Sat- 6 miles 45:44
Well my Fri-Sat (the Muslim way) weekend is ending so I figured I'd recount how I wasted my time. As usually I went on a bit of a movie binge.
1. Delta Force- a 1986 Chuck Norris (who is 67 y.o. by the way!) film-exciting, perfect for a 2 hour treadmill run. And very interesting now that I have lived in the middle east and WE as a nation have lived through 9/11. I am glad to say I have met and talked to Chuck and his equally cool wife, as they visited the Walter Reed Amputee rehab clinic last year. He is shorter than you would think, but still in stellar shape. When I pointed out our clinics "total Gym" machine to his wife she told me that he still uses theirs almost every single day. Now that is a testimonial for a good product. When we asked him about all the "Chuck Norris is so tough....sayings" He was almost embarrassed and did not know where they came from, but was flattered.
2. Saving Silverman- a pretty lame comedy with Jack Black. Hey, it passes the time
3. LA Confidential- not sure how old this one is but it had to be one of Russell Crowe's first films. Kim Bassinger does a good job. Very good detective/cop guy flick
4. All the Pretty Horses- Great drama about cowboys and forbidden love. Matt Damon and Penelope Cruz. I really like the two of them.
5. A Night in the Museum- Good family flick with Ben Stiller and Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney. Funny and a fun film.
As you can see, not a bad weekend. Time is rolling, basically only 9 weeks left to go in Egypt...but I have no official orders yet so....
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Saturday, April 14, 2007
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Marathon Tempo 2
Sat- 19 miles 2.5wu, 3 at 6:35, 60min at 8:00, 3 at 6:35, c down
Tough workout! The 2nd of this type I have done recently, and I must say I like them. After a good warm up I ran on the treadmill watching the movie HERO on my laptop (which turned out to be tough with the subtitles and all, but very cool movie) was fun. Anyway, I did 1.5miles at 6:35 pace then jogged 90sec and did it again, both feeling quite easy. I am very surprised how smooth and fluid I felt on the mill all day. A very good sign my efficiency is improving. Then you run for an hour....I finished the movie and then put in the animated movie ANTZ. Which was good too, but much different. HERO had incredible cinematography with wide shots using great color and was more ART than entertainment. Beautiful picture. Then you get ANTZ...which is another in the great recent trend of feel good, lesson- oriented animated flicks. I happen to like those and have seen MANY in the last year.
So then time rolls around to do the lactate threshold paced running again, and MAN! I still felt smooth but the effort level to hold that pace shoots way up when tired. I actually looked at the grade and speed a few times to make sure it had not gone up. I did 3 x mile at 6:35 with 60 sec rest, and then cooled down. Which even that felt tough. I did about 19 total in 2:26. I took one an a half gels so did not bonk, just felt the fatigue. I had tired hamstrings all evening, and then woke up this morning feeling completely fine. That is the beauty of the Jack Daniel's workouts. They are tough...train you adequately, but don't kill the muscle fibers with structural damage. Recovery is quick and improvement optimized.
The big news of the day was the wretched windy and 20 degree weather at the MAD CITY 100K. Sucks as I know several folks dropped out at 50K to save themselves for a better day. It had a good field and some good performances turned in despite the weather:
1 GREG CROWTHER 1 M-OPEN 7:14:31
2 SCOTT JUREK Y 2 M-OPEN 7:32:05
3 KEVIN SETNES Y 1 M50-54 7:51:49
4 JULIE UDCHACHON Y 1 F-OPEN 8:09:04
5 DEVON CROSBY-HELMS Y 2 F-OPEN 8:16:41
6 CAROLYN SMITH Y 1 F40-44 8:36:39
7 ANN HEASLETT Y 2 F40-44 8:45:27
Gotta love Crowther toughing it out after splits of 3:22 at the half and 4:44 at 70k. Very strong runner and on a better weather day a 6:40 guy. Then you have one of my heros of the sport, Kevin Setnes. Man this guy is tough. Still running well despite being 15 years past his prime. On the distaff side, The Alaskan must have been in her element as an 8:09 is a SUPER time for the women on a great weather day! Congrats to all that took part on a tough day.
I wonder what things will be like next year? I hope to run it and be in decent enough shape to be competitive. Maybe they should push the date back a couple weeks though?
Tough workout! The 2nd of this type I have done recently, and I must say I like them. After a good warm up I ran on the treadmill watching the movie HERO on my laptop (which turned out to be tough with the subtitles and all, but very cool movie) was fun. Anyway, I did 1.5miles at 6:35 pace then jogged 90sec and did it again, both feeling quite easy. I am very surprised how smooth and fluid I felt on the mill all day. A very good sign my efficiency is improving. Then you run for an hour....I finished the movie and then put in the animated movie ANTZ. Which was good too, but much different. HERO had incredible cinematography with wide shots using great color and was more ART than entertainment. Beautiful picture. Then you get ANTZ...which is another in the great recent trend of feel good, lesson- oriented animated flicks. I happen to like those and have seen MANY in the last year.
So then time rolls around to do the lactate threshold paced running again, and MAN! I still felt smooth but the effort level to hold that pace shoots way up when tired. I actually looked at the grade and speed a few times to make sure it had not gone up. I did 3 x mile at 6:35 with 60 sec rest, and then cooled down. Which even that felt tough. I did about 19 total in 2:26. I took one an a half gels so did not bonk, just felt the fatigue. I had tired hamstrings all evening, and then woke up this morning feeling completely fine. That is the beauty of the Jack Daniel's workouts. They are tough...train you adequately, but don't kill the muscle fibers with structural damage. Recovery is quick and improvement optimized.
The big news of the day was the wretched windy and 20 degree weather at the MAD CITY 100K. Sucks as I know several folks dropped out at 50K to save themselves for a better day. It had a good field and some good performances turned in despite the weather:
1 GREG CROWTHER 1 M-OPEN 7:14:31
2 SCOTT JUREK Y 2 M-OPEN 7:32:05
3 KEVIN SETNES Y 1 M50-54 7:51:49
4 JULIE UDCHACHON Y 1 F-OPEN 8:09:04
5 DEVON CROSBY-HELMS Y 2 F-OPEN 8:16:41
6 CAROLYN SMITH Y 1 F40-44 8:36:39
7 ANN HEASLETT Y 2 F40-44 8:45:27
Gotta love Crowther toughing it out after splits of 3:22 at the half and 4:44 at 70k. Very strong runner and on a better weather day a 6:40 guy. Then you have one of my heros of the sport, Kevin Setnes. Man this guy is tough. Still running well despite being 15 years past his prime. On the distaff side, The Alaskan must have been in her element as an 8:09 is a SUPER time for the women on a great weather day! Congrats to all that took part on a tough day.
I wonder what things will be like next year? I hope to run it and be in decent enough shape to be competitive. Maybe they should push the date back a couple weeks though?
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Running In The Dirt
Sat- 6 miles- 47:25
Sun AM- 3 miles- jog
Wow, I just spent some time reading and looking at photos of the World XC championships held this year in Kenya. Looks like FUN, and I remember all the good times I have had running XC in high school and College. I think trail running and ultras is merely an extension of that fun sport. It is just fun to run on dirt, over the earth, and through the woods! I miss that here. I am sure a huge part of the soreness and aches I feel most days is because all my miles are on concrete, roads, and sun scorched backed sand that has been pounded into concrete-like firmness. Well only 90 some days and I'll be running in North Carolina for a brief period. Then on to Virginia, upstate New York, and finally in Vermont. July is going to be busy.....but at least I get to run on DIRT! as Montrail's logo so correctly states...Dirt IS GOOD!
Entertainment this weekend included the Indiana Jones series, the 2nd Pirates of the Caribbean, and the movie Blood Diamond. If you ever wanted to do something for the soldiers deployed in Iraq, send DVD's! Without TV, and having lots of time to kill, DVD's are great. I am fortunate to be on an established base (the MFO has been here for 25 years) so we actually have a lending library with all kinds of DVD's. They along with my laptop and IPOD are the best.
Sun AM- 3 miles- jog
Wow, I just spent some time reading and looking at photos of the World XC championships held this year in Kenya. Looks like FUN, and I remember all the good times I have had running XC in high school and College. I think trail running and ultras is merely an extension of that fun sport. It is just fun to run on dirt, over the earth, and through the woods! I miss that here. I am sure a huge part of the soreness and aches I feel most days is because all my miles are on concrete, roads, and sun scorched backed sand that has been pounded into concrete-like firmness. Well only 90 some days and I'll be running in North Carolina for a brief period. Then on to Virginia, upstate New York, and finally in Vermont. July is going to be busy.....but at least I get to run on DIRT! as Montrail's logo so correctly states...Dirt IS GOOD!
Entertainment this weekend included the Indiana Jones series, the 2nd Pirates of the Caribbean, and the movie Blood Diamond. If you ever wanted to do something for the soldiers deployed in Iraq, send DVD's! Without TV, and having lots of time to kill, DVD's are great. I am fortunate to be on an established base (the MFO has been here for 25 years) so we actually have a lending library with all kinds of DVD's. They along with my laptop and IPOD are the best.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Weeks Roll By
Fri AM- 5miles- 40min
PM- 5.5miles-47min
Sat- 12 miles 1:34 (last mile 6:09)
Well I'm wrapping up another week here in the Sinai. Not a particularly good week, a bit on the low mileage side, but a couple quality runs in there and some needed time off to recover. Today's run was nothing special, just pounding away with a quick mile to close it out. Really got tired/hungry after 80minutes.
Today I watched a couple of movies from years gone by that I had never seen. Both are classics: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and the "Crying Game" Very good in totally different ways. Now I know what all the talk is about. Entertaining for sure.
PM- 5.5miles-47min
Sat- 12 miles 1:34 (last mile 6:09)
Well I'm wrapping up another week here in the Sinai. Not a particularly good week, a bit on the low mileage side, but a couple quality runs in there and some needed time off to recover. Today's run was nothing special, just pounding away with a quick mile to close it out. Really got tired/hungry after 80minutes.
Today I watched a couple of movies from years gone by that I had never seen. Both are classics: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and the "Crying Game" Very good in totally different ways. Now I know what all the talk is about. Entertaining for sure.
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