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Bush Park XC Run, Week 2

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Location:

Portland,OR,

Member Since:

Nov 02, 2005

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 15:41-Portland Track Festival 2010

10K: 31:34-Linfield College (Track) 2012

10 Mile: 51:57-Pear Blossom 2009

1/2 Marathon: 1:10:42-Foot Traffic Flat 2010

Marathon: 2:29:35-Newport 2013

50K: 3:48:06-Weiser River 50K 2021

Short-Term Running Goals:

Next Race:

12-hour race, sometime in 2021

100 mile race, sometime...

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 1:10 Half Marathon

Sub 2:30 Marathon

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Total Distance
102.00
Five Fingers Miles: 16.00Speedstar (White) Miles: 22.00Max Moto 7 Miles: 23.00
Total Distance
22.00

AM: 10 miles around the park in my five fingers.  I forgot my ipod and it made for a very boring 10 miles.  Live and learn...  I'm working in eastern Oregon the next couple days so I should be able to run some doubles today and tomorrow.

VFF (173)

PM: There were 20 mph winds in Pendleton upon my arrival and I didn't want to fight against that, so I jumped on the hotel treadmil for 12 miles.  I felt great throughout the run and averaged 7:29/mile while running at a 2% incline.  We'll see how I feel in the morning...

Speedstar (25)

Five Fingers Miles: 10.00Speedstar (White) Miles: 12.00
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Total Distance
23.00

AM: 13 miles in Pendleton.  I ran down the hill from the hotel and then headed east to the indian reservation (sort of).  Who knows...I followed the highway, passing a sign saying Entering Umatilla Indian Reservation, until it became a dead end.  That was 30 minutes and then I ran back-and-forth on the deserted highway 4 time to add on some miles before returning to the hotel.  It actually turned out to be a pretty good course, one that I'll run again.

Moto (38)

PM: 10 miles.  I ran to the HS track because I wanted to see what kind of pace I was running tonight after the miles from yesterday and this morning.  As always, the pace was right at 7:00/mile (I ran 3 miles in 7:02, 7:04, 6:55).  For whatever reason my body likes that pace and locks in regardless.  Back to the hotel and up the big hill once again.  One more time tomorrow morning and then I can avoid it for another 3 weeks.

Speedstar (35)

Max Moto 7 Miles: 13.00Speedstar (White) Miles: 10.00
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Total Distance
10.00

10 miles in Pendleton along the riverpath.  Heading home today.

Max Moto 7 Miles: 10.00
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Race: Bush Park XC Run, Week 2 (3.1 Miles) 00:16:10, Place overall: 3
Total Distance
13.00

AM: 6 miles around the park in five fingers.  Felt good.  Tonight I'll either run with Ryan for a few miles or drive to Salem and run in the cross country race @ Bush Park.  We'll see how the day plays out

PM: I drove to Salem after work to participate in the Bush Park xc race.  It was hot (85 and humid) and I felt trashed as soon as I arrived but I was looking at this race as simply some speed work for the week so no biggie.  There wasn't much time for a warm up but I managed a quick 2 miles before grabbing my spikes and heading for the start.  I had wanted to race in five fingers again but they were still damp from when I cleaned them after running in them this morning.

The course was different from a couple weeks ago and nearly 50% of the race was on asphalt so needless to say, wearing spikes wasn't a wise choice.  I ran in the lead for 2.5 miles and then was passed by a senior from Western Oregon University.  Tried to hang on to second place but was passed again in the final 100 meters.  So 3rd place for me and nearly the exact same time from a couple weeks ago.  I cooled down for 2 more miles and then tried to find some dinner.  Big Town Hero (Subway-like) was closed and we were quickly running out of options.  We eventually settled for a hot dog and pizza slice from Costco.  Dinner of champions, right there.

Now it's 9:30 and we've just arrived home.  In retrospect, I wish I hadn't made the effort of racing.  With the so-so performance and then garbage dinner, I feel like I came out in the negative; 1 step forward and 2 steps back.  So it goes sometimes...

Boston (544)

Five Fingers Miles: 6.00
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Total Distance
12.00

12 miles this morning on the Tigard HS loop.  Surprisingly, my legs and stomach felt really good this morning.  I was a little tired, but no worse than a normal Friday morning.  The plan is to run 20 miles tomorrow which will make for my first 100 mile week.  Probably my last 100 as well. :)

Lunar (543)

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Total Distance
22.00

22 miles this morning.  I ran a combination of 3 different routes; hospital loop, desperate housewives and Ryan's loop.  I started with the hospital loop and right away I knew my Garmin was going to have issues.  I should have registered 1 mile as I passed K-Mart but it didn't beep until I'd crossed the freeway and was near Famous Dave's.  That should have been a clue to run off of time and not my Garmin's distance.  Anyway, I finished the loop and was in dire need of a bathroom as I approached Starbucks and Fred Meyer at 5 miles.  After taking care of business I continued up Boones Ferry, onto Ibach and then the rest of D.H loop.

I made my to the Commons around 8:00 am and was a little disappointed I hadn't jumped in the Crawfish 5K after seeing all the participants lined up to start the race.  I looped around the art walk twice, ate some Hammer Gel and then finished off the morning on Ryan's loop.

The plan was to run 20, thus giving me my first 100 mile week.  I decided to run 1 mile extra just to make sure it was legit, but after getting home and mapping out the course on the computer, I see I ran 22 miles total.  My Garmin is worthless here with all the trees.  Absolutely worthless.  I guess if 21 miles is good, 22 is better, right?  I felt pretty good throughout and hope to recover this weekend.  All in all, I'm pretty pumped to finally reach 100 miles in one week.  I've tried for it on 3 separate weeks (June 2009, July 2009 and July 2010) but have never gotten over the hump (90, 91, 93).  I don't think I'll make it a habit--it's a lot of running and therefore time away from family and more important things.  But it's cool to achieve a goal and we'll see if the miles pay off come October.

Cumulus (463)

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Total Distance
102.00
Five Fingers Miles: 16.00Speedstar (White) Miles: 22.00Max Moto 7 Miles: 23.00
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