Runner's support and Accountability

eeyorepoohfan wrote:

I promise to text you next time I’m stopping for a line! Hey, maybe I was going potty! Did you think of that possibility!?!: I have no clue why I didn’t think to text you!

Nope, didn’t even consider that! Oh, good times!

eeyorepoohfan wrote:

Now you know to keep that as a possibility! Old lady bladder and runner potty issues do happen! Good times indeed!

We will definitely keep that in mind! Old lady bladder!

@eeyorepoohfan Thanks! Yeah I’m planning on doing a mock Dopey but with slightly shorter distances. I want to do that to train for the consecutive run days but also to figure out my ratios. I don’t want to get too used to a much slower pace for the first three races and then be too slow during the full. If that makes sense? Not to say that I’m trying to be super speedy because I’m not, but I think I want to get progressively slower each race and if I’m already going super slow, I’ll end up slowing down too much. But we’ll see what my health and the weather allows!

@eeyorepoohfan Thank you! Hopefully I won’t be sick and I’ll actually be able to do it. Getting nervous now. Yes I do have to watch myself because I get caught up in the adrenaline of a race sometimes and go too fast but I plan on taking everything easy and getting slower like you did. I also plan on going to the parks after each race because I’ve read so many books, blog posts and training plans that say that’s the best thing for you.

Running updates! Last week was my “mock” Dopey practice, so I had 4 consecutive days of activity!

Monday 16 December 2019
We were supposed to do a paced workout, but tons of rain and wintry mix type stuff made that impossible and risky to do in the dark after work

Wednesday 18 December 2019
We got out on the home track for a nighttime paced workout. It was COLD and keeping my intervals was so hard to do because I’m a mouth breather and cold air + mouth breathing + ongoing sinus issues = lots of gagging. I had to sip water regularly to keep from gagging so much, but even that didn’t help at a couple of points. Still, we managed 2.37 miles in 0:30:00 for a pace of 12’41″/mile.

RocketEAR99 wrote:

That was some pretty fast walking for us! But we were motivated by the cold. Didn’t want to be out there any longer than necessary…and the wind was blowing pretty good too!

Story of my life all winter long with running

Saturday 21 December 2019

We embarked on our 24.0 mile training run on the MD/PA rail trail. It was 22* when we started and 44* when we finished Yup, the temperature doubled in the time it took us to complete the run! We started out fine, but then around mile 3, the cold started to become demoralizing. As I sweated through my shirts, hat, and beard, it froze! Christy found it amusing that my beard was crystallizing. But the freezing sweat was quite discomforting. I wanted to stop, but didn’t say anything the Christy, so we pressed on. Around mile 10 I was getting noticeable soreness on my left foot, but it wasn’t worsening. Around mile 17 everything was getting sore (in all the right ways). With great discomfort we completed the run in 5:33:36 for a pace of 13’54″/mile. It was literally the most un-fun run I’ve ever dun….um, done, I mean. But it’s over and it gave us more than adequate confidence for Dopey From here we will train, but we will coast through it.

Full stats: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/4359567966

Fantastic job @rocketear99! You guys did great, even moreso in those temps and conditions! It might be cold for the races at Dopey but I don’t think it will stand a chance of being 22! So proud of you guys, you will do wonderful in the Challenge!