Day: August 17, 2024

Upping the mileage a bit

I was in a bit of a grumpy mood this morning, but the weather was very reasonable. It was not as nice as last week, but it was close. So at the end of the 13.65 miles, I was 70 seconds slower than last week. I decided to add a campus loop to up it to over 14 (I got to 14.0 with my watch).

Once again, I did the Moss to Union to downtown, past Dozer park and to the Riverfront. I then continued up the path to Peoria Heights, returned via the old Boredom course, turning off on Columbia Terrace. 58:32 was the Forrest Hill/Monroe to home 4 mile segment.

One bottle of water was enough. And that 3.5 mile climb to Peoria Heights was challenging.

I should be better prepared for my next Half Marathon, heat or no heat.

Age matters: you can see my *walking only* half marathons listed here; I’ve also done some “jog/walk” events, and some as a runner.

But I decided to list some of my better times for each year of running, so you can see my demise (Athlinks only has some of these)

1997: 5:54 mile, 20:02 5K, 42:40 10K, 1:41 half marathon
1998: 5:41 1600 m (5:43 mile), 19:53 5K, 25:41 4 mile, 41:47 10k, 1:39 half marathon, 3:46 marathon

1999: 5:55 mile, 20:36 5k, 26:56 4 mile, 42:27 10K, 1:34 half, 3:45 full

2000 5:45 1500, 20:47 5k, 27:51 4 mile, 44:09 10K, 1:35:27 half, 3:38:12 full

2001: 20:37 5k, 27:56 4 mile, 44:28 10k, 1:37:31 half, 3:40 full

2002: 21:50 5k, 28:12 4 mile, 1/2 1:43, full 3:57 full

2003: 5K 21:59, 4 mile 28:53, half 1:53, full 4:44 (walk)

2004: 5K 23:05 (mostly walking this year) 5:12 marathon walk
2005 5k 23:08

2006 5k 23:05

2007 (walking mostly)
2008 5k 23:56

2009 mile: 1600: 6:54, mile (downhill): 6:42 5K 24:00 (lots of 24:xx)

2011: mile (downhill) 7:48, 5K 25:30 (surgery in 2010)

2012: 1500 7:08, mile (downhill) 7:12 5K 24:34

2013:5K 24:56

2014 mile (downhill) 7:04, 5k 24:16, 24:46 (last one under 25)

2016: 5k 25:56 (final sub 26)

2017: 5K 27:18

2018 5k 28:02
2019 5k 27:34

No more running races after this. All walking.

Mini milestone

First, I did a walk between my weight session and my errands. It was a simple, easy 2 mile walk.

Now for the weights:
pull ups: 10, 10, 10, 7+3, 5, 5. All were pull ups (no chins). The 3 sets of 10 were the most I’ve done in a very long time. No, these were NOT competition quality: knees in front lead to a small kip, and did that chin *really* get over the bar on the final 2 reps of each set?

But, good enough. I’ll only be able to go so strict, especially on this bar.

Downstairs: bench: 10 x 134 (easy), 2 x 160, 2 x 160 (??? hoping for 4), 5 x 150, 5 x 145 (ran out of gas)

incline bench: 10 x 114 (ok)

supported dumbbell shoulder press: 3 sets of 10 x 35 (I think; small, medium, large plates) 3 sets of 10. Curls: 3 sets of 10 (2 with the Swiss bar).

It seems that when pull ups go well, the bench press suffers. That is probably accumulated fatigue.