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Lakefront 50/50 - 50 Miles

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Post  Jim Lentz Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:33 pm

This year my training was better than last year. Last year I never had an non-interrupted long run over 18 miles due to injury. This year my longest run was 29.25 miles. The week before that I did 28.5 and felt like I could do another loop (9.5 miles) at Waterfall Glen. The downside was the weather. My legs do great in the cool weather, which we had, but the headwinds while going north were very tough on Saturday. The race starts going north and after 6.25 turns around back to the start and has 4 loops total. The wind chill at the start at 6:30 AM was 29 degrees. on this part of the path there is nothing to block the wind. We also had to deal with some strange debris on the path. There was one section where you had to run on the grass instead of the blacktop trail. The winds from the previous day had left, bricks, parts of piers and sections of concrete and trail blacktop on this section of path. Later in the race the city of Chicago blocked off parts of the trail and we had to run a slightly different route. There was another section partially blocked by a large tree, but that did not affect the race. The city came in and actually cut the tree apart and removed it in short order. I did a pretty good job of keeping the pace reasonable at the start of the race. One of my big challenges in this race is starting out too fast and crashing badly between 25-30 miles. I made 3 loops, 37.5 miles before I Started doing walking with a little running thrown in to keep warm. When I was about 1 mile from the finish I hoped if I ran in all of the last mile I could make it by 9:15. My watch had died around mile 40, so it was all an estimate. I dug deep and ran the last mile and thought I finished in 9:07, but the provisional report this morning showed 9:17 and change. While that was a slight disappointment not meeting my ad-hoc goal, I still felt really good about beating last year's time by 29 minutes given the wind situation. This is my favorite race as I love the easy going atmosphere. I am sure I will do it again next year and if the weather cooperates and I don't get injured so I can put in the miles, I should be able to improve on my results from this year. I did the 50K first in 2005 and have run either that or the 50 mile race every year since. In 2011 and 2012 I didn't finish the 50 miler as I crashed trying to run for the new to then belt buckle. It took me 3 years to get that right, but now I have 2 good races in a row. Every other time I did the 50 miles or 50K I finished and was good with my time.
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Post  Michele "1L" Keane Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:26 pm

Congrats, Jim on a great race in some challenging conditions.  Rest up and recover well.
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Post  Tom H Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:21 pm

Jim, sounds like you made the best of a less than optimum situation. Way to keep your head in the game with all the twists and turns.
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Post  nkrichards Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:55 pm

Huge improvement especially considering the conditions! Congrats!
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Post  Jim Lentz Tue Nov 04, 2014 4:03 pm

Thanks Everyone! Perhaps next year I can PR (better than 8:29).
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Post  Mark B Tue Nov 04, 2014 4:59 pm

Well done, Jim! Those conditions definitely complicated the day, but you seemed to have it under control.

Coming from a trail running perspective it seems astounding to me to see a 50-miler where you go more than 37 miles before you walk. A totally different sort of event.
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Post  Michael Enright Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:22 pm

Note to self: Carry chain saw during race in case there is a tree down across the route.
Seriously!
Great job in a crazy setting. I can only imagine what the lake looked like roiling about in those conditions.
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Post  ounce Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:29 pm

WOOHOO!  Nicely done, sir.  I had seen the news reports about Lake Michigan behaving badly.

I guess it took a while to thaw out?
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Post  Seth Harrison Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:51 pm

Well done Jim...it looks like you keep getting better at the ultra distance as you learn how to manage it. Hope you're feeling well afterwards.
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Post  Jim Lentz Wed Nov 05, 2014 5:24 pm

Mark B wrote:Well done, Jim! Those conditions definitely complicated the day, but you seemed to have it under control.

Coming from a trail running perspective it  seems astounding to me to see a 50-miler where you go more than 37 miles before you walk. A totally different sort of event.
Thanks, Mark.

It is very differnet than a trail race. I ran a 50K trail race and not at all similar.
Michael Enright wrote:Note to self: Carry chain saw during race in case there is a tree down across the route.
Seriously!
Great job in a crazy setting. I can only imagine what the lake looked like roiling about in those conditions.
I wish I had pictures. I saw some things on the trail that I ahve no clue what they were.
ounce wrote:WOOHOO!  Nicely done, sir.  I had seen the news reports about Lake Michigan behaving badly.

I guess it took a while to thaw out?
Thanks.

There wasn't anything to thaw out when I was there as it was slightly above freezing at the start. Well, I did have to thaw out my face after the first leg going north santa
Seth Harrison wrote:Well done Jim...it looks like you keep getting better at the ultra distance as you learn how to manage it. Hope you're feeling well afterwards.
Thanks, I feel pretty good and will be doing an easy 3 tonight.
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Post  Alex Kubacki Thu Nov 06, 2014 7:58 am

That's a long day in the wind Jim. Great job staying with it. Congrats on getting it done.
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Post  Jim Lentz Thu Nov 06, 2014 12:15 pm

Alex Kubacki wrote:That's a long day in the wind Jim. Great job staying with it. Congrats on getting it done.
Thanks Alex.
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Post  KBFitz Fri Nov 07, 2014 6:11 pm

Schaweeeeeeeeeeeeeet! It sounds like this was your tenth straight year running this ultra. That's an impressive streak. But it's even more cool that you can still run these ultras without major setbacks due to injury. Very cool Jim. Keep on keepin' on!
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Post  Julie Fri Nov 07, 2014 6:57 pm

Congratulations! I remember the wind out there when I ran the 50K 4 yrs ago. Keep up the great streak!
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Post  Jim Lentz Sat Nov 08, 2014 6:37 pm

KBFitz wrote:Schaweeeeeeeeeeeeeet! It sounds like this was your tenth straight year running this ultra. That's an impressive streak. But it's even more cool that you can still run these ultras without major setbacks due to injury. Very cool Jim. Keep on keepin' on!
Thanks Kevin! When are you next in Chicago, I owe you and Chris a dinner. Now that I think about it I only seem to get injured with stupid training tricks.
Julie wrote:Congratulations! I remember the wind out there when I ran the 50K 4 yrs ago. Keep up the great streak!
Thanks Julie! The wind was challenging, but I wish I had taken a picture of the debris on the path.
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Post  mountandog Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:47 pm

Way to go Jim.  Wind is tough no doubt about it.  Nice to see you pain free.
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Post  fostever Sat Nov 15, 2014 3:06 pm

Good run, Jim. I've been out there training during the event and was mistaken for a competitor. You really get exposed to those lake winds, congrats on a fine finish.
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