2015/16 Nov OS Wk 5 Run Thread: Can you outrun a turkey??
It's Thanksgiving Week, or what we call around here, "Week 5." You all are doing so well so far, and are inspiring me! This week brings the challenge of Thanksgiving- travel, relatives, overeating, etc. It also has the great advantages- Turkey Trots, carbo loading with pumpkin pie, and maybe the chance to run somewhere new if traveling. Try your best to be consistent with running this week with all the holiday chaos, but don't stress a missed workout here or there. Family is more important than workouts months out from your A race (or really anytime).
Looking forward to seeing how you guys kick butt at Turkey Trots across the country! I'll be working on Thanksgiving, thankful for holiday pay that lets me do this sport!
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Family is always the way to go.
@MM- Have a safe trip. Pictures please.
Bagged on my 5k today. I finally sat down and melted. I plan on doing it tomorrow. I have been fighting a low grade head cold for the last week. I maybe an EN super chica but even I need a day on the couch.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Get up and do it again Jacklyn. With what you've been through the last couple of weeks (or longer) I can imagine there haven't been many days on the couch lately. Just to whet your appetite, here's a picture my daughter took on Friday morning just down the street from her house. (and yes, that is a moose!)
5k test done as promised. That SUCKED!!! It was 40 degrees and foggy. My vDOT is a meager 27. How the mighty have slowed down. Oh well. Time to get to work.
@MM- WOW!!! That is so cool. I went to Alaska once. I wanted to see a moose. No dice. Still want to see one. Have a great trip. Be safe. Thank you for kicking me off the couch. Even though it was fun to watch cartoons all day and snuggle. I ate potato chips too! Well, no more of that stuff. Time to get to work. I have a bet with Coach that I have no intentions of loosing!
Have a fantastic day of rest everyone. Practice good self care and hydrate well.
I got my bike done this morning. 2 x 12' @ 101/102%. First one felt pretty easy, but the second one was pretty hard. Had a couple little spin down breaks where I thought about giving up. Sucked it up and finished and even had a bit of second wind in the last 4' which let me get it back about 100%. Hoping to get my run in this evening before picking up my parents at the airport and unleashing the chaos of Thanksgiving!
Good luck everyone!
Nice work all! Way to get it Jaclyn! And good luck with the Thanksgiving chaos Bill!! I TOTALLY here ya on that!
Got the run in this morning. 3.5 miles around TRP.
Run tomorrow afternoon! hopefully its not 18 degress like it was this morning!
Tis the season!
@ Rachel - Thanks for your words about missing a workout or so! I was just trying to figure things out and how to get it all done with thanksgiving and family stuff!!
Did the run on the TM last night. Good luck to you all that are Turkey Trotting tomorrow! I may get in a few extra miles with the long weekend.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! My Tues brick run went as planned. I seem to be getting better at maintaining a steady z1-2 pace, since I had been over-cooking that pace in the past. The legs are feeling the cumulative fatigue and it feels a little better to just accept the z1-2 pace as OK.
Healed to point that running doesn't aggravate abdomen strain. So, eased back into marathon training with an easy 5 mile walk-jog (4 min run + 1 min walk) on Tuesday, then yesterday a 5 mile brick @ sub-MP or Z2-to-Z3 7:10 pace, and for Thanksgiving some Turkey intervals (400 + 3 x 800 + 400) @ IP+ or Z5+ sub-6:00 pace. Will execute Thursday training ride later to burn off today's food.
Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!
Got up and did the bike workout and then headed to the local Turkey Trot without my kids who decided to sleep in. It was amazing to realize how fast I could run when slowing down meant being passed by a guy in a turkey suit...no way was that happening! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
@ Terry - Nice not letting the turkey catch you!
@ Mark - Nice to be safe! I like the idea of focusing on frequency rather than distance while on the road. I was in Anchorage 2 summers ago and loved running along that trail along the bay. Is it dark all day this time of year.
Did my loop of the lake yesterday. It was nice and easy until maybe the last mile. Today's run was off the bike on the treadmill. I am liking getting the short ones done at home on the TM. Bonus, I got to watch the Lions win!
Thanks Laura for the thread!! Everyone enjoy the weekend!!
39' for 5 miles
12 hours later it back on the track for today's run. Temps a bit chillier 20 deg. Hand /foot warmers, a balaclava a headlamp and some tunes helped pass the time. After 2 miles I w as warmed up and ready for work. Instead of keeping to pace, I just ran the z4 miles by feel. It turned into more of a z5 pace and felt pretty great, so I just kept know going.
3x1 mi@z1/2
1x2 mi@ z5
1 mi @ z3
I got an extra run in this week with the Thanksgiving Holiday time off of work. This is the first time I have run 6 days in a week and almost 40 miles (38.3) in a long time. Maybe since back when I ran open marathons. It feels really good, but these legs are looking forward to an off day tomorrow along with some foam rolling. Nice work everyone!
Been battling a cold all week, but finally nearing the end today. Still, coughing during a run is not fun. Got the work done with runs Fri, Sat and Sun, as my Thanksgiving day became a down day due to family plans. Did brick runs on Friday (3.5 mi), and Sat (5 mi), with a stand alone 9 miler today. I did hit the target paces, but it was not easy with chest cold and going Fri-Sat-Sun, instead of Fri off. I hope that despite a lack of higher end speed work in the first weeks of the OS, I may get some bump in vdot due to the legs just being more tuned to running. I am excited to see what this style of run endurance work will do for that.
Returned to marathon training with an easy 5 on Tuesday, a 5 mile brick @ 7:10 pace on Wednesday, intervals on Thursday (400 @ 6:06 + 800 @ 5:54 + 800 @ 5:52 + 800 @ 5:58 + 400 @ 5:38), finishing with the Mississippi Gulf Coast Half Marathon in 1:37:06 @ 7:25 on Saturday (6 minutes slower than PR).
Half was brutal as legs were lactic sore/fatigued from previous week of training and should have ran it @ 8:00 pace; but, once I got going just went with it. Buuuuut, took rest of weekend off cycle training.
Did ride an easy 13.1 on my Yolo helping a friend company while she ultra-marathon trained after my half marathon and rode 7 this morning to keep another friend company while she did her Sunday morning run. Maybe that counts for something, maybe.