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A High Sierra Wilderness Adventure
Program Number:
Start and End Dates:
7/14/2013 - 7/19/2013
7/10/2016 - 7/15/2016
7/24/2016 - 7/29/2016
5 nights
Sierra National Forest, California
Price starting at:
$656.00 -
Price may vary based on date, departure city
Program Type:
Walking/Hiking; Natural History
Activity Level:
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16; 5 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches, 5 Dinners
Step out of the daily hustle and bustle to experience nature at its best in the John Muir Wilderness, the highly protected natural area that contains the most spectacular and highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada. Explore the high country with local experts, examining hot springs, alpine meadows, igneous and metamorphic rock formations, rushing streams, and evidence of glacial activity.
� Learn to identify wildflowers and native grasses as well as a variety of trees, shrubs, birds and other fauna.
� Discuss the history of the region including Native American presence, early explorations, ranching, Basque herders and the creation of man-made lakes.
� Unwind with a dip in nearby hot springs or a sunrise yoga class facing the mountains.
Activity Particulars
Hiking four miles with an elevation gain of 600 feet to reach base camp. Additional short hikes and optional longer hikes in a wilderness environment.
Date Specific Information
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Coordinated by Lost Valley Pack Station.
Sierra National Forest
The western slope of the Sierra Nevada is known for spectacular mountain scenery and abundant natural resources. The forest encompasses more than a million acres of oak, aspen and pine forests, as well as alpine lakes, rivers and wilderness.
Comfortable creek-side camp in the John Muir Wilderness. Double-occupancy tents with foam mattresses, outhouses, bathhouse with wood-fueled hot shower.
Meals and Lodgings
Blayney Meadows
Blayney Meadows, California
5 nights
Blayney Meadows
A wilderness camp site set in a grove of aspen and lodge pole pines adjacent to meadows in the John Muir Wilderness near the confluence of Sanger Creek and the South Fork of the San Joaquin River. Natural thermal springs 1/2 mile from camp. The Florence Lake Trail intersects the John Muir section of the Pacific Crest Trail approximately 1 1/2 miles South of our base camp in Blayney Meadows. There is no phone in Blayney Meadows. The email is checked daily. If someone needs to get in contact with us because of an emergency during the program, email is the best method. The only alternative would be to call the Fresno County Sheriff at 559-488-3111.
Contact info:
Blayney Meadows, John Muir Wilderness, CA none USA
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Facility amenities:
Large tents with comfortable 4 inch foam mattresses. Wood fueled hot showers. All participants need to clearly understand that this Road Scholar is a wilderness camping experience. Our base camp in Blayney is just that, a wilderness camp. If your previous camping experience includes wilderness backpacking, the accommodations will seem deluxe to you. If however, all of your past experiences have taken place in resorts or guest ranches our facility may seem very primitive to you. There is no electricity or running water other than in the streams (purified local water is provided for drinking). There is no phone service other than a solar powered radio system, which can be used to contact the outside world in emergencies. Participants will camp in tents located in an aspen grove near Sallie Keyes Creek. Restrooms (outhouses) are conveniently located nearby. Tents and foam mattresses are provided. The main buildings, kitchen, gathering room and shower house are situated several hundred yards across the meadow along Sanger Creek. All are built of native materials with most of the lumber milled on the site. Cooking is done on both propane and wood stoves. Propane fuels our refrigerators and freezers. Delicious home cooked meals are served �family style� in the camp outdoor dining area. Showers and baths are provided by a wood fueled hot water system in our rustic bathhouse. Participants bring their own towels and toiletries but a few basics such as soap and shampoo will be provided.
Smoking allowed:
Bathing facilities are located at a rustic "shower house" near the main campsite. Gravity flow water system and wood fueled heater provide pressurized hot water for showers.
Travel Details
Start of Program:
10:00 AM at Florence Lake. You will be staying at
Blayney Meadows
that night.
End of Program:
12:30 PM at Florence Lake. You will be staying at
Blayney Meadows
the night before.
Required documents:
The Participant Information Form is required. A liability waiver and questionnaires for health information and dietary needs are sent with the pre-program information packet and should be returned prior to arrival.
Parking availability:
The US Forest Service maintains paved parking areas at Florence Lake that are free to the public.
To Start of Program
Blayney Meadows, California
Nearest city or town:
Lakeshore, California
Nearest highway:
Hwy 168
Nearest airport:
Fresno, California
From End of Program
Blayney Meadows, California
Additional transportation information same as above
Travel Details
Fresno, CA
None - Car Required
There is no public transportation from Fresno to Florence Lake. Participants must provide their own transportation. Car rentals are available at the Fresno Airport for those arriving in the area by plane. The distance from Fresno to Florence Lake is approximately 90 miles. The last 15 miles of the road to Florence Lake, though roughly paved, is suitable for ordinary passenger vehicles. See "Driving Directions" for specific directions.
Driving Directions
Fresno, California
Lost Valley Pack Station is located on the Southeast shore of Florence Lake in the John Muir Wilderness Area of Sierra National Forest approximately 90 miles east of Fresno. From Fresno take Hwy 168 East to Huntington Lake (Approximately 2 hours travel time) then turn on to the Florence Lake Road. Allow at least 1 1/2 hours to travel from Huntington to Florence as the maximum speed for safety over the final 15 miles of one lane road is 10 to 15 mph. Approximately 7 miles before Florence Lake you will come to the High Sierra District Ranger Station and soon after, a fork to the east (left) which leads to Mono Hot Springs and Edison Lake. Remain on the main road (right) and continue on to its end at Florence Lake. Follow the signs to the Road Scholar Registration area.
Elevation Note:
All activities take place at elevations between 7,400' and 8,000'.
Equipment Requirements:
Sleeping bag, small day pack and sturdy walking shoes/boots suitable for hiking over rough terrain are essential. Foul weather gear is also recommended.
The prices listed for commercial services and facilities that are not included in the program cost, such as airport shuttles or extra nights lodging, are subject to change without notice. Since Road Scholar cannot guarantee the accuracy of these prices, we strongly suggest contacting the companies directly for the most up-to-date information.
Daily Schedule
Day 1:
Arrival and check-in at 10:30 am, ferry across Florence Lake and hike to base camp for orientation
(Sunday, July 14)
Arrive at Florence Lake registration site. Participants need to observe the 10:30 am check in time. This allows time for the 30 minute ferry ride to pack station corrals at the trail head, lunch and the 4 mile hike to reach base camp by 5pm. Luggage will be transported separately.
A buffet lunch is served at the pack station immediately after the ferry ride across Florence Lake.
After a brief orientation, participants hike 4 miles to the Blayney Meadows base camp with guides. When they reach camp they are given refreshments, tent assignments and time to settle in and take showers before a social hour at 5pm (snacks, wine and non-alcoholic beverages are provided).
A delicious home cooked meal is prepared in our kitchen and served at the campsite.
Participants and staff gather around the campfire for introductions and a brief presentation of essential information and procedures. A short presentation about the history of "Lost Valley" and an informal (optional) campfire end the evening.
Blayney Meadows
Meals Included:
Lunch, Dinner
Day 2:
Introduction to camp area, guided hikes to local points of interest and lecture of human history in the Sierras
(Monday, July 15)
Optional morning yoga, breakfast at the main house, assemble sack lunch for noon break
Orientation walk around camp area, Native American camp site, introduction to our Library on Sierra Nevada natural history and human history.
Lunch break - Participants eat lunch at a place of their own choosing within the camp area, either at the campsite, or at some scenic spot near the meadows or river.
Guided hikes to local points of interest, free time, showers, social hour (snacks, wine and non-alcoholic beverages provided).
Dinner is served at the campsite following the "social hour".
An evening program on Sierra human history presented by a local author/historian and (optional) informal campfire. Optional "star walk" may be offered depending on viewing conditions.
Blayney Meadows
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3:
Choice of guided hikes all morning and into the afternoon, and optional afternoon art activities or hot springs visit
(Tuesday, July 16)
Optional morning yoga, breakfast at the main house, assemble sack lunch for noon break
Guided natural history field hikes (choice of available options)
Lunch break at a scenic spot on the trail.
Longer hikes continue, most return to camp by 2pm. Optional art activities (instruction and materials provided) or walk to local hot springs/lake available for participants who are interested, free time to relax, shower, etc. Social hour snacks and drinks provided at 5pm.
Dinner served at the campsite.
Evening program/ slide show followed by (optional) informal campfire. Optional "star walk" may be offered depending on viewing conditions
Blayney Meadows
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4:
Choice of guided hikes all morning and into the afternoon, optional afternoon activities
(Wednesday, July 17)
Optional morning yoga, breakfast at the main house, assemble sack lunch for noon break.
Choice of several hikes to local points of interest ( ranging from longer, challenging hikes to low impact walks) or in camp activities.
Lunch at a scenic spot on the trail for those on hikes, or in camp for those who choose to take a day off from hiking.
Longer hikes continue. Participants returning from shorter hikes have the afternoon free to relax, read, etc. (optional art activities are available). Social hour snacks and drinks provided a 5pm.
Dinner served at the campsite.
Short informative evening program and campfire for those who wish to participate
Blayney Meadows
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5:
Choice of guided hikes all morning and into the afternoon, and optional afternoon art activities or hot springs visit
(Thursday, July 18)
Optional morning yoga, breakfast at the main house, assemble sack lunch for noon break
Guided natural history field hikes (choice of available options)
Lunch break at a scenic spot on the trail.
Longer hikes continue, most return to camp by 2pm. Optional art activities (instruction and materials provided) or walk to local hot springs/lake available for participants who are interested, free time to relax, shower, etc. Social hour snacks and drinks provided at 5pm.
Dinner served at the campsite.
Final campfire and closing activities.
Blayney Meadows
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6:
Hike back to Florence Lake, ferry ride and departures
(Friday, July 19)
A hearty breakfast is served at the campsite, participants pack personal gear and assemble sack lunches.
After breakfast participants carry their personal gear to the packing area beside the campsite and begin the return hike to Florence Lake with their guides.
Most participants choose to eat their sack lunch at Florence Lake while waiting for the ferry.
Participants take the ferry across Florence Lake, pick up their personal gear at a designated spot near the parking area and begin their journey back to civilization.
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch
Important information about your itinerary:
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information featured on this website. Itineraries are based on our best information at this time. Circumstances beyond our control may require us to adjust itineraries or other details. We regret any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding. Information will be sent to you from your Program Provider approximately three weeks prior to the program start date. The prices listed for commercial services and facilities that are not included in the program cost, such as airport shuttles or extra nights lodging, are subject to change without notice. Since Road Scholar cannot guarantee the accuracy of these prices, we strongly suggest contacting the companies directly for the most up-to-date information.
Suggested Reading List
Sierra Nevada Natural History
Author: Tracy I. Storer and Robert L. Usinger
Description: Overview of geologic history in addition to reference guide to flora and fauna found in the Sierra.
History of the Sierra Nevada
Author: Francis Farquhar
Description: A comprehensive account of the human history of the Sierra.
South of Yosemite
Author: John Muir
Description: The clasic volume about John Muirs travels through the Central and Southern Sierra.
Exploring the Highest Sierra
Author: James Moore
Description: One of the latest and most comprehensive books on the Sierra. Includes both geologic and human history.
You can't find a better value than Road Scholar.
As a not-for-profit organization, we are dedicated to providing all-inclusive educational programs at great value. From lectures to gratuities to field trips to accommodations - the tuition you pay up front is all that you pay.
Specifically, this program includes:
5 nights accommodations
16 meals: 5 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 5 dinners
Expert-led lectures: 4
Expert-led lectures
Led by one or more of our world-class instructors, typically in a classroom setting, lectures come in the form of presentations, discussions or workshops and offer expert insight into your area of study.
Field trips: 10
Field trips
The world is your classroom, as you're on location with an instructor to pursue your educational theme firsthand.
Hands-on experiences: 7
Hands-on experiences
Learn by doing in these "hands-on" activities directed by an expert.
Plus these special experiences...
Stay at a private wilderness camp that has been in the Ross family since 1935 and is open to the public only during Road Scholar programs.
Hike along some of the most scenic portions of the John Muir section of the Pacific Crest Trail.
Soak in natural hot springs and swim among lily pads in a lake warmed by springs that is located just 1/2 mile from camp.
Experience the San Joaquin at it's head waters; granite peaks, pine and aspen forests, crystal waters, untrampled meadows and spectacular wildflowers.
View the Daily Schedule to see more
And included with all Road Scholar programs:
Learning led by expert instructors who are authorities in the field of study.
An experienced Group Leader attuned to the needs of Road Scholar participants.
Customary gratuities throughout the program that you would normally pay yourself.
The Road Scholar Travel Assistance Plan, providing 24-hour-a-day emergency assistance coverage.
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In 1985 a Seer of Italian origin, Teresa Calarco,
from Liverpool, Sydney, who had been receiving Messages from Heaven in support of
me and my Mission, came down to the Holy Grounds. She had been told by Our Lady
to unite with the 'Little Pebble' and support his Mission. Our Lady had revealed
to her that I was to be the last Pope. Theresa had a large Italian following in
her Mission, and these followed her to Nowra, swelling the crowds on the Holy
Grounds, considerably. She supported me for some years until various differences
forced a parting of our ways.
In February, 1988, we finally separated because
I had to tell her that a particular vision she had had was not of Heaven. It was
to do with her claim that the Immaculate Heart was being held in her hands. Two
hundred souls - including six Priests - were present; the Saviour was exposed in
the Monstrance on
the Altar. She claimed that we needed to kiss the Immaculate Heart, but this
distracted our gaze from Jesus and diverted it towards her, in her `vision' or
seeming `ecstasy'. I refused to accept this, thus a division occurred. There was
jealousy between Theresa and her husband at this time; he also was claiming to
have Supernatural Gifts.
Here following are some extracts of her
Messages. In 1986, when the 'Little Pebble' visited her at her home Our Lord
said the following:
OUR LORD: ".......My
Heart is Wounded, for everything you don't believe in, is like a sword that
penetrates into My Heart. Now to you, My children; I say this to you: believe,
and help make others believe, that I bring the Message to the world, and this is
My Word - like the Light that shines. But those of you who believe in Me: keep
Me in your hearts and you will see the Light forever. But, if what you hear you
fail to put into practice it will be like a Light that goes out - and you will
never find it again! Pay attention to what you are listening to, as I give My
Message to My little `Rock' (`Little Pebble)! Why don't you believe....."?
This time, a Message from Our Lady on 20th June,
"....Love, and believe, what you are hearing - but be careful! Do not
believe in gossip; do not listen to them [those who circulate falsehoods about
the 'Little Pebble' and other Seers] - and from Me will come everything you ask
for, not from them [the gossipers], because they do not see - nor hear - Me. But
you who are the Truth [the Seers] will bring forth My Messages - as did the
three Fatima shepherds and St. Bernadette of Lourdes, who were not believed [Our
Lady infers that, likewise, the people who gossip today don't believe in the
Seers of today, either]. Do not act as though you did not hear or see, but
believe and love - and spread My Messages.
From the lips of My little `Rock' and My
`Little Rose', I speak to you today, as I will speak to you always: to those who
believe and love Me - the New Jerusalem is promised! Be aware, many disasters
will come; but, when you see them arrive, do not call on Me, for I will not
answer; I will not know you! So, open your hearts today and leave the past, for
I will save you. This is the Word that I sow on the Earth in the hearts of men
and every creature".
In December, 1984, as the public began to hear
about the Apparition, the Media all over Australia began reporting about the
huge crowds flocking to Nowra. Also, a Lebanese woman - Georgette Harb, who
lived in Sydney - was receiving Visions from a Maronite Saint called Saint
Charbel. Georgette heard of our Apparitions and she asked Saint Charbel if what
I was receiving was true, and the answer was: "Yes"! She then came,
with her hundreds of followers - and a Lebanese Healer who was known all over
Sydney - a man called Camille Latouf, he and his followers also came, swelling
the ranks to thousands of pilgrims.
Late in 1984 and early in 1985 pilgrims came by
the thousands to the Holy Grounds, to witness to the Apparitions - and many were
cured. It was in May, 1984, that I was instructed to see the Bishop of our
Diocese - His Grace, William Murray. On the 2nd December, 1984, Bishop Murray
read a Pastoral Statement to the Diocese that I was not receiving revelations
from Heaven, but was, instead, suffering from delusions.
In the early months of 1985 Georgette Harb came
often to the Apparition Site and received many revelations from Saint Charbel
about me. She was told that I was to be the last Pope - and that she was to
unite, strongly, with me; that in April we were to go to see the Pope. In April
of the same year we did see the Pope. However, Georgette Harb lost faith in my
Messages as we did not see the Pope within three days. Our Lady had told me that
we would see the Pope within 7 days; this occurred - however, had I not
persisted in trying to see the Pope it would not have happened.
Because we had seen the Pope, Saint Charbel
asked me - through Georgette - to go to Lebanon to visit his tomb, in
thanksgiving for achieving this miracle. I promised Saint Charbel that I would
be going in August/September, 1985 - even while the war was raging. However,
during these visits several messages which were given to Georgette Harb were
contradictory - especially some received while in Lebanon. Once we got home,
around December, 1985, Georgette received a message, allegedly from Saint
Charbel, indicating that no Seers should have messages which exceeded six
minutes duration, the inference being that they were therefore invalid or of
doubtful origin. I advised Georgette that this was a false premise. From then
onwards a division occurred - also, Camille Latouf left us.
On 11th February, 1986 - the day that I began my
journey around the world to preach the Word of God, which was coming through the
Blessed Mother - a new Miracle occurred in the home of Mrs Georgette Harb, the
Seer of Sydney, Australia. She began to receive lengthy messages from Saint
Charbel, which were expected to be made available in published form in the
future. However, what was more pertinent in this work of God was that Georgette
was undergoing the Passion of Jesus Christ. It is to be noted that I was asked
by Saint Charbel to be present at one of these Visions - and I did so when I
came back from my journey.
While Georgette was undergoing the Passion of
Our Lord - physical, though not visible, manifestations in the areas of the Five
Wounds of Jesus - from the body of Georgette came oil, many gallons of it, as
though it were the Precious Blood of Jesus. This Wonderful Miracle was witnessed
by thousands of people throughout Australia through the television coverage
accorded it - and the occurrence continued every Friday during Lent. The oil was
sent to the Church Authorities, to be investigated.
Testimony of another great Miracle which also
occurred in the Home of Georgette Harb - a picture of Saint Charbel began to
Weep Oil on the 1st May, 1986:
The news spread fast - and nearly 40,000 people
walked past the picture to see this great Miracle of Saint Charbel for themselves. Many people have been cured
through this Wonder Oil, which they obtained on the Holy Grounds and is referred
to by Saint Charbel as THE HOLY OIL OF GOD. (This Miracle was also reported in
the `Daily Mirror' Newspaper, Wednesday, May 7, 1986.)
During the same year I heard about Frank from
Campsie; Norman Nehme, from Sydney; three young children - girls - from
Fairfield, who had claimed to receive visions; also, a woman named Gladys. Then
a person named Gino Macri, of Sydney, had a Crucifix which began to bleed oil; a
person from the Blue Mountains - an Anglican lay person - had a Crucifix which
was also bleeding oil. All these were documented in the Press. The man in the
Blue Mountains, named Paul, began to receive visions. All these souls came to
unite with me and brought many followers.
In 1991, another Seer became associated with my
Mission as the 'Little Pebble'. She was a married woman with a family and had a
Saint Charbel House of Prayer. She had been part of the Mission for some time
and had received Messages from Our Lord and Our Lady. Her name was Maria and she
was to be named by Heaven as "Rose of Croatia". Maria had been born in
Croatia and was part of the Australian Croatian Community. She had a number of
devout followers of the Mission in her circle of friends, some Privileged Souls.
Some of these faithful women suffered much persecution from their families. Much
of their suffering was for the Salvation of their homeland.
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|Overexpression of extracellular matrix proteins in renal tubulointerstitial cells by platelet-activating-factor stimulation.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 9568845 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|BACKGROUND: One common feature of renal diseases is the development of interstitial fibrosis, but the mechanism of this process remains undefined. We hypothesized that platelet-activating factor (PAF), a classical acute inflammatory mediator involved in the pathogenesis of renal damage, acts on renal tubulointerstitial cells, contributing to the development of fibrosis. For this reason we evaluated the effect of PAF on matrix regulation and cell-growth-related events in tubulointerstitial cells. METHODS: In vitro studies were conducted with two tubulointerstitial cell lines: renal tubuloepithelial cells (NRK 52E) and interstitial fibroblasts (NRK 49F). The effect of PAF on extracellular matrix gene expression was determined by Northern blot. Fibronectin synthesis was quantified by metabolic labelling and immunoprecipitation. Cell growth changes were evaluated by fluorescence-activated cell-sorting analysis (cell cycle and size) and total protein content by 3[H]leucine incorporation. RESULTS: In renal tubuloepithelial cells and interstitial fibroblasts, PAF increased fibronectin mRNA expression. PAF-effect on the expression of collagen genes differed depending on the cell type studied. In tubuloepithelial cells there was an increase in type I and IV collagen mRNA levels, while only type I collagen was increased in fibroblasts. The overexpression of matrix proteins induced by PAF was completely blocked by preincubation of cells with the PAF receptor antagonist, BN52021. The PAF-induced upregulation of fibronectin expression was correlated with the increase in fibronectin synthesis. These effects were not associated with an increase in hyperplasia (characterized by changes in cell cycle) either in tubuloepithelial cells or in interstitial fibroblasts. Moreover, PAF did not induce tubular hypertrophy (changes in protein content and cell size). CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that PAF could be a mediator involved in extracellular matrix accumulation and, therefore, participate in the formation of renal interstitial fibrosis.
|M Ruiz-Ortega; C Bustos; J J Plaza; J Egido
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|Title: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association Volume: 13 ISSN: 0931-0509 ISO Abbreviation: Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. Publication Date: 1998 Apr
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|MeSH Terms
Cell Line
Cell Size / drug effects
DNA / analysis
Epithelial Cells / drug effects
Extracellular Matrix Proteins / biosynthesis*, genetics
Fibroblasts / drug effects
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Welcome to the new Summer Dailies.
This thread should be good for June 1st through August 31st (Fall Dailies will start Sept. 1st).
Welcome to any new people. This thread is like any other "dailies" thread where we all post about our running lives as well as other stuff we all find interesting. We had a pretty solid core of people posting in the "old" thread, so hopefully all those people find their way here to continue on.
BTW, you do not have to live in Indiana to participate. Some of us live just outside of Indiana, a few even live far away but used to live here or have a tie of some kind to Indiana. So, if you have any ties to Indiana, feel free to come in and participate! The more the merrier!
Mark O.
Upcoming Races:
April 3, 2016: American River 50m
April 24, 2016: Big Sur International Marathon
6 miles around the neighborhood this morning in the rain. If it were horse racing the track would have been designated as "sloppy".
So it's a new season and a new month. Here are some of my goals for June (in increasing level of difficulty):
1. Build up to running 6 days a week.
2. Lose another 3-4 pounds before beginning IMM training.
3. Stop being as mean on this thread.
As you can see, I have my challenges. Happy running everyone.
2016 Races (so far):
February 6th: Miler Series, 3 Miles
March 5th: Miler Series, 6 Miles
April 9th: Miler Series, 10 Miles
April 16th: Carmel Half-Marathon
May 7th: 500 Festival Mini-Marathon
Sandy, #3 is gonna be tough,, especially with me around.
3 mi. slog around the hood today.
Ended the week with 22 miles on 5 runs.
Ended May with 74 miles. (up from 14.6 in April, LOL!)
My goals for Summer are similar to Sandy's:
1) Run 6 days per week
2) Lose another 15+ lbs.
3) Don't gain back lost weight during vacation
---extra credit = Keep antagonizing Sandy
Hi all. I don't know about Indiana, but it is HOT and humid here! The pool is going to feel very good today! I ran 3 this morning absurdly slow, but it was almost pain free! I think there is a light at the end of the tunnel! Good thing too, because I am signed up for a september half and I refuse to have another DNS.
Since we are listing goals, here are mine for the summer...
1. Run pain free.
2. Slowly build a solid base
3. Drop the evil 8 pounds I put on in the last year
4. strength train 3 times a week.
Gar Williams Half December 2015
Coastal Delaware Marathon April 24, 2016
Thanks for staying up late to start this thread Mark! Well I get to start Summer Dailies with a run. 1.5 at which point I felt I was tempting fate. Good news is I think it is better. Bad news is I think I need to give it more time. So elliptical, core and stretching to keep up cardio. My goals:
1. Let my foot heal so I can use Pfitz under 30 miles half marathon training plan for Fall half.
2. Maintain cardio fitness and maintain weight (not gonna lie, I wouldn't cry if I lost another 5)
3. Improve upper body strength in order to do a proper advanced side plank.
Stephanie/Mark/Sandy--great runs!
Everyone--happy Summer!
I'll try this again....had something typed out and "poof" computer restarted....anyway, thanks Mark as usual for starting us off in a new "season".....
Sunburst this a.m. really was a lot of fun even though getting up at 4am wasn't....it was drizzling rain on the entire drive over and Jill sent me a FB message that her DH didn't want to come over in the rain so she wasn't going to be there...booo....I told her we had all agreed short of a complete downpour we were running. By the time we parked it wasn't raining at all and never rained the whole time. The wind wasn't bad once we hit the 1 mile mark because it was at our back the whole way...for once!!! DH did great!! I kept him informed of our pace, let him decide when he needed water or to walk and he only needed to walk twice!! We hit the univeristy at 22:40 so I knew he would easily break 30 min. which I know he wanted to do even though he's capable of MUCH faster. Funny thing is he was leading me up the hill....it was kickin' my butt BAD bud he trucked on ahead like it was nothing with those long legs!! I'm glad he pushed me because if I'd been on my own I would have been much slower there. We did lose most of our time in mile 2 though. By the time we reached the tunnel at the stadium I told him we should be able to get under 28 min. but the field was a MESS from the rain, real slippery and people were slowing down a lot so we ended up at 28:03....and I was .05 ahead of him...hahahaa. (Ted I know you'll like that part).... I'll be interested to see how our finish line photo turns out because as we crossed I thought he was closer to me so I went to high 5 him and he was waaaay at the other side of the mat!! It was pretty funny My friend's DH ended up doing much better than we thought too!! He finished in just over 41 min. and we thought it would take him 50. We were all starving after the race so we came back home and went out to breakfast. I just got done running another 5 to make up my LR this week...sheesh is that wind killing me; 20 gusting to 25. If it wasn't for that I would have easily run another 2. Wore my new shoes again and love them now officially.
Gotta get moving; I have beets and tomatoes to finish planting....I'll have to think about goals....I'm a little aimless right now
Don't hassle me...I'm STILL slow....
5k - 25:27 (now that I have one....happy now Mark?)
10k - cant remember and want to forget anyway....54ish minutes
Half Marathon - like they say, 10th time's the charm......1:58:00 (Indianapolis Monumental Half marathon 2014)
Full Marathon - 4:32 Indianapolis Monumental Marathon 2015. Ouch. That's all I'm going to say.
Steph, congrats on the pain free 3! It's not too hot here today. When I ran this morning, it was 67* and 100% humidity (??)... also, winds steady @ 22mph and gusting to 32mph... super fun coming straight into the wind for most of my last 1.25 miles, lol.
Michelle, glad you got a run in, short or otherwise. Are you already signed up for Monumental? I consider that my Fall Half and my main "goal race" for this year.
RF, glad you guys had fun at Sunburst and the weather wasn't horrible. Low 28's is a good time for not being fully prepared and in warm'ish/windy'ish weather. Congrats on beating your husband also!
For anyone bored and interested in any way, here's my Summer base building schedule below. I've been writing it a week at a time up until now. But, after a decent May, I now feel I'm ready to commit to a plan that will get me ready for a 12 week Hanson HM plan for Monumental. You may notice the lack of a true LR for a while,,, the reason is that I'm trying to "base build" mileage fairly evenly throughout the week to the point that I can seamlessly enter the Hanson plan 12 weeks prior to race day. I'll mostly just be running Easy mileage (Pfitz would call it GP - General Pace mileage) until my vacation in July. Then, after vacation, I start running those last 2 weeks on this schedule in the exact Template as the Hanson plan. After this schedule ends on Aug. 10th, I will then start the official Hanson plan. For those last 2 weeks on this schedule, the Quality Days are:
== Sunday - Tempo
== Weds - LR
== Friday- Speed/Strength
===== The rest are Easy days
Click on the schedule and a larger version will pop up. Feel free to ask questions.
I got in 10 miles today. Was worried I'd get caught by a storm, but the weather cooperated. I'd planned on 12, but didn't realize just how hilly my route would be (not to mention the wind...) so I was very happy with 10!
Mark, thanks for setting up the new thread!
Sandy/Mark/Steph/Michelle: good runs!
RF, glad the Sunburst went well!
My goals for the summer:
1) Continue running injury free
2) Get back up to strength training twice a week
3) Run a good first mini June 23
4) Recover well and start training for a fall marathon
Happy Summer!
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5k - 29:23
10k - 55:25
Half - 2:07:17
Full - 4:52:10
I suck. And DH sucks too. We woke at 5am to get around for sunburst, but when he looked at the radar he believed it would continue raining into the morning. I really had no desire to run in the rain. I was only half awake, and didn't look closely enough to see that the rain was moving more east than it was northeast. If I had paid more attention to it, I would have pushed him a little more to go. Come to find out, the rain had cleared off before the 10k started. My first ever DNS, and it feels awful. This would have been my fourth year in a row to run sunburst and I know without a doubt I would have crushed all my old 10k PRs.
I'm tempted to look for another 10k soon and go after it. But maybe I'll just go into fun-running mode for a while before getting serious about training for IMM half. That will give me more opportunities to ride my bike. I'm also doing the #RWRunStreak, so I need to run at least a mile a day between Memorial Day and Independence Day. It's something fun to try to accomplish.
Mark, thanks for getting summer dailies started. I appreciate you for doing that for us each season. Nice 3, week, and month! I like how your plans are laid out and color-coded.
psalms, hi, I'm Jill. I'm a born-and-raised Hoosier, living halfway between South Bend and Fort Wayne. Great job on your 10 today!
RF, very nice race today! I'm a little jealous. But I'm more glad that you and DH had a good time, came through uninjured, and now can look back on this day with good memories.
Steph, I'm glad you're feeling so much better! Nice 3!
Michelle, I'm sorry that your run today wasn't as promising as you wanted it to be.
Sandy, nice sloppy 6, if sloppy can be nice.
I have run every day this week.
thursday-5.55 miles @ 9:01avg
friday-4.13 miles @ 8:08avg
saturday-(when I should have run sunburst) 2 short runs-2miles @ 8:27avg & 2.12 @ 7:45avg
I met my goal for the week and month. 131.37 miles in the month of May. And 31.5 miles for the entire week, with the last 6 days of May accumulating 27.4 miles.
Ran 2 miles this morning. If you stalk me closely enough (and you creeps know who you are ), you will know that I never run on Sundays. But I'm trying to move up to 6 days a week (see goal #1). 2 miles isn't a lot but it is when you aren't used to it.
Jill - too bad about the DNS. Don't be afraid of rain though. It's kind of fun sometimes and it's nice when it's hot.
psalms - nice 10! Are you thinking about running the Monumental full in November?
Mark - yes, I am bored and interested in your training plan..nice way to put it [Goal #3 broken already].
1) Are you still planning on calorie counting. I hope you aren't still doing 1200 during this time. It won't be enough.
2) Is the "official Hanson plan" after this the beginner marathon plan in the book?
3) I also enjoy the color coding.
4) You should think about getting some miles in during vacation. Even it is only 2-3.
5) I think this plan is abundantly more than "slightly more than occasional" running. Your sig will be as inaccurate as rf's classic and much missed "I'm slow, don't hassle me" tagline.
rf - hey, great race!! and the .05 deserves a and
10.67 @ 8:27 with 4 x 10 min, 3 min recovery. Paces for intervals-
7:17 down hill
7:33 hill
- fail
This is a tough workout. Made through half of the last interval and bailed. Just didnt have it in me, so I did a extra long c/d.
Jill-I think you should find a race. You have been running very well lately.
psalms-nice 10!
Mark-Plan looks good. I am a little worried about the vacations days! Lol! Where are you guys headed to?
RF-good race. Glad you didnt get too wet.
Sandy-Almost missed ya, . I you know I am your #1 stalker, good job on adding the day.
A December race.
Rest day. Sunday is not normally a rest day, but I had the bigger picture in mind and am going to run 5 days in a row this week... then 6 in a row next week and (hopefully) thereafter.
Rachel, good 10'er. Hills and wind are 2 of my 3 major running hatreds (heat being the 3rd).
Jill, nice running this week... streaks are fun. I made it through the first 6 weeks of 2012 without missing a single day... my avg. weekly mileage during that time was 45.33 and my 2 best weeks were 50 and 53. That was probably the best block of running I've ever had.... hoping to get back to similar numbers later this year. And, Like the others said, don't stress about the DNS... just find another race quick, you've been running well and you'll likely push a PR unless it's super hot.
Sandy, good 2 on the extra morning... I've been stalking this thread waiting for a post from you today!
1) Yes, counting calories,,, will probably increase a bit next week (1500 maybe)
2) HERE is the Hanson HM plan I'm using as a template. The approach is similar to the marathon plans in the book, just shorter LR's and "Tempo" means HM pace instead of Marathon pace. When comparing the plan I linked from the Hanson web site to the last 2 weeks of the plan I posted above, you can see that I shifted the entire plan so that my day off is Saturday... but, if you re-label the days, I *intend* to do the actual plan exactly as written
3) Thanks, I'm OCD like that
4) I will try. I'm bad on vaca, but I do *intend* to get a few runs in
5) I may change my signature soon... but I haven't earned it just yet
Clint, the first 3 reps were strong, don't kill yourself over the failed rep at the end... the more important stat in the big scheme of things is the 10.67 miles... so, nice job on that and you still got 30+ minutes of faster stuff. For vacation, we're going to Pawley's Island, a little south of Myrtle Beach. If you look closely, I have it so that the mileage of both weeks (lines 12 and 13) combined is about 30'ish not counting vacation... so, if I can manage a few runs on vacation, they will serve as a 2 week cut back block before hitting it hard on the Hanson plan when I get back. Sounds good in my head anyways, lol!
ANT, you back yet bro?
Clay, I know you're lurking.
Good morning all! 8m this morning - half on trails and Half paved in the 8:40 to 9:00 minute pace range. My goals include maintaining mileage in the 30-40 mile range during June with increased biking and some swimming. Training starts in July, although I am traveling the first week of July to San Diego for combination work and family time. I should average at least 50-55 miles a week over an 18 week period before NYC with a number of other races (a 10k, 4 person marathon relay, 15k, HM pacer) all planned before the marathon. I haven't completely ruled out running 1 more marathon before year end to give me 5 for the year.
RF - I knew you'd take him - LOL! Glad you had a good time.
psalms - belated welcome and nice running. Do you have a race strategy for your first HM? It's interesting that your 10k pace and 5k pace look roughly the same, which isn't usually the case.
Jill yep, you should have run that one. One of the girls from my group BQd with a sub 3:30 and said it was great. Agree with Clint - find another race while you're running is going so well.
Mark - the schedule looks good but I wouldn't skip running throughout vacation. I don't know where you are going but early morning runs work so as not to interrupt family plans.
Sandy - good going on the 6 days a week.
msol - glad things are improving
Gotta run. Missed some of you. Happy Sunday and summer start!
Marathons Completed since Nov, 2008: 29 States: 24
Upcoming Races: Route 66 Marathon (OK) - Nov 22; 1 or 2 marathons in Jan/Feb?; Boston Marathon - April 18, 2016
Post 50 PRs: Full: 3:27 HM: 1:35:36 15k: 1:07:04 10k: 43:59 5k: 20:40
Good morning! DH and I took a walk last night and I felt like running so I did a little and no pain. Also, no swelling. I am tempted to run today, but will be good and give myself another couple days. Today I will do elliptical again.
Mark--yes I signed up for the Monumental half before price went up. You answered my question which was pace, but the intervals are speedwork? Curious because I am anticipating better speed workouts when I start my Monumental training.
Rachel--nice 10! Unlike Mark, I love the hills.
Jill--Too bad on missing the race. I was going to do a 15k at white river state park June 15 through IOPO, but iffy now. There are so many 10ks, it will be exciting to see how fast you go!
Clint--Nice intervals, even if you decided against the last one. That does look like a tough workout.
RF--Nice race and added miles!
Sandy--ha why not wave hello to your stalkers? I like running on Sunday.
Ted--Trails sound like fun!
I should have also mentioned a goal to not get so far behind in the forum... Now that I think I will be able to run on a more consistent basis I hope to be in here a little bit more often. I'm sure that you guys understand how hard it is to talk running when you can't run! Anyway, 4 very very very slow miles for me this morning. Hamstrings were okay. The heat sucked though. Followed that with a 90 minute hip opening yoga class (teaching, not taking sadly to say) I was a bad runner patient this week and ran 5 times... I will try to be better this week. I don't want to get sucked into feeling better and doing too much and then having a setback.
Michelle- No pain is a good thing
Ted- Nice work as usual.
Mark- You are super organized with that spreadsheet! I agree with Ted, a little maintenance running will serve you well during vacation. Doesn't have to be a lot, just enough to keep moving.
Clint- It happens.
Sandy- Smart approach to adding that extra day.
Jill- DNS does stink, but it happens to all of us.
Rachel- Nice 10. What injury are you coming off of? What fall marathon are you doing?
RF- NIce race
Michelle, can you refresh my memory about your intervals/speedwork question? I'm drawing a blank. Glad there was no swelling/pain after your running last night! Progress!
Steph, nice very slow 4.... which was probably still at my theoretical Marathon pace, lol! Very glad the running went so well this week. Maybe keeping the pace slow for most runs will allow you to build up the mileage again without hammie issues. I know how you feel about not posting when you're not running... I must admit, even though I was lurking, I didn't post during my "layoff" 'cus I felt I had nothing to write about... Hopefully you'll be back to full mileage and full posting statistics soon... it's more fun here when you're posting a lot!
Ted, Good looking 50/50 8 miler this morning. I am also planning to keep cross training in the mix,,, otherwise, I'd be increasing my mileage more quickly as even 25-30 still feels kinda low to me. You've got lots of races coming up... kinda makes me want to add a race or three to my schedule, haha!
Ted/Steph, I am hoping to run on vacation... at least an early morning 45-60 mins. every other day. But, I've made that same plan for the past 4-5 years and have still logged 0 miles on my vacations. I'm really going to try and do it this year. That's why, if you look at the Total Mileage column on my schedule, I haven't filled in anything for those 2 weeks. I will write in some 'goal miles' for that week a little down the road when I'm mentally prepared for the fact that I don't get to sleep 'til 10am every day on vaca, lol!
Mark--sorry I realized I didn't ask what I meant--what pace will you run your 400s? Consider this a newbie question. I only did tempos last training cycle.
Stephanie--yay again!
3/4 mile at a fastish pace just because after my elliptical. It felt good!
Michelle, in the Hanson plans, 400's are run between 5k-10k pace. After the 400, they have you jog a 400 as "rest" between the hard 400 reps. So, that particular day would look something like this:
Workout: 6 w/ 8x400
This is a good workout to start with for people who have never done speed work and/or those in the 20's-30's miles per week range. In most plans, the number of 400's will increase over time. Higher mileage runners will often do more mileage for a warm up and/or cool down to help them safely increase their weekly mileage. When I was running in the 45-50 miles range last year, I would often have a 3 mile warm up and a 2-3 mile cool down. It sounds like a lot, but it goes by pretty quickly.
p.s. If you plan to add some 400's (or other VO2max workouts) to your schedule, I would be sure to NOT do 2 "Qaulity" workouts (ie. LR's, Tempos, VO2max) on consecutive days. You should have either an Easy day or Off day in between to allow your body to recover. Doing Quality work on consecutive days too often will result in injury sooner or later.... usually sooner. That advice could possibly be different for higher mileage runners... but, for most of us, it's true.
Michelle- Mark makes a very important point about scheduling your hard workouts. It is VERY important to make sure you are getting enough rest in between so that you are fresh for the next hard effort. That doesn't necessarily mean not running, just make sure the pace is in the easy/recovery range. You also want to be aware of scheduling your hard efforts around your weekly long run as well. Refresh my memory... are you doing the half or full at Monumental? It makes a difference in terms of what type of speedwork you do...
Had a great time in Moscow. Slept very little and drank a lot of vodka in outdoor cafes. Russian women are the most beautiful I have ever seen but the men are very plain. The food was surprisingly good and cheap. The people are very friendly and were constantly asking where I was from (but already knowing the answer).
Below: just some random buildings.
Below is the Bolshoi theater complex.
The Kremlin. Very close by is a bar called Propaganda. Seriously.
Below is St. Basil's cathedral.
In June I am going to try and run as much as possible. But it's going to be another down month compared to my usual.
Sandy: 6 days a week is pretty serious. Me senses some changes afoot. Like you just the way you are
Mark: 22 miles over 5 runs is spread pretty thin! Good job on the 3. Looked at your schedule but don't have any comments.
Stephanie: I would keep all the runs short and easy and just keep reminding myself that that is better than not running at all. But this is a great improvement over a couple of weeks ago.
msol: best to be cautious. Maybe just a lot of short runs. I would use this as a great excuse to increase your running days. Don't see how a wisp of a girl like you needs to lose any weight.
Ted: didn't you say at some point that you were going to do Pfitz 18/70?
Clint: still a strong run. What was the pace supposed to be on the 4X10 minutes? LT? Is that supposed to be kind of like 4X1.5?
Jill: it was a tough call so I wouldn't sweat it.
Rachel: which fall marathon? You could recover for 2 weeks and have 17 weeks to train for the IMM.
RF: DH did great despite not seeming to train that much. And you finished first And you ran your usual 9 min pace like you do for all races at all distances "Don't hassle me I'm slow" was a classic.
Upcoming Races
Half: 1:29:25 (Mini 500 - 2 May 2015)
Full: 3:17:16 (Indy Monumental - 7 November 2015)
5k: 19:23 (French Lick - April 18 2015)
Rest day for me. Spent some quality time with the foam roller; my quads esp really needed it after the (rather sudden) increase in hill work.
Jill, nice to meet you! Also, I agree with the others; don't worry too much about the DNS. There are plenty of other races available to replace it with.
Sandy, nice 2! Yeah, my plan is to do the monumental full. Haven't signed up yet, but I figured I'd wait until after my half to make sure I feel up to going for a fall full.
Clint, nice run! I hope to be able to run that fast some day.
Mark, while I'm normally fine with hills and even enjoy them on occasion, I think wind might have just made the hate list... and I don't plan on mixing hills and long runs again for a while!
Ted, nice 8! Yeah, I know my times are unusual, but as I've been increasing distance I've been increasing my general fitness, so I've been able to maintain my pace more than normal (at least for the time being. )
msol, good job on doing the smart thing and not running... those are always the hardest days for me.
Steph, nice 4; I tend to be a horrible running patient as well. I'm not coming off of a recent running injury, but previously every time I've started running again I've not done it right and end up injured. Here's to doing it right this time!
Ok, gotta run... sorry if I missed anybody!
Happy Sunday everybody!! Kept today as my regular SRD even though after we got home from church I did mega 2hour yard work session....in case I haven't mentioned it in awhile I HATE yardwork.....came back to my office to miracle grow all my little baby veggie garden and I have a little bit of work to do before going home to be a lump....I'm still really tired from getting up so early yesterday and we had to get up early again today to play on music team at church. Doesn't help that I stayed up later than I wanted last night to watch the Pacer game. This week looks really pleasant weather-wise for running!! Can hardly believe it's June!!
ANT - welcome back!! Love the pictures!!!!!! Did you go a little stir crazy not running or did time pretty much fly by? I may have to add back my classic sig now....it's still true.....although I may modify it to say don't hassle me, I have ONE slow pace.....
Mark -- that plan looks pretty good to me but I agree try to get something in on vacation. I don't always do well at that either but it does help even if it's short. I always find it kind of fun to run in new places anyway....change of scenery....heck, scenery at all compared to here!! Oh, and I ran 22 miles last week too over only 4 days so don't feel bad about spreading it thin!!
Psalms - nice 10 yesterday in the wind!! I would have made my 2nd run equal out to 10 total if it wasn't for wind.....like Mark I'm a heat, wind and hill-phobe.....I run in wind pretty much every freakin' day since my normal route is completely out in the open- it's my nemesis.....
Jill - I didn't want to make you feel bad talking about the weather so I didn't say much about it but yeah, it never rained on us at all; just on the drive over. did you even get to pick up your shirt? I was THRILLED they finally went to tech shirts this year and they're NOT white!!!!!! They heard my complaints!!!!! I could have picked yours up yesterday morning and sent it to you.
Michelle - glad the foot is feeling almost normal!! You've been smart to take it easy so it's probably about ready to go!!
Sandy - hey, I don't knock any miles 1 or 10 at least you ran. Like I told ANT maybe I'll add that back since it's still true; especially after this injury!
Ted - I laughed and thought about your comment when we hit the field....he kept yelling he was right behind me....hahaha
Stephanie - don't feel bad I didn't post for awhile either when my injury first struck....not much to say when I was not only not running but not working out.....nobody wants to hear about the sale on dental floss I found at walgreens or I finally reorganized a hall closet.
Everybody else "hi"....gotta finish a few things so I can go be lazy before bed.....
Found my way here. Running the 2nd half of the past week was off schedule. My mom fell & broke her arm & maybe her pelvis so I had to make a unexpected road trip to our neighboring state to the east. Looks like surgery(s) is required, but hopefully all will heal okay. I haven't downloaded my watch in a few days, so I don't have any stats to pass along. I didn't get to run Thurs or Sat. I ran a slow 5 on Friday & got about 12 in at a decent pace yesterday with some friends. I'll update more later when I can.
4 miles this morning. Great weather. 2nd run in my Altra's, I like them.
--- edit/add: forgot to mention I did 6 x 80m strides at end of run
RE: spreading it thin::: I'm doing it on purpose. Explanation of my thinking::: My goal is not related to how well I'm running right now, or even how well over the next couple of months. My goal is to be prepared to excel at the Hanson HM plan that I will be starting on Aug. 11th. Between now and then, I consider myself in "base building" phase. Every run I do is in preparation to be able to handle that plan without injury or excuse. I want to be ready to execute every run of the Hanson plan. If you look at the last 2 weeks of the plan I attached above, they EXACTLY mimic weeks 12-13'ish of the Hanson HM plan FOUND HERE. The only difference is that I changed the Off day to Saturday. And, every week before those 2 weeks (except vacation of course) is building towards being able to handle that Hanson schedule.
Hope that explains my mentality a little. Feel free to make suggestions if I'm off base with something. Also, keep in mind that I'll be still hitting the Y for s/t and elliptical cardio 3-4 days per week while doing the above schedule. Otherwise, the mileage build up might be a little more aggressive.
ANT, great photos! Glad you enjoyed yourself in Moscow! And, the "slept very little and drank a lot" are the very reasons I usually end up running a fat 0 miles on my vacations, lol! Except, my vice is usually beer.... but, if I were in Russia, it would no doubt be Vodka for sure!
Rachel, I found a bit of a reprieve from windy conditions last year by starting to run some trails. Not sure if you have any near by that are safe to run, but I live 15-20 minutes from Ft. Ben on the NE side of Indy and, on the windiest of days, I can go run there and the hills/trees cut the wind down to nearly nothing. It's also a nice place to run on warm days as you're in the shade most of the time. Plus, it's a nice change of scenery from my usual suburban neighborhood routes I run over and over and over.
RF, hope you caught up on your sleep. I did the same yesterday. And, as you know, I hate me some yard work too... but, probably gonna have to do mine today or tomorrow since my grass is above my ankles...grrr..
Clay, nice 3, glad the achilles are behaving. Good to see you back!
BD, sorry to hear about your mom... hope her recovery goes well!
No run for me today. I'm at the stage before a race where I get paranoid about getting injured, plus my right knee is still a bit achy from my long hilly run sat. No creaking or crackling though, so I'm pretty sure it's just a sore calf. Did a really short (probably too short...) set of strength exercises this morning hitting a couple of areas I tend to be a bit weaker in, and biked the ~1 mile to work. My plan for the week is to focus on strength and cross training with 2 approx 4 mile tempos this week, with a 13 mile long sat after which I'll start my 2 week taper. My mom's supposed to run the half with me, but she tweaked a groin muscle late last week, so she's worried she's going to have to take a DNS.
Clay/Mark, nice runs!
Mark, no, I don't have much in the way of trails nearby. There's a 3ish mile loop trail really close by that I'm hoping to try at some point, but not sure how maintained it is. Other than that, trails mean a 30+ min drive to a state park.
BD, sorry to hear about your mom!
Edit: should add extra stretching to that plan for this week... feeling the stiffness as I sit here at my desk...
7m on the bike last night. Finally figured out the gears for real - yay. 5m run at lunch today - 8:48 pace. Great weather for a run.
ANT - Welcome back. Great pictures. Yes, I'm doing Pfitz 18/70, but modified. Since I'm travelling west to San Diego and Las Vegas (think 98 degrees) with flights on Saturday in each direction for my first week of the plan, I know I can't get the 50+ miles in for the first week. So I am modifying it to be in the low 40s that week, building to 50+ over a few week period, then more following the 12/70 plan. If that makes sense... I did this last year, maxing out at 67mpw and averaging in the 50s, and PR'd. So I decided to try it again.
Rachel - I think I only maxed out at an 11m long run before running my first half, so you should be in good shape. If you are worried about injury, I would suggest that you don't do 2 tempo runs this week, especially with only running 3x/week. Maybe some easy miles with strides on one of those days if you think you must.
Mark - We can always hope to do every run of a plan from start to finish exactly as written, but it doesn't always work out that way.
Bird - sorry about your mom.
Clay - yay for the no pain. I've noticed you haven't been around for a while.
Bo - you too. How goes it?
RF - One more Pacer game to go - until the finals series! Since you are a master gardener and all - can I still plant tomatoes this coming weekend?
Steph - glad you are healing up. This hot weather running takes some getting used to.
msol - nice fast stuff at the end of your elliptical.
Haven't run yet today but plan to at my usual time around 5 in what should be enjoyable weather! I'm going to wear my pure cadence tonight since the wind is pretty light. I'd like to run 5 depending on how my calves/ankles feel in them but I'll cut it short to 4 if they start getting uncomfortably tight. Honestly I love my new shoes so much I want to run in them all the time now but I still have at least 2 other pairs of adrenalines I want to get the mileage out of so I'll mostly save the new ones for LRs right now until I retire one of the adren.
Mark - ha, well, no I haven't caught up on rest yet but things are extraordinarily busy here at work right now so I don't anticipate getting rested up until maybe the end of the month....there are going to be a LOT of late nights here in the next couple weeks...blech.....
Rachel - Ted beat me to it but I was also going to say doing 2 tempos this week is probably not the wisest use of your running time....especially if you're prone to injury. I think most people only do one tempo workout/week and now that you're so close to your race I wouldn't push it. Does your schedule only allow you to run 3 days/week? If not I'd suggest adding another easy day of 4-5 miles. Just my two cents worth...
Ted.....bwahahahahaaa......oh my gosh I can't stop laughing re the gardening comment....if you ONLY knew!!!!! I can't keep a fake plant alive so it's pretty funny that I'm even attempting a garden....I have a LOT of funny failed garden stories, in fact when I said I was trying again this year DH just looked at me and said "seriously?".....hahahahaha....but to answer your question, as long as you don't start from seeds you're still fine to plant tomatoes....in fact I saw some at menard's that were pretty far along already with flowers on them. Time will tell whether this year's attempt will be worthwhile or a profound waste of time and energy! I hope so since I use everything I'm trying to grow to juice with.
Clay - glad the achilles is feeling better! You've still got plenty of time to keep your running scaled back before starting IMM training.
Bird - hope your mom is doing ok...yikes!
I normally run 4 or 5 times a week, but I'm not going to be able to run wed due to work this week. I was thinking to do tempo runs to try to get a better feel for my goal pace before the race; you guys think it'd be better to do a tempo either tomorrow or thurs, and easy runs the remaining 2 days (tues/thurs and fri)?
Probably. But if you are set on doing 2, make them different. Tuesday do a "comfortably hard" 20min with WU/CD. Thur/fri do 3x2mi somewhere around goal pace, don't forget WU/CD. The Tuesday run should not leave you too fatigued for your workout thur/fri. Personally, If I wasn't "feeling" it Tuesday I would just do easy miles and focus on he main workout thur/fri.
For me:
Solid xfit workout in the am. Got CC camp with Ethan tonight and hoping to get some easy miles in later too. Will catch up tomorrow.
Hi all. 3.32 easy miles in the swampy humidity this morning, followed by some ST and a yoga class (teaching, not taking sadly to say) Hammie is holding up. I am a little surprised because I did 3 straight days of running. Cross training for me tomorrow though.
Rachel- If your race is June 23, you are not likely to really get a training effect of any tempo runs you do now until after the race. However, some race pace work (which would be at a slower pace than tempo) is probably a good idea if you aren't "feeling" your pace. Also +1 for only doing 1 a week
ANT- Glad you had a good trip. Thanks for sharing the pics with us. I am trying to keep everything short and slow, even though it is killing me!
Sorry I can't get to everyone this evening... gotta get dinner done before swim team.
4 miles today.
It's not been the best of days. My cat died this morning. Not in the mood for replies right now. Later.
Sorry Sandy.
Sorry to hear about your cat Sandy
Around halfway I suddenly felt like RUNNING. So I ran 7:40-8:00 for about 4 miles before jogging in the last mile. After 4 days off you might think "well duh" but to be honest I thought the trip wore me out. Guess not.
Sandy: sorry to hear that.
Rachel: Another +1 for only one pace day per week. Instead of running continuously at goal pace you might try this:
1-2 miles warm up
2 miles at goal pace
1/2 mile recovery jog
1-2 miles cool down
then next week make it 3X2 miles with a 1/2 mile jog in between each 2 mile. This is less stressful than running your pace miles continuously. I'm assuming you know how to set up your Garmin to do workouts like this. On top of that I'm assuming you have a Garmin
Stephanie: good news!
RF: I didn't really miss running. The funny thing was that I still had energy even though I wasn't sleeping much over there. I think my unused running energy kept me going!
Clint: never heard of CC camp so I googled it.
Ted: gotcha on your plan. This weather is great for running but not much else at least in terms of regular summer activities.
Mark: funny story. I went to the conference with 3 other IU profs and we told the Russians we wanted to drink Russian vodka. But they said "no Russian vodka" (think Russian accent here). So they ordered some vodka (speaking Russian) and it was pretty good. When they told us it was Finlandia we complained because we can get that here. So we again demanded Russian vodka and they reluctantly agreed. They ordered something called Russian Standard which turned out to be crap. I did something similar before starting the Hansons plan - I first had to get up to running 6 days a week.
Bird: sorry to hear about your mom.
I know I said I would give myself a couple days but I take that back. I feel like I can handle easy miles so I did 3 around home tonight. Mid-way through I was aware of my foot, but didn't feel the need to stop. By the end of the run I was barely aware of it. Mentally, this was a good run. I think I might try a few miles every other day this week and keep up my cross training.
Sandy sorry to hear about your loss.
Mark--thank you. Yes that is the kind of description of speedwork I was looking for. I also wrote out a plan based on Pfitz half training and I followed his advice to give myself recovery time from the harder workouts. I won't start until late July.
Stephanie--I am signed up for the half at Monumental. I haven't decided yet if I want to train for a full.
Ant--nice pictures! Bet those bursts today felt good. I agree that I want to have the excuse to increase my running days. Know what happens when you use "wisp" and "girl" to describe me? I eat two brownies.
Bird--get well wishes to your mom.
DD is waiting on me to sit outside with her, so catch up more later!
Sandy - I'm so sorry about your cat ....losing a pet is so hard....I lost my dog about 5 years ago and DH and I still miss her and talk about her....
Michelle - nice job on the 3 miles and yippee for it not bothering you!! Don't beat yourself up over the brownies...some days you just have to
ANT - if I'm going to drink anything with vodka in it I like the girly flavored ones
Ran 5 miles in my pure cadence and this was the first run I've had in them not in super windy conditions so I was able to get a much better feel for them.....REALLY like them!! I could concentrate on form and landing properly; I just need to wear thinner socks than I had on because the left one was rubbing my foot weird in these shoes. Other than that no calf or achilles tightness whatsover....they felt very natural and easy. I'm going to start trying to wear them 2x/wk on a 5 mile run and again on my Friday 5k fun run in town and see how that goes for awhile before wearing them more often.
Clay, we have a dog that we lost in mid 2008 and we still talk about him as well.
Michelle, I can't recall, do you have the Pfitz book Road Racing for Serious Runners? In that book, he says his VO2max workouts are to be done at 8k-10k pace for the HM plan for less than 30 mpw. If you don't have the book and need more specific info, let me know.
Sandy-sorry about your cat. Been through it our house a few too many times. Peace my sister.
Got out and ran 4 this morning. Glad I waited until this morning given the delightful temps.
Venom-I ran at 5:30 to 6 on Friday. I have clients across US 30 from the Star Plaza by the Holiday Inn Express, Hampton, etc. I knew I would be okay there. I just followed the road out from the Plaza to Broadway and came up that way. I know dangerous, but early morning, I was careful. Fortunately it was light outside.
ANT-welcome back to Indiana. Amazing pics.
I gotta catch up with the rest of you later on.
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What was your first job — in life and in NYC?
My first job was at Eddie Bauer when I was in high school. I still remember going in for my six-hour shifts and spending the entire time folding the jean wall. It was so mind-numbing. I'd spend all day folding, and by the time I finished, it would be fucked up again from people pulling jeans off the wall to find the right size — it was an endless cycle. Kind of jokingly, but kind of not, my biggest goal is to get an Eddie Bauer campaign just to bring my life full circle.
In NYC, my first job was working the coat check at the Parkside Lounge in the LES. My best friend at the time was bartending there. I arrived in NYC on New Year's Eve, and she brought me in that same night to work. So fitting that I get off the airplane and get to work the same day. Very true to New York, I've been working like crazy every day since I got here.
After an impressive run at glossies like Cosmopolitan & Seventeen that included styling, editing, and modeling (eh hem, slashie!) Jennifer Steele — now a stylist living in NYC — spends her days (& nights) curating the site GIRLS I KNOW.


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