This year’s 100/100 has been off to a good start for me. I’ve been through a lot of changes in training and running in the past year.
Last year’s 100/100 brought me run legs that I have never had before. I did a couple of years of HS XC and a semester of college XC, but never had trained so consistently before the 100/100.
I came off of last year’s challenge ready to run my first open 26.2, but it was cancelled by corona. I was hoping for 6:45/mi and a BQ. I did a speedwork week at 6:20 avg before the race and felt fully trained for them to cancel it the Thursday before.
I did run a 13.1 (2.62mi x 5) race in the heat in summer and managed to get 4th overall and 3rd male overall.
In August 2020, a series of events including my parents cat going missing led me to binge drinking. For two weeks in August, I drank a lot of vodka. I wasn’t training. I was eating a ton. I went from 185lbs to 200lbs and later in August went about getting back into shape.
I was really out of shape. 10-12min paced running was challenging for me, my Garmin said -15 performance, which probably was about right. On the bike (indoor), I had no capacity for volume and felt slow.
I have clawed my way back to getting in shape and was at 190lbs this morning. I’m in good shape on the bike now and am pretty strong in running. I’m definitely a better runner now versus last year’s challenge. I have evolved, regressed, and come back to a level higher than before.
Now, as far as racing for me, my friend is doing a 1mi race on Dec 19 in Jacksonville FL which is 4hrs from me and she is going for 4:59 and I’m thinking about going for 4:59 too, but also am not sure if I want to do this race as I view all the race logistics as a PITA. Her PR is 5:10 mile and 2:45 26.2 - she is a strong runner. My PR is only 5:18, so 4:59 would be a nice race for me. I don’t have any PRs this year so the allure of getting a PR is there for me.
My next tri is Augusta Sept 2020 and also using this training as a run base for Augusta where I am shooting for a 7:00 pace 13.1 in the 70.3.
Happy Running -
I miss seeing bluestacks climb the charts like last year.
Cheers
https://www.strava.com/...tes/zachary_mckinney
Last year’s 100/100 brought me run legs that I have never had before. I did a couple of years of HS XC and a semester of college XC, but never had trained so consistently before the 100/100.
I came off of last year’s challenge ready to run my first open 26.2, but it was cancelled by corona. I was hoping for 6:45/mi and a BQ. I did a speedwork week at 6:20 avg before the race and felt fully trained for them to cancel it the Thursday before.
I did run a 13.1 (2.62mi x 5) race in the heat in summer and managed to get 4th overall and 3rd male overall.
In August 2020, a series of events including my parents cat going missing led me to binge drinking. For two weeks in August, I drank a lot of vodka. I wasn’t training. I was eating a ton. I went from 185lbs to 200lbs and later in August went about getting back into shape.
I was really out of shape. 10-12min paced running was challenging for me, my Garmin said -15 performance, which probably was about right. On the bike (indoor), I had no capacity for volume and felt slow.
I have clawed my way back to getting in shape and was at 190lbs this morning. I’m in good shape on the bike now and am pretty strong in running. I’m definitely a better runner now versus last year’s challenge. I have evolved, regressed, and come back to a level higher than before.
Now, as far as racing for me, my friend is doing a 1mi race on Dec 19 in Jacksonville FL which is 4hrs from me and she is going for 4:59 and I’m thinking about going for 4:59 too, but also am not sure if I want to do this race as I view all the race logistics as a PITA. Her PR is 5:10 mile and 2:45 26.2 - she is a strong runner. My PR is only 5:18, so 4:59 would be a nice race for me. I don’t have any PRs this year so the allure of getting a PR is there for me.
My next tri is Augusta Sept 2020 and also using this training as a run base for Augusta where I am shooting for a 7:00 pace 13.1 in the 70.3.
Happy Running -
I miss seeing bluestacks climb the charts like last year.
Cheers
https://www.strava.com/...tes/zachary_mckinney
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