PREFONTAINE

May 18, 2024

15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

Location:

Hamden,CT,

Member Since:

Oct 03, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

MY RACE RESULTS ON ATHLINKS

IMPORTANT LINKS

LINKS TO RACE RESULTS AND COMMENTS

PERSONAL RECORDS

HITEK RACING: CT RACE CALENDAR

NOTE TO DOUG

Short-Term Running Goals:

PR for All Race distances - simple enough - right?

Improve VDOT from 42 and get to 43 as proven by Race Result(s) or Time Trial(s).

Long-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for Boston Marathon

Personal:

Favorite Blogs:

Click to donate

to Ukraine's Armed Forces

Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Wed, Jan 12, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	5.14	0.00	0.00	5.14

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/63143634

338C012

Stonehenge route at 1306. Blizzard in CT yesterday. 24 inches of snow. It stopped snowing an hour ago. It snowed for 14 hours (10pm-12 noon today).

5.14 miles done in 44:06 at 9:33 pace per mile with 144 bpm at 83% MHR with this being MP miles run.

Splits: 9:40 (136), 9:47 (143), 9:47 (145), 9:23 (148), 9:12 (150), 9:19 (150)...for 0.14 mi.

I felt like I could make a run today in these conditions. The roads were messy as you would expect. I hit the midpoint for MP from HR intensity perspective...just like on Monday the HR was at 83% MHR but the pace today was 9:33 versus 8:37 on Monday. This is as I would expect given the conditions.

Of note, HR training does allow me to gauge accurately the effort for the run. If I rely solely on Pace, data is skewed. Pace does not always reflect effort. Conditions such as snow mounds, heat, etc need to be taken into consideration and HR monitoring does just that. I know with absolute certainty that MP miles were done today.

Below Grid: I have decided to train for Colchester Half Marathon on Saturdays by running about equivalent elevation during Long Runs on Saturday. Have arrived at course in home town which mimics Colchester course elevation. I initially planned to run East Rock on Wednesdays as that is speed training day...but why put off the tempo, fartlek, hills, interval training, etc on Wednesdays when I can simply run the Colchester elevation on Saturdays during Long Runs. Saturday is the better option...and once again, INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT LONG RUNS GET DONE AND NOT PUT OFF!!! Right now, it is all about staying committed to Running and Training. And it looks like I have a decent plan in place for getting Saturday and Sunday runs done as scheduled.

Colchester Half Marathon Course Training: Saturday Long Run. Add Miles as necessary for Long Run.

Colchester Mile Mark	Distance	Elevation	Hamden Mile Mark	Distance	Elevation	Route

1.4	1.15	190	1	1	170	Up East Rock
5.8	0.75	160	5	0.5	120	DD to ER Base
7.7	0.3	130	7	0.5	120	DD to ER Base
9.7	0.25	60	9	0.5	120	DD to ER Base
10.3	0.9	215	10	1	170	Up East Rock
11.6	1.3	150	12	1	170	Up East Rock
		905			880

Comments

From Scott Wesemann on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:45:03 from 66.239.250.209

Hey nice work getting out under those conditions. I agree that HR is a much better indicator as to effort. With all of the hills I do sometimes my pace would seem sloooooow, but I know I'm working my butt off.

From PRE on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 15:02:19 from 99.50.214.225

Scott - I ran Monday on my day off in preparation for this Blizzard. There was the possibility that I would not be able to run under those conditions. But it was not cold, and probably you influenced me, as did other bloggers, who climb snow covered mountains. I mean, if you can do all the vertical you do, then I should not be putting off a run. And I have gotten myself to the place where I don't need to always have a "decent" pace as long as I am staying true to doing the run at the correct scheduled intensity.

From flatlander on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 16:14:17 from 198.207.244.102

Nice run in the snow. So by "same elevation" you mean the same degree of up and down or are you talking feet above sea level?

From PRE on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 18:53:25 from 99.50.214.225

Thanks Flatlander,

Same degree of up for sure. I did not think about the down portion actually. Now that you mention it, I should look into that. I believe Colchester sees about equal elevation gain/loss. My focus had been getting good at the uphill portion. With the "Hamden" route though, the elevation gain would be about the same as the elevation loss (because I need to come down from the mountain and the uphills). The route is mostly out and back.

I just checked the elevation from the Colchester course, It is 1,027 elevation gain and 1,047 elevation loss.

Add Your Comment.

Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.

Debt Reduction Calculator

Featured Announcements

Most Recent Entries:

New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):

Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):