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RangerG Junior Varsity
Joined: 05 Dec 2002 Posts: 132 Location: Chester County, PA
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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 9:59 am Post subject: |
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I'm training indoors till it warms up! The place we are at, till the house is rebuilt, has a gym with a lot of equipment. I am running on the treadmills morning (3 miles)and night (1 mile) in a nice warm environment with...um well...*whisper* Cable TV, a whirlpool, and sauna No sign of last years groin pull, and I am good about stretching first. The only rough thing is that I developed that cold weather running cough, and just can't shake it. Going thu the house with that nasty burnt smell has made it worse. Been thru 3 RX regimins, and I still have it. Probably will be able to do better when I shake this thing. I guess Dan should form the "Rundown Runners" forum for all the sick and rehab people on here We could cry on each others shoulders I'm trying to get back where I was before winter hit, and of course the fire I'll tell ya that running is making me feel soooo much better about life I'm almost ready to tangle with Maximus Pontificus _________________ If I could only run like John Capel... |
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Dan Chief Pontificator
Joined: 22 Mar 1999 Posts: 9334 Location: Salem, OR
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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 10:06 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | PE classes end up being the "minor leagues" for my HS teams. |
That's a very good approach. Some of you are probably familiar with the Bend HS (Oregon) teams of the early 90's -- the girls team from '92 I believe was voted the best ever HS girls XC team by USA Today, winning state with about 20 points (Maria Mutola displaced them as 1st overall as an exchange student in Eugene) and a top 5 consisting of 2 frosh, 2 sophomores, and a junior! Anyway, their coach was very big about scouting out the pre-HS scene in the area to try and get people excited about the program several years before arriving. They were dominant for quite a while...
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Paul Olympic Medalist
Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 1610 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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Hammer, that is quite a school schedule, on top of your regular coaching duties. And your training sounds like its really moving along. Do you have a pretty good track where you do your intervals? 85 laps in the gym, that must have been tedious!! Do you change direction at all?? |
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Paul Olympic Medalist
Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 1610 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Butt blaster? I think I'd feel too much like an infomercial saying that in public. |
I agree, but you know how it is in the health club industry, anything to pique somebody's interest in the equipment. |
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Hammer Varsity
Joined: 17 Jan 2002 Posts: 385 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 6:25 am Post subject: |
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Paul- Our track is horrible. A lot of the areas are worn away and there are some ruts devoloping on the home stretch. Our sprinters can only work on one of the straitaways. |
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Paul Olympic Medalist
Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 1610 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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Any plans to have it resurfaced soon?? BTW what is the cost to resurface a track??
Did an easy 30 min recovery run last night, then tackled some hills at Tryon. West Horse loop, Dan. I was a quivering bag of lactate. I have hit 25 miles so far this week. Should be my first official 30 miler. I am thinking of taking tomorrow off. Have put in 5 straight, and I'm feeling it. The weather has been astounding and there doesn't seem to be any letup through Mon or Tues.
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Dan Chief Pontificator
Joined: 22 Mar 1999 Posts: 9334 Location: Salem, OR
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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | BTW what is the cost to resurface a track?? |
Prohibitive. There are of course a widely varying number of options/prices, but the new track at Willamette was close to 1/3 of a millions dollars 2 years ago.
Quote: | Did an easy 30 min recovery run last night, then tackled some hills at Tryon. West Horse loop, Dan. I was a quivering bag of lactate. |
Ah, I believe that would be the trail affectionaly referred to as "Commando." If I'm thinking of the same one, try running that bad boy during a very wet winter. You get extra credit points if you can stay on the trail...
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Hammer Varsity
Joined: 17 Jan 2002 Posts: 385 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 7:28 am Post subject: |
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Paul- No plans for a new track. Besides in my little town distance (or mid-distance) is king and the $$$$ usually follows results. So basketball, and XC usually get the $$$$. The price our administrators have been talking about (to renevate our track) is $400,000. The track sits in a bowl next to a ditch and there are major drainage issues. We would have to pass a bond to get it fixed. But like I said earlier it's not high on the school's priority.
I ran 6 miles yesterday in 41.35 bringing my weekly total (5 days) to 36 miles. It was cold (32 degrees) and windy. We finally got some snow. |
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Micah Ward Olympic Medalist
Joined: 08 May 2000 Posts: 2152 Location: Hot&humid, GA
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 11:50 am Post subject: |
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Hitting the weights this afternoon with light weight and lots of reps. Trying to cancel out Mrs Ward's french toast from this morning.
This week the ratio goes to 1 minute walk and 9 minutes run for 30 minutes. I'm just about back. _________________ blah:`echo _START_ && phpbb:phpinfo(); && echo _END_` |
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Dan Chief Pontificator
Joined: 22 Mar 1999 Posts: 9334 Location: Salem, OR
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 11:52 am Post subject: |
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That's getting to be a pretty good ratio. Is the foot pain-free?
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Micah Ward Olympic Medalist
Joined: 08 May 2000 Posts: 2152 Location: Hot&humid, GA
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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The foot is pain free but I am taking no chances on coming back too fast. Actually the doc doesn't want me running more than 30 minutes 3 times a week until April. So I will stick with that. _________________ blah:`echo _START_ && phpbb:phpinfo(); && echo _END_` |
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Dan Chief Pontificator
Joined: 22 Mar 1999 Posts: 9334 Location: Salem, OR
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | the doc doesn't want me running more than 30 minutes 3 times a week |
How much do you get to run the other 4 days?
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Micah Ward Olympic Medalist
Joined: 08 May 2000 Posts: 2152 Location: Hot&humid, GA
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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Oooooooooh...that's cute.........
The literary types would call that a razor sharp wit...touche' Pontificus Maximus. _________________ blah:`echo _START_ && phpbb:phpinfo(); && echo _END_` |
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Hammer Varsity
Joined: 17 Jan 2002 Posts: 385 Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 6:49 am Post subject: |
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I ran 57 miles last week, finishing up with a 15 miler in 1:53. I took Sunday off. I'm figuring a day off every 10days will work for me right now. I'm shooting for 50 miles on the short (6day) week. But today 2/10 is the 1st offficial day of track practice in NM so my schedule will get a little full. |
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Micah Ward Olympic Medalist
Joined: 08 May 2000 Posts: 2152 Location: Hot&humid, GA
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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Today was the last of the walk/run combinations. Monday will be a 25 minute run and Wednesday a 28 minute run. Then I will "taper" Thursday and Friday and do the fatman shuffle Saturday at a local 5K.
And don't worry, those of you familiar with my injury history. There will be no attempt at speed and nothing more than slow 30 minute jogs 3 times a week until the end of March.
I'm almost a runner again. _________________ blah:`echo _START_ && phpbb:phpinfo(); && echo _END_` |
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