretty much all uphill, with the first
2.5k flat... nice warmup I guess... there are some bits with 15-20%

http://kapus.ka.funpic.de/strecke.htm

Nice profile, rather straightforward on paper. I think a pure uphill race
doesn't appeal to me since I really like cruising the downs after earning
that on the climb, either on the bike, or running.

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Wiry 100 year olds is a funny image! I remember some guy around age 65
chugging past me in the final run segment of a duathlon, and it was
pretty
humiliating. (I was 37 at the time and not in bad shape). OTOH the number
of
fast masters in their 40's and 50's is frightening.

That happened to me on my first and currently only race, from which I
retired due to shin pains. Silly me, tried to use shoes with high
heel rise on the flat after two months of training only mainly with
minimalist shoes on hills.

What was the other race? Another mountain race?

-Tony

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For this race, most of the current participants seem to be locals -
and there is a 100 year old, but he's only running the 3.5k 'hobby'
race.

ike 24% up etc.

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Quoted message said:

I love running hills, and my current goal is to be able to climb 1000m
non-stop 🙂
I like running trails in general, but there's something about a long
hard climb that's very satisfying

I like hills mainly because I like going to high places, and because hills
are honest - that is they honestly point out in what kind of sappy condition
you're in at the moment! (or what great condition).

Yep, sometime ago I lived in a narrow deep valley and I loved running
up a mountain side in the morning to catch the sun before everyone
else did and get a view of the dissolving mists.

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As for the race, this is the website:
http://www.hochkar-berglauf.at/

Quoted message said:

As you can see here, this is pretty much all uphill, with the first
2.5k flat... nice warmup I guess... there are some bits with 15-20%

Quoted message said:

http://kapus.ka.funpic.de/strecke.htm

Nice profile, rather straightforward on paper. I think a pure uphill race
doesn't appeal to me since I really like cruising the downs after earning
that on the climb, either on the bike, or running.

A 1000m climb is probably at my limits, I don't know if I will ever do
it again. On the other hand, you can think of going up the less steep
parts as 'cruising'🙂
I think I'd hate a 1000m climb followd by a 1000m descent the most.
Continuously undulating terrain is fun, but a different kind of
challenge.

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That happened to me on my first and currently only race, from which I
retired due to shin pains.

What was the other race? Another mountain race?

No, that was a flat race on asphalt.

Christos