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Running Chicago, for me

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Post  JohnP Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:16 pm

Julie wrote:Sounds like everything is going well. I hear you on the dark for running although we don't have quite that much wildlife in the city. I hope things cool down for a great marathon for all of you!
Thanks Julie. THe weird thing is that I live in a huge metropolitan area and a fairly large suburb. I guess it's just a very residential area with a number of trees/streams/wooded areas that is conducive to the critters being around.

Friday - I did the five easy miles

SUnday - one rest day and the last long run. The plan said 12 miles, 4 warm up, then two sets of three miles (MP, MP-15, HMP). So I did that roughly averaging 9:00 for the warm up, then (8:00, 7:45, 7:30) then a couple warm down miles.

Monday - just got back from a six miler, about 9:00 pace. I tried to go at recovery, about 9:30-9:45 but couldn't. I think the legs are feeling better and this last week of taper should do the job.
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Post  Liz R Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:50 am

Not to fuel your taper madness about the weather, but what about Columbus as an alternative? I can't remember if you considered that one. It is usually a week after Chicago, not great in terms of timing unless you completely blow off Chicago. But it is close and fast.

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Post  Diego Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:56 am

Good luck with whichever race you decide to run, John. The humidity is not too bad in Chicago, but I understand the need to consider a change in venue.
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Post  Mark B Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:31 am

Good luck this weekend, John. I hope the weather cooperates!
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Post  Nick Morris Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:32 am

Good luck this weekend John!! Don't sweat the things you can't control. Go out and run your race and the results will be there!!
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Post  healdgator Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:37 pm

Good luck, John.
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Post  JohnP Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:02 pm

Thank you all for the comments and warm (pun intended) thoughts. To say I am torn is an understatement. 4.5 months of training, early mornings, etc., all comes down to a pretty warm day it looks like. If this was Boston or some destination marathon, I would just alter my goal without even thinking about it. But since it's my hometown and there are several other marathons close by next weekend, I will probably wait till Friday/Saturday to decide what to do - either run Chicago with a 3:35 goal instead of 3:30, or go for Grand Rapids or Columbus the following weekend. It didn't help to go out at lunch and have the car say it was 80 degrees, though I think it wasn't really that warm.
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Post  mul21 Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:07 pm

JohnP wrote:Thank you all for the comments and warm (pun intended) thoughts. To say I am torn is an understatement. 4.5 months of training, early mornings, etc., all comes down to a pretty warm day it looks like. If this was Boston or some destination marathon, I would just alter my goal without even thinking about it. But since it's my hometown and there are several other marathons close by next weekend, I will probably wait till Friday/Saturday to decide what to do - either run Chicago with a 3:35 goal instead of 3:30, or go for Grand Rapids or Columbus the following weekend. It didn't help to go out at lunch and have the car say it was 80 degrees, though I think it wasn't really that warm.

John, I understand your dilemma, but you did fairly well last year in Chicago didn't you? I think it's still going to be 10 degrees cooler when you finish than it was last year with very little humidity to speak of. It may cost us all a bit of time, but I think it'll be pretty decent for the most part. Smart hydration and even pacing should prevent any major blow ups since it's not going to be "that" hot.
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Post  Jerry Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:38 pm

Enjoy the day John. At least you don't spend thousand to have a warm day like Jerry, twice. Very Happy
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Post  Jim Lentz Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:57 pm

Good luck either way, John!
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Post  Julie Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:52 am

have a good race, John!
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Post  jon c Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:13 am

Hope all goes well for you John! Have a great race!

If you make other plans so be it. We've all been training in the heat this summer but I understand the dilemma.
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Post  JohnP Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:42 am

mul21 wrote:
JohnP wrote:Thank you all for the comments and warm (pun intended) thoughts. To say I am torn is an understatement. 4.5 months of training, early mornings, etc., all comes down to a pretty warm day it looks like. If this was Boston or some destination marathon, I would just alter my goal without even thinking about it. But since it's my hometown and there are several other marathons close by next weekend, I will probably wait till Friday/Saturday to decide what to do - either run Chicago with a 3:35 goal instead of 3:30, or go for Grand Rapids or Columbus the following weekend. It didn't help to go out at lunch and have the car say it was 80 degrees, though I think it wasn't really that warm.

John, I understand your dilemma, but you did fairly well last year in Chicago didn't you? I think it's still going to be 10 degrees cooler when you finish than it was last year with very little humidity to speak of. It may cost us all a bit of time, but I think it'll be pretty decent for the most part. Smart hydration and even pacing should prevent any major blow ups since it's not going to be "that" hot.

Jim, I did a 3:45 last year, I keep meaning to go look up my race report on the other site to see how I felt then.

Thanks Jerry, Jim, Julie and John (wow, 5 'J's responded)

Catching up on training:

Mon - 6 miles easy
Tue - 7 miles with 4 at pace
Wed - 6 miles easy/recovery
Thu - 5 miles easy
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Post  Dave P Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:11 pm

Have a great race John!
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Post  Michele "1L" Keane Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:08 pm

Have a good race on Sunday, and if you decide to pull the plug - I'll see you in Grand Rapids.
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Post  JohnP Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:36 pm

Thanks Dave, Michele. I have decided to do Grand Rapids. Still plan to go down to Chicago tomorrow and do a 12 mile long run run starting with the marathon runners but then break off about mile 12. This will repeat last week's long run, then another week of taper. Lot of thinking this through but this seems to be the best decision for me, of course it could backfire too. Se la vie.
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Post  Schuey Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:43 pm

JohnP wrote:Thanks Dave, Michele. I have decided to do Grand Rapids. Still plan to go down to Chicago tomorrow and do a 12 mile long run run starting with the marathon runners but then break off about mile 12. This will repeat last week's long run, then another week of taper. Lot of thinking this through but this seems to be the best decision for me, of course it could backfire too. Se la vie.


Well John I support your decision 100%. You and only you alone knows what you will feel comfortable with. And if the choice is that you want to have a better shot at your PR then you have to make the choice that feels right for you and what gives you the best confidence. Good for you on making a tough choice on what to do. I hope that you it all works out for you in the end. Now just run your butt off for 12 miles. Smile
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Post  JohnP Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:46 pm

Thanks a lot, Martin. I will see all of you tomorrow at the R if not sooner!
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Post  Julie Sun Oct 09, 2011 9:59 am

sounds like a smart plan. I hope it's nice and cool for Grand Rapids!
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Post  Michele "1L" Keane Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:21 am

I totally get it, John, and right now, the weather looks perfect for next Sunday in GR. I'm racing the half, but we will have to meet up. My friend, Judy, whom I first met on Hal's original V-board is running her 50th state and many of us who met online originally will be there. If you PM me with your info, I can make sure to let you know our post race plans.
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Post  Kenny B. Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:26 am

Seems you made the right choice! Worth losing reg. fee if you can't perform optimal!
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Post  JohnP Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:25 pm

Julie wrote:sounds like a smart plan. I hope it's nice and cool for Grand Rapids!
Julie, I hope so too. Most likely, no matter what the weather, I will do that race just to be done with it.

Michele "1L" Keane wrote:I totally get it, John, and right now, the weather looks perfect for next Sunday in GR. I'm racing the half, but we will have to meet up. My friend, Judy, whom I first met on Hal's original V-board is running her 50th state and many of us who met online originally will be there. If you PM me with your info, I can make sure to let you know our post race plans.
Michele, I will PM you with our cell phone numbers, I would love to meet up.

Kenny B. wrote:Seems you made the right choice! Worth losing reg. fee if you can't perform optimal!
Thanks Kenny, I would have really suffered out there had I kept going.

So on Saturday, after checking the forecast yet again, I realized it wouldn't be a whole lot different than last year. I found my race report from last year's Chicago and it wasn't pretty. So after checking the 7 day forecast for GR (I know it's not totally reliable), it became sort of an easy decision to switch. Problem now will be finding a hotel at late notice. In order to make my decision final and because I had tapered last week, I went out and did 10 miles on Saturday.

SplitTimeDistanceAvg HRHR %
18:24115893%Wacky first mile HR as usual
28:35113579%
38:41113579%
48:46114183%
59:05114384%
68:54114183%
78:51113982%
89:11114082%
99:01114284%
108:370.9114284%
Summary1:28:069.9114284%

I decided to do Sunday's long run as part of the marathon. So this morning, I went downtown early, and lined up in the corral. Since I paid the registration, I figured it was OK to run the course and take water, etc. The plan was to duplicate last week's long run of 12 miles with 2x3 miles at (MP, MP-15, MP-30). This was not very easy and I was right among various pace groups and it was impossible to run faster than the large crowd of runners. At 12 miles or so, I ran off the course and then waited a while and met up with everyone running the race. It was a tough day out there with the heat. My HR was much higher than it should be, hopefully it's just the heat. So the splits were:

SplitTimeDistanceAvg HRHR %PlanActual
18:26112372%EasyToo fast
217:03213278%EasyToo fast
38:12113881%EasyToo fast
48:09114082%MPToo slow
58:17114183%MP-15Not sure what happened
67:41114686%MP-30Too slow
7:580.0613881%Recovery walk
87:370.9514384%MPOK
97:54114887%MP-15Too slow
107:54115088%MP-30Too slow
119:03114284%EasyOK
128:29114082%EasyOK
132:130.213378%EasyOK
Summary12.2113982%
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Post  Jerry Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:30 pm

John, taper well, again. Very Happy
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Post  Glenn Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:26 pm

An expensive 12 miler, but smart John, smart.
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Post  fostever Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:10 pm

Sorry you didn't go through with the marathon. It actually was not at all like last year, the temps were about 10 degrees cooler. At least the humidity was low. I did feel it heating up, but was able to down the electrolytes at about every aid station, stay in the shade where possible and utilize the sponges/ hoses. Hope your next one will have perfect conditions for you since like Glenn said "expensive 12 miler."
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