Runners
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I just did my longest run in years on Sunday!
In the absence of marathoning in 2020, I decided to train up for something I could do at home in my garage on my treadmill. I planned to go out on pace to break 5 hours and 50 min in running time (7:00 / mile) and hopefully have only very brief bathroom breaks so I could keep it under 6 hours. I was able to do it just a touch faster, with a moving time of 5:44:04 (6:53/mile) and limited the bathroom time to 4 min and change, so my total including bathroom pit stops was 5:48:26 (6:58/mile elapsed time). I ended up live streaming the whole thing on Zoom and doing it as a fundraiser for Best Friends Animal Society, so it raised $1375 for them, which is awesome: https://support.bestfriends.org/site/TR/PersonalFundraising/General?px=3527814&pg=personal&fr_id=1500 Hoping it'll trickle up above $1500 in the last few days I leave it up!
More details on nutrition on Strava if you care: https://www.strava.com/activities/4498645045
Training for this was more or less similar to a marathon cycle, except that I added in 4 long runs of between 31 and 35 miles, ranging from 2 35 milers at a pace in the ballpark of the 50 mile pace to a progressive 50k at 6:36/mile average, starting in the 6:50s and ending in the 5:50s.
Really grateful to everyone who tuned in to watch and kept me going, including @neversummer. But seriously, that hurt like hell – mentally even more than physically -- so I hope that marathoning is a reality again in 2021 and I don't have to do something like that again any time soon.
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@cander49 that is a long and fast run, great work
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Wow @cander49 that is some type of superhuman effort / achievement
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just stumbled across the topic….
@cander49 … that is one super human effort there... even more so with the added boredom factor of the treadmill!
Top effort too @Nkwkfld
and @Brock - that looks like an epic run around Mt hood… what an absolutely beautiful place and awesome phots as per usual from you!
Everything is just on such a huge scale compared to the UK... I'd love to ride around there on my mountain bike... or dirt bike for that matter!
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Thanks guys! @Baba-san, everyone keeps asking how in the world I did that on a treadmill, and my reaction is the exact opposite: how in the world could anyone do this NOT on a treadmill?
I didn't have to carry any supplies and still, I had a box of gels, stack of cookies, candy, and 3 bottles at my finger tips the entire time! Plus, I got to watch TV for the first 31 miles and then crank some music on the sound system in the last 19 miles. I couldn't imagine a more optimized environment for something like this. 
In all seriousness, I get really bored if I'm doing a short, easy on a treadmill, but if I'm doing something like a workout, a long run, or a time trial, I'm focused enough on the run and what I'll get out of it that it never gets boring! -
@cander49 an impressive effort to watch- thanks for doing the zoom thing, it provided some entertainment at work. As you might be to odd person for liking treadmills, I am the odd person who likes to virtually spectate. I’ve watched Moab 240 the past few years, as well as a few other ultras. And all it is it watching someone’s tracker very slowly move around a map!
I’ve come to appreciate the treadmill in the past year, but don’t think I could do 50 on it…. maybe some elevation gain based goal, like 10k vert. -
Made it out into the mountains today.
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Thanks guys!! It was really an amazing day! It’s fun to get out in nature by yourself and reflect sometimes. We’re really blessed to be able to explore this world we live on.
Twin, Crater lake is absolutely gorgeous! You will love it if you ever make it down there!
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First marathon done. A trail event with just under 700 meters of elevation. It hurt and felt great at the same time. Hit my goal of under four hours despite the mud.
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Epic af @Nkwkfld! I've got my first trail marathon set for near the end of August. Stoked to get beat tf up.
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Thanks guys. In a couple weeks I'm marshalling a 100k event, picking up the course signs for the last 50k. Looking forward to seeing people take that on.
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Trying to decide on a good plan for this 100k in July http://www.serpenttrailrace.com/100k
But also am doing a 70.3 Ironman in September so want to keep swimming and biking.
This plan looks nice, but thinking of keeping the weekend long runs and subbing a couple midweek runs for bike and adding in a swim or two on rest days. Then after the 100k adjusting the plan to a tri focus.
