• 13.1 mile race in snow canyon

    From ale walker@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 3 05:40:48 2019
    ran 13.1 mile in a race in Snow Canyon, By st George, Sore legs

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  • From Ed Prochak@21:1/5 to ale walker on Sun Nov 10 18:39:15 2019
    On Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 8:40:49 AM UTC-5, ale walker wrote:
    ran 13.1 mile in a race in Snow Canyon, By st George, Sore legs

    How did you do?
    How about a more detailed race report?

    Ed

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  • From Tim+@21:1/5 to Ed Prochak on Mon Nov 11 04:41:51 2019
    Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 8:40:49 AM UTC-5, ale walker wrote:
    ran 13.1 mile in a race in Snow Canyon, By st George, Sore legs

    How did you do?
    How about a more detailed race report?

    Ed


    Well if you want race reports, here’s mine from my last little run... ;-)

    https://musingsofarunningfool.blogspot.com/2019/09/king-offas-dyke-race-2019.html

    Tim

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  • From rms@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 23 10:22:10 2019
    ran 13.1 mile in a race in Snow Canyon, By st George, Sore legs

    I did a very slow 13.1 (9-9:30min/mile) around a 2mile loop golf course yesterday. Partly to try new shoes (Altra Torin 4) but secretly to gauge whether I could do a full 100miles on this same course running by myself.

    I learned a few things: Firstly, physically it feels very possible to me:
    I made efforts to carefully avoid overstriding or breaking into a full run, walking whenever my heartrate rose or on small hills, and on keeping an
    upright posture to avoid lower back and hipflexor pain (this is the one
    thing I like Altra shoes for, I don't like them otherwise), and keeping heartrate low. Afterwards I was not overly tired or sore, and that I
    could've gone on.

    But it is really hard mentally. The thought of doing this loop 50-55 times
    was too draining to even contemplate. All I did was 7 loops, and even then
    all I could bear to think about was drinking *this* bottle of fluid before
    the end of the loop, and never looking at my watch :)

    Thirdly, I'd grossly misthought how my sweat rate varies widely. I can
    sweat up to 60oz/hr on a hot day, but although I cut back to 40oz/hr, afterwards I felt bloated and found I'd gained several pounds in just a
    couple hours. In this colder weather (40-55F) and slow paces, I'll have to
    cut this back to say 20oz/hr. Accordingly I'll have to adjust the calorie concentration of my drink mix. Complications !

    rms

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