A new training log (comments welcome)

[Psymonds]

Date 8/27/2024​	Original Plan 30 min	MI 2.25​	Time 0:31:22​	Avg pace 13:56.5​	Type Drill	wk total 12.62​	T+D 133.757​	T 83​	RH 31​	aprox D 50.75701​
8/29/2024​	30 min	2.7​	0:37:14​	13:47.5​	Drill		106.729​	55​	93​	51.72897​
8/31/2024​	4 miles	7.67​	1:38:21​	12:49.4​	long		117.2523​	64​	77​	53.25234​

All T and RH are from Strava, just checking T+D for now.

 

[Psymonds]

run during DS7's baseball practice, Drills on the trail, t+D 138 (would have been 144 an hour hearlier but I took a work call (*shrug*). for us that T is 95 and D is 43... 3 miles.

 

[Psymonds]

long, but slow long run. longer because I had to wait for the bathroom twice. Beautiful day in SF, saw GG park and the ocean. Don't have to dodge surfers much at home, but they were definitely out at the beach...

Parked at the top of the hill in the park (to drop of DS15 and his GF at a museum) so naturally there was a bit of uphill in the 2nd half.

week	date	plan	actual	time	pace	type	wk total	T+D	T	RH%	D
10​	9/3/2024​	30 min	1.98​	26:11.0​	13:13.4​	drill	15.23​	137​	93​	0​	44​
	9/5/2024​	30 min	2.25​	37:15.0​	16:33.3​	drill		139​	88​	30​	51​
	9/7/2024​	11 miles	11​	2:50:01​	15:27.4​	long		120​	65​	55​	55​

 

[Psymonds]

struggling with work travel and weekend commitments. not getting the weekly miles I want in last week, this week. should be better rest of the month.

 

[Psymonds]

an egret and many ducks today, still no snek....

8 mile long run today after camping with the scouts this weekend in the Sierra. Good to offset a 3.5 hour drive with running. bad to have to run in 80 degrees (although scraping ice off the windshield this morning at 7000ft was also unexpected).

Good week, 16 miles total, good rhythm of short runs and got a long run in even with other stuff on weekend.

Coyote friend trotting through the open space this morning.

I'm much to large for him to be interested in me and he seemed like he had somewhere to be, trotting along through. lots of turkeys in the area the last few days.

 

[Naomeri]

Coyote friend trotting through the open space this morning.

I'm much to large for him to be interested in me and he seemed like he had somewhere to be, trotting along through. lots of turkeys in the area the last few days.

I was out watching and photographing the Aurora on Monday night and 2 local packs of coyotes were howling up a storm, which also set all the local dogs off.

 

[Psymonds]

15 mile long run over the weekend. After a few long runs where I was really hurting the last few miles, I had gotten a running vest with hydration, and that's working great, and I ran yesterday with some Gels and electrolyte tabs. Still hitting a wall with the hill I have to come up to get home at the end of my long runs, but was actually jogging it this time at 14.9, although I could feel the lactic acid building up. Felt stronger at 15 this time than at 12 (of 13) two weeks ago or 8miles (in 85 degree heat) last week.

have a good time to go for next weekend for a long run because I'm a few weeks behind, and then travel for a funeral, so I should be back on track 11/16.

 

[Psymonds]

17 mile run this weekend. Reversed the loop direction to avoid big hill at end. Still need to strengthen my calves.

traveling this weekend. will need to work around that for a long run.

 

[Psymonds]

asked DS 15 if he was training enough for his half. (other than 6 lifts a week for weight training and rugby) and he said "I warmed up with 4 miles at max incline on the treadmill for weights". I was happy I only got 350vf in 17 miles Sunday.

I think he needs some more long runs, but he could probably go run a half tomorrow.

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

in 2 months since moving, I've seen 0 snakes, 20+ hawks, turkeys almost every day and 2 deer last night in the open space.

Prolly a correlation between 20+ hawks and 0 snakes....

 

[Psymonds]

Prolly a correlation between 20+ hawks and 0 snakes....

about a mile up the ridge I've seen many snakes, but almost all in spring.

Turkeys seem to be avoiding us this month...

 

[Psymonds]

about a mile up the ridge I've seen many snakes, but almost all in spring.

Turkeys seem to be avoiding us this month...

I leave town for a day and the turkeys definitely were in my yard... sly birds...

 

[Psymonds]

so.
I stopped updating this because I wasn't being as consistent in marathon training as I liked.

Not updating this was a way for me to feel like it was still going to be ok.

In some ways it was ok. I finished, and was, frankly, generally ok after.

In others it wasn't:

• I only finished because of my earlier optimism about training I put in a 5:30 time for my estimate (I'd never run a half over 2:30 on race day before)
• I haven't appreciably lost weight because I wasn't training as consistently as I wanted, and my dietary work was inconsistent.
• 7:30:10 is not a great number. on my 22 I was projecting 26 miles.

if I had trained more it would have been more fun, I wouldn't have been in my head about the baloon ladies from mile 17-24. I wouldn't have been afraid to push back to RWR in fear of crashing out and not being able to put my reliable 16 min walking miles in. (my mile 14 RWR was 18 minutes).

I might have stopped for more characters.

Anyway:

Going forward, I'm training for hiking until June, will maintain the log. but baseline fitness will be key goal. I want to get back to under 2:30 for the Halloween half for Disneyland, with a goal of sub 6 for the California International Marathon Dec 7.

 

[Psymonds]

so.
I stopped updating this because I wasn't being as consistent in marathon training as I liked.

Not updating this was a way for me to feel like it was still going to be ok.

In some ways it was ok. I finished, and was, frankly, generally ok after.

In others it wasn't:

• I only finished because of my earlier optimism about training I put in a 5:30 time for my estimate (I'd never run a half over 2:30 on race day before)
• I haven't appreciably lost weight because I wasn't training as consistently as I wanted, and my dietary work was inconsistent.
• 7:30:10 is not a great number. on my 22 I was projecting 26 miles.

if I had trained more it would have been more fun, I wouldn't have been in my head about the baloon ladies from mile 17-24. I wouldn't have been afraid to push back to RWR in fear of crashing out and not being able to put my reliable 16 min walking miles in. (my mile 14 RWR was 18 minutes).

I might have stopped for more characters.

Anyway:

Going forward, I'm training for hiking until June, will maintain the log. but baseline fitness will be key goal. I want to get back to under 2:30 for the Halloween half for Disneyland, with a goal of sub 6 for the California International Marathon Dec 7.

Current idea: 2-3 30 minute runs each week, focussing on running/fitness/pace, with a goal of a 30 minute 5k by june. plus my 1-2 days a week of walking/hiking/stairclimbing with a focus on strength/hills/carrying a 50lb pack 10 miles and 2000vf, 4 workouts a week total, hikes are generally scheduled already, but extra hiking is added in with weights on my hill behind my house.