Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Tempo Run - Saturday


Just in case this got buried below...

For any of you that might be interested, Klim and I are running a tempo run with Pacers' Steve Crane on Saturday morning (2/2) at 9:30.


The venue is Buddy Attick Lake in Greenbelt, MD--right off of the Beltway. The lake has a 2k (2,040 meters, actually), soft-surface loop that's similar to the towpath but with some small notable hills thrown into the mix.


I think the plan is to run at least 4 laps, though some may go as far as 7 laps. Everything will be marked: the 400m, 1k, and mile for those who like to keep splits.


This is the same place where I used to run my tempo runs and XC workouts in college. We'll meet in the adjacent parking lot to warm-up.


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10 comments:

  1. MAX1/29/08, 6:32 PM

    sounds fun. i will try it

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  2. Dale Baker1/29/08, 11:08 PM

    I'm coming to DC for a conference March 6-9 and need to do an 18 mile run on that Saturday as part of my marathon training. I was wondering if you could give me any routes or trails I could try. I'm staying at the Marriot Wardman Park Hotel. You can contact me via email: dalebakerdrummer (at) gmail (dot) com. I run about a 10 - 11 minute mile pace...Thanks for your help.

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  3. havegoats1/30/08, 9:26 AM

    Dale. You're right over Rock Creek Park- which has tons of trails. Head to Calvert St bridge, you should find a way to dip down into the park. You're slightly in the middle of the park... you could loop down to the "mall" (monumnets)from the park.

    I would just explore. its hard to explain the trails.

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  4. RM1/30/08, 10:59 AM

    I lived in College Park for years and never ran there - I think I had heard of it/seen the sign or something. I didn't even know that's where it was. Looks like a nice little venue. In the Dan Rincon days all our workouts were done on the President's Lawn or the golf course.

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  5. MAX1/30/08, 11:19 AM

    do you guys think it is wise to run hard too days in a row?

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  6. KLIM1/30/08, 11:31 AM

    I don't like to run hard two days in a row...but it depends how hard/far you go and what you've got planned on the third day...and fourth day.

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  7. PR1/30/08, 12:27 PM

    I don't think it's wise to run two hard days in a row, which is why I'll probably make Sunday's run long and easy/moderate. So, it'll be more like Saturday hard, Sunday moderate, Monday recovery.

    That being said, I'm the same idiot who ran workouts 3 of 4 days just two weeks ago. I paid for it--it took me three days to recover from that.

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  8. MAX1/30/08, 7:54 PM

    Yea, I used to try and muscle through hard day after hard day and eventually died. I never had recovery days and it really killed me. I do not think I have recovered since I did the National Marathon, the GW10-miler, The Boston Marathon and the Cherry Blossom, all in a 2 month period. Lesson is.........don't be dumb.

    peace out

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  9. Ben2/2/08, 10:18 PM

    How did this go? No recap? Comeon.
    We had a few people run from the store this morning. about 6 people. I went 8 miles and the reat of the guys went 10. Pace was around 7 min per mile. Felt like a tempo for me.

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  10. KLIM2/3/08, 1:13 PM

    Bert Rodriguez, Steve Crane, Patrick Reaves, Me, Chris Bain and Max...no last name needed...Lockwood.

    We w/u for two 2040m loops and then began the workout. Crane, Me and Bert ran 5:20 pace for 4 loops (or 5.1 miles). Crane continued for one extra loop (6.4). Reaves, Bain and Lockwood followed in that order for an extra loop.

    A solid workout and a 11.5 mile day.

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