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PeterJ
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 Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:59 am Post subject: ... back on track! |
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this is an interesting year. It seems I have found a foolproof method of loosing weight **1. Which means I have lost almost 20 pounds.
And guess what: running becomes too easy  .
For the last 4 months I have practised with a group of people who run the Munich Marathon (but without me)! I come more and more to the conclusion 1500m would be my distance. We did a lot of track work as 12 * 400, 20 * 200, 8*1000. I don't know what it is good for a marathon runner, but I loved it. Track is cool, awesome, ...  there were also a couple long runs 20 to 30 km  , not really my distance.
I try to remain on track, loosing some more pounds could mean a decent 10K time (45:00?) , nothing is impossible.
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Peter
**1: eat less, drink less, run more |
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Micah Ward
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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Good work Peter. Do you have a 10K on the schedule?
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PeterJ
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Micah Ward wrote: | | Good work Peter. |
... the match is not yet won
| Micah Ward wrote: | | Do you have a 10K on the schedule? |
12. November a 10 K cross run at Teufelsberg, this translates to "Devils Hill", sounds frightening, doesn't it? I have no idea, what time is achievable. In December a 10 K Christmas run. |
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Micah Ward
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:33 am Post subject: |
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DEVIL'S HILL!!!!!!!!!!
You got to love that. I bet this will be a tough course so don't worry too much about your time. Cross country course can be very tough so times don't mean as much there. But they are great fun....my favorite type of race.
Let us know how you do.
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Dan
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:15 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Cross country course can be very tough so times don't mean as much there. |
Tell me about it. I was trying to project how some teams coming down from Alaska would do in our race last Saturday. They all ran a full minute faster than their best times I could find, and we got spanked... Apparently, many of the courses up there are run on cross country ski courses and are brutally difficult.
Dan
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Micah Ward
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:00 am Post subject: |
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Trying to make sense out of cross country times is an imprecise science at best and an exercise in futility at worst. Did you factor in the training bump they get from running away from polar bears?
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PeterJ
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| Micah Ward wrote: |
You got to love that. |
I guess so, this will be my first one!
| Micah Ward wrote: | | Cross country course can be very tough so times don't mean as much thereLet us know how you do. |
We started already with hill runs, and sprints on steep hills. Uhh, I like that feeling, when at the end your brain bursts  .
Are there any other recomendations? Do I need long runs (2h)?
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Dan
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:01 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Did you factor in the training bump they get from running away from polar bears? |
Moose are a bigger threat...
Dan
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PeterJ, since you are training for a 10K I'm not so sure the value of a 2 hour long run. I am a beliver in specificity of training so I would not recommend a 2 hour run that is going to be at a pace a lot slower than your projected race pace. I am a believer in a shorter long run, maybe 8-10 miles, at closer to your expected race pace...maybe 60-80 seconds per mile slower.
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Great Job Peter... XC is the best training for your strength...
Dan you are right there the Moose are dangerous... nasty things
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