Re: Training Week Ending May 14, 2006

Frank Boettcher said:

Hit my second goal of the year. Wanted to run the GumTree 10K at 3:34
minutes faster than the prior time (two years ago). Ran it in 50:16,
a PB which was 8:14 better than the last time. Talk about
undersetting a goal. The intervals did it. I had no idea that I had
made that kind of progress.

Wow, I'll say! How come my interval work isn't working like yours??
I am *so* jealous! ;-) But BIG congrats, you did GREAT!

Quoted message said:

Race conditions were very good but it didn't seem like that would be
the case when I awoke to a hail storm with quarter sized hail.

Eek! Maybe you wanted to get back under cover ASAP?

Quoted message said:

Also wanted a top five (trophy level) finish in age (55-59). Finished
5th in age.

Yahoo!

Quoted message said:

Long term goal - to train up so I'm smoking all those old guys when I
move up to 60-64 next year.

Frank

Hey, I understand that! 'Cept I'm hoping to smoke the 50-59 women next
year...Best of Luck!!!

Teresa in AZ

Frank Boettcher said:

Teresa Bippert-Plymate said:

Frank Boettcher said:

Hit my second goal of the year. Wanted to run the GumTree 10K at 3:34
minutes faster than the prior time (two years ago). Ran it in 50:16,
a PB which was 8:14 better than the last time. Talk about
undersetting a goal. The intervals did it. I had no idea that I had
made that kind of progress.

Wow, I'll say! How come my interval work isn't working like yours??
I am *so* jealous! ;-) But BIG congrats, you did GREAT!

Thanks! Hey, I don't know. I've been running for ten years and this
is the first year I've done intervals or any speed work. All I do is
440 track intervals, slow/fast.

I've been doing 1/2 miles fast, thinking they might be better for the
longer races. I'm fastest, comparatively, at the 10k and less distance
so I need to increase speed over the longer runs. But I have just
started this year and lost a few weeks in April. Maybe I just need
to be more patient!

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Race conditions were very good but it didn't seem like that would be
the case when I awoke to a hail storm with quarter sized hail.

Eek! Maybe you wanted to get back under cover ASAP?

Quoted message said:

Long term goal - to train up so I'm smoking all those old guys when I
move up to 60-64 next year.

Frank

Hey, I understand that! 'Cept I'm hoping to smoke the 50-59 women next
year...Best of Luck!!!

Good luck to you!.
Problem is, I would have been 5th in that age group too. Bunch of
fast old guys in that group.

I'm lucky, there's a big break for me. The fast ones are all 2-3 yrs
younger so I'll be away from them for a couple of years. There are
are couple of fast older women, too, but they'll be in the next up
group before I get there.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Teresa in AZ

So when it gets hot out there, when do you run?

Frank

Early morning. It's been 98F the last few days, but the morning, right
about dawn, is mid-60's or so. It will be warmer in July when the
humidity goes up, say mid-70's at dawn, and that does start getting to
be a bit much. Though truth be told the daily runs for me are after
work (5pm), so I just have to get used to it. Once heat acclimated
I can run pretty well up to about 105F as long as I'm well-hydrated.

Teresa in AZ

Teresa Bippert-Plymate said:

Frank Boettcher said:

Teresa Bippert-Plymate said:

Frank Boettcher wrote:

>Hit my second goal of the year. Wanted to run the GumTree 10K at 3:34
>minutes faster than the prior time (two years ago). Ran it in 50:16,
>a PB which was 8:14 better than the last time. Talk about
>undersetting a goal. The intervals did it. I had no idea that I had
>made that kind of progress.

Wow, I'll say! How come my interval work isn't working like yours??
I am *so* jealous! ;-) But BIG congrats, you did GREAT!

Thanks! Hey, I don't know. I've been running for ten years and this
is the first year I've done intervals or any speed work. All I do is
440 track intervals, slow/fast.

I've been doing 1/2 miles fast, thinking they might be better for the
longer races. I'm fastest, comparatively, at the 10k and less distance
so I need to increase speed over the longer runs. But I have just
started this year and lost a few weeks in April. Maybe I just need
to be more patient!

probably so. I've decided to limit distance to 10K. Have to travel
too much to get to longer runs and I'm not sure my joints are up to it
anyway. There is a local Marathon/half marathon, but it is early
September, way to hot for me to consider those distances.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>Race conditions were very good but it didn't seem like that would be
>the case when I awoke to a hail storm with quarter sized hail.

Eek! Maybe you wanted to get back under cover ASAP?

>Long term goal - to train up so I'm smoking all those old guys when I
>move up to 60-64 next year.
>
>Frank

Hey, I understand that! 'Cept I'm hoping to smoke the 50-59 women next
year...Best of Luck!!!

Good luck to you!.
Problem is, I would have been 5th in that age group too. Bunch of
fast old guys in that group.

I'm lucky, there's a big break for me. The fast ones are all 2-3 yrs
younger so I'll be away from them for a couple of years. There are
are couple of fast older women, too, but they'll be in the next up
group before I get there.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Teresa in AZ

So when it gets hot out there, when do you run?

Frank

Early morning. It's been 98F the last few days, but the morning, right
about dawn, is mid-60's or so. It will be warmer in July when the
humidity goes up, say mid-70's at dawn, and that does start getting to
be a bit much. Though truth be told the daily runs for me are after
work (5pm), so I just have to get used to it. Once heat acclimated
I can run pretty well up to about 105F as long as I'm well-hydrated.

Not sure I could handle 100 plus. I used to travel to Mesa on
business every now and then and I don't care if it is a dry heat, it
is some kind of hot out there. Of course in Mississippi once June hits
it is only early morning runs on mostly shady woods trails for me.
even with that it is often 80-85 at 6:00 AM with very high humidity.

Better keep that water bottle with you !!

Frank

Frank Boettcher said:

Teresa Bippert-Plymate said:

Early morning. It's been 98F the last few days, but the morning, right
about dawn, is mid-60's or so. It will be warmer in July when the
humidity goes up, say mid-70's at dawn, and that does start getting to
be a bit much. Though truth be told the daily runs for me are after
work (5pm), so I just have to get used to it. Once heat acclimated
I can run pretty well up to about 105F as long as I'm well-hydrated.

Not sure I could handle 100 plus. I used to travel to Mesa on
business every now and then and I don't care if it is a dry heat, it
is some kind of hot out there. Of course in Mississippi once June hits
it is only early morning runs on mostly shady woods trails for me.
even with that it is often 80-85 at 6:00 AM with very high humidity.

Better keep that water bottle with you !!

Frank

Hi Frank-

What I can't handle is high humidity. It just makes it seem so much
hotter and stickier. I was visiting S. Texas a few years back and
running in the low 90's in high humidity and found it very hard,
much harder than dry with 100's. But yes, I'll keep my water with
me, you too!

Teresa

Teresa Bippert-Plymate said:

Frank Boettcher said:

Teresa Bippert-Plymate said:

Early morning. It's been 98F the last few days, but the morning, right
about dawn, is mid-60's or so. It will be warmer in July when the
humidity goes up, say mid-70's at dawn, and that does start getting to
be a bit much. Though truth be told the daily runs for me are after
work (5pm), so I just have to get used to it. Once heat acclimated
I can run pretty well up to about 105F as long as I'm well-hydrated.

Not sure I could handle 100 plus. I used to travel to Mesa on
business every now and then and I don't care if it is a dry heat, it
is some kind of hot out there. Of course in Mississippi once June hits
it is only early morning runs on mostly shady woods trails for me.
even with that it is often 80-85 at 6:00 AM with very high humidity.

Better keep that water bottle with you !!

Frank

Hi Frank-

What I can't handle is high humidity. It just makes it seem so much
hotter and stickier. I was visiting S. Texas a few years back and
running in the low 90's in high humidity and found it very hard,
much harder than dry with 100's. But yes, I'll keep my water with
me, you too!

I used to live in Houston. It has to be won of the worst cities for
running. A nasty combination of heat humidity and dew point. I've found
that a good site for predicting how it will feel to run in the
heat/humidity is at accuweather.com. They have what they call
"RealFeel" temperature. RealFeel is a composite of temperature, wind,
dew point, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation and
elevation on the human body. Loking at my running log I see that some
of the worst days were where the RealFeel was over 100°F. The actual
temperature was in the mid to upper 80s, but with a dew point of 75,
humidity 75%, zero wind, and bright sunshine, that can put the RealFeel
reading at 107°.

--
Phil M.

Teresa Bippert-Plymate said:

What I can't handle is high humidity. It just makes it seem so much
hotter and stickier. I was visiting S. Texas a few years back and
running in the low 90's in high humidity and found it very hard,
much harder than dry with 100's. But yes, I'll keep my water with
me, you too!

I used to live in Houston. It has to be one of the worst cities for
running. A nasty combination of heat humidity and dew point. I've found
that a good site for predicting how it will feel to run in the
heat/humidity is at accuweather.com. They have what they call
"RealFeel" temperature. RealFeel is a composite of temperature,
wind,dew point, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation
and elevation on the human body. Loking at my running log I see that
some of the worst days were where the RealFeel was over 100°F. The
actual temperature was in the mid to upper 80s, but with a dew point of
75, humidity 75%, zero wind, and bright sunshine, that can put the
RealFeel reading at 107°.

--
Phil M.