Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Kitchen Progress
Since I haven't posted anything regarding my current remodeling project since the tile floor, it may seem like there hasn't been any progress. Well, there has! I'm done with the plumbing (except actually hooking up the sink, dishwasher, and refrigerator) the electrical work (except the ceiling lights), the additional wall (only 8" wide) is framed, sheet-rocked, mudded, and painted, the cabinets and counter-tops are in (I didn't do them), the bead board is on the ceiling, the painting is mostly done (thanks to my wife), the thermostat has been moved (well, the wiring anyway), and the back-splash is nearly complete!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Vibram 5-Fingers (VFFs or V5Fs)
Maybe it is too early to tell, but I think that I am going to love running in my new shoes! Monday, I wanted to run 8 miles in these things, but held back and just did the middle 4 in them. I have run 1, 1.25, 2, 2.25, 3.1, and 4 miles barefoot in the past month (getting blisters on the 3.1 and 4 milers). The blisters aren't much of a concern, skin heals. In fact, I ran the 4 miler the Monday before the Bear Lake Marathon! I guess that I am more concerned about injuring something on the inside, so I plan to take the barefoot and V5F training a bit like a 1st marathon training course - adding maybe 10% more mileage every other week. I'm sure that I'll break that plan soon, but it's always good to have a plan - so you know what you aren't following. I plan on running the TOU Half Marathon August 29th in these or barefoot, and probably the same for the marathon three weeks later. We'll see how that plan goes.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Bear Lake Marathon
I ran this in a completely different type of shoe that I purchased after the Ogden Marathon (4 weeks ago) in an attempt to switch to barefoot/minimalist shoes. So this was my first run longer than 12.6 miles since the marathon and in my new shoes - next shoes will be Vibram 5-Fingers!
My goal was to beat the average of my marathons (not including Running From an Angel) of 3:39:12 but I really wanted to beat 3:30 and PR. It was also a test to see if running marathons 4 weeks apart allows enough recovery time for me, though one could argue that I didn't give it my all in Ogden, since my negative split seems to indicate that I rested the first half. As a side note, I tried to predict my best possible finish (I came up with something just over 3:28:42) using target heart rate goals, with times per mile starting something like 9:00, 8:40, 8:30, 8:20, 8:10, 8:00, 7:55... finishing most in 7:50 (nothing special, just seemed doable) with my heart rate eventually climbing to 166 in the first 13 miles, then 169-170 in the next 7, 173 after that, and maybe 181 for the final mile, with 167 being the overall average. I told my wife that 3:28 was the best possible finish. I was off this after the first mile.
Boring Details (not to me)
Total 26.2 168/185 3:27:06 (7:54.27 pace)
0.2 154 1:56.6 9:43 pace (the mile markers count down from 26.2 so the first split is at 26 to go)
8:09.9 163 (clearly faster than I had planned, so I thought, "If I do 8 minute miles from here on out, I'll finish at 3:30!")
7:47.8 164 (wasn't supposed to hit this for quite a few miles)
7:52.1 164
8:00.6 164
8:08.2 165
8:05.9 165
7:54.6 165 (at least my heart was following the plan!)
7:51.2 164 (somebody passed me - from my age division I later found out)
7:56.0 165
7:44.1 163
8:13.2 165
7:58.2 163
7:35.7 167 (half marathon time was 1:44:21)
7:50.2 166 (I passed him back, as well as two others, now for the tall man in white shirt)
7:40.8 170 (heart rate went up sooner than expected, but pace didn't change much?)
7:24.1 171
7:47.8 170 (my wife drove by with the kids, turned around stopped and cheered!)
7:43.1 171 (heart rate is still higher than expected)
7:54.8 170 (my family - bros/sis, dad, G-parents - was cheering from up above at Sweet Water Cabin (trailer) Park)
7:54.0 170 (time to boost the HR)
8:01.9 172
7:49.4 173
8:14.0 171 (oh no! I'm slowing down, but have passed a lot of the Halfers...We started at 6:48, they started at 7:40. I can also still see the man in white, as well as a women in orange that is just ahead of him, and they're also passing people)
8:06.0 173 (I need to pick it up, though I passed two women who placed 2nd and 3rd overall in the women's)
7:42.8 178 (Caught the man in white! It turns out he is a co-worker who has run Boston, and beat me by a minute in Ogden. I also passed the women in orange - 1st place female overall)
7:43.2 178 (sprinted after the turn into the park! Second half was 1:42:45 - negative split!!! Final 10k was 49:16 - 7:56.77 pace)
If I had finished 26 minutes sooner, I would have been 1st in my AG and 2nd overall! Instead it was 6th overall and 2nd in my AG.
My knee is sore (I've had knee problems since the 8th grade - running has helped a lot, though the races are tough on them, as well as running in the morning if I haven't been training much.) I had been taking glucosamine for the last 1.5 years, but thought that a true test of barefoot theories would include ditching the glucosamine, so I haven't taken any since the day of the Ogden Marathon.
Official results have posted. I could have placed 1st (1:26:25) or 2nd (1:34:38) overall if I had run the half. Oh well!
My goal was to beat the average of my marathons (not including Running From an Angel) of 3:39:12 but I really wanted to beat 3:30 and PR. It was also a test to see if running marathons 4 weeks apart allows enough recovery time for me, though one could argue that I didn't give it my all in Ogden, since my negative split seems to indicate that I rested the first half. As a side note, I tried to predict my best possible finish (I came up with something just over 3:28:42) using target heart rate goals, with times per mile starting something like 9:00, 8:40, 8:30, 8:20, 8:10, 8:00, 7:55... finishing most in 7:50 (nothing special, just seemed doable) with my heart rate eventually climbing to 166 in the first 13 miles, then 169-170 in the next 7, 173 after that, and maybe 181 for the final mile, with 167 being the overall average. I told my wife that 3:28 was the best possible finish. I was off this after the first mile.
Boring Details (not to me)
Total 26.2 168/185 3:27:06 (7:54.27 pace)
0.2 154 1:56.6 9:43 pace (the mile markers count down from 26.2 so the first split is at 26 to go)
8:09.9 163 (clearly faster than I had planned, so I thought, "If I do 8 minute miles from here on out, I'll finish at 3:30!")
7:47.8 164 (wasn't supposed to hit this for quite a few miles)
7:52.1 164
8:00.6 164
8:08.2 165
8:05.9 165
7:54.6 165 (at least my heart was following the plan!)
7:51.2 164 (somebody passed me - from my age division I later found out)
7:56.0 165
7:44.1 163
8:13.2 165
7:58.2 163
7:35.7 167 (half marathon time was 1:44:21)
7:50.2 166 (I passed him back, as well as two others, now for the tall man in white shirt)
7:40.8 170 (heart rate went up sooner than expected, but pace didn't change much?)
7:24.1 171
7:47.8 170 (my wife drove by with the kids, turned around stopped and cheered!)
7:43.1 171 (heart rate is still higher than expected)
7:54.8 170 (my family - bros/sis, dad, G-parents - was cheering from up above at Sweet Water Cabin (trailer) Park)
7:54.0 170 (time to boost the HR)
8:01.9 172
7:49.4 173
8:14.0 171 (oh no! I'm slowing down, but have passed a lot of the Halfers...We started at 6:48, they started at 7:40. I can also still see the man in white, as well as a women in orange that is just ahead of him, and they're also passing people)
8:06.0 173 (I need to pick it up, though I passed two women who placed 2nd and 3rd overall in the women's)
7:42.8 178 (Caught the man in white! It turns out he is a co-worker who has run Boston, and beat me by a minute in Ogden. I also passed the women in orange - 1st place female overall)
7:43.2 178 (sprinted after the turn into the park! Second half was 1:42:45 - negative split!!! Final 10k was 49:16 - 7:56.77 pace)
If I had finished 26 minutes sooner, I would have been 1st in my AG and 2nd overall! Instead it was 6th overall and 2nd in my AG.
My knee is sore (I've had knee problems since the 8th grade - running has helped a lot, though the races are tough on them, as well as running in the morning if I haven't been training much.) I had been taking glucosamine for the last 1.5 years, but thought that a true test of barefoot theories would include ditching the glucosamine, so I haven't taken any since the day of the Ogden Marathon.
Official results have posted. I could have placed 1st (1:26:25) or 2nd (1:34:38) overall if I had run the half. Oh well!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Ogden Marathon Again
Another marathon under my feet! This one was the most enjoyable by far. The day started with little sleep and too much liquid... The bus I was on left right at 5:00am and made it to the start line by 5:46 where a frosted pasture filled with port-a-potties and fire barrels awaited.
The goals that I had going into this one were:
1) Enjoy this marathon
2) Finish under 4 hours
3) Run a negative split (last half faster than the first half)
4) Beat last year's time
5) Finish under 3 and a half hours
#5 was maybe a bit of a stretch, as I only ran 285 miles in the last 4 months (last year I ran 450 miles in the 4 months before the race) but it doesn't hurt to dream big. Well, at 3:39:31.3 (1:56:48.6 at the half-way point and 1:42:42.7 for the second half), that was the only one I didn't meet.
The sun came up about 15 minutes before the start, but the cool temperatures prevailed for nearly 15 miles (that's where the top of the only major hill was). I started out really slow - 9:41 for the first mile, 9:17 second and 9:08 for the third. After that, the only miles that were over 9:00 were the 4th (I walked for 1 minute to keep me from going too fast), the 6th (potty break), the 11th (another potty break), the 14th (did I mention that I started the day with too much liquid?), and the 15th (where I kept myself from powering up the hill by applying chapstick with sunblock to my lips, ears, nose, cheeks, and forehead).
They say that your not supposed to try anything new in a race (26.2 miles is a long way to have to deal with the dire consequences) but the "chocolate outrage" GU at mile 9 seemed so appealing that I just had to try it! It was so delicious that at mile 13.1 I tried another flavor, and at mile 15 I took 2 more to try a little later. The only negative consequence that I can think of is the expectation that my body may have for delicious energy the next time I do another long run (Bear Lake Marathon on June 13th). I doubt that I'll buy any, it's over $1 per pouch!
The first 15 miles, my average mile time was 8:58. The next 11 miles it was 7:36. My family was waiting near the end, so the last 0.2 miles, my pace was 6:40! It is awesome to have a family that is so supportive!
On to the next one!
The goals that I had going into this one were:
1) Enjoy this marathon
2) Finish under 4 hours
3) Run a negative split (last half faster than the first half)
4) Beat last year's time
5) Finish under 3 and a half hours
#5 was maybe a bit of a stretch, as I only ran 285 miles in the last 4 months (last year I ran 450 miles in the 4 months before the race) but it doesn't hurt to dream big. Well, at 3:39:31.3 (1:56:48.6 at the half-way point and 1:42:42.7 for the second half), that was the only one I didn't meet.
The sun came up about 15 minutes before the start, but the cool temperatures prevailed for nearly 15 miles (that's where the top of the only major hill was). I started out really slow - 9:41 for the first mile, 9:17 second and 9:08 for the third. After that, the only miles that were over 9:00 were the 4th (I walked for 1 minute to keep me from going too fast), the 6th (potty break), the 11th (another potty break), the 14th (did I mention that I started the day with too much liquid?), and the 15th (where I kept myself from powering up the hill by applying chapstick with sunblock to my lips, ears, nose, cheeks, and forehead).
They say that your not supposed to try anything new in a race (26.2 miles is a long way to have to deal with the dire consequences) but the "chocolate outrage" GU at mile 9 seemed so appealing that I just had to try it! It was so delicious that at mile 13.1 I tried another flavor, and at mile 15 I took 2 more to try a little later. The only negative consequence that I can think of is the expectation that my body may have for delicious energy the next time I do another long run (Bear Lake Marathon on June 13th). I doubt that I'll buy any, it's over $1 per pouch!
The first 15 miles, my average mile time was 8:58. The next 11 miles it was 7:36. My family was waiting near the end, so the last 0.2 miles, my pace was 6:40! It is awesome to have a family that is so supportive!
On to the next one!
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