RACE REPORT

I posted this somewhere else. here is a cut and paste. though not as fast as Dusen, I felt good and am gearing up

FYI--when you all get to be 40 years young, you too will appreciate running a 60 minute-ish ten-miler.....



This morning I woke up to the cold. My plan was to wake up at 6am, eat breakfast, drink coffee and then drive to Kensington to run the DC Road Runners Al Lewis 10miler, I have run this race many times over the years. Some years I am slow, some I am fast and sometimes in the middle. Today, post breakast and coffee, I ventured over to pick up my friend Colin Fishwick, a local star runner who still shines with youthful running ambition.

As we drove to the race, we talked about various topics including who is the best runner of all time. For some reason, my favorite comes out to be Bill Rodgers. Perhaps its because I am from Boston and used to watch him running races in weird wool hats and beat up old shoes. He would always win.

None the less, we got to the race in ample time to complain about the cold, do a warm up and say hello to the regular local champion runners. In attendance was Lou Shapiro, James(knows all) Moreland, Scarborough, Betty Blank, Karl(the winner) Dusen and more. As we toed the line, I knew I would not run a fast race as my legs are tired from some 75 mile weeks. None the less, I was there to throw down and get the heart rate going. For those that do not know, DC Road Runners is now using chip timing for $5 road races. Look out Capital Running Co.


For this race, I skipped the chip and decided to Bandit it(sorry). I was reprimanded by my old colleagues at the club but was given one grace bandit run for old times sake. Once the word go was shouted, I along with the rest were off. What fun. I went out too fast and hit the first mile in 5:50. Not in that shape yet for 10 miles. By mile three, my legs were taxed though my heart and lungs were OK. So, with this said, I decided to use my wisdom and simply slow way down and wait for the pack to catch me. Soon enough I was running with some young stallions. They were huffing and puffing and looking at their Garmins every two minutes. We ran in unison and gave each other support needed to run a smart and controlled run.

As we approached the mid-point, the snow began to come down with some level of authority. I felt like a kid bounding around in the snow with my friends. We ran as a group until mile 8ish or so. At this juncture, i found myself pulling away. Not because I was going faster but because they were slowing down. I beckoned for them to keep up as we would run this to the finish together. Alas, their legs and lungs began to fail them. When I sensed they would not come with me, I continued along and meandered on the zig zaggy-like path along Rock Creek.

As I approached the finish line, I marveled at the snow covered beautiful woods surrounding me. I crossed the finish and was thoroughly happy to have hit my goal time of 103.00.


I have the base and now need the track work to get the legs moving faster.

What lies in store is a mystery.

Have fun in the snow

Max

UPDATE: The Line at 9:15am

Due to the snow storm and the fact that the Towpath/Trails will be...crap. Let's meet at The Line at 9:15am (a compromise between 9 and 9:30) on Sunday.

Post if you can come.

CHECK OUT THE FRONT PAGE OF LETS RUN AND CLICK RUN FOR HAITI

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Dusen Runs 53 Mins for 10 in Snow Storm

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Millrose Games

The 103rd Millrose Games will be on ESPN2 LIVE from 8pm to 10pm TONIGHT.

If anyone wants to watch and drink Jake Marren's beer with me at my place, let me know.

DC ROAD RUNNERS RACE THIS SAT

For those doing the AL LEWIS RACE this Sat, please let me know if you would be willing to do a little store promo post race. You guys are the star runners of the town and certainly have the admiration of the other clubs and runners. Would you be willing to hang out post run and staff a little table and simply talk about the team and the store a bit.

This is your chance to serve as star athletes and so on.

PS. My friend Colin Fishwick is running and he is my favorite to WIN


KaBoooooooooooom

M

Sunday - Old Angler's Inn

I propose meeting at Old Angler's Inn on Sunday for the long run. We haven't run here in a very long time and it is relatively close by for all of us (just off the beltway). There are some solid trails we can run up above Great Falls before venturing out to the Towpath. Additionally, I use to see a red fox quite often in these trails and I kind of want to see him again...

Possible route - run 5 in the trails above Great Falls (scan to the left and see "Gold Miners Trail" in map), then run north from Great Falls for 4-5 miles, then turn around and head back to our cars. This would be around 15 miles. Those who wish to tack on can keep running south-and-back once we get back to the bridge opposite Old Angler's Inn.

Takers?

MILES VS. TIME

I once met a very good runner who trained by time and overall feeling vs distance run(miles run). In other words, he would take off on a run in one direction or on a trail and his goal would be to run for a certain amount of time rather than a certain amount of miles. Now, with this said, we all know we must run a certain amount of miles when training for a particular distance.



However, there are some days that I prefer to just run for say 50 minutes in the morning and 60 in the eve. I do not have an accurate assessment of miles or distance run, but run according to how my body feels and simply run for an hr, etc.



Upon the conclusion of the run, I am satisfied simply because I have put in the time I planned to keep my legs moving faster than normal.



I am not looking for a definitive answer here but rather some thoughts/opinions on this matter.

Mighty Max

Wednesday Workout

I will be there. Suggestions? I may do something light IF I get into the 5k.

TWICE A DAY EVERY DAY

I am experimenting with running two times a day all week(5days). Typcially I wake up and run 6 miles and then run 4 or 5 in the evening. All of the runs are fairly easy. I am doing this to get my miliage up without breaking my leg muscles down. My goal is to run 75-80 miles per week without much bother.

Even though my legs feel tired I can do the runs pretty easily.

I often run into different characters as well. For example, as I was running home from work about 9pm last night, I ran into Jim Hage who was doing Hill Repeats up Porter street.

Anyway. thoughts and or analysis is always welcome.

State of the Union Drinking Game

Whereas, the State of the Union Address will be aired on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 9:00 PM.

Whereas, beer makes all political banter more tolerable, coherent and pleasant to our American way of life.

Whereas, Jake Klim possess twenty-nine Miller Light beers rightfully purchased by Jake Marren.

Whereas, all references to Stimulus shall henceforth be struck and replaced with the words "spending freeze."

NOW THEREFORE, let it be known that this post and all comments contained herein shall be the official discussion board for the determination of location, procedure and all other sundries necessary and proper for the undertaking of a State of the Union drinking party.

Signed,

J. Cochran, Commander and Thief

Workout tomorrow

Since I'm racing Friday night, I am going to workout tomorrow instead of Wednesday. I'm planning on running at Tilden Middle School (Grosvenor metro stop) but could be convinced to go elsewhere. I am either going to do 12 x 400m or some of those 600-300-150 sets. Let me know if you're interested.

A Great Race

Socialization

For those who check this compulsively. There will be socialization at Atomic in Cleveland Park this evening around 9. Billiards and shuffleboard. Come one, come all.

GRC RACE

I added a work in progress spread sheet in the 2010 Calendar link.

Please take a look and pick something to tackle. Or add something to the list that I might have forgot.

I understand I need to lay the foundation (mainly - race date, race name, location permission) of this down first, but it would be good to have a running start on these items once we have the green light a date picked.

RUN FOR HAITI

All,

Though running is important there are indeed greater callings. In an effort to support those misfortunate souls who have been stricken by disaster in Haiti, we are holding a RUN FOR HAITI from the Chevy Chase store on Saturday morning the 6th of Feb at our CC store. Its going to be a 6 mile run for all paces and abilities. The goal is to raise lots of money for Haiti. We are asking attendees to donate $5 or more. All of the funds will go to the Red Cross. Please try and come and tell all of your friends. If you want to help or have some ideas on how this might be even more fruitfull, your insights are always appreciated.

Bagels and drinks will be served at the store post run.

Max

RACE NEXT SAT

All,

there is a 10mile DCROADRUNNERS race next Sat the 30th in Kensington. I am inviting some good runners to run it as a tempo. Its a hilly but pleasant course.

Bagels and cheerleaders are the incentive for showing.

if interested, give me a shout via the comment method.

Sunday Run

Who is up for doing the Sunday long run at Greenbelt? 9:30 AM?

Fast Indoor 5k?

I am looking for an indoor 5k to run between late January and late February. I am hoping to find a college race so that I can get dragged through in a good time ~ ideally a banked track around 3 hours away. This doesn't leave too many options, but many of you ran in area colleges and maybe your alma mater has a race that permits open athletes? I have a few feelers out already, but would love to hear some more. You can hit me up at jklim007@yahoo.com . Thanks.

Wednesday Workout at B-CC

Mile repeats has been thrown out as a workout this Wednesday that "everyone can get behind".

For those of you who are new, we meet at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (see "Where We Run" link on sidebar for directions) in the parking lot next to the tennis courts at 6:30pm. It's 2-3 blocks from the Bethesda Metro Station. We then head out for a warm-up and generally start the actual workout at 7pm. If you need to change, bathrooms are available, but come 5-10 minutes early as we like to get going at 6:30. If you're late, warm-up around the track and we'll all meet after the warm-up.

I am iffy due to an unpredictable work week. As of now, I have every intention of making the workout.