Thanks, I joined a random team.Just wanted to make sure everyone saw this (free to all who want to participate)... https://www.nnrunningteam.com/marathon
If I'm doing math correctly, registration opens tonight at 3:00am EDT/2:00am CDT/1:00am MDT/12:00 midnight PDT.
Ooh! I found a local race that looks like it’s still set to be run! It just opened for registration today, so that should be a good sign. Now I just have to decide whether training for a 50k trail run over the summer really sounds like a good idea... Not to mention the race is Labor Day Weekend in NC. Can you say hot and humid?!
May 2020 Training Summary
Running duration = 18:59 hours
Running mileage = 122 miles
Average Pace = 9:20 min/mile (about 176 sec/mile slower than estimated LT)
Average HR = 132 (67% HRR)
Indoor Cycling duration = 24:00 hours
Indoor Cycling mileage = 371 miles
Indoor Cycling average power = 149 watts
Indoor Cycling average Normalized Power = 152 watts
Yoga = 6:01 hours
Total Training Time = 49:01 hours
Good and bad month. The good was I was visited by @canglim52 during his cross country trip. We decided to do an impromptu mile time trial since that's what I've been training towards for the last 2.5 months. I've run several time trials over the years and had yet to break 6 minutes in the mile. My lifetime PR was 7:12 back from middle school until I broke that in November 2013 after 14 months of training with a 7:03. I didn't break 7 minutes until December 2015 (happened during a HM). Since then I've run several time trials, but hadn't been able to break 6 minutes. Everything I can do at 5k, 10k, HM, and M suggested I was capable. My PR of 6:02 was from a 5k TT in May 2017. A time trial in April 2019 was 6:19, and a time trial in Feb 2020 before this training cycle began was a 6:12. But based on the training over the last 10 weeks, I was confident I could break 6 minutes. With the help of @canglim52 I was able to run a 5:42 (and he got his own PR in the mile as well at around 5:20). As a side-note, shout out to Christian (who doesn't post as much as he used to) who ran 519 miles in May!
Unfortunately, the bad side of the month is I've been dealing with some back/upper leg pain that refuses to go away. So I'm pausing the mile time trial training for the moment. Depending on how long it takes, we'll see whether I resume training for the mile again or shift focus elsewhere. I think I can probably take the mile time lower, but that'll have to wait a bit before the next attempt.
Ooh! I found a local race that looks like it’s still set to be run! It just opened for registration today, so that should be a good sign. Now I just have to decide whether training for a 50k trail run over the summer really sounds like a good idea... Not to mention the race is Labor Day Weekend in NC. Can you say hot and humid?!
I think I mentioned it here before but I highly recommend the book Becoming a Supple Leopard for general mobility and specific problem areas. I'm not sure what kind of issue you are having with your lower back/upper legs but I was also having some issues there and some of the "smashes" and stretches in his book really helped in addition to seeing a local Physio.
Have you ever done a 1-mile race? I don't mean the 1-mile before a 5K but actual 1-mile race? I did my first one last year and loved it but it was painful. It had some pros come into town for it. Meeting Nick Willis, Heidi See, and Nikki Hiltz was really cool and unlike other pro sports you go right next to the pros. Check out this site. There are a few not too far from me I was thinking about looking into this year before racing was cancelled.
That's a great idea, it's been a very unusual past few months and I'm trying to do a better job of documenting my experiences. Either writing it down or taking pictures or otherwise.My larger regret for May was not documenting what I observed while running. There were amazing flowers. For much of the month (and a large chunk of April) I watched college students in caps and gowns take consolation selfies while drinking champagne in front of the university's stadium. I saw kids outside blowing bubbles at the crack of dawn. I cut my run short to ooutrun a thunderstorm, making it home and grabbing a cup of water as the first crack hit the sky. In my overconfidence I got caught in a rainstorm two days later. The little produce store near me is testing an autonomous street sweeper-like delivery vehicle that I used to pace myself. I am pretty sure I saw someone moving their golf club bag by remote control. I accidentally found myself in a peaceful protest the last weekend (There is some form of protest and sign holding in my town every week, but this was not in the typical location for demonstrations). There were fantastic things around me, and while the specifics change, they will be there again next month.
ATTQOTD: I run with my phone which is programmed with emergency information.Question: What do you do for ID and emergency contact information when running outside?
Reason for asking: Since all my training for 2020 will be outside, and mostly by myself, this is something I need to finally figure out. Especially as I was almost hit by a car yesterday when the driver decided to abort the right turn he was making and turn left as I was half way across the street. I really do not want to take my Drivers License for fear of loosing it, but will if I absolutely must.
ATTQOTD:Question: What do you do for ID and emergency contact information when running outside?
Reason for asking: Since all my training for 2020 will be outside, and mostly by myself, this is something I need to finally figure out. Especially as I was almost hit by a car yesterday when the driver decided to abort the right turn he was making and turn left as I was half way across the street. I really do not want to take my Drivers License for fear of loosing it, but will if I absolutely must.