Been kind of lazy with my posting lately but not really a lot to talk about. Just been training hard for the Red Hot 55K in Feb. With the Hardrock lottery last weekend and not getting in again of course really got me thinking about races for next year. My wife and I need to sit down and figure out what will work before everything sells out. Guess I better quit dragging my feet. Here is what I am looking at for 2012 from April on, now I just need to make some decisions.
April
28th- Collegiate Peaks 25 or 50 was thinking the 25 then Greenland a week later but maybe the 50 would be best.
May
5th- Greenland 50K
6th- Fort Collins Marathon (still want to get that Boston qual time)
12th- Quad Rock 50miler
19th- Buena Vista Adventure Race
June
2nd- Dirty Thirty 50K
16th- Mount Evans (one of my favorite races, 2 close to Black Hills to do?)
17th- Estes Park Marathon (only consider if doing Leadville)
23rd- Lake City 50 (only consider if doing Leadville)
22-24th- Black Hills 100
30th- Leadville Marathon (only consider if doing Leadville)
July
8th- Pace at Hardrock again- 50 miles (not sure if I can do this if I do Blackhills 100)
15th- Leadville 50 (only consider if doing Leadville)
14th- Devils Backbone 50 (only consider if doing Leadville)
14th- Summit County Adventure race
Aug
18-19th- Leadville 100
18-19th- Pike Peak ascent and marathon double (if I do Blackhills)
One race that I am eyeing due to being by my dad’s in MT is
Oct
Le Grizz 50
Thoughts? Or other races I might be missing that are not far away? I use the shorter races as practice training runs for the 100.
Showing posts with label Collegiate Peaks. Show all posts
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Friday, December 9, 2011
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
2009 Collegiate Peaks 5/2/09
I was not going to write up a report on this race but due to JT being a pain in the ass about it here it is.
Leading up to Race Day:
The week leading up to the race I was under a lot of stress causing me to loss all kinds of sleep. I think the longest that I slept that whole week was 4 hours a time. I also was not eating well due to the stress. I seem to control my diet better when I am running regularly and everything is in line. I was sure that Friday before the race I was going to get laid off from work. I even went as far as to clean out my cube so that when it happened I could just walk out. Looking back at it now, it seems that I have sucked all the fun out of the week leading up to the race. It should have been a stress reliever but instead it was a stress creator. I was just mentally fried.
Race Day:
Link to the race site: http://www.collegiatepeakstrailrun.org/
As I woke up on Saturday morning at 5:15 am for the 6:30 am start I walked down to the breakfast bar at the hotel to toast the bagel that I brought with me. I ate that with peanut butter and honey that I brought from home. I was not going to depend on the hotel breakfast bar for food like I did in Moab.
At 6:30 am as the sun was finally starting to warm the earth up a little a large group of us runners headed out of Buena Vista east into the mountains. The first 3 miles or so was mostly on roads that were rolling mostly in an upwards direction. I started in the back and took my time. It seemed like my legs did not want to run this morning. My plan was just to take my time and get to the 25 mile turn around without any time in mind.
The first 10 miles is mostly all uphill with a gain of about 1300-1400 feet. These 10 miles were for the most part very uneventful for me as I just jogged along about a 6.5 mph average trying my hardest not to hammer the beginning like I always do. I made sure that I was drinking lots of water and a little bit of HEED along with eating a little something at every aid station. I wanted to make sure that I try and keep my energy levels up since it was going to be a long day out on the trails.
Here is a picture of the elevation profile. The first 25 miles you read it from left to right. The second lap or 25 miles you read it from right to left.
At about mile 10 the course takes a big downward direction with a few short climbs for the next four miles. I decided that on these down hills at about mile 12 that I was going to just let gravity take me and build me a little bit of a time buffer for the cutoff. Basically I just ran at a comfortable pace but I was bored and had no real desire to even be out there after the week I had. Basically I just did not care.
Mile 14 to 18 was the next big climb of about 1000-1100 feet. This climb was not too bad, I was able to keep a pretty good jog up the hill except few mins my legs would tire a bit and I would walk for about a minute or two so they could recover. All I could think about during this time was how much I would rather be at home with my girl. You see not only was I worried about being laid off earlier in the week but we just moved into a house and my girl just took a new job with Manitou Fire as thier new paramedic. Just so much going on! All in one week!
From mile 21 to 25 which is mostly rolling downhill I had already decided to drop. So I cranked up the pace a little on the flats in order to get done a little sooner. When I hit the final big downhill into town I was forced to slow down due to the line of people all heading down the single track.
As I was coming up on the turn around I caught JT and told him what was going on. Of course JT being JT called me a puss and tried to get me to head back out with him. When I came in I was mentally done, I was just having an off day and did not want to be there. I told the guy working the race that I was switching over to the 25 miler. I collected my finishers metal for the 25 miler and was told my time was 4 hours and 12 minutes. 2 minutes slower than last year. Not to bad considering that I was holding back to run another 25 miles. When I dropped from the 50 I was in about 16th or 17th place (yes I was counting as I was coming in) and was feeing good energy wise but not so much mentally. I just wanted to go home and spend time with my family, so that is what we did. We went back home to Littleton and caught an afternoon movie and went out for a nice dinner. Oh well maybe some day I will get this 50 miler completed.
Quick Reflections of the Race:
Looking back now at earlier in the month and how I was feeling about everything has prompted some interesting thoughts.
1) Stress from work and life changes are huge in how they affect everything.
2) Sometimes it is better to just take a step back to see the whole picture
3) My stomach felt a lot better as compared to past races, getting better with my calorie intake
Thank you for reading and have a great upcoming holiday week.
Shad
Leading up to Race Day:
The week leading up to the race I was under a lot of stress causing me to loss all kinds of sleep. I think the longest that I slept that whole week was 4 hours a time. I also was not eating well due to the stress. I seem to control my diet better when I am running regularly and everything is in line. I was sure that Friday before the race I was going to get laid off from work. I even went as far as to clean out my cube so that when it happened I could just walk out. Looking back at it now, it seems that I have sucked all the fun out of the week leading up to the race. It should have been a stress reliever but instead it was a stress creator. I was just mentally fried.
Race Day:
Link to the race site: http://www.collegiatepeakstrailrun.org/
As I woke up on Saturday morning at 5:15 am for the 6:30 am start I walked down to the breakfast bar at the hotel to toast the bagel that I brought with me. I ate that with peanut butter and honey that I brought from home. I was not going to depend on the hotel breakfast bar for food like I did in Moab.
At 6:30 am as the sun was finally starting to warm the earth up a little a large group of us runners headed out of Buena Vista east into the mountains. The first 3 miles or so was mostly on roads that were rolling mostly in an upwards direction. I started in the back and took my time. It seemed like my legs did not want to run this morning. My plan was just to take my time and get to the 25 mile turn around without any time in mind.
The first 10 miles is mostly all uphill with a gain of about 1300-1400 feet. These 10 miles were for the most part very uneventful for me as I just jogged along about a 6.5 mph average trying my hardest not to hammer the beginning like I always do. I made sure that I was drinking lots of water and a little bit of HEED along with eating a little something at every aid station. I wanted to make sure that I try and keep my energy levels up since it was going to be a long day out on the trails.
Here is a picture of the elevation profile. The first 25 miles you read it from left to right. The second lap or 25 miles you read it from right to left.
At about mile 10 the course takes a big downward direction with a few short climbs for the next four miles. I decided that on these down hills at about mile 12 that I was going to just let gravity take me and build me a little bit of a time buffer for the cutoff. Basically I just ran at a comfortable pace but I was bored and had no real desire to even be out there after the week I had. Basically I just did not care.
Mile 14 to 18 was the next big climb of about 1000-1100 feet. This climb was not too bad, I was able to keep a pretty good jog up the hill except few mins my legs would tire a bit and I would walk for about a minute or two so they could recover. All I could think about during this time was how much I would rather be at home with my girl. You see not only was I worried about being laid off earlier in the week but we just moved into a house and my girl just took a new job with Manitou Fire as thier new paramedic. Just so much going on! All in one week!
From mile 21 to 25 which is mostly rolling downhill I had already decided to drop. So I cranked up the pace a little on the flats in order to get done a little sooner. When I hit the final big downhill into town I was forced to slow down due to the line of people all heading down the single track.
As I was coming up on the turn around I caught JT and told him what was going on. Of course JT being JT called me a puss and tried to get me to head back out with him. When I came in I was mentally done, I was just having an off day and did not want to be there. I told the guy working the race that I was switching over to the 25 miler. I collected my finishers metal for the 25 miler and was told my time was 4 hours and 12 minutes. 2 minutes slower than last year. Not to bad considering that I was holding back to run another 25 miles. When I dropped from the 50 I was in about 16th or 17th place (yes I was counting as I was coming in) and was feeing good energy wise but not so much mentally. I just wanted to go home and spend time with my family, so that is what we did. We went back home to Littleton and caught an afternoon movie and went out for a nice dinner. Oh well maybe some day I will get this 50 miler completed.
Quick Reflections of the Race:
Looking back now at earlier in the month and how I was feeling about everything has prompted some interesting thoughts.
1) Stress from work and life changes are huge in how they affect everything.
2) Sometimes it is better to just take a step back to see the whole picture
3) My stomach felt a lot better as compared to past races, getting better with my calorie intake
Thank you for reading and have a great upcoming holiday week.
Shad
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Finally signed up for CP50
Well I finally gave in and signed up for Collegiate Peaks 50 miler at the beginning of May. I have been putting this off due to being lazy about it and actually having to make that commitment to doing the race. Last year I had signed up for the 50 miler and ended up changing over to the 25 miler due to my hip bothering me. Hopefully this year will be a whole different story and I can finish this beast in under 10 hours. Click here for my race report from last year.
Wish me luck! These next 2-3 weeks of training will be the key on how this race goes.
Wish me luck! These next 2-3 weeks of training will be the key on how this race goes.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Collegiate Peaks 50 mile attempt.
Leading up to Race Day:
Since the end of Greenland 50K a few weeks ago I have been thinking and mauling over this race. It will be my first attempt at completing 50 miles in one shot. The most I have ran so far in my short running career of 3-4 years is the 34 mile race in Moab last Feb. So this not only going to be a physical challenge for me but mostly it will be a mental challenge. I have never faced such distances before.
The week leading up to the race I changed my training plan from running pretty much every day to just running 2 times this week at a very slow pace. You can see this in my Log on the last post. My thought process behind this was to try and give myself some sort of taper and go into the race as refreshed as I could. I think this came back to bite me in the butt. Looking back on my log I was reporting feelings of being sluggish and tired all week. I also was not sleeping or eating well due to the lack of running. I seem to control my diet better when I am running regularly. All week long I have been worried about how my belly was going to act during the week and got all kinds of advice, I was throwing up at my last race, and was putting all kinds of stress on myself. With not running in the evenings like I normally do it gave me so much time to sit and think about the upcoming race which in turn created more stress. By Friday everything felt blah and running on Saturday morning did not appeal to me like it normally would. Looking back at it now, it seems that I have sucked all the fun out of the week leading up to the race.
Race Day:
Link to the race site: http://www.collegiatepeakstrailrun.org/
As I woke up on Saturday morning at 5:15 am for the 6:30 am start I was thinking how I did not want to get out of bed. I slept fairly well considering the box hotel room bed that Ashley and I were sleeping on. Normally I would be jumping around with excitement on race morning but that was not the case today. After eating 2 pieces of bread with peanut butter and a banana we headed over to the race start a few blocks away. It was about 25 degrees out with clear skies and about a 5-10 mph wind in the open. I was wearing my GoLite running shorts, long sleeve shirt, and my GoLite jacket. Hopefully it will warm up quickly after the start because I was freezing cold.
At 6:30 am as the sun was finally starting to warm the earth up a little a large group of us runners headed out of Buena Vista east into the mountains. The first 3 miles or so was mostly on roads that were rolling mostly in an upwards direction. I started in the back and took my time. It seemed like my legs did not want to run this morning. My plan was just to take my time and get to the 25 mile turn around before the cutoff time of 5 hours, this means averaging 5 mph or quicker.
The first 10 miles is mostly all uphill with a gain of about 1300-1400 feet. These 10 miles were for the most part very uneventful for me as I just jogged along about a 6.5 mph average trying my hardest not to hammer the beginning like I always do. I made sure that I was drinking lots of water and a little bit of HEED along with eating a little something at every aid station. I wanted to make sure that I try and keep my energy levels up since it was going to be a long day out on the trails.
Here is a picture of the elevation profile. The first 25 miles you read it from left to right. The second lap or 25 miles you read it from right to left.
At about mile 10 the course takes a big downward direction with a few short climbs for the next four miles. I decided that on one of these down hills at about mile 12 that I was going to just let gravity take me and build me a little bit of a time buffer for the cutoff. As I was flying down the hill doing 10-12 mph I felt a pop in my right hip that stopped me dead in my tracks. I felt like someone was stabbing me in the hip with a big ass needle. I started walking and within a couple of minutes the pain turned into a pulsing ache that I could handle for now.
Mile 14 to 18 was the next big climb of about 1000-1100 feet. This climb was not too bad, I was able to keep a pretty good jog up the hill except every 15 minutes or so the stabbing pain would return in my hip and force me to walk for about a minute or two. Overall it was not bad, I was dreading the downhill and flats that remained from 18 to 25 the turn around point.
The pain that I had in my hip from mile 21 to 25 which is mostly rolling downhill was BAD. It was causing me to walk a lot more than I am used to. I think I may have pulled or strained something and the pain in my hip was getting worse and worse the closer I got to the finish line. The pain was also causing me to change my stride which was causing cramping in my whole right leg, what the hell?? It took all my will power to jog the final downhill to the turn around to where Ashley was waiting for me.
As I came in I was so upset and pissed off. I told the guy working the race that I was unsure about going on and may switch over to the 25 miler. He told me to let him know because they want to make sure that they account for everyone. Ashley made me lay down on the grass and she tried to stretch out my hip. It hurt so bad that I had tears running down my cheeks as she was stretching me. At that point I threw in the towel per say. It was done, I did not want to cause anymore damage than what I already did. I collected my finishers metal for the 25 miler and was told my time was 4 hours and 10 minutes. Not to bad considering that I was holding back to run another 25 miles. When I dropped from the 50 I was in about 6th or 7th place and was feel good with the exception of my hip. Oh well maybe next time I will get my first 50.
Quick Reflections of the Race:
Looking back now at last week and how I was feeling about everything has prompted some interesting thoughts.
1) I think I cut my running volume way to much for the week. I should have kept some of the volume and just cut out the intensity of the run.
2) Is it possible for my mental outlook to physically affect how a body part is feeling? I think so, I think that I was so worked up about this race all week that when something did not go my way it was magnified by 100 times. As I got closer to the turn around the worse the pain was.
3) I cut my salt intake on this run by over half compared to Greenland 50K. My stomach felt a lot better as compared to before.
4) I think after the soreness goes away in my right leg and I get back to training that the volume of running 60-70 miles a week is about right but I need to increase my total hours spent cross training. Get back to hitting the weight room and pool 2-3 times a week. I may have to start going before work to get this extra time in.
Thank you for reading and have a great week.
Shad
Since the end of Greenland 50K a few weeks ago I have been thinking and mauling over this race. It will be my first attempt at completing 50 miles in one shot. The most I have ran so far in my short running career of 3-4 years is the 34 mile race in Moab last Feb. So this not only going to be a physical challenge for me but mostly it will be a mental challenge. I have never faced such distances before.
The week leading up to the race I changed my training plan from running pretty much every day to just running 2 times this week at a very slow pace. You can see this in my Log on the last post. My thought process behind this was to try and give myself some sort of taper and go into the race as refreshed as I could. I think this came back to bite me in the butt. Looking back on my log I was reporting feelings of being sluggish and tired all week. I also was not sleeping or eating well due to the lack of running. I seem to control my diet better when I am running regularly. All week long I have been worried about how my belly was going to act during the week and got all kinds of advice, I was throwing up at my last race, and was putting all kinds of stress on myself. With not running in the evenings like I normally do it gave me so much time to sit and think about the upcoming race which in turn created more stress. By Friday everything felt blah and running on Saturday morning did not appeal to me like it normally would. Looking back at it now, it seems that I have sucked all the fun out of the week leading up to the race.
Race Day:
Link to the race site: http://www.collegiatepeakstrailrun.org/
As I woke up on Saturday morning at 5:15 am for the 6:30 am start I was thinking how I did not want to get out of bed. I slept fairly well considering the box hotel room bed that Ashley and I were sleeping on. Normally I would be jumping around with excitement on race morning but that was not the case today. After eating 2 pieces of bread with peanut butter and a banana we headed over to the race start a few blocks away. It was about 25 degrees out with clear skies and about a 5-10 mph wind in the open. I was wearing my GoLite running shorts, long sleeve shirt, and my GoLite jacket. Hopefully it will warm up quickly after the start because I was freezing cold.
At 6:30 am as the sun was finally starting to warm the earth up a little a large group of us runners headed out of Buena Vista east into the mountains. The first 3 miles or so was mostly on roads that were rolling mostly in an upwards direction. I started in the back and took my time. It seemed like my legs did not want to run this morning. My plan was just to take my time and get to the 25 mile turn around before the cutoff time of 5 hours, this means averaging 5 mph or quicker.
The first 10 miles is mostly all uphill with a gain of about 1300-1400 feet. These 10 miles were for the most part very uneventful for me as I just jogged along about a 6.5 mph average trying my hardest not to hammer the beginning like I always do. I made sure that I was drinking lots of water and a little bit of HEED along with eating a little something at every aid station. I wanted to make sure that I try and keep my energy levels up since it was going to be a long day out on the trails.
Here is a picture of the elevation profile. The first 25 miles you read it from left to right. The second lap or 25 miles you read it from right to left.
At about mile 10 the course takes a big downward direction with a few short climbs for the next four miles. I decided that on one of these down hills at about mile 12 that I was going to just let gravity take me and build me a little bit of a time buffer for the cutoff. As I was flying down the hill doing 10-12 mph I felt a pop in my right hip that stopped me dead in my tracks. I felt like someone was stabbing me in the hip with a big ass needle. I started walking and within a couple of minutes the pain turned into a pulsing ache that I could handle for now.
Mile 14 to 18 was the next big climb of about 1000-1100 feet. This climb was not too bad, I was able to keep a pretty good jog up the hill except every 15 minutes or so the stabbing pain would return in my hip and force me to walk for about a minute or two. Overall it was not bad, I was dreading the downhill and flats that remained from 18 to 25 the turn around point.
The pain that I had in my hip from mile 21 to 25 which is mostly rolling downhill was BAD. It was causing me to walk a lot more than I am used to. I think I may have pulled or strained something and the pain in my hip was getting worse and worse the closer I got to the finish line. The pain was also causing me to change my stride which was causing cramping in my whole right leg, what the hell?? It took all my will power to jog the final downhill to the turn around to where Ashley was waiting for me.
As I came in I was so upset and pissed off. I told the guy working the race that I was unsure about going on and may switch over to the 25 miler. He told me to let him know because they want to make sure that they account for everyone. Ashley made me lay down on the grass and she tried to stretch out my hip. It hurt so bad that I had tears running down my cheeks as she was stretching me. At that point I threw in the towel per say. It was done, I did not want to cause anymore damage than what I already did. I collected my finishers metal for the 25 miler and was told my time was 4 hours and 10 minutes. Not to bad considering that I was holding back to run another 25 miles. When I dropped from the 50 I was in about 6th or 7th place and was feel good with the exception of my hip. Oh well maybe next time I will get my first 50.
Quick Reflections of the Race:
Looking back now at last week and how I was feeling about everything has prompted some interesting thoughts.
1) I think I cut my running volume way to much for the week. I should have kept some of the volume and just cut out the intensity of the run.
2) Is it possible for my mental outlook to physically affect how a body part is feeling? I think so, I think that I was so worked up about this race all week that when something did not go my way it was magnified by 100 times. As I got closer to the turn around the worse the pain was.
3) I cut my salt intake on this run by over half compared to Greenland 50K. My stomach felt a lot better as compared to before.
4) I think after the soreness goes away in my right leg and I get back to training that the volume of running 60-70 miles a week is about right but I need to increase my total hours spent cross training. Get back to hitting the weight room and pool 2-3 times a week. I may have to start going before work to get this extra time in.
Thank you for reading and have a great week.
Shad
Log for the week of 4/28-5/4
This week I am attempting to taper for an attempt at my first 50 miler on Saturday. It was the worse week that I have had all year. I was so worried about my race that I was stress eating without even realizing what I was doing. By Monday 5/5 after the race I was up 3 lbs in one week!!! Below is my log for the week.
Monday: OFF, very tired and sluggish
Tuesday: Run 7 miles up and down Green Mountain 3 times. Fell on downhill and banged up right knee.
Wednesday: OFF, only 5 hours of sleep last night
Thursday: Run 5 miles on treadmill at very easy pace, right knee hurt a little
Friday: OFF
Saturday: Collegiate Peaks 25 miles in 4:10. Was supposed to do the 50 but quit and only did 25 due to pain in right hip and leg. Race Report to come soon.
Sunday: OFF, my right leg is sore!!!!
Total miles for the week: 37 miles
Total hours for the week: 6.5 hours
As I was looking back through my log for the week I have notes on almost everyday on how little sleep I was getting and how bad I ate every day. I let this 50 mile race get into my head. That is not like me, I was so stressed out about it that it was no longer fun. I think it is time to step back a little from my goals and reevaluate what I want them to be this year. I need to keep it fun or I will lose my mind.
On a side note I found out last night that someone died in the race on Saturday. Trying to find out more information.
Shad
Monday: OFF, very tired and sluggish
Tuesday: Run 7 miles up and down Green Mountain 3 times. Fell on downhill and banged up right knee.
Wednesday: OFF, only 5 hours of sleep last night
Thursday: Run 5 miles on treadmill at very easy pace, right knee hurt a little
Friday: OFF
Saturday: Collegiate Peaks 25 miles in 4:10. Was supposed to do the 50 but quit and only did 25 due to pain in right hip and leg. Race Report to come soon.
Sunday: OFF, my right leg is sore!!!!
Total miles for the week: 37 miles
Total hours for the week: 6.5 hours
As I was looking back through my log for the week I have notes on almost everyday on how little sleep I was getting and how bad I ate every day. I let this 50 mile race get into my head. That is not like me, I was so stressed out about it that it was no longer fun. I think it is time to step back a little from my goals and reevaluate what I want them to be this year. I need to keep it fun or I will lose my mind.
On a side note I found out last night that someone died in the race on Saturday. Trying to find out more information.
Shad
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