Shaun's Goal

[se7entse7en]

Week of Feb 27:
M - 14
Th- 5
Sa- 17.5

Week of March 6:
M - 13.5
T - 6
Th- 23

Week of March 13:
Su - 28.5
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In the last 7 days I ran four times for a total of 71kms.
It looks like I'm now pretty much back as far as distance is concerned, but my speed is way down.
Too slow for a 4hr marathon. Need to shave off 12s per km... which should(?) be possible. Most of that time was lost waiting at lights.

5 weeks to go before the 2 weeks of taper.
:/

[se7entse7en]

Week of March 13:
Su - 28.5
Tu - 6
We - 6x440 hills

Week of March 20:
Su - 11km of failure. Supposed to be 32k. No sleep. Big disappointment
Tu - 30km. Slow
Fr - 5km. Speed intervals

Week of March 27:
Su - 24.5km. Slow.
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The March 20th run was supposed to be a 32km run through portions of the BMO Marathon course but 3hrs of sleep simply didn't cut it. Gave up after 6 and just slow jogged back.

Wanted to try a 32km run later in the week and decided to go on the Tuesday. Made it to 27km where I completely ran out of water so I stopped at 30. Last 3km were kinda tough and so I decided to quit before I got into some medical trouble. As it was, when I looked in the mirror when I got back, my first thought was, "Did I just have blueberries?" My lips and fingernails were blue. (It wasn't that cold out). Probably a real good thing I stopped when I did.

Only two more big runs (29,32) and two weeks of taper before I have to run the equivalent of 105.5 laps around the track.

Not feeling ready.

[se7entse7en]

Week of March 27:
Su - 24.5km. Slow.
Tu - 6km - Good quick run up Southridge
We - 10km - Fartleks
Fr - Easy squat workout. DOMS for three days after though.

Week of April 3:
Su - 28km. Closer to race-pace. Felt pretty good after, but... this is only 2/3 of a marathon.
Tu - 6km. Good quick run up Southridge. Quicker (and easier) than previous week.
We - 7.5km - Fartleks/Sprint workout.

Gonna try to get in another run either today or tomorrow.

Bought a 2L Camelbak. Running with almost 6lbs of water is definitely noticeable, but at least I didn't have to worry about running out.

A 32km is planned for Sunday. I've been considering trying to extend it an additional 2-3km. This will be the last long run before the taper.

I wish I had another three weeks.
Not feeling ready.
Quite psyched out.
Kinda hope I don't die.
Should probably make out my will soon. j/k... sorta.

[jeSteR]

It's still great progress despite all your set backs.

Keep it up, and regardless of how you feel, you probably should have a will by now anyways

[Duncan]

plus, you're the only one out of all of us who's still giving your goal a go... well, i guess except for joel, but he's gimp so he's on hold.. and maybe keian? what was his goal?

[nature boy]

keian's goal was to have surgery.

but it's true, shaun's the only one that stuck to his goal, but then i have i this feeling that shaun has been at his goals way longer than we even thought of trying to eat 10 cheeseburgers in 30 minutes.

everyone else sucks.

[supersuk]

easily crushed my 2nd goal. competed at 145 lbs early february. Would be interesting to check out my body fat % now, i have a weak 6 pack.

Gonna start bulking again after I do the sunrun.

[se7entse7en]

Week of April 10:
Su - 33km. Slow and kinda tough. The real bright side to this run was that I survived it despite sabotaging it.
Tu - 6km. Good recovery run.
We - 7.5km - Fartleks/Sprint workout.
Fr - 7.0 - Easy run @ marathon race pace.

Week of April 17:
Su - 10km. Sun Run. 10km personal best @ 46:11. Not bad considering I wasn't really trying until the last km... but boy was I trying in the last kilometer!
Tu - 6km marathon race pace. Somehow messed up my knee on Sunday... possibly while getting in my car after the race. Still sore. I think I'm screwed.
Thr - 3.5km marathon race pace. Knee still buggered.
Sa - 6km marathon race pace. Trying to prepare myself mentally for the possible disappointment of being too injured to run the marathon.

fwiw, re Knee Injury:
I'm no doctor but I think I strained one of the ligaments connected to the fibular head. I can still walk and do every day activities without much discomfort, but I certainly cannot run for 4 hours. Hopefully it'll heal in time... God willing.

[jeSteR]

That sucks Shaun.

I wouldn't really push that knee too much more. Better to get it looked at and fit in some healing time. Then get a head start for the next race instead.

[se7entse7en]

I did the marathon.
Came in 4:04:43. May have been able to come in under 4hrs if my left quads didn't start cramping @ 36km... maybe not though. Oh well.

[jeSteR]

That's awesome !!!! I'm glad that your knee held up.

Now take a needed break an heal up buddy.

[se7entse7en]

Thanks Jai. It was a pretty close thing. My knee and calf were still really sore on Wednesday. Quite painful to even touch. I had to call my parents and tell them to cancel their hotel reservations. Thursday evening rolled around and I was like, hmmm... maybe. Luckily they hadn't cancelled their hotel reservations yet.

Yeah, I'll be taking it easy the rest of the month. Maybe do some light biking... weather permitting.

[joel]

Grats on the accomplishment!

[se7entse7en]

Two more running goals for 2011
Half marathon in 100 minutes. (1:40:59 counts)
10K in under 45 minutes.

My best chance for the Half goal is this Sunday as it's a downhill course even though I don't really feel as ready as I'd like.

[joel]

Good luck!