{"id":3625,"date":"2013-04-15T13:50:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T13:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=3625"},"modified":"2013-04-15T13:50:15","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T13:50:15","slug":"austin-1020-and-week-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/15\/austin-1020-and-week-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin 10\/20 and Week 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin 10\/20 (10 miler):<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I had no business PRing this or even trying, if you looked at my training runs.\u00a0 Last year, I was just off half marathon season and a lot of speedwork and loving the lightness of my racing flats.\u00a0 10 miles was like, not a thing to me.\u00a0 A 10 min\/mile pace wasn’t a cake walk but totally doable.\u00a0 Long story short, I let my head get me on the back half of the course, and missed my goal time of under 1:40 by less than 2 minutes.\u00a0 Not that a 10:05 or whatever pace is bad, but still, I was a little bummed.<\/p>\n

This year, I’m a different animal.\u00a0 I spent last year running really slow to get endurance for the 70.3 and marathon.\u00a0 Then, I lost all that endurance in offseason and just recently did ONE double digit run a month ago, but it was barely sub-12 minute miles.\u00a0 I haven’t clocked a run sub-11 minute miles except my run tests, which have been all out efforts on the oval (read: no elevation changes), and they’ve been BARELY sub 10, and only 3 miles. Also, I’m wearing these big clunky Sauconys because my stupid feet can’t run right after last year.<\/p>\n

However, I had this burning DESIRE to PR.\u00a0 I wanted to show myself that I was a better runner than I thought.\u00a0 That this training is working.\u00a0 That my brain is stronger than it ever has been.\u00a0 Validation,\u00a0 I wanted it.\u00a0 I could taste it.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I was worried – I felt really really creaky, things hurt, I spent a lot of time on my feet, and I was just nervous I didn’t have any speed in me.\u00a0 I woke up feeling a little less creaky, but my head really was not ready to hurt myself.\u00a0 Boo.\u00a0 I had some breakfast and pooped and got going and we got in the car and the radio sucked and I connected my zune and OMG it was dead.\u00a0 We went back and grabbed the car charger and headed to the race.\u00a0 I made us stay in the car just as long as humanly possible and then we headed to the race (the charge did enough, it made it through the race).\u00a0 The race site was conveniently RIGHT next to my office, so we headed into work to bathroom in the nice office potties instead of the porta-ones, and then headed back to the corrals.<\/p>\n

Corrals were elite, and then 1-10.\u00a0 We were in 3.\u00a0 I figured there had to be a mistake, as I’m not corral 3 material, but I wasn’t going to say anything.\u00a0 Normally, I get in my corral and I’m dodging people because people seriously underestimate their finish times, so I figured this was karmic payback.\u00a0 I got kinda emotional at the beginning.\u00a0 I was really scared of disappointing myself.\u00a0 Coming in at like 1:50 would really, really bum me out, but I really thought that might be a reality considering my training.\u00a0 However, the national anthem centered me, and then we were off, so there was no time to think anything but game on.<\/p>\n

The first 3 miles went…. easy.\u00a0 I was keeping about 9:45 without much effort, and it was a little scary.\u00a0 I wondered what was to come on the way back, but I just tried to keep an easy stride and not worry to much.\u00a0 I hit the 2.5 mile tuckaway into the side street and only just saw the elites come out at mile 4 so I figured I was doing ok.\u00a0 I tried to run heart rate, and my goal was to stick between 165-170, but I found I was jumping between 160 and 180, and neither really felt like it was much harder than the other, so I just switched back to pace on my garmin and ran by feel, checking HR every so often.\u00a0 I realized this was baseline for the year, I haven’t yet done a race with enough HR data to judge, and since my goal was to PR, I’d keep myself on that track and if I fizzled at the end, so be it.<\/p>\n

The up and downs between 3 and 4 weren’t so bad, but when I hit the long, slightly uphill stretch, I took a cue from Runthisamazingday<\/a>, and pushed my visor down and just looked at feet and got into my music.\u00a0 I found some rainbow leg warmers I tried to stay with but they were too fast, and I thought about the fact that perseverance was following through on the goals I made when I was no longer in the same mood as when I made them, and I got up that hill only having lost about 2 seconds per mile and still felt pretty good as I hit mile 5.\u00a0 Half way done.\u00a0 And if I held sub-10s on the first 5, I could certainly do it on the last 5 because I was a badass.<\/p>\n

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Well, as last year, the last 5 was not as easy as the first half.\u00a0 Through 6, I kept pretty good pace.\u00a0 I hit 10k at just about 1 hour exactly, and I noted that it’s been a long time since I ran a 1 hour 10k.\u00a0 Nice.\u00a0 But, then we turned up to another uphill, and I threw my visor down again and chugged, and I swear it took 3 miles to get up that silly small hill, but I got through it, and then I got to my home turf.\u00a0 My lunch run I always run.\u00a0 And I got a “go Quix” and with my visor down, I didn’t know who it was, but either it was someone I knew or someone who read my bib, so I gave them the horns and kept going.\u00a0 It flattened out soon and I got back to sub 10 and got up the mall hill I run through often fairly quick and then got out onto the freeway onramp for the last stretch.<\/p>\n

I found recognizable feet, one of my triathlon friends R, and stayed on him.\u00a0 He was coming off an injury from last year, but in his prime, he is a WAYYYY faster runner than me normally so I figured if I could stay with him, I was doing alright.\u00a0 I caught him on the other side, the uphill, and he was all, “hey, where’s the fire?” to which I had no brain to reply anything but “huh”?\u00a0 and then “words are hard” and ran ahead.\u00a0 8 to 9 was HARD and while not a mountain, definitely uphill and I watched my average tick from 9:50 to 9:54, and then I made the call around mile 9 it was time to spend all the cash and try to get that average to go the other way.<\/p>\n

I paid fuck all attention to HR, and just did what I could without puking or passing out.\u00a0 R passed me, and I couldn’t quite catch him, but I kept him in my sights.\u00a0 I stopped looking at pace and just RAN.\u00a0 Once we hit the home stretch I just gave it everything and willed my cramping calf muscles to hold out just a little longer and willed my garmin not to hit 1:40 before I hit the finish line and then it was there and I was going as fast as I could and then I crossed it and celebrated and then I hit stop and it just clicked over to 1:40.<\/p>\n

10.13 miles, 1:39:57.\u00a0 9:52 average. 28% of my gender beat me, 30% of my AG beat me, and 36% of the whole field beat me.\u00a0 I’m pretty happy with essentially a top 1\/3 finish.\u00a0 Also, if I would have held pace (probably doable with similar terrain and some more fuel\/water), I would have been within 1 minute of my half marathon PR.\u00a0 Like, from 2.5 years and 20 lbs ago.\u00a0 Also, I believe that was about all out pace in January.\u00a0 And I held it for 10 miles.<\/p>\n

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I waited for Zliten to cross and he did: 1:44!\u00a0 He got a 5 minute PR too!\u00a0 Fucking awesome day!<\/p>\n

Then, we got sammiches, came home, biked 2h30 min on the trainer, and then ran 1 mile in 10:17 to fully brick the legs, and now, champagne.\u00a0 I will definitely pull on this day in 2.5 months when we do Buffalo Springs 70.3.\u00a0 While takeout sammiches and half a large pizza is not normally good nutrition, I think today is a 5k calorie burn and I’ve earned it.\u00a0 Even with the champagne.<\/p>\n

Training:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This week it was just all about getting in the hours.\u00a0 After last week’s crazy 2.5 hours of hills, and the ensuing soreness, and the knowledge that it was a fully loaded week, and a race I actually cared a bit about this weekend, I cut everything down to easy miles and skipped weights in favor of extra stick and stretching time.<\/p>\n

It was a challenge with all the other commitments – had to be up at 5am for transportation and came back home at 7:30 and then biked for 1.5 hours and then had to leave again, ran at lunch that day, and then hopped on the trainer as soon as I got home to finish up some more time.\u00a0 I had a dentist appt Thursday early, so I had to squeeze that day too.\u00a0 I ended up going a little light on swimming and running in favor of extra bike time, but I got in my time (for the most part).<\/p>\n

We now are all signed up all the tris (minus Austin 70.3, which we are still deciding on):<\/p>\n

Rookie Super Sprint Tri: 5\/5
\nPlaytri Olypmic Tri: 6\/2
\nPflugerville Sprint Tri: 6\/16
\nBuffalo Springs 70.3 Tr: 6\/30
\nCouples Sprint Tri: 7\/14
\nJacks Generic Olympic: 8\/4
\nTri Rock Olympic: 9\/2
\nKerrville 70.3 Tri: 9\/29<\/p>\n

We will be throwing in some supported ~50-60 mile rides about once a month (Armadillo, HotterNHell Hundred, etc), and hitting up splash and dashes as often as it makes sense with training.<\/p>\n

Besides the race commentary, don’t have all that much else to say.\u00a0 See below:<\/p>\n

Monday: Swim: EZ Laps<\/a> 1500 m 00:36
\nTuesday: Bike: Trainer + Josie and the Pussycats.<\/a> 29.01 mi 01:26, Run: Neighborhood Lunch Loops<\/a> 2.72 mi 00:30, Bike: Trainer + Rest of Josie<\/a> 12.01 mi 00:35
\nWednesday: Swim: Laps<\/a> 1800 m 00:45
\nThursday: Run: EZ Lunch Run<\/a> 3.1 mi 00:34, Bike: Trainer + Fringe<\/a> 14 mi 00:40
\nFriday: Outside Bike: Neighborhood Loopz<\/a> 5.3 mi 00:22, Bike: Trainer + Bobs Burgers Butts …<\/a> 7 mi 00:21
\nSaturday: off
\nSunday: Run: Austin 10\/20 Race<\/a> 10.13 mi 01:40 Bike: Trainer + Les Mis<\/a> 51.4 mi 02:31 Run: Bricky Brick<\/a> 1 mi 10:17<\/p>\n

Food:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Things seem to be working folks.\u00a0 I’ve been in the low 181-183 range all week and finding it easier to eat a little less – my tummy is finally adjusting, so yay.<\/p>\n

I’ve eaten a few less than 100% healthy things (smart ones micro meal, a little bit of brownie, etc), so I need to watch that, as when I’m lowering my calories, I need like 95% of it to be good awesome fueling my training calories or I’ll bonk, but my little swedish meatball splurge yesterday, and the pieces of not-horkin-fiber bread today, were kinda yummy.<\/p>\n

Just need to hold the mentality for vacation that I don’t need a billion calories, and since I’ll be away for a while, I’ll have plenty of time to taste all of the things, I don’t need to eat so much all at once. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I’m finally at the point where I’ve lost enough that different pants are fitting, and I look different in clothes I normally wear, so hopefully that is motivation not to just gain it all back.<\/p>\n

I won’t belabor it.\u00a0 By the numbers this week:<\/p>\n

Monday: 27 DQ, 1547 calories
\nTuesday: 30 DQ, 1856 calories
\nWednesday: 26 DQ, 1576 calories
\nThursday: 23 DQ, 1501 calories
\nFriday: 21 DQs, 1554 calories
\nSaturday: 23 DQ, 1674 calories
\nSunday: this day will throw everything off – consumed about 3500 and burned about 5k calories – so I’m going to not count it in the averages here.<\/p>\n

Average DQ: 25<\/p>\n

Average calories in: 1618<\/p>\n

Average calories out: (estimated) 2200 (so I would expect a little over 1lb loss this week)<\/p>\n

Weight: low was 181.0, high was 183.0.\u00a0 Most days, in the 181s.\u00a0 So that’s pretty happy.\u00a0 Not the 170s yet, but I can see getting there soon.<\/p>\n

Other Stuff:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I got my hairs cut.\u00a0 It’s back to my shoulders.\u00a0 I forgot how poofy shoulder hair is, especially after just being cut.\u00a0 Looking forward to it settling a bit, the fro is fun and all, but… ya know.\u00a0 I’m not entirely sure how I don’t have a picture of it that’s not in pigtails for the race, but trust me, you’ll see more of it soon.<\/p>\n

Left my glasses at home one day after lunch this week and instead of going home to get them, I just rocked my sunglasses in the office all day.\u00a0 I am so blind that it was the better option than just not wearing them.\u00a0 Luckily I had no meetings but I got some funny looks when I had to go talk to people.\u00a0 I had to explain myself a lot.\u00a0 I should have just said, “I’m just cooler than you”, but, I’m not. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I got to record an interview for my game.\u00a0 I love doing stuff like that.\u00a0 Oddly enough, I like to yammer on and on.\u00a0 Who knew?<\/p>\n

I went to PF Changs for lunch one day.\u00a0 I remember their food being better.\u00a0 I think I’ll stick with my neighborhood places.<\/p>\n

My badass brag – I got my second cavity filled this week with no novicain.\u00a0 Because I am TOUGH (and I hate needles and novicain and will happily take a little pain instead).<\/p>\n

And now, the tale of my week is done.\u00a0 Tell me the story of your week in the comments.<\/p>\n

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