Ahh,..progress...

Good for you! I know that feeling and it's priceless! 😉

"Jake Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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(just a silly progress report with no particular point...)

On a lark, I decided to do a nice 15 miler today on my old marathon

training

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stomping grounds,...A change of scenery is always a good thing, plus I thought it would be nice to
strap on the HR monitor for this course (for

the

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first time) and establish some kind of benchmark for later.

Well, even though I have had 4 consecutive running days prior to today, 2

of

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them 'hard days', my competitive nature got to me and today's run turned into a time-trial on this
somewhat hilly 15 mile measured course.

I was afraid for the first few miles that I was setting myself up for

major

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dissapointment, as I (for some reason) just felt like I was going to end

up

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running pretty much the same speed that I was doing before on a typical training run months ago.

However, when I hit the 1/2 way turnaround point in 56:30 (7:32 avg pace) feeling a bit tired but
still strong, I was feeling quite pleased!(I actually did a double-take looking at my watch)...I
stuck to it and

finished

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in just a hair over 1:52 for an average pace of 7:28 overall, including a
8:30 first mile, and stopping for traffic/water/gu a few times along the way.

That pace turns out to be :12 faster than the good 1/2 marathon race I ran in late January, which
was on a significantly easier (and less warm!)

course

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compared to today's.

It would seem that the weekly soccer and treadmill tempo sessions are

doing

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some good!

That's gotta be one the best feelings a runner can get, when he/she pushes themselves for a
race/time-trial and finishes *way* better than expected...realizing that your hard work is really
paying off...My only 2 previous races were both completed pretty much in the time I expected, so
this is a first for me, so please excuse my newbie excitement.

average HR: 156, 82%HRmax, Max HR: 167, 88%HRmax,...sound about right for

a

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15 mile "race"? Temps were in the high 60's, low 70's so the HR may be a

bit

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higher, compared to a regular morning race.

I feel great after the run today, but I sense an easy week coming on next week...That SF Chronicle
marathon (tough course) in late July is looking more and more likely now.

(end of silly progress report with no particular point)

What a great run, Jake! Thanks for sharing. Michelle Jake Lee <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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(just a silly progress report with no particular point...)

On a lark, I decided to do a nice 15 miler today on my old marathon

training

Quoted message said:

stomping grounds,...A change of scenery is always a good thing, plus I thought it would be nice to
strap on the HR monitor for this course (for

the

Quoted message said:

first time) and establish some kind of benchmark for later.

Well, even though I have had 4 consecutive running days prior to today, 2

of

Quoted message said:

them 'hard days', my competitive nature got to me and today's run turned into a time-trial on this
somewhat hilly 15 mile measured course.

I was afraid for the first few miles that I was setting myself up for

major

Quoted message said:

dissapointment, as I (for some reason) just felt like I was going to end

up

Quoted message said:

running pretty much the same speed that I was doing before on a typical training run months ago.

However, when I hit the 1/2 way turnaround point in 56:30 (7:32 avg pace) feeling a bit tired but
still strong, I was feeling quite pleased!(I actually did a double-take looking at my watch)...I
stuck to it and

finished

Quoted message said:

in just a hair over 1:52 for an average pace of 7:28 overall, including a
8:30 first mile, and stopping for traffic/water/gu a few times along the way.

That pace turns out to be :12 faster than the good 1/2 marathon race I ran in late January, which
was on a significantly easier (and less warm!)

course

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compared to today's.

It would seem that the weekly soccer and treadmill tempo sessions are

doing

Quoted message said:

some good!

That's gotta be one the best feelings a runner can get, when he/she pushes themselves for a
race/time-trial and finishes *way* better than expected...realizing that your hard work is really
paying off...My only 2 previous races were both completed pretty much in the time I expected, so
this is a first for me, so please excuse my newbie excitement.

average HR: 156, 82%HRmax, Max HR: 167, 88%HRmax,...sound about right for

a

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15 mile "race"? Temps were in the high 60's, low 70's so the HR may be a

bit

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higher, compared to a regular morning race.

I feel great after the run today, but I sense an easy week coming on next week...That SF Chronicle
marathon (tough course) in late July is looking more and more likely now.

(end of silly progress report with no particular point)

Jake Lee said:

That's gotta be one the best feelings a runner can get, when he/she pushes themselves for a
race/time-trial and finishes *way* better than expected...realizing that your hard work is really
paying off...

What a great, inspiring post. Congrats, Jake. You've got some impressive speed going on!

On a totally different scale, I caught a glimpse of a similar feeling today when testing out how
fast I could still go after my winter break, and did a little 2miler at 8:42 without dying. 😉 Seems
pretty trivial but for me, that's quite an accomplishment right now.

cheers, nina

Jake Lee said:

average HR: 156, 82%HRmax, Max HR: 167, 88%HRmax,...sound about right for a 15 mile "race"? Temps
were in the high 60's, low 70's so the HR may be a bit higher, compared to a regular morning race.

I don't want to get you any more excited than you already are, but those HR figures would suggest
that it could soon (if not already) be about right for a 26 mile race in the morning, on the flat
and with decent weather...

"steve common" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Jake Lee said:

average HR: 156, 82%HRmax, Max HR: 167, 88%HRmax,...sound about right for

a

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15 mile "race"? Temps were in the high 60's, low 70's so the HR may be a

bit

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higher, compared to a regular morning race.

I don't want to get you any more excited than you already are, but those HR figures would suggest
that it could soon (if not already) be about right for a 26 mile race in the morning, on the flat
and with decent weather...

And I would concur.

Roger.

"nina stoessinger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Jake Lee said:

That's gotta be one the best feelings a runner can get, when he/she

pushes

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themselves for a race/time-trial and finishes *way* better than expected...realizing that your
hard work is really paying off...

What a great, inspiring post. Congrats, Jake. You've got some impressive

speed

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going on!

On a totally different scale, I caught a glimpse of a similar feeling

today when

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testing out how fast I could still go after my winter break, and did a

little

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2miler at 8:42 without dying. 😉 Seems pretty trivial but for me, that's

quite an

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accomplishment right now.

cheers, nina

Thanks nina, and all for the nice replies. Now I just need to be careful to not expect another
unexpected surge in fitness any time soon, heh. Like so many other things in life, it's not
necessarily the absolute outcome that makes one happy or dissapointed, it's more about the outcome
*relative to the expecation* that does the trick.

I guess all the 'fun' running I've been doing on unmeasured courses has helped in this way...Having
no idea what actual pace I'm running (aside from 'hard', 'easy', 'steady', etc...) makes it easy to
forgo any expectations prior to a race/time-trial. hmmm...

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jake lee said:

I guess all the 'fun' running I've been doing on unmeasured courses has helped in this
way...Having no idea what actual pace I'm running (aside from 'hard', 'easy', 'steady', etc...)
makes it easy to forgo any expectations prior to a race/time-trial. hmmm...

Wonderful... I can relate. Last year when I was racing a lot, I was nearly always baffled about
my results. My training paces would be quite a bit slower than racing and in the race I'd always
run without knowing my pace - just by effort. IMHO, that's also a much more "natural" and nice
way of running!

cheers, nina