It’s been a week since I did this event– a busy week. We were away from home for 6 days counting the trip up to the Appomattox, Virginia area and finishing with a 4-day work-related jaunt to Topsail Beach, NC. In the middle was a short stay in Beaufort with the in-laws during which our 1996 Mercury Sable showed signs of its age and necessitated a borrowed vehicle from said in-laws and some more driving back and forth for Gary and Remy while I worked. The car repairs cost about $400, but it’s probably best not to think about how much gas all that driving ran us. But this is a race report, so I’ll report on the race.
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It’s been a few months since I’ve offered up a race report or any kind of commentary on the athlete side of life, so now I’ve created A Running Rundown – a new category of post that summarizes my harrier activities for those that wonder about that stuff. I’m currently 3 1/2 weeks from Holiday Lake 50k++, my first actual ultra of the season, and, well, the preparation hasn’t been seamless. It’s time to come clean and talk about what I would have rather been doing while I was training and racing triathlons throughout the 2011 season and what I will be doing during the 2012 season. It took a little forcing myself to do swim and bike workouts. I just wanted to run. When I’m peaking for my A event, I like to get in a good, hard long tempo run. There’s a hilly 9-10 mile route in Umstead I’ve used a lot for this, but this year I opted for this hilly, women’s half marathon in downtown Durham. I’m about five weeks out from ITU Long Course Worlds. For those who speak the race-geek lingo, this is my super A-race, big deal goal of the season. It’s the one that matters to me most. My big event in November is looming closer, so some of my training has become more specific. Oddly, this specificity for a completely on-road triathlon took me off-pavement this weekend. Continue reading Brutal Trail Weekend A stretch to call this a race report. Maybe a workout report? There comes a point when one begins to question the value of writing a race report because so much time has passed since the event. I’m trying to avoid that here (barely) with this brief sharing of thoughts as related to the event last Saturday. Although this race has a well-deserved reputation as a tough course, I have to admit it seemed almost easy. Even with the approximately 2000 feet of elevation gain and several miles of technical singletrack. I suppose there’s nothing like a brutal 40 miler one month prior to really re-set your norms. Yes, I know what some of you hardened ultrarunner nutso’s are thinking – and no, I don’t agree that if 40 miles is good that 50-100 is better. You just go on with your bad selves while I stick with distances under 40 miles. Back to the marathon… I was asked how I recover from big efforts such as the one I did 8 days ago. More specifically, is there anything I do to speed my readiness to resume serious training. |
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