100,000 miles for AT

[Megatomic]

The forums seem to be in worse shape AFTER the maintenance than they were before.... I haven't double posted in ages.

 

[kamper]

53 miles for me this week. One more week until taper, but I think I've probably hit my mileage peak. I've been feeling a little under the weather the past couple of days and was expecting my LSD today to be pretty bad but I picked it up a bit in the second half and managed to go faster than the first half.

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[RagingBITCH]

21 mile long run (8.6 warm-up, then a 20K) on Saturday, and a 5 mile recovery this AM. (Supposed to be a 9 mile MWLR but my legs were still completely dead from Saturday) Taper time for Chicago! Not sure what you guys normally do for tapering in terms of MPW decrease, but I'm shooting for about 25% decrease each week.

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[RagingBITCH]

21 mile long run (8.6 warm-up, then a 20K) on Saturday, and a 5 mile recovery this AM. (Supposed to be a 9 mile MWLR but my legs were still completely dead from Saturday) Taper time for Chicago! Not sure what you guys normally do for tapering in terms of MPW decrease, but I'm shooting for about 25% decrease each week.

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[RagingBITCH]

+ 173 since I last posted. Man, am I slacker or what? I need to stop in here more often. Good luck to kamper and RB; you guys sound like you're in pretty decent shape so tear it up out there!!!

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Nice! And thanks...time to lay it down.

 

[Megatomic]

Did a smooth trail 4 miler tonight, my last run before pacing at Virgil Crest this weekend. I hate tapering, I feel so lazy and have so much unconsumed energy. ugh

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[kamper]

Did a smooth trail 4 miler tonight, my last run before pacing at Virgil Crest this weekend. I hate tapering, I feel so lazy and have so much unconsumed energy. ugh

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Man, that's quite a taper. You don't even do short runs to keep loose during the week?

Out of curiosity, what sort of mileage were you doing at your peak?

 

[Megatomic]

I try not to run four or five days before a big race. In this case, I'm not racing but pacing, but yeah, I'll be on my feet for half a day or so. I won't run anymore, but I will spin on a stationary bike and swim a few miles worth of laps instead. That ought to keep my muscles (overall) warmed up while leaving my running stuff fresh for the weekend. I think.

My peak weekly mileage was like 55, but I do some different stuff, especially this time around. I did a lot of night running, which is slow on the trails. And I did almost all of my running when I was fatigued. Either at the end of a workday where I get up at 4am, walk around a power plant all day long, and then run at 8pm that night. Or doing back to back to back runs where I start off tired on a Friday (previous scenario) and then run on Saturday and Sunday. The logic here is that my body is now trained to keep moving even when I am DFT (dead fvcking tired) and in pain. I also did a few longish runs over the summer, the longest being 33 miles.

So I have to be confident that I've done all I can with the time I've had available to me and that I'm ready to go on Saturday. But I am feeling jittery, like I might have overlooked something.

 

[kamper]

You'll be fine, I'm sure. It sounds like you've prepared pretty well. Best of luck!

 

[ShockwaveVT]

+12

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[ElFenix]

easing on to concrete
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[SWScorch]

+ 43. Ran a 5K on Sunday in 16:45 on a hilly course so that's pretty encouraging; only 5 seconds off my PR and we got out slow too. Did 4x 1000m + 5x 200m yesterday, and running a flat and fast 5K on this Sunday.

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[Red Dawn]

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[Megatomic]

Tomorrow is VC100 day. I'll be gone most of today and then most of the weekend. Y'all have fun.

 

[KeithTalent]

Did about 6 miles on Thursday morning. Had to take a few days break as my calf was mooing; seems better now.

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KT

 

[kamper]

48 miles this week, and now it's taper time.

Didn't really do the scheduled lsd today, as I had a half marathon instead. I intended to take it easy and keep pace with my dad as he tried to hit a pb at 1:55. Instead I got in a groove and lost him and ended up just under 1:50, about 2 minutes short of a pb myself Dad ended up hitting his target to the second for a 3+ minute pb.

My sister ran her first half (first race actually) in 2:09, which is fantastic, considering that she didn't train at all, but she's a competitive soccer player, so she's at least fit. Mom ran the exact same time, so it was a real family affair

Edit: I counted at least 4 people running in vffs, which is the first time I've seen them in a race.

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[Megatomic]

26 miles last night at Virgil Crest. Holy sh|t there is a ton of elevation change and the terrain is extremely technical. A very steep descent and one bad stumble screwed up my knee and I had to stop at the Daisy Hollow aid station. My runner did great though, he finished in just under 32 hours, 36 hours was the cutoff. And I managed to run through the entire night, from 7:45pm until almost 5:30am. That is my longest night run by far!

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[kamper]

Aw bummer, you made it through the night only to get hurt in the morning. Still, it's a sign of your dedication that you'd put yourself through that to help someone else go for a good time! That's pretty awesome.

How bad are you hurt?

 

[Megatomic]

Thanks kamper. My knee feels "sticky" and is sore, there is some swelling. But I'm more bothered by what feels like IT band pain on the side of the knee, that's what hurt the worst on the descents. I ran probably 10 miles like that, it sure made for a long night.

 

[kamper]

Oh, and yesterday was a year since I first posted in this thread! It's easily been my best year of running ever, due probably in no small part to posting here I've made huge improvements in every distance and I believe I've posted around 1,300 miles.

 

[Barfo]

+15 the last few times

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[KeithTalent]

^^ congrats kamper!

Did only 4 miles yesterday, but felt pretty good.

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KT

 

[SWScorch]

+ 23 miles for me. Ran a 5K on Sunday in a new PR of 16:24. Got my finishing photo on the cover of the local paper too (I think because I graduated with the photographer for the paper, nice!)

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[RagingBITCH]

26 miles last night at Virgil Crest. Holy sh|t there is a ton of elevation change and the terrain is extremely technical. A very steep descent and one bad stumble screwed up my knee and I had to stop at the Daisy Hollow aid station. My runner did great though, he finished in just under 32 hours, 36 hours was the cutoff. And I managed to run through the entire night, from 7:45pm until almost 5:30am. That is my longest night run by far!

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Wow...that is nuts. Good job Jeff

 

[RagingBITCH]

+49 since last post. Taper week #2 for Chicago...feel like I'm getting fat running this little. (Shooting for 30MPW/50% of peak)

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