Breaking Away
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Re: Breaking Away
My successful hill run today got me able to start thinking about Tecumseh training again.
(And yes, I was really worried when I saw my foot a few hours after I twisted it three weeks ago.)
Tecumseh isn't exactly a technical mountain course, but it's pretty hilly. Friends who have run it before have suggested a LOT of hill training to get ready for it. I can't drive to hilly trails during the week, but I can run repeats on some slopes within a few miles of my house. The course I ran today was one; another takes me down through a greenway where I usually run and back up the other side, which is a decent hill.
Taken to the extreme (10x repeats), they'd rack up more than 2,000 feet of vertical and 4,300+ feet of total elevation change.
Here's what the courses look like:
(14.7 miles)
and...
(16.13 miles)
That ought to do it, eh? And I think all the downhills would probably be just as important as the climbs. It might even get me close to what Mike recently called "mountain shape." Which, if Tecumseh goes well, would be a very nice thing going into 2012.
(And yes, I was really worried when I saw my foot a few hours after I twisted it three weeks ago.)
Tecumseh isn't exactly a technical mountain course, but it's pretty hilly. Friends who have run it before have suggested a LOT of hill training to get ready for it. I can't drive to hilly trails during the week, but I can run repeats on some slopes within a few miles of my house. The course I ran today was one; another takes me down through a greenway where I usually run and back up the other side, which is a decent hill.
Taken to the extreme (10x repeats), they'd rack up more than 2,000 feet of vertical and 4,300+ feet of total elevation change.
Here's what the courses look like:
(14.7 miles)
and...
(16.13 miles)
That ought to do it, eh? And I think all the downhills would probably be just as important as the climbs. It might even get me close to what Mike recently called "mountain shape." Which, if Tecumseh goes well, would be a very nice thing going into 2012.
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Looks like great places for hill repeats.
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Jim Lentz wrote:Looks like great places for hill repeats.
They're both on pavement, but at least they're (fairly) close to home. The closest big climb would require me to drive over to Portland and run in Forest Park. That's what I'm planning to do on Sundays. If I really wanted a workout, I could head up the Columbia River Gorge and scale those peaks I ran (well, sorta) in June.
Mike MacLellan wrote:That second one is basically the same stats as my run today. Get on it, Mark.
Sir, yes sir! I'll get right on that. Real. Soon. Now.
Though I do wonder sometimes... which is better conditioning? One big climb and descent, or a series of smaller ones? Hm.
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Nice to see you're back to running and the ankle has held up.
Those course elevation profiles are crazy! Are they somebody's idea of a sick joke? I'd have to be paid to race on those!
Those course elevation profiles are crazy! Are they somebody's idea of a sick joke? I'd have to be paid to race on those!
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Good to see you're back at it. Train smart!
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Penelope wrote:Nice to see you're back to running and the ankle has held up.
Those course elevation profiles are crazy! Are they somebody's idea of a sick joke? I'd have to be paid to race on those!
Thanks, Kathy! I created those routes as a masochistic exercise to figure out just how much hill work I could actually do while running from my house. A lot, it turns out.
And no, I have no immediate plans to actually do that many repeats. Well, at least, not yet.
Dave Wolfe wrote:Good to see you're back at it. Train smart!
Thanks, Dave. I'll be careful. It's gone fairly well so far, but the last thing I want to do is re-injure myself and/or prolong my recovery.
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I'd imagine different hill lengths are best for different goals. If you want VO2max intervals, a hill you can "sprint" in 2-3 minutes would be perfect. For tempo/threshold/muscular endurance, 5-10 minutes. For masochism, 20-40 mins
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Mike MacLellan wrote:I'd imagine different hill lengths are best for different goals. If you want VO2max intervals, a hill you can "sprint" in 2-3 minutes would be perfect. For tempo/threshold/muscular endurance, 5-10 minutes. For masochism, 20-40 mins
Masochism. Hm...
Good points, Mike. Thanks.
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Hill Route: 6.4 miles
Weather: Partly cloudy, mild, muggy. 59 degrees, 93% humidity. Gear: FR2s, shorts, T. Fuel: Carrots and coffee. Carried handheld with nuun.
What has gotten into me? I'm barely back from a scary foot-ankle injury, and I keep turning right at 11th Avenue and heading into hill country. I did it again this morning, and extended the distance to about 6.4 miles total, rolling up and down a roller-coaster section that helped me develop a new mantra: "Every hill makes you stronger."
The uphills were challenging but manageable. The downhills were a little more tricky; my foot/ankle does not appreciate clumping. So I've been refining my fast-foot method of jitterbugging downhill. I do that on trails a lot. On roads... not so much.
The weather was mild but muggy, and boy, do you build up body heat when you're grinding up hills. Only modesty and excessive upper body flab kept me from shucking my shirt and going topless after a while.
The foot/ankle was creaky for the first couple hundred meters, but that faded quickly as I warmed up.
This is a good, challenging out-and-back out that gets even more hilly the farther I go before the turnaround. I'll be out here a lot.
Here's the elevation chart:
Weather: Partly cloudy, mild, muggy. 59 degrees, 93% humidity. Gear: FR2s, shorts, T. Fuel: Carrots and coffee. Carried handheld with nuun.
What has gotten into me? I'm barely back from a scary foot-ankle injury, and I keep turning right at 11th Avenue and heading into hill country. I did it again this morning, and extended the distance to about 6.4 miles total, rolling up and down a roller-coaster section that helped me develop a new mantra: "Every hill makes you stronger."
The uphills were challenging but manageable. The downhills were a little more tricky; my foot/ankle does not appreciate clumping. So I've been refining my fast-foot method of jitterbugging downhill. I do that on trails a lot. On roads... not so much.
The weather was mild but muggy, and boy, do you build up body heat when you're grinding up hills. Only modesty and excessive upper body flab kept me from shucking my shirt and going topless after a while.
The foot/ankle was creaky for the first couple hundred meters, but that faded quickly as I warmed up.
This is a good, challenging out-and-back out that gets even more hilly the farther I go before the turnaround. I'll be out here a lot.
Here's the elevation chart:
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Hey Mark, glad to see that you're back out on the roads and happy running hills. I can't wait for Tecumseh. You're going to love it.
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T Miller wrote:Hey Mark, glad to see that you're back out on the roads and happy running hills. I can't wait for Tecumseh. You're going to love it.
Thanks, Tim. I have to admit, I was a little nervous about whether I'd make it to Tecumseh as I was hobbling around those first few days. But it seems that I'm healing pretty quickly.
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Mark B wrote:T Miller wrote:Hey Mark, glad to see that you're back out on the roads and happy running hills. I can't wait for Tecumseh. You're going to love it.
Thanks, Tim. I have to admit, I was a little nervous about whether I'd make it to Tecumseh as I was hobbling around those first few days. But it seems that I'm healing pretty quickly.
Good to hear the ankle is doing well, Mark.
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Jim Lentz wrote:Mark B wrote:T Miller wrote:Hey Mark, glad to see that you're back out on the roads and happy running hills. I can't wait for Tecumseh. You're going to love it.
Thanks, Tim. I have to admit, I was a little nervous about whether I'd make it to Tecumseh as I was hobbling around those first few days. But it seems that I'm healing pretty quickly.
Good to hear the ankle is doing well, Mark.
So far, so good, Jim. I have to skip long runs on the next two Sundays because of scheduling conflicts (not the least of which is Alita's half marathon on the Sunday before Labor Day), but avoiding extra-long runs at this point might actually be more helpful than detrimental to my overall goal.
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You certainly didn't waste much time getting back to it! You westerners and your hills look scary! Sounds like your cardio didn't suffer at all from your layoff? You almost had that miraculous fast recovery from the looks of it!
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John Kilpatrick wrote:You certainly didn't waste much time getting back to it! You westerners and your hills look scary! Sounds like your cardio didn't suffer at all from your layoff? You almost had that miraculous fast recovery from the looks of it!
I hope it's only the hills that look scary, John. We Westerners like to think we're a friendly looking bunch!
I don't really have much choice but try to get back to it, though. 1) I'm running the Tecumseh Trail Marathon in December and the clock is going tick-tick-tick, and 2) I really want to run, and the enforced inactivity was making me go tic-tic-tic! (Okay, that was lame. But I couldn't resist...) Actually, I'm feeling a little of that twitchiness right now, because I'm not going to be able to get a longer run in this weekend (and probably next) due to scheduling conflicts.
It's probably just as well, though. It'll give my foot more time to heal.
It's funny that you mentioned cardio, because it didn't even occur to me. I've been doing all my runs lately at a comfortable pace - so if I did lose any aerobic capacity, I just adjusted my speed downward to compensate. I've ditched the Garmin for now, so I really don't know how fast - or slow - I'm going.
Not that splits would be very useful on the hills I've been running, mind you...
One bit of extra good news: My wife was hired by the local school district as a paraeducator in special education for what looks to be the whole school year. It's still not a permanent hire (it's sort of a long-term substitute arrangement), but it will be nice to have a little more predictability. When you're a sub, you might get jarred out of bed with a 5 a.m. call every morning, or you might not get called for three months.
So, that's great for our budget and peace of mind. It also will give me a chance to reassess and optimize my training plan. Maybe I can actually avoid having to start long trail runs in the dark! That might not be a bad idea, eh?
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Great news for your wife. Keep running smart and watching that foot and you'll get to Tecumseh.
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Michele "1L" Keane wrote:Great news for your wife. Keep running smart and watching that foot and you'll get to Tecumseh.
Thanks, Michele. One wonderful thing about Tecumseh is that it's a trail marathon, in winter conditions, which pretty effectively heads off any self-destructive "Let's see how fast I can run this baby!" tendencies. The goal is to make it to the finish line. So my plan is pretty simple: build endurance and strength going up and down hills off-road. Plenty challenging, but in a different (and more fun) way.
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That's the same observation I've made with my trail running recently, Mark. Yeah, you can occasionally pound out an as-fast-as-possible run, but really, day to day variations in trail conditions - in addition to plenty of other factors - have a significant effect on how the run goes. It really forces you to accept running for running's sake. Kind of neat.
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Hills: About 5.9 miles
Weather: Overcast, mild, muggy. 59 degrees, 88% humidity. Gear: FR2s, shorts, T. Fuel: Carrots and coffee. Carried handheld with nuun.
Today was all about improvisation. I don't normally run on Monday, but I couldn't get a long run in yesterday. So at about 10 o'clock last night, I decided to do a run this morning. I decided to try a modified route, heading down into the Salmon Creek Greenway and up the other side, and then back again, to see how it worked for hill repeats. It wasn't bad as a workout (I got about 500 feet of elevation gain and 1,000 feet total elevation change), though there may be more traffic on that street than I'd prefer.
The run went well (with one exception). I was able to motor up the hills and find a good form for going down, keeping it light and quick. The foot/ankle didn't mind too much, but it reminded me when I started pounding.
The exception: A near code brown, relieved by rushing into a convenient porta-john... only to find that there was no TP left! Did you know you can peel layers off the cardboard core of a TP roll when you're really desperate? Talk about improvising...
Here's the course profile:
Not massive by any shakes, but not bad for a Monday morning.
Weather: Overcast, mild, muggy. 59 degrees, 88% humidity. Gear: FR2s, shorts, T. Fuel: Carrots and coffee. Carried handheld with nuun.
Today was all about improvisation. I don't normally run on Monday, but I couldn't get a long run in yesterday. So at about 10 o'clock last night, I decided to do a run this morning. I decided to try a modified route, heading down into the Salmon Creek Greenway and up the other side, and then back again, to see how it worked for hill repeats. It wasn't bad as a workout (I got about 500 feet of elevation gain and 1,000 feet total elevation change), though there may be more traffic on that street than I'd prefer.
The run went well (with one exception). I was able to motor up the hills and find a good form for going down, keeping it light and quick. The foot/ankle didn't mind too much, but it reminded me when I started pounding.
The exception: A near code brown, relieved by rushing into a convenient porta-john... only to find that there was no TP left! Did you know you can peel layers off the cardboard core of a TP roll when you're really desperate? Talk about improvising...
Here's the course profile:
Not massive by any shakes, but not bad for a Monday morning.
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Mike MacLellan wrote:That's the same observation I've made with my trail running recently, Mark. Yeah, you can occasionally pound out an as-fast-as-possible run, but really, day to day variations in trail conditions - in addition to plenty of other factors - have a significant effect on how the run goes. It really forces you to accept running for running's sake. Kind of neat.
Yup.
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Nice running, Mark, but that lack of TP stinks.
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Jim Lentz wrote:Nice running, Mark, but that lack of TP stinks.
Thanks, Jim. Yeah.. imagine my surprise! Luckily, I was able to MacGyver a solution by peeling apart the layers of the cardboard toilet paper tube to create something with which I could wipe. Whew!
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Glad to see you back at it so soon and the ankle is better. Already know most of the CB tricks...running at 4am does that to a person but glad to know I am not the only one having to improvise. I do take my own TP now though, works wonders!
Oh and 107 yesterday and 107 today!
Oh and 107 yesterday and 107 today!
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Joel H wrote:Glad to see you back at it so soon and the ankle is better. Already know most of the CB tricks...running at 4am does that to a person but glad to know I am not the only one having to improvise. I do take my own TP now though, works wonders!
Oh and 107 yesterday and 107 today!
I used to pack TP but was always able to make it to some sort of facility - this is the first time I found one with depleted supplies. Time to rethink!
107 is very hot anywhere. But where you live? It's a whole different level of hell.
It's 65 and drizzly here today. We had a taste of summer over the weekend, then *poof!* it was gone.
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