What 50k are you running? I looked over the finisher's list for for Shut in Ridge, I know a few of those peeps. Mark and Anne Lundblad (formerly Anne Riddle) have run quite a few races up this way, and Mike Mason is a member of our local ultrarunning club, VHTRC. Anne still has the women's course record at the JFK50, which is pretty much the biggest 50 miler in the US.
Well my weeks are messed up after looking at the schedule, but it is the harbison forest 50k in SC coming up. I thought these 2 runs were a couple of weeks apart, but they are not. I may simply run the shut in course this coming weekend and still be able to hit the 50k race. I have trained a lot this year for the shut in simply because this is the 25 year anniversary of the last "official" time I ran it, so it is kind of an anniversary. If you look at the finish times, you will see it's a tough course. I hope to simply finish around the 4 hr mark.
I've never run down that way, but it does look like a nice runnable course. It seems pretty similar to the Holiday Lake 50k, which I've run a few times and which is also a double loop. The only drawback to loop courses is that if you're having a bad day it's waay too easy to bail out at the halfway.
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I could only dream of being that fast. I wonder what would have been, had I continued running from my teenaged years.
That's funny, because I run in day/night conditions and in the bike lane (barring bike traffic of course), sidewalk, tracks and trails and never once have I thought of being in an unsafe situation.
Just come run against me Stug, you'll feel like a world class sprinter....
I'm coming from body builder to runner. I have huge legs and upper body but amd currently slimming down so I can go faster. The things one must give up for extra speed. When I got home yesterday and stepped on the scale, I was shocked to see 160. I haven't seen 160 since the 80's. I'm down from 170's-180's.
Congrats on finishing your marathon! It's one thing to run 26 miles, but throw in an injury at mile 23 and not quit. That's amazing.
This is for all you runners out there. Not the runners and gunners, mind you. I'm talking about people who run/jog competetively. I've been running races, 5k to 13.1miles, for about 3 years now. I also cycle, but that's another story.
Any of you get pre-race jitters? I mean, where you wake up way early, the day of the race, and start pacing through your mind about how you'll run and how you think you will, or would like to do? I find that everyday before the race, I start playing out scenarios in my head. Just wondering if anybody else feels the same way.
I know, I know, this is the Brown Cafe, and not a sports forum. I'm just asking, because I know that there are a bunch of running UPS'ers out there, and I'd like some of your input, training tips would also help. Thanks.
BTW, I ran a 5k today. Finished 15th overall at 20:09. That's not shabby by some standards, but by my own, I sucked. I wanted to run under 19:30.
You're smart to avoid running alone on trails. When my wife goes for a long run by herself she takes her cell phone and wears one of these. We tested the alarm and it's plenty loud, the cats ran for the hills. I still worry though.
Over, I've considered that, but it just doesn't seem like a practical solution to the type of sudden attack that might occur on a trail. I'm thinking it would have to be carried in something like a fannypack, which would mean trying to zip it open and get the gun out while struggling with someone with who is bigger and stronger and quite capable of taking it away if they see what you're trying to do. With the alarm, it's strapped to your arm and all you have to do is hit the button and a siren goes off. Most attackers will flee if they think they might get caught. I admit it's not perfect though, and I'm always looking for a better answer.
LOL, oh so true.
How about that arm gun slide that Deniro wore in Taxi Driver.
Hey, are you talking to me?
I'm gonna start mumbling this as I run from now on. It'll keep the creeps away and I may win more races, LOL.
(work comp ya know)
