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<p>Nice run Roadhawk. I think everybody is recovering from the weekend today.</p>
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<p>I'm back from my trip to Knoxville. Wish I could have stayed a day or two. Since it's on the way to Florida, I'll plan to stop for a day or two this winter when I am driving down.</p>
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<p>Heading out for an eliptical workout. I'll do a race report this evening. Still waiting on results from KS. Searched all over the internet last night with no luck.</p>
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<p>Nice race Mike. Your experience is why I am skeered to race a marathon. A lot of unexpected things can go wrong. </p>
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<p>Nice trail race Heme. Seems I'm not the only one here to have directional problems<span id="user_yui_3_4_1_21_1318888109162_10"><img alt="biggrin.gif" id="user_yui_3_4_1_21_1318888109162_9" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span> The last race, I knew I missed some of the course but at that point, I was too tired and too close to the finish to go back.</p>
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<p>I'm back from my trip to Knoxville. Wish I could have stayed a day or two. Since it's on the way to Florida, I'll plan to stop for a day or two this winter when I am driving down.</p>
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<p>Heading out for an eliptical workout. I'll do a race report this evening. Still waiting on results from KS. Searched all over the internet last night with no luck.</p>
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<p>Nice race Mike. Your experience is why I am skeered to race a marathon. A lot of unexpected things can go wrong. </p>
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<p>Nice trail race Heme. Seems I'm not the only one here to have directional problems<span id="user_yui_3_4_1_21_1318888109162_10"><img alt="biggrin.gif" id="user_yui_3_4_1_21_1318888109162_9" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span> The last race, I knew I missed some of the course but at that point, I was too tired and too close to the finish to go back.</p>
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Hi all from Bangor Maine.<br>
Spent all day at Acadia national park. Beautiful!<br>
Marathon recap. Toughest marathon I've run due to hills.<br>
91st of about 1200<br>
3rd age group<br>
3:33 and change<br>
Age group winner 3:24<br>
2nd age group 3:30<br>
Sore today still after hiking 4.5 miles up and down Cadillac mtn.<br><br><br><br>
Spent all day at Acadia national park. Beautiful!<br>
Marathon recap. Toughest marathon I've run due to hills.<br>
91st of about 1200<br>
3rd age group<br>
3:33 and change<br>
Age group winner 3:24<br>
2nd age group 3:30<br>
Sore today still after hiking 4.5 miles up and down Cadillac mtn.<br><br><br><br>
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<p>Hello Road hawk!</p>
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<p>IRunMike, that wasn't a bad race. There are so many variables that it is a huge stroke of luck to hit a target in a marathon. It sounds as if you had a good first half - so your training was generally sound. You need to work on miles 13-24. The last 2 are a problem for everyone.</p>
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<p>I got some easy running in on Saturday and officiated 2 hockey games. I did 4 games on Sunday which is a full day for me.</p>
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<p>Today was 10 miles nice and easy.</p>
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<p>IRunMike, that wasn't a bad race. There are so many variables that it is a huge stroke of luck to hit a target in a marathon. It sounds as if you had a good first half - so your training was generally sound. You need to work on miles 13-24. The last 2 are a problem for everyone.</p>
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<p>I got some easy running in on Saturday and officiated 2 hockey games. I did 4 games on Sunday which is a full day for me.</p>
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<p>Today was 10 miles nice and easy.</p>
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Good run KSRunr. Getting medal in your toughest marathon ever is pretty impressive.<br>
Speaking of impressive, so was IrunMike hanging tough to get so close to goal pace after the race got so tough. As far as I am concerned it was within error bars Mike.<br><br>
Hey, RoadHawk - running those three milers on your first week back is a robust start for sure.<br><br>
(My 6 year old daughter got on the computer and next thing I knew I had duplicate posts. I deleted my duplications, but it looks like I ended up deleting everything, so now I am writing a duplicate duplicate post)<br><br>
For me, 12 miles today but just on the treadmill.
Speaking of impressive, so was IrunMike hanging tough to get so close to goal pace after the race got so tough. As far as I am concerned it was within error bars Mike.<br><br>
Hey, RoadHawk - running those three milers on your first week back is a robust start for sure.<br><br>
(My 6 year old daughter got on the computer and next thing I knew I had duplicate posts. I deleted my duplications, but it looks like I ended up deleting everything, so now I am writing a duplicate duplicate post)<br><br>
For me, 12 miles today but just on the treadmill.
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<p>Y' OK, Bob? Posts aren't getting thru for some reason.</p>
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<p>Thanks for starting us up, RoadHawk! You'd think us old folks'd be up and at it early, but nooooooo.</p>
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<p>Hi Pt! Hi Rip!</p>
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<p>Greta racing KS! Enjoy the scenery!</p>
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<p>It's been a busy day at work, with all kinds of new questions coming in from Health Canada. I'm trying to get the day off on Friday to go north with the girls for our annual hiking weekend, but the workload is leaving a big question mark. </p>
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<p>Had a sproinky 5.7 mile RAW...with more zip in the stride than I've had for a while. </p>
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<p>Thanks for starting us up, RoadHawk! You'd think us old folks'd be up and at it early, but nooooooo.</p>
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<p>Hi Pt! Hi Rip!</p>
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<p>Greta racing KS! Enjoy the scenery!</p>
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<p>It's been a busy day at work, with all kinds of new questions coming in from Health Canada. I'm trying to get the day off on Friday to go north with the girls for our annual hiking weekend, but the workload is leaving a big question mark. </p>
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<p>Had a sproinky 5.7 mile RAW...with more zip in the stride than I've had for a while. </p>
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<p>6 EZ miles for me tonight. I'm impressed with Pt and Bob's longer runs on a Monday. I know- it's all relative, but still!</p>
<p>Glad you're feeling better, Heme. Hope the trend continues.</p>
<p>KS- fantastic time and 91 out of 1200 -- I'm <span style="text-decoration:underline;">so</span> proud of you!<span><img alt="thumbsup.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/thumbsup.gif"></span></p>
<p>Glad you're feeling better, Heme. Hope the trend continues.</p>
<p>KS- fantastic time and 91 out of 1200 -- I'm <span style="text-decoration:underline;">so</span> proud of you!<span><img alt="thumbsup.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/thumbsup.gif"></span></p>
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<p>Enjoy the Zip Heme<span><img alt="icon_bounce.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_bounce.gif" style="width:15px;height:15px;"></span></p>
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<p>Nice racing KS on less than optimum training weather.</p>
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<p>Nothing wrong with treadmill miles Bob. I'll be doing my share here in a little bit.</p>
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<p>I have been racing pretty hard and got a little too ambitious on a workout so my legs were pretty beat up after last weekends race which prompted</p>
<p>me to take the whole week off running. By friday, I was feeling pretty good so I started searching for a race to run on sunday. There was nothing but little 5ks and</p>
<p>large marathons within a couple hundred miles so I found a 10 mile race in Knoxville, Tn and decided to run it. I already ran in 7 different states, so this would make 8 in 9 weeks.</p>
<p>I left saturday night and drove about 3/4 of the way to Knoxville. I finished the drive sunday morning and found the race location about 11:30. I drove through town to see if I could see any</p>
<p>of the course, but didn't have much luck. After getting lost a couple times, I decided it would be best to just go back and register for the 2:00 race. After registeriing, I did a mile easy to loosen up</p>
<p>and then read the paper for a little bit. I then did a 2 mile warmup on the streets by the Womens basketball Hall of Fame at 7 minute pace and was ready for the race.</p>
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<p>The 10 mile course was predominately on the Knoxville Greenways with a couple very short sections on the road. Knoxville has 65 miles of these mostly paved trails that are a collection of almost 50 distinct small sections of trail that interconnect. When researching the race, I noticed the course map showed the lowest elevation (820 ft) near the 4 mile mark and the highest elevation (1029 ft) at about 9.25 miles. That meant at some point, we would have to climb that 200 ft during the race. Mapmyrun showed that climb would mostly be between 8 and 9.25 miles so that was something to keep in mind. The weather was also a concern as it was 77°, sunny, and a 14 mph wind blowing in our face the whole way on the point to point course. What I didn't realize was how much downhill we would be doing at the start of the race. </p>
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<p>The horn sounded and we were off for a small loop of Morningside Park before making our way to the Tennessee River. Every turn we made brought another downhill section. I thought I started fast but was soon getting past by runners left and right. I was trying to stay with a couple runners when we got near the first mile and was surprised when I went through in 6:10. We still had some downhills to go before we got to the trails running along the river and the second mile was almost as fast (6:24). The third mile was the first that I could really feel the wind pushing against us. I started to reel in some of the runners who blew by me on the downhills but slowed to a 6:37 mile going through 3 in 19:11 My plan going into the race was to really push the first 5 miles and hold on so I picked up the pace the next couple miles averaging a shade over 6:30 to go through 5 miles in 32:15. The 6th mile was mostly flat going through a small park and I was trying to catch a runner for the last couple miles. A 6:29 mile helped me get a little closer but my quads were starting to ache from the downhills. We then started running a series of short rolling ups and downs that wreaked havoc on my breathing the next mile as I slowed to a 6:41. I was starting to play the game of how much more time do I have to suffer but I was still trying to catch the same runner since the 3 mile mark and was gaining just a little on him. My 8th mile was a little faster (6:35) and I got as close to him as I would the rest of the race. Once the hills started, I actually got in a nice rhythm and even though I barely made the 9th mile under 7:00, I passed 3 other runners who were slowing much more than I was. As late as 7 miles I still thought I could make my goal of 65 minutes but when I got to 9 a little under 59 I knew that wasn't going to happen. I still had some more hills to go the last mile and every time I got to the top, I was hoping it was the last. I started looking at my garmin to see how far I had left and knew I was about finished when I saw people standing on the corner cheering the runners. I still couldn't see the finish until I went around the last corner only to see one last hill of about 50 yards. I watched the seconds tick by until I crossed the finish line as the clock read 65:30. The guy I was chasing the whole race was my age and beat me by 23 seconds and he was beaten by another runner in our age group by 7 seconds so I was 3rd in the AG and 13th overall out of 279.</p>
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<p>Nice racing KS on less than optimum training weather.</p>
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<p>Nothing wrong with treadmill miles Bob. I'll be doing my share here in a little bit.</p>
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<p>I have been racing pretty hard and got a little too ambitious on a workout so my legs were pretty beat up after last weekends race which prompted</p>
<p>me to take the whole week off running. By friday, I was feeling pretty good so I started searching for a race to run on sunday. There was nothing but little 5ks and</p>
<p>large marathons within a couple hundred miles so I found a 10 mile race in Knoxville, Tn and decided to run it. I already ran in 7 different states, so this would make 8 in 9 weeks.</p>
<p>I left saturday night and drove about 3/4 of the way to Knoxville. I finished the drive sunday morning and found the race location about 11:30. I drove through town to see if I could see any</p>
<p>of the course, but didn't have much luck. After getting lost a couple times, I decided it would be best to just go back and register for the 2:00 race. After registeriing, I did a mile easy to loosen up</p>
<p>and then read the paper for a little bit. I then did a 2 mile warmup on the streets by the Womens basketball Hall of Fame at 7 minute pace and was ready for the race.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The 10 mile course was predominately on the Knoxville Greenways with a couple very short sections on the road. Knoxville has 65 miles of these mostly paved trails that are a collection of almost 50 distinct small sections of trail that interconnect. When researching the race, I noticed the course map showed the lowest elevation (820 ft) near the 4 mile mark and the highest elevation (1029 ft) at about 9.25 miles. That meant at some point, we would have to climb that 200 ft during the race. Mapmyrun showed that climb would mostly be between 8 and 9.25 miles so that was something to keep in mind. The weather was also a concern as it was 77°, sunny, and a 14 mph wind blowing in our face the whole way on the point to point course. What I didn't realize was how much downhill we would be doing at the start of the race. </p>
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<p>The horn sounded and we were off for a small loop of Morningside Park before making our way to the Tennessee River. Every turn we made brought another downhill section. I thought I started fast but was soon getting past by runners left and right. I was trying to stay with a couple runners when we got near the first mile and was surprised when I went through in 6:10. We still had some downhills to go before we got to the trails running along the river and the second mile was almost as fast (6:24). The third mile was the first that I could really feel the wind pushing against us. I started to reel in some of the runners who blew by me on the downhills but slowed to a 6:37 mile going through 3 in 19:11 My plan going into the race was to really push the first 5 miles and hold on so I picked up the pace the next couple miles averaging a shade over 6:30 to go through 5 miles in 32:15. The 6th mile was mostly flat going through a small park and I was trying to catch a runner for the last couple miles. A 6:29 mile helped me get a little closer but my quads were starting to ache from the downhills. We then started running a series of short rolling ups and downs that wreaked havoc on my breathing the next mile as I slowed to a 6:41. I was starting to play the game of how much more time do I have to suffer but I was still trying to catch the same runner since the 3 mile mark and was gaining just a little on him. My 8th mile was a little faster (6:35) and I got as close to him as I would the rest of the race. Once the hills started, I actually got in a nice rhythm and even though I barely made the 9th mile under 7:00, I passed 3 other runners who were slowing much more than I was. As late as 7 miles I still thought I could make my goal of 65 minutes but when I got to 9 a little under 59 I knew that wasn't going to happen. I still had some more hills to go the last mile and every time I got to the top, I was hoping it was the last. I started looking at my garmin to see how far I had left and knew I was about finished when I saw people standing on the corner cheering the runners. I still couldn't see the finish until I went around the last corner only to see one last hill of about 50 yards. I watched the seconds tick by until I crossed the finish line as the clock read 65:30. The guy I was chasing the whole race was my age and beat me by 23 seconds and he was beaten by another runner in our age group by 7 seconds so I was 3rd in the AG and 13th overall out of 279.</p>
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<p>...excellent racing rip//...........it's a tough course......</p>
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<p>I have</p>
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<p>maintaned if you can Win in Knoxville,</p>
<p>you will Win in Boston.</p>
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<p>22min poolrun</p>
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<p>..hey, I ain't going to Boston......</p>
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<p>....another tomorrow,</p>
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<p>and Trailrun in The Smokies Thurs...........ohboyohboy</p>
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<p>I have</p>
<p>always</p>
<p>maintaned if you can Win in Knoxville,</p>
<p>you will Win in Boston.</p>
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<p>22min poolrun</p>
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<p>..hey, I ain't going to Boston......</p>
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<p>....another tomorrow,</p>
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<p>and Trailrun in The Smokies Thurs...........ohboyohboy</p>
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