I didn't forget you. I'm jog/walking about twice a week. Today was 7.2 averaging 12:56. It's getting a hair better. I will be in Red Lake, MN with the boys this week so not much jogging around while ice fishing. Plus it's colder than a well diggers ass.
Still plan on showing up at the 12 hour on 2/14. Maybe 20? It'd be a good goal. It's going down to 28 - 30 here tonight. Keep the faith!
I've been on the road for work chasing power, oil & gas, steel fabricators, and industrial contractors for business. It was a good trip. Lots to follow up on. When I get in the cover Florida mode, real life can disappear. It's what we do. Big guys in twos, little guys in bunches. I pick chunks out of my stool bigger than some of these guys.
So...with my meds I have a high risk of skin cancer and you get this stuff cut out. Like anything else after a while you start asking questions. They wanted to do this special procedure and in short I asked what the success rate is with what I normally get and it was 99.6%. That's a 60-70% price difference Bruh than the new procedure. Talk about up sale! Plus it's 20 minutes versus 2 hours. This is my second dermatology outfit here in FL. I will leave it at that.
So I signed up for a 12 hour event here on the trails in town for 2/14. It is a free event. My goal was 25 miles in 6 hours, but I may have to change the goal if the Achilles is barking. I'll know tomorrow because I'm gonna hammer it. I'll be leaning in hard...like taking a big whiff of jalapeños. Freaking Dave Wottle territory. Hold my beer.
Don't feel too bad today. The Achilles is barking a bit so I had to walk easy and cutback the distance. That's what happens when you drop the big engine into a Pinto body. No matter. Twern't no Grizz left anyway. Put in 3.5 on the canoe.
Today was a scale day. That sucker read 185 and the guy in the mirror looked a bit like an old Dudley Doorite fellar with a stomach pack on. It was grim.
Back to stamping out widgets tomorrow. Probably head up to the Jacksonville area mid week for a day or two. Make a couple cold calls and see my future be my future.
Today I put in 9.3 and averaged 13:38 per mile. My longest single effort by far in over a year. It's like a toy was pulled out of a box of cereal and I've been put in charge of it. I don't think I jogged a total of 25 miles last year. Not that it was missed, but 17 pounds were added to the frame. Even a walk-run format helps burn higher calories. I jogged 36% of the effort. I almost had to learn how to jog again.
Again, my tendency is to overdo things and today was probably a hair more than I should of done. This whole experiment is to find a way not to trash my back, hip, and pelvis on the left side. I was pleased with today and it's a first step towards 2/14. For now I am trying to stick to 2 days a week of adding jogging. Probably stick with Wednesday and Saturday. The other days I'll canoe, bike, and walk. These aren't anything more than comfortable efforts, but I get in around 2 hours a day of activity. Physically I'm in decent shape, but fat and stupid mostly. Any improvement will primarily be from losing weight.
Like most lifetime endurance enthusiasts, it just makes sense to have something on the docket to work towards. I have some large canoe goals. I'm looking at a big loop of 2-3 days travel and roughing it. Not always easy when you're part of a two person tag team. I feel ready to jump in and go, but not an easy sale. I'm making two weekly trips to MN this year. Ice fishing in a couple weeks at Red Lake and the Boundary Waters in August. Good or bad I'd leave on an adventure every month before the sands of time expire, but you gotta dance with the one who brung ya.
Kind of tired today. Achieved 20,000 and 21,000 steps the past couple days which is a lot for me. Did 4.5 on the canoe at O dark 30. I was even sub par for that. That's okay as trying to learn rest is still an enigma.
Tomorrow is going to be a mostly walk and some trotting around at the park trails. I'd like to achieve 8-10 and see what pace that works out to. If I can stay out of the pelvic pain zone there is a good chance I'll keep working towards my goal adventure on 2/14.
Tonight is Black Flag night. It's a modification that mainly involves me, a fire, wings, green onions, and possibly a refreshment. This takes place about 2 out of 3 weeks. I burn all the tree fodder, landscape refuge and petroleum based packing material that shows up in these packages to the house everyday.
If someone were to ask me what I thought the best path was between weekly miles or the long run once a week phenomena I'd pick weekly miles. I'm not discounting the weekly long run ideology for ultras...heck I used it myself...successfully. With the need to be acquainted with electronic devices as it is today, it seems the time required for weekly miles is probably unprobable.
Someone just advised me there is a burn ban. "A possible $1,000 dollar fine or even jail time." Look out momma there's a white boat coming up the river.
While out on a 5.5 mile walk this morning I was breaking down what was needed to achieve a goal I'm looking at on 2/14. More later, but having something on the radar helps stay in the zone of analysis, learning, and edge rushing of sorts. It brought back memories of training for a marathon time.
One could go on for hours, but for me it all came down to what exact pace per mile could I potentially carry to the finish. All workouts and trials were geared towards knowing this exact pace within about 5 seconds. It is possible to train this way and remove any doubt on race day. It is probably one of the most effective ways to distribute your resources and if done correctly may even result in a negative split.
Here's an example. Four other friends and myself decided to run Boston 2016 together as just a fun run. First we had to get a bit under our qualifier time. I needed a 3:20 and went out and ran a 3:15:58 off general conditioning and man I paid the price. I decided I would train specifically for a marathon in the fall at Lakefront to improve my chances of getting in.
I set a goal of sub 3:10. That's 7:14 pace. I went out to the South track and did a long effort and was right near this pace, but it was freaking work with perfect conditions. From there everything was tailored to achieve this pace and project it over the whole distance. As I continued to train and improve it seemed possible to run a 3:07. At Al's Run 8k that year I punched in what a 3:07 time converts to an 8k time and it was just over 32 minutes. I used the hillrunner.com calculator. I ran the 8k in 31:55 which was a good marker.
I ran Lakefront a few weeks later in 3:06:15 with a negative split effort at 54 years old. This demonstrates to me that this type of training works at any age and if calculators are used properly can be a useful resource.
