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Boxing / Re: Misc Boxing News
« on: January 26, 2019, 10:43:51 pm »
Thurman vs Lopez was GREAT.
what a fight.. wow. props to both fighters, they brought it.
what a fight.. wow. props to both fighters, they brought it.
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Boxing / Re: Misc Boxing News
« on: January 26, 2019, 06:21:32 pm »
Thurman vs Lopez tonight!!
(thurman by tko)
Lopez was a cross country runner!
https://www.premierboxingchampions.com/josesito-lopez
(thurman by tko)
Lopez was a cross country runner!
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Lopez began boxing before he was 10 years old, but the Riverside, California, native also excelled athletically in cross country, captaining his high school to a state championship in 2002.
He was offered scholarships from several universities as a runner, but he chose to remain a fighter, competing in more than 70 amateur bouts with titles in the Junior Olympics and Golden Gloves.
https://www.premierboxingchampions.com/josesito-lopez
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: New year new me
« on: January 26, 2019, 06:11:25 pm »
how's the hip flexor?
congrats on the treadmill PR!! i'd personally be careful trying "hard" for PR's tho, just saying in case. treadmill doesn't allow you to change up your cadence naturally etc, could grind down a bit on the hips/knees/hip flexor etc.
lmao sure. doing that now. attention to detail tho mijo!!! lmao.
congrats on the treadmill PR!! i'd personally be careful trying "hard" for PR's tho, just saying in case. treadmill doesn't allow you to change up your cadence naturally etc, could grind down a bit on the hips/knees/hip flexor etc.
Can my old journal be moved to the journal graveyard haha? Keep posting there on autopilot.
lmao sure. doing that now. attention to detail tho mijo!!! lmao.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: The PR's/PB's, videos, pictures, and daily achievements thread
« on: January 26, 2019, 03:31:00 pm »
http://www.adarq.org/progress-journals-experimental-routines/adarq's-journal/msg146385/#msg146385
- Official 10k PR: 36:18 (-55s)
- longest held sub6 splits: 6.2 miles (previous = 3.1)
- Official 10k PR: 36:18 (-55s)
- longest held sub6 splits: 6.2 miles (previous = 3.1)
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 26, 2019, 03:12:33 pm »
10k race day!
didn't get enough sleep. left knee still hurting (VL insertion), but it's slight.. enough though to make me worried and become more cautious. did a few jogs in place, felt good, so decided to at least go to the race and warmup. during warmups, felt good, so decided to race. didn't bug me at all during the race, thankfully. bugging me a little afterwards.
photos from last week:
01/26/2019
diet:
- pre-race: 05:40 AM: tall glass of orange juice, banana, water
- pre-race: 05:55 AM: flax oatmeal + honey + pink salt, water
- race: 07:30 AM: 14th Annual Flipany 10k: 2nd OA @ 36:18 (Big PB) :: lead for 5.25 miles then got SMOKED lmfao. /// again, no water during the race! /// {5:47, 5:53, 5:51, 5:56, 5:59, 5:56, 0.2=5:59}
- 10:30 AM: pita egg sandwich, caramel frap, soup!
- TODO: moar food
07:30 AM: 14th Annual Flipany 10k: 2nd OA @ 36:18 (Big PB) :: lead for 5.25 miles then got SMOKED lmfao. /// again, no water during the race! /// {5:47, 5:53, 5:51, 5:56, 5:59, 5:56, 0.2=5:59}
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2104285201
- https://www.endomondo.com/users/26420622/workouts/1259645941
- https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/55865/#resultSetId-139386;perpage:10
- Flipany 10k: 2nd OA @ 36:18 (-55s) /// 5:51 min/mi pace for 6.2 miles!
goal was to hit every split under 6, got it done. never did that before, for that long. felt really good. almost lost it on one split, that 5:59 could easily have been 6 and i'd be annoyed right now instead of happy. lol. I don't think i've ever hit sub6 (actual splits, not avg) for more than 3.1 miles. So getting it done for 6.2 is good progress. I'd like to do it for 10 miles or 13.1 miles in the next few months etc.
really great race.. man i got owned. dude was "drafting on me" for pretty much the entire race. I could hear him breathing hard from mile 1, really thought he'd be toast. but there he was, mile 5, right behind me. I knew by mile 4 that this dude was tough, but didn't think he was going to beat me. I figured he might just keep drafting on me until the end, then i'd outkick him hard, game over. Basically, a little after mile 5, he just took off, and i tried to stick but the pace seemed kind of crazy.. had to be 5:2X or less .. so i was thinking maybe he was taking off too early, but he just kept going. He ended up hitting 35:46, and me 36:18, so he basically dropped me by over 30 seconds in one mile. Impressive. Definitely got KO'd at the end. RIP. love getting KO'd in running, good fuel. lmfao.
previous 10k PR = 37:13 (official). so, dropped ~55s off of my previous PR today!
also, one funny thing happened.. guy who overtook me and won was potentially a fuckface. around mile 5, I "cut a turn" (didn't realize it until this guy yelled at me) by like, 5 feet (going on the inside of the cone instead of the outside). but, I couldn't see the cone because I had a motorcycle cop in front of me, and the cop went on the inside like i did. so this fuckface freaks out and yells at me and i'm like "dude what" and i just kept running. i mean he went on the outside of it, he could have also gone on the inside instead of whining.. or just not whined. shortly after, he smoked me. I felt like saying something but i didn't. i congratulated him at the end etc, no prob. but you could tell he was a bit of a dick.
anyway, the thing that pissed me off about it was, here's this guy who is clearly faster than me, who was drafting on me for nearly the entire race, whining about me going on the inside of a cone (that's the only time it happened). what a douche bag. i shielded him from the wind for like 5 miles and he acts like a whiny little bitch. wish i would have beat him but, he's clearly a faster runner. looked him up briefly, 16:XX 5k guy (recent numbers). i do wonder what he would have said if i had won tho, probably would have complained that i cheated.. literally cut a corner by a few feet and this guy is throwing a tantrum.
to add to that, i asked the race director about the cones before the race. i'm like, do u stay on the right side always? and he told me it doesn't matter.. said it right in front of the other dude too. so here's some hard left turn with a bunch of cones.. come to think of it, might not have even had to run on that side of it. maybe he fu*ked up. dude needs to relax.
that probably goes down as the most annoying moment in racing so far, for me. lol.
all good tho.
finally: my last split says 0.16 mi instead of 0.2.. who knows. tons of storm clouds, maybe gps mess up. i asked the guy what he got at the end because i didn't see my time (they had the "time sign" turned the wrong way, couldnt see what your time was entering the finish, noob life lmao). guy looked at his watch and said 35:45 for 10k (and his official was 35:46), so could have just been some gps jankyness who knows. def sub37 tho.
---
footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 3/5
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0
didn't get enough sleep. left knee still hurting (VL insertion), but it's slight.. enough though to make me worried and become more cautious. did a few jogs in place, felt good, so decided to at least go to the race and warmup. during warmups, felt good, so decided to race. didn't bug me at all during the race, thankfully. bugging me a little afterwards.
photos from last week:
01/26/2019
diet:
- pre-race: 05:40 AM: tall glass of orange juice, banana, water
- pre-race: 05:55 AM: flax oatmeal + honey + pink salt, water
- race: 07:30 AM: 14th Annual Flipany 10k: 2nd OA @ 36:18 (Big PB
) :: lead for 5.25 miles then got SMOKED lmfao. /// again, no water during the race! /// {5:47, 5:53, 5:51, 5:56, 5:59, 5:56, 0.2=5:59}- 10:30 AM: pita egg sandwich, caramel frap, soup!
- TODO: moar food
07:30 AM: 14th Annual Flipany 10k: 2nd OA @ 36:18 (Big PB) :: lead for 5.25 miles then got SMOKED lmfao. /// again, no water during the race! /// {5:47, 5:53, 5:51, 5:56, 5:59, 5:56, 0.2=5:59}
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2104285201
- https://www.endomondo.com/users/26420622/workouts/1259645941
- https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/55865/#resultSetId-139386;perpage:10
- Flipany 10k: 2nd OA @ 36:18 (-55s
) /// 5:51 min/mi pace for 6.2 miles!goal was to hit every split under 6, got it done. never did that before, for that long. felt really good. almost lost it on one split, that 5:59 could easily have been 6 and i'd be annoyed right now instead of happy. lol. I don't think i've ever hit sub6 (actual splits, not avg) for more than 3.1 miles. So getting it done for 6.2 is good progress. I'd like to do it for 10 miles or 13.1 miles in the next few months etc.
really great race.. man i got owned. dude was "drafting on me" for pretty much the entire race. I could hear him breathing hard from mile 1, really thought he'd be toast. but there he was, mile 5, right behind me. I knew by mile 4 that this dude was tough, but didn't think he was going to beat me. I figured he might just keep drafting on me until the end, then i'd outkick him hard, game over. Basically, a little after mile 5, he just took off, and i tried to stick but the pace seemed kind of crazy.. had to be 5:2X or less .. so i was thinking maybe he was taking off too early, but he just kept going. He ended up hitting 35:46, and me 36:18, so he basically dropped me by over 30 seconds in one mile. Impressive. Definitely got KO'd at the end. RIP. love getting KO'd in running, good fuel. lmfao.
previous 10k PR = 37:13 (official). so, dropped ~55s off of my previous PR today!
also, one funny thing happened.. guy who overtook me and won was potentially a fuckface. around mile 5, I "cut a turn" (didn't realize it until this guy yelled at me) by like, 5 feet (going on the inside of the cone instead of the outside). but, I couldn't see the cone because I had a motorcycle cop in front of me, and the cop went on the inside like i did. so this fuckface freaks out and yells at me and i'm like "dude what" and i just kept running. i mean he went on the outside of it, he could have also gone on the inside instead of whining.. or just not whined. shortly after, he smoked me. I felt like saying something but i didn't. i congratulated him at the end etc, no prob. but you could tell he was a bit of a dick.
anyway, the thing that pissed me off about it was, here's this guy who is clearly faster than me, who was drafting on me for nearly the entire race, whining about me going on the inside of a cone (that's the only time it happened). what a douche bag. i shielded him from the wind for like 5 miles and he acts like a whiny little bitch. wish i would have beat him but, he's clearly a faster runner. looked him up briefly, 16:XX 5k guy (recent numbers). i do wonder what he would have said if i had won tho, probably would have complained that i cheated.. literally cut a corner by a few feet and this guy is throwing a tantrum.
to add to that, i asked the race director about the cones before the race. i'm like, do u stay on the right side always? and he told me it doesn't matter.. said it right in front of the other dude too. so here's some hard left turn with a bunch of cones.. come to think of it, might not have even had to run on that side of it. maybe he fu*ked up. dude needs to relax.
that probably goes down as the most annoying moment in racing so far, for me. lol.
all good tho.
finally: my last split says 0.16 mi instead of 0.2.. who knows. tons of storm clouds, maybe gps mess up. i asked the guy what he got at the end because i didn't see my time (they had the "time sign" turned the wrong way, couldnt see what your time was entering the finish, noob life lmao). guy looked at his watch and said 35:45 for 10k (and his official was 35:46), so could have just been some gps jankyness who knows. def sub37 tho.
---
footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 3/5
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 26, 2019, 02:51:12 pm »
left knee was hurting all day.. slight pain, nothing major. but, in a worrisome spot: where I had injuried my left patella.
i did some quad stretches thursday while at work, think i stretched too hard :<
thought about canceling my race on sat.
01/25/2019
diet:
- ate great. steak quesadilla + caramel frap in the morning. beet juice + french bread with tons of butter at night!
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footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 2/4
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0
i did some quad stretches thursday while at work, think i stretched too hard :<
thought about canceling my race on sat.
01/25/2019
diet:
- ate great. steak quesadilla + caramel frap in the morning. beet juice + french bread with tons of butter at night!
---
footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 2/4
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0
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800m+ Running and/or Conditioning / Re: sfl local running scene
« on: January 26, 2019, 12:50:42 pm »
my dude Junior Rosa, 50 years old, ~4:39 estimated mile today (in a track meet) .. probably hit low 4:4X official (can't find results yet)
strava data:
https://www.strava.com/activities/2104873825
MONSTER.
strava data:
https://www.strava.com/activities/2104873825
MONSTER.
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800m+ Running and/or Conditioning / Re: Hitcham El Guerrouj Training
« on: January 26, 2019, 12:49:42 pm »http://www.sweatelite.co/hicham-el-guerrouj-training/?fbclid=IwAR2yMXSd-xiajKllELJT4Huijym67IoqJm5hr6SkWj5IoJ6G6n8TrbvsIrk
Just some of the crazy interval training sessions 1500m/Mile World Record Holder HIcham El Guerrouj used to do.
* 10 x 300m in 35-36 seconds (3-4min jog rest) with surges and help from a “rabbit.”
* 6 x 500m with surges and help from a “rabbit” the first 300m in each repetition. 500m's in 1:08-1:09.
* 10 x 400m between 53-54 seconds with only 30 seconds recovery.
* 1600m (4:08), 1200m (3:05), 800m (1:54), 600m (1:23), 400m (54) with short recoveries starting with 1 min going down to 30 seconds!
* 4 x 2000m in 5:10 with 2 min recovery
* 6 x 1000m in 2:30 with 2 min recovery
ya man these elite milers are freaks.
the range of speed they have, blows my mind.
i remember hicham's threshold/tempo runs were incredibly impressive too. i forget the exact paces but, seemed to do them 1-2x/wk for 45-60 minutes at like ~5 min/mi pace.
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Calisthenics, Bodyweight Training, Gymnastics, Parkour / Re: The calisthenics freaks and sh*t thread
« on: January 25, 2019, 09:57:35 pm »
this real? lol.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GECFxAq9CBY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GECFxAq9CBY</a>
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 25, 2019, 12:06:06 pm »- run 8.06 km in 41:27
a few meters shorter than usual because there was a goat on the track and i had to run around it
lmao!!! that's cool.
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- stretch
back still a wee bit stiff but not too bad. it'll be 100% tomorrow. knees a bit achey.
second consecutive week just over 41 km total distance. gonna add a lap to my normal route next week and do a longer long/easy run. don't need to jump right to 50km but need to be heading that way.
nice!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 24, 2019, 09:45:03 pm »
01/24/2019
diet:
- burger/milkshake at night
06:30 AM: light: 2h5m @ 8:XX-7:XX ::: (grass/dirt/rocks, heavy shoes, left soleus improving) /// legs exhausted from these heavy shoes hah. nice!!
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2100161178
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3326406736
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footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 2/4
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0
diet:
- burger/milkshake at night
06:30 AM: light: 2h5m @ 8:XX-7:XX ::: (grass/dirt/rocks, heavy shoes, left soleus improving) /// legs exhausted from these heavy shoes hah. nice!!
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2100161178
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3326406736
---
footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 2/4
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 24, 2019, 09:43:09 pm »
01/23/2019
diet:
- forget
06:55 AM: light/mod (crazy windy): 1h42m @ {~1h20m @ 7:XX} + {last mile = 6:47} ::: (grass, heavy-shoe training, very strong wind, left soleus improving)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2098085099
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3323842303
btw, soleus doesn't hurt when i run. if it did, i wouldn't run. i feel it when walking though, some small strains in a few problem spots that flared up.
heavy shoes + grass = rough hah.
my legs are so weak -> ~7.5 oz shoes feel like ankle weights. plan to get used to them, feels like i'm adapting fast.
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footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 2/4
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0
diet:
- forget
06:55 AM: light/mod (crazy windy): 1h42m @ {~1h20m @ 7:XX} + {last mile = 6:47} ::: (grass, heavy-shoe training, very strong wind, left soleus improving)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2098085099
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3323842303
btw, soleus doesn't hurt when i run. if it did, i wouldn't run. i feel it when walking though, some small strains in a few problem spots that flared up.
heavy shoes + grass = rough hah.
my legs are so weak -> ~7.5 oz shoes feel like ankle weights. plan to get used to them, feels like i'm adapting fast.
---
footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 2/4
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 24, 2019, 09:40:30 pm »
01/22/2019
diet:
- forget
08:00 AM: light: 1h26m @ {progression from 9:10 to 7:42} ::: (grass/dirt/rocks, quads sore from heavy shoes lol, heavy-shoe training, alternating strong tail wind/head wind, left soleus still tweaked a bit but improving)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2095993708
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3321277243
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footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 2/4
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0
diet:
- forget
08:00 AM: light: 1h26m @ {progression from 9:10 to 7:42} ::: (grass/dirt/rocks, quads sore from heavy shoes lol, heavy-shoe training, alternating strong tail wind/head wind, left soleus still tweaked a bit but improving)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2095993708
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3321277243
---
footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 2/4
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 24, 2019, 09:38:40 pm »
01/21/2019
diet:
- forget
08:00 AM: light: 1h26m w/ {last 3 miles progression: 7:51 to 6:49} ::: (grass, heavy shoe training, some tight spots in left soleus - need2b careful)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2093838885
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3318629468
---
footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 2/4
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0
diet:
- forget
08:00 AM: light: 1h26m w/ {last 3 miles progression: 7:51 to 6:49} ::: (grass, heavy shoe training, some tight spots in left soleus - need2b careful)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2093838885
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3318629468
---
footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 2/4
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 24, 2019, 09:34:12 pm »
felt good.
i think i should have worn my ~4.5-5oz endorphin racers instead of my ~3.2 oz nbrc5000v2's tho.. my 1:21 half from 2018 was in those ~3.2 oz shoes but i was more adapted to running in them on hard surfaces. my legs started feeling massively beat up before the midway point, and complete toast by mile 11.
they posted a ton of photos, with watermarks.. but some good ones. might be a "full set".
quick half marathon recap: the fun stuff is before the race
- get up at 4:15 AM
- mosey around, eat a small snack etc
- realize it's 4:45 AM, which is when i should have left
- start rushing, get out of the door at 4:55 AM
- get on my way for a 1.5 hour drive
- start seeing some lightning etc, dammit thunderstorms coming
- eat while driving at 6:00 AM lol, was kinda hard peeling a banana
- at 6:10, hit a massive down pour -> zero visibility
- people were pulling over etc, it was torrential
- decided to keep driving because, now i'm realizing i'm possibly going to get there later than 6:30 AM .. race is at 7 but it's a huge race so, 6:30 sounded good
- around 6:20 AM the massive rains became a drizzle, things looking good
- start feeling like I need to take a massive sh*t
- see some gas stations but keep going (bad move, kinda..)
- get to the parking garage at 6:30 AM, damn worked out perfect
- now i'm in line to get into the parking garage...
- moving slowly..
- in the garage, going up.. slowly...
- time ticking away, 6:40, 6:41, 6:42, 6:43, 6:44, still going up
- finally make it to the very top 6:45 AM, where you can see the sky, and there's three spaces left: one for the car in front of me, one for myself, and one for the car behind me
- about 4 other cars in line (i guess they prevented more from entering), no idea what they did, but they couldnt park
- so it's 6:48 AM now.. race starts at 7.. i don't even have my bib
- i run down the stairs (5 flights) fast af.
- make it to the registration area, 6:54 AM
- get my bib and put it on kinda crooked - dgaf, 6:56 AM
- run towards the port-o-potties, completely full, lines everywhere, 6:57 AM
- run behind a dumpster, take a massive piss, say to myself, ok well, no sh*t for me, just get to the start
- get to the start at 6:58 AM
- and just like that, one of the most magical things that has ever happened to me.. i no longer had to take a sh*t. it completely disappeared.
- race starts around 7:02 AM, go out at goal pace (5:55), slow down each mile until mile 4, (5:55, 6:01, 6:05, 6:15), then just down shifted
- one of my goals was to avoid water/anything the entire race
- i just zoomed by every water station
- a few times i got thirsty but, once i realized i wasn't going to drink anything, it disappeared
- admired many of the homes/gardens on this course, it was amazing .. very fun course to site-see, which i rarely do
- volunteers were awesome, every single one i passed yelled words of encouragement or made a comment about my "floppy hat" lmao
- anyway by mile 10, legs were toast. 3.2 oz shoes did me in. i felt every stride.
- got to mile 13, figured i'd kick it in hard as fu*k, huge finish line tons of people cheering etc
- there was a dude right behind me but i wasn't worried about beating him or anything, just decided to gun it as fast as possible
- gunned it.. kept looking at my watch: 4:10, 4:05, 4:02 .. so last 0.1 was ~4:05 pace, peak 4:02
- finished.. ate a bunch of donuts.
- saw a bunch of friends.
- one told me I was first in my age group, seriously thought he was kidding
- i ran a slow time, didnt expect to win any $$
- lo and behold, i won $100
- i go up for the awards.. turns out, the dude who got 2nd, was the guy behind me at the end.. and to add to that, his net time was only ~5s off of my net time, but I finished like ~10s faster than him in the race.
- so if i didn't kick that hard at the end to make up that net time difference, i'd have got 2nd. haha.
- $100 kick
- oh! and the 2nd place guy (really nice dude), told me he was the guy behind me, and that i took off so fast it looked crazy.. hah.
- i mean, i guess he was right behind me (like a few feet), and we both kicked the last 0.1, and i finished like 10s ahead.. LOL. kinda nutty with legs dead at the end of a half. i like it.
- hung out with friends i know, most of whom are beasts (9th OA, 11th OA, ~40th OA (and grand master)) for example in a very crazy fast race. the 9th OA guy won $750. 9th & 11th oa are local beasts, been dominating the area for a long time. I think they ran 1:14 and 1:15 respectively. both have PR's of ~1:10 and 1:09 or maybe even faster. miami dudes.
- event over..
- a few hours after the race ends, left soleus starts tightening up, could literally feel it going from normal to tight/strained.. so odd.
- go find a nice place to eat
- ate a NY strip steak, scrambled eggs, potatoes, and a full stack of pancakes.
- drove home
- finally got the urge to go to the bathroom
- watched NFL playoffs (some amazing games, amazingly bad calls also)
so i guess the highlight of that recap, and why i wrote it, was how i almost missed the race, magically had a poop disappear, ran a slow time, and kicked hard af somehow getting me $100 with a slow time.
i'm up to $710 total in race winnings... hah!
oh, and to top it off.. i learned at the end, a world record holder (marathon) woman @ age 70 was going for the world record in the half that day. she was pretty close. ran 1:38, needed 1:37.. dude that's flying for a 70 year old woman.. like 7:3X pace.
her marathon at 70 was 3:25 or something, Chicago 2018.
01/20/2019
diet:
- 04:30 AM: orange juice, banana, water
- 06:00 AM: pre-race: (while driving): orange juice, banana, water
- 08:35 AM: post-race: donnuts! chips/salsa, water
- 10:30 AM: some fancy restaurant: ny strip steak + scrambled eggs + potatoes, full stack of pancakes with syrup/butter
- 04:00 PM: while watching NFL playoffs: chocolate almonds, milk
- 08:30 PM: while watching NFL playoffs: chicken tenders from friday's, fries, water
- ...
07:00 AM:
Naples Half Marathon: 42nd OA (33rd M) @ 1:27:17 /// 1st AG lol wtf - won $100!! happy about: no water/fluids/calories at all during the race, solid final kick (0.1 mi @ 4:0X) aka "one hundred dollar kick" (-- m.hollander)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2092106541
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3316443255
- https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/4426/#resultSetId-142233;perpage:250
- 42nd OA @ 1:27:17, 1st AG (35-39)
2nd best 10 miler, 15k, 20k, and half .. way off of my PB's tho. felt great the first 4 miles. then downshifted hard from 5-10, and even harder from 11-13. cranked a nice kick in the final 0.1.
this marathon course is really nice.. beautiful course, tons of spectators/people cheering, incredible volunteers, mansions everywhere lmfao. really nice.
not used to these 3.2 oz shoes on roads anymore lol. might try my endorphins instead for the next road half.
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footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 2/4
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0
i think i should have worn my ~4.5-5oz endorphin racers instead of my ~3.2 oz nbrc5000v2's tho.. my 1:21 half from 2018 was in those ~3.2 oz shoes but i was more adapted to running in them on hard surfaces. my legs started feeling massively beat up before the midway point, and complete toast by mile 11.
they posted a ton of photos, with watermarks.. but some good ones. might be a "full set".
quick half marathon recap: the fun stuff is before the race
- get up at 4:15 AM
- mosey around, eat a small snack etc
- realize it's 4:45 AM, which is when i should have left
- start rushing, get out of the door at 4:55 AM
- get on my way for a 1.5 hour drive
- start seeing some lightning etc, dammit thunderstorms coming
- eat while driving at 6:00 AM lol, was kinda hard peeling a banana
- at 6:10, hit a massive down pour -> zero visibility
- people were pulling over etc, it was torrential
- decided to keep driving because, now i'm realizing i'm possibly going to get there later than 6:30 AM .. race is at 7 but it's a huge race so, 6:30 sounded good
- around 6:20 AM the massive rains became a drizzle, things looking good
- start feeling like I need to take a massive sh*t
- see some gas stations but keep going (bad move, kinda..)
- get to the parking garage at 6:30 AM, damn worked out perfect
- now i'm in line to get into the parking garage...
- moving slowly..
- in the garage, going up.. slowly...
- time ticking away, 6:40, 6:41, 6:42, 6:43, 6:44, still going up
- finally make it to the very top 6:45 AM, where you can see the sky, and there's three spaces left: one for the car in front of me, one for myself, and one for the car behind me
- about 4 other cars in line (i guess they prevented more from entering), no idea what they did, but they couldnt park
- so it's 6:48 AM now.. race starts at 7.. i don't even have my bib
- i run down the stairs (5 flights) fast af.
- make it to the registration area, 6:54 AM
- get my bib and put it on kinda crooked - dgaf, 6:56 AM
- run towards the port-o-potties, completely full, lines everywhere, 6:57 AM
- run behind a dumpster, take a massive piss, say to myself, ok well, no sh*t for me, just get to the start
- get to the start at 6:58 AM
- and just like that, one of the most magical things that has ever happened to me.. i no longer had to take a sh*t. it completely disappeared.
- race starts around 7:02 AM, go out at goal pace (5:55), slow down each mile until mile 4, (5:55, 6:01, 6:05, 6:15), then just down shifted
- one of my goals was to avoid water/anything the entire race
- i just zoomed by every water station
- a few times i got thirsty but, once i realized i wasn't going to drink anything, it disappeared
- admired many of the homes/gardens on this course, it was amazing .. very fun course to site-see, which i rarely do
- volunteers were awesome, every single one i passed yelled words of encouragement or made a comment about my "floppy hat" lmao
- anyway by mile 10, legs were toast. 3.2 oz shoes did me in. i felt every stride.
- got to mile 13, figured i'd kick it in hard as fu*k, huge finish line tons of people cheering etc
- there was a dude right behind me but i wasn't worried about beating him or anything, just decided to gun it as fast as possible
- gunned it.. kept looking at my watch: 4:10, 4:05, 4:02 .. so last 0.1 was ~4:05 pace, peak 4:02
- finished.. ate a bunch of donuts.
- saw a bunch of friends.
- one told me I was first in my age group, seriously thought he was kidding
- i ran a slow time, didnt expect to win any $$
- lo and behold, i won $100
- i go up for the awards.. turns out, the dude who got 2nd, was the guy behind me at the end.. and to add to that, his net time was only ~5s off of my net time, but I finished like ~10s faster than him in the race.
- so if i didn't kick that hard at the end to make up that net time difference, i'd have got 2nd. haha.
- $100 kick
- oh! and the 2nd place guy (really nice dude), told me he was the guy behind me, and that i took off so fast it looked crazy.. hah.
- i mean, i guess he was right behind me (like a few feet), and we both kicked the last 0.1, and i finished like 10s ahead.. LOL. kinda nutty with legs dead at the end of a half. i like it.
- hung out with friends i know, most of whom are beasts (9th OA, 11th OA, ~40th OA (and grand master)) for example in a very crazy fast race. the 9th OA guy won $750. 9th & 11th oa are local beasts, been dominating the area for a long time. I think they ran 1:14 and 1:15 respectively. both have PR's of ~1:10 and 1:09 or maybe even faster. miami dudes.
- event over..
- a few hours after the race ends, left soleus starts tightening up, could literally feel it going from normal to tight/strained.. so odd.
- go find a nice place to eat
- ate a NY strip steak, scrambled eggs, potatoes, and a full stack of pancakes.
- drove home
- finally got the urge to go to the bathroom
- watched NFL playoffs (some amazing games, amazingly bad calls also)
so i guess the highlight of that recap, and why i wrote it, was how i almost missed the race, magically had a poop disappear, ran a slow time, and kicked hard af somehow getting me $100 with a slow time.
i'm up to $710 total in race winnings... hah!
oh, and to top it off.. i learned at the end, a world record holder (marathon) woman @ age 70 was going for the world record in the half that day. she was pretty close. ran 1:38, needed 1:37.. dude that's flying for a 70 year old woman.. like 7:3X pace.
her marathon at 70 was 3:25 or something, Chicago 2018.
01/20/2019
diet:
- 04:30 AM: orange juice, banana, water
- 06:00 AM: pre-race: (while driving): orange juice, banana, water
- 08:35 AM: post-race: donnuts! chips/salsa, water
- 10:30 AM: some fancy restaurant: ny strip steak + scrambled eggs + potatoes, full stack of pancakes with syrup/butter
- 04:00 PM: while watching NFL playoffs: chocolate almonds, milk
- 08:30 PM: while watching NFL playoffs: chicken tenders from friday's, fries, water
- ...
07:00 AM:
Naples Half Marathon: 42nd OA (33rd M) @ 1:27:17 /// 1st AG lol wtf - won $100!! happy about: no water/fluids/calories at all during the race, solid final kick (0.1 mi @ 4:0X) aka "one hundred dollar kick" (-- m.hollander)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2092106541
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3316443255
- https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/4426/#resultSetId-142233;perpage:250
- 42nd OA @ 1:27:17, 1st AG (35-39)
2nd best 10 miler, 15k, 20k, and half .. way off of my PB's tho. felt great the first 4 miles. then downshifted hard from 5-10, and even harder from 11-13. cranked a nice kick in the final 0.1.
this marathon course is really nice.. beautiful course, tons of spectators/people cheering, incredible volunteers, mansions everywhere lmfao. really nice.
not used to these 3.2 oz shoes on roads anymore lol. might try my endorphins instead for the next road half.
---
footer stats:
top3 finishes:
2019: 2/4
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1
sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0