Li'l Rhody Run Around race report

Wow is all I can say Nov. 20th and in the mid 60's and sunny couldn't ask for better weather.  It was nice to have an 11am start let me sleep in a bit got up at 7am had my coffee and small breakfast a nice warm shower and out the door around 9am.  I got to the race around 10am picked up my number, and as I was about to leave the reg. area there was an old cycling buddy Kenny I hadn't seen him in years.  we  pinned on our numbers and then ran a nice little warm up.

We lined up for the start, I had no idea how I was going to feel seeing a week ago I had finished my first ultra marathon.  The gun went off and down the road we went my plan was the same as usual just a steady pace.  All my races this year are just training, I spent the whole year just building up my base miles slow endurance miles no speed work.  I was once a decent road cyclist so I know it takes time to get fast and first thing you need to do, is build your base endurance miles then work on speed.  I felt good on the trails, but when we hit the roads I would get passed seeing I have no leg speed.  I passed at least 10 people in the last 2 miles but we had 3 quarters of a mile on the road before the finish were I was passed by at least 7 people, but all and all I was happy with my run and had a great time.

The best part of the whole day was hooking up with my old cycling buddy Kenny, he runs with some guys on Wed's and Sun's which is what I need stronger runners to push me and help with my leg speed.  Looking forward to things to come.

Weekly Log 11-14-11 to 11-20-11

 Monday: 0 day off recovery

Tuesday: 0 day off recovery

Wednesday: 7.5mile easy road run

Thursday: 7.5mile easy road run

Friday: 3mile active recovery hike

Saturday: 0 day off

Sunday: 8miles Li'l Rhody Runaround


Weekly Total:26 miles
Last Week:47 miles
Year to Date: 1241.5 miles

RI 6hr ultramarathon race report

I had to work till 11pm on Saturday night, so by the time I got home and in bed I only got about 4hrs sleep before my alarm went off.  I felt OK when I got up I didn't feel too tired, made some coffee had some oatmeal, then off I was to the RI 6hr ultra.  I rolled into the parking lot and picked up my race number and got ready for a nice 6hr run.  Couldn't have asked for better weather cool and sunny at the start.

We all lined up at 8am and off we went, my plan was to run 9:2* min. miles just nice and steady.  I carried a hand bottle an a few gels and salt tabs.  I kept telling myself you need to drink got to stay on top of this I was drinking HEED, and planned on taking a salt tab every 45mins.  It was going as planned until I hit about 13miles then I started to feel off.  My stomach went south, but even more concerning was the fact my body was just totally dumping water.   I could not figure out what was going on I was drinking plenty of fluid and taking my salt, but soon I was starting to cramp.  At 4hrs into the race I was about to drop out when I saw by kids cheering me on and that gave me a boost to keep going.  For the final 2hrs I switched to drinking just water and didn't eat anything else. I got a second wind and started to feel much better, but my legs were trashed from the cramping.  I suffered through and ended the day running a total of 29.77miles, it was less than I had planned but glad I had the mental toughness to keep going when everything was going wrong.

I think I may have drank to much so my body started to expel the fluid and salt leading to my cramping and stomach issue lesson learned

Weekly Log 11-07-11 to 11-13-11

Monday: 3mile walk recovery and taper for 6hr Rhode Island ultra

Tuesday: 3mile walk active taper

Wednesday: 5mile trail run Big River, put on my orange and off to the trails I went.  What a beautiful day sunny and 63F, hit the trails for a nice steady run.  My legs felt good had to keep myself in check would have loved to have gone for a longer run.

Thursday: 0 Day off

Friday:3mile walk

Saturday: 3mile shake out jog, guess I am ready for tomorrows RI 6hr ultramarathon

Sunday: 29.7mile RI 6hr ultramarathon

Weekly Total:47 miles
Last Week:39 miles
Year to Date: 1215.5 miles

Weekly Log 10-31-11 to 11-06-11

Monday: Day Off

Tuesday: 7.5 mile road run normal loop easy pace legs felt heavy

Wednesday:13.5mile road run hilly loop up hope rd to pipin orcahrd to plainfield pike to 116, beautiful day for a long run legs felt good kept  a good steady pace.

Thursday: Day Off Achilles heal felt tight

Friday: 7.5mile road run easy, just my normal run didn't push the pace

Saturday: Day Off

Sunday:10.5mile road run hilly loop up hope rd, to pipin orchard, to scituate ave to 116... still felt flat so kept pace slow but steady... endurance run

Weekly Total:39 miles
Last Week:33 miles
Year to Date: 1168.5 miles