*** Runners' Team * 50+ and 100+ Miles in May *
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Tuesday- 5.2 miles
Wednesday- Rest in anticipation of Thursday's race
Thursday- 3.35 miles- Won my first race ever tonight! I was hoping to get out and stay up front and when we got to the race, it was 50 degrees, spitting rain and windy. I knew right then I wasn't going to PR and got kinda bummed out about it. Anyways the gun went off and I took off and sat in third, caught second before the mile (7:09) and kept charging forward. I was surprised how well I felt after going 7:09 the first mile and continued to catch the leader before we looped the course. I had a 10 meter lead at the halfway point and made a HORRIBLE mistake and ran around the track again instead of veering left out of the gate.. I ran about 60-70 meters before someone told me to turn around. By this time I was devastated and knew my shot of winning and PR'in were slim to none. Went through 2 miles in 14:21 (7:12) and actually picked off runners that had passed me after my error, I moved into second and my friend who I passed and was in third told me to "get that *kitten*" haha.. I felt like I was fading and not catching him and was just holding on, by the time we got into a backstretch outside of the football field a huge gust of wind was directly against us. I made my move in that 50 meter stretch and pulled even with the leader.. by then I was so tired.. I just tried to hold on.. He was dying too.. got into the gate, held with him til about 150 to go and took off. Still can't believe I won.. feels.. unreal. Final time 21:45.29. HUGE 57 second PR and gives me some mad confidence going into the summer. I believe my final mile was like 6:48 so I closed a lot better than it felt. So proud and so glad I could share my first ever win with you guys.0 -
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Tuesday- 5.2 miles
Wednesday- Rest in anticipation of Thursday's race
Thursday- 3.35 miles- Won my first race ever tonight! I was hoping to get out and stay up front and when we got to the race, it was 50 degrees, spitting rain and windy. I knew right then I wasn't going to PR and got kinda bummed out about it. Anyways the gun went off and I took off and sat in third, caught second before the mile (7:09) and kept charging forward. I was surprised how well I felt after going 7:09 the first mile and continued to catch the leader before we looped the course. I had a 10 meter lead at the halfway point and made a HORRIBLE mistake and ran around the track again instead of veering left out of the gate.. I ran about 60-70 meters before someone told me to turn around. By this time I was devastated and knew my shot of winning and PR'in were slim to none. Went through 2 miles in 14:21 (7:12) and actually picked off runners that had passed me after my error, I moved into second and my friend who I passed and was in third told me to "get that *kitten*" haha.. I felt like I was fading and not catching him and was just holding on, by the time we got into a backstretch outside of the football field a huge gust of wind was directly against us. I made my move in that 50 meter stretch and pulled even with the leader.. by then I was so tired.. I just tried to hold on.. He was dying too.. got into the gate, held with him til about 150 to go and took off. Still can't believe I won.. feels.. unreal. Final time 21:45.29. HUGE 57 second PR and gives me some mad confidence going into the summer. I believe my final mile was like 6:48 so I closed a lot better than it felt. So proud and so glad I could share my first ever win with you guys.
Strong run! Good job, can't wait to hear how well you're going to do under better conditions.0 -
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warriordude- :happy: :happy: :happy: THAT IS FANTASTIC! I'm so happy for you! To win a race is awesome, but to win it after running further than everyone else is incredible! WAY TO GO! You've worked so hard for this. Congratulations! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:0
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Thank you, I am enjoying tomorrow off and then back at it on Sunday!0
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@warriordude Congratulations, that's absolutely awesome!
Mon 6.4, Tue 6.9, Wed 8.1, Thu 8.8, Fri 8.2, Sat 9.1 and Sun 8 miles.
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@ warrior - congrats!! That is so awesome.
2013/05/21 - 1 mile (sprint repeats - crossfit)
2013/05/23 - 1 mile with my learn to run group.
2013/05/25 - 9 miles. I ran this leg of a relay (it's a photo of the photo they give to the finishers of this leg, it's considered the hardest). I'm pretty freaking proud. Especially considering I found out a few days ago I was running it.
WTD - 11 miles
MTD - 360 -
WTD 38 miles
MTD 133 miles0 -
WTD 26.5 miles
MTD 106.5 miles0 -
Check :flowerforyou:0
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MAY WEEK 1: 29.72
MAY WEEK 2: 36.85
MAY WEEK 3: 37.51
MAY WEEK 4: (my mileage was a bit low this week because I was tapering for my trail race on the 27th!)
5/21 - 3.22
5/23 - 6.85
5/25 - 5.12
WTD - 15.19
MAY WEEK 5 (so far):
5/27 - 16.84 - Sage Burner 25K Trail Race (according to my Garmin it ended up being quite a bit longer than 25K)
May MTD - 136.11
May Goal - 150, Miles Left to Goal - 13.890 -
3dogsrunning- WOW, that's quite a view!!! What was the elevation change?! Yikes!0
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3dogsrunning- WOW, that's quite a view!!! What was the elevation change?! Yikes!
I was wondering the same thing, hopefully it was downhill.0 -
3dogsrunning- WOW, that's quite a view!!! What was the elevation change?! Yikes!
I was wondering the same thing, hopefully it was downhill.
Nope, uphill.
Mapmyrun has it as a total ascent of 1295 ft. maximum elevation of 1,332.02 ft. The total distance was around 9 miles (14.7 km), the first 2m were rolling, then 6 miles to the top, the last 3 to the finish line were less of an incline, but had a couple steep hills thrown in.
Did I mention the guy who won the leg ran it in just over 57 minutes?
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Oh and 4 more miles today (Tuesday track, 400m repeats).0 -
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