Do you Run?……Walk?….Bike?…..Swim?

[Tin Man]

Bike ride: 36.52 miles, 759’ elevation gain, 2:25 riding time. Exceeded 15 mph avg for the first time on this route.

 

[Nerd-Vol]

30k race tomorrow.

Been working on increasing my cadence. The higher the cadence, the more efficient you run. 180 is considered the goal, but unrealistic for most runner. With my height I’m wanted to make incremental improvements with a goal of 170-175.

Here’s a run from a few weeks ago. Followed by a run tonight.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Goal is sub 8:30 by 55 years old in August.
Ain’t happening.
I went after it today, I’m just too far away

 

[Orangeslice13]

Also ran into this nonsense
I got 10 of each done. It would have been funny to film myself because I’m sure it would have been funny to watch

 

[Tin Man]

I might try chair yoga, or whatever that silver-bearded fugger is doing in those ads following me around the Internet.

 

[Tin Man]

Or, I may start bodyflying in the wind tunnel. If I can afford it, that will restore my core and tone every muscle I have.

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Good effort in the 30k race this morning. Total time was 4 minutes faster than my last attempt at this race.

Learned a lot of things I can apply to my marathon next month. Chief among them is pace strategy. I definitely pushed harder during the middle of the race than I should have. Worked out fine today, but during the big show, that will wreck my day.

 

[Tin Man]

Bike ride: 26.3 miles, 1281’ elevation gain, 1:54 riding time. Rode with a fellow UT alum and three of his cycling pals. Good ride, great company.

 

[Hunter10139]

Missed a couple days last week hitting my steps but kept the average above my goal. The foot is feeling some better but I don't think I'll be running for a while. If I can find the time I should probably get it checked out.

 

[Orangeslice13]

 

[Tin Man]

Bike ride: 36.5 miles, 758’ elevation gain, 2:24 riding time

 

[Tin Man]

Truncated bike ride: Set out to meet a small group for morning ride. By the time I got to rendezvous, all had dropped out. Rode home. 6.11 miles, 282’ elevation gain, 30 minutes riding time.

 

[Tin Man]

It’s cold and very windy, today.

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Paced at minute over marathon pace. Difficult but manageable.

 

[Hunter10139]

That's impressive. I'll be happy when I'm back to running and hit that pace for one mile consistently.

 

[Hunter10139]

Steps for last week. The one day I was below my goal was because I went straight from work to my garage workout and from there to date night with the wife. Itching to run again but my plantar fascitis isn't fully healed, although it is doing better.

 

[Orangeslice13]

@UT_VOLS13

 

[Orangeslice13]

@UT_VOLS13

 

[UT_VOLS13]

Nice, thanks for the motivation. Seriously!!!

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Last really long run for this training cycle. 22 miles.

10 miles easy pace. 11 miles marathon pace. 1 mile easy. Need to buy band-aids for my chest.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Last really long run for this training cycle. 22 miles.

10 miles easy pace. 11 miles marathon pace. 1 mile easy. Need to buy band-aids for my chest.

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Killing it.
That’s really impressive

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Killing it.
That’s really impressive

Thanks! It’s been a lot fun training. That being said, I’m happy to start tapering and reducing miles. I’ve run 60+ the past 7 days.

I’m hopeful my training methods will help in the shorter race distances after the marathon.

 

[Tin Man]

Bike ride: 20.19 miles, 1042’ elevation gain, 1:35 riding time

 

[Orangeslice13]

Forgot to post this morning

 

[Hunter10139]

Steps last week. Missed the target two days but overall not too upset. Hit 34 lbs lost overall. Going to see a physical therapist Friday to take a look at my foot. Hopefully it won't be too long until I'm running again. I'm missing it a lot.