Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Wednesday Long run 1:51

1:51 with average HR 138. About a gazillion feet of climbing today as I explored a jeep road behind my house that took me up into Golden Gate Canyon State Park. I still ran in snow! I saw exactly no cars or another human during the run and the weather is absolutely gorgeous today. Sunny, 55 degrees and zero wind. Perfect running.

10 comments:

Matt said...

The visual argument is difficult to read. You sound good, HR and all. Show us the light!

Lucho said...

Just back to doing what works. I made a big mistake running too intensely too soon. Volume with low HR has the greatest benefit for the time frame I have until Chicago and besides, my body was made to run long often. No aches, twinges, and very little fatigue. Getting the vitamin and mineral deficiencies corrected has been a big help and my energy is coming back.

GZ said...

On one of the first runs you and I did, you said something to the effect of how you thought you'd be most successful at ultras. Given your love of the long run, the training you believe in and are most successful in, I wonder if you take a Michael Wardian approach ... dancing with road marathons but jumping in the 50 miler as well.

Lucho said...

To be perfectly honest- I don't think I'm tough enough to run that far... certainly not 100 miles, or at least I wouldn't enjoy it. Last summer I had a 40 mile day and I didn't enjoy it. My metabolism and my durability may be suited to ultras, but my brain isn't. Maybe living up here will change that? Ultra guys are CRAZY! And I mean that with the utmost respect.

Lucho said...

PS- I just received Bob's race report from his 24 hour race... no freaking way do I ever want to try that!

GZ said...

Well, I said 50 ... not 100. I know guys that feel a lot more comfortable with the 50, 100k than the 100.

Didn't you do the R2R2R? that is 43 or so.

... there is a bit of irony where 100 mile folks can't imagine doing an IM, and the IM folks can't imagine doing a 100. Having done neither, I can't imagine doing either ... yet.

But dreaming of those someday.

My point ... is I bet it would suit more of your strengths.

Kevin said...

Your running conditions make me cry. I ran at 75 degF with 70 degF dew point. It felt like I was running in a hot soup. Nothing like running at slow speed with max HR.

GZ said...

- hey can you forward that report to me?

Lucho said...

We never made it to the top of the North rim. In fact we were quite short- we turned around some where around 18 miles.
Ironman is trickier and harder to train for, but I would suspect it is much less damaging than a 100 mile run. The ability to swim 2.4 miles quickly is very hard (simply swim 50 yards hard- then imagine needing to repeat that 87 more times), and the amount of time it takes to train properly to ride 112 miles fast is very challenging. Then to run well after that requires a huge amount of strength and diet discipline. I would toe the line of an Ironman tomorrow before I would run 100 miles. I'll always think that.

Lucho said...

I'll ask Bob. I already asked if I could post it here.

Kevin- Ya.. no thanks. In the hottest month (August) the average low up here is still going to be in the low 40's with the average high at 79... that's with ~30-40% humidity. Nice. Humid and warm is brutal!