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The 50k was a PR by 49 mins, as previously I only had a 50k split time from a 50 miler. Your comparing Apples and rocks.  With trail races you can only compare a race to itself and even that assumes the race course does not change from year to year which is very unlikly.

That’s all I had to go on.  And yes of course I agree every trail races is its own species.  Still, comparing the courses at finger lakes 50s to the GroundHog 50k, I would say finger lakes is easier, especially because of the steepness of many of the hills at GroundHog.  The winning race times for these 2 races are comparable, though slower at F.L. 50s this year and last year, but you have to remember F.L. 50s is run in July and is usually hot. – Tony

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The 50k was a PR by 49 mins, as previously I only had a 50k split time from a 50 miler.

Your comparing Apples and rocks.  With trail races you can only compare a race to itself and even that assumes the race course does not change from year to year which is very unlikly. -Doug

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Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals.

mon:   1:05 biked, hr 134 tues:   0:40 treadmill easy wed:   0:50 treadmill with 20 mins running thur:    off fri:       off sat:     5:39, Groundhog Fall 50k trail race (separate report) sun:    off Goals:  rest up, then build for Hudson Highlander 26km orienteering race The 50k was a PR by 49 mins, as previously I only had a 50k split time from a 50 miler. – Tony

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Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals.

M – - T – -         Very exhausting. Felt like giving up after about 1.5 mile.         Entire body was hurting like hell. Must have something to         do with the 30 hours without sleep a couple of days ago. F – - S – 5K race. Lake Arrowhead, CA. 22:12. 1st AG, 3rd overall.         (Will try to write up a race report later.)         Out (downhill) and back (uphill) race.         Quads and calves really got hammered. S – - total: 10 miles. Goals: 5K in early November. This is a flat course. Aiming for sub-19:30 or so. jobs

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Mon. 09/06  3.5 miles slow – HOT! Wed. 09/08  2.1 miles slow – Even HOTTER! Sun. 09/12  5K race plus warmup/cooldown Total 10.7 mi… The hot weather and rotten air quality these last two weeks has interrupted my already slow progress.   Goals: Local 5K with two sons and two brothers-in-law Oct. 2. Increase Time On Legs: This weeks mileage goal is 13-1/4 Work up to 20 miles per week by November, and try to maintain 15 to 20 per week through winter.   — Daniel

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Goals: 1/2 marathon next w/e, full marathon late October Mon: 8 miles Tue: 8 miles incl. 6×1000m intervals Wed: 14 miles Thurs: 8 miles Fri: dnr Sat: dnr Sun: dnr Total: 38 miles — Colm

: Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training : week and goals.

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 Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals.

<< Mon – DNR Tue – 3 miles, 25:05 Wed – 5 miles, 39:51 Thu – 3.5 miles, 27:33 Fri – DNR Sat – 3.2 miles, 27:54 Sun – 12.2 miles, 1:54:52 Total – 26.9 miles Mike

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Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals.

Goal:  Stay injury free, work up to 15-20 mpw. with 3 mi of speed work This week I did not run…at all.  Swamped from all sides. Sun: 5 K race – El Grito 5K – finished in 27:50.  A little slower than anticipated, but a couple of factors likely contributed – lack of sleep, not training this last week, and high overall stress level. Plus…I took out the first mile way too fast.  Amusingly, I tend to think of myself as a negative splitter.  Not in this race… Having a time does help me sort of gauge training though.  I’m going to try for more base building per the McMillan website for the next couple of weeks.

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still taking it easy, uncertain about my knee.  have been doing some mostly easy bike riding and might keep that up for a few months. m dnr. t 3.8mi 32:19 in am.    rode home from work, 30min. w dnr. r 4.6mi 41:40 in am.    rode home from work, 30min. f dnr. s rode 1:30 in am. s dnr.

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Race photos (I don’t appear on any of them): http://www.ifkville.se/Hisingsrundan/Bilder04/thumbs.htm What’s with the crazy dancing in the beginning?

Some people seem to want to exhaust themselves any way they can just before a race. I’m as puzzled as you are. Bjorn

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Mon:  1 hour bike HR: avg 132 Tue:  20′ bike, 35′ run, 15′ bike Wed:  A short story.  As usual I rode my bike from home (about 4k) and left it locked up near my inter-city bus stop.    Typically on the return home, I ride the bike to a local park, run for 35-55 mins, and then ride 15 mins home.    On the way home, the bus came to a stop.  Not a crawling slow traffic jam, but an absolute stop.  Drivers got out of     their cars to stretch, talk, smoke whatever.  After staying put for about 20 mins, and finding out via cellphone that the      road was blocked due to fires near the road, I decided to jump off the bus and run for a while… I guess I was about     20 kms from home – doable – although the entrance to Jerusalem involves a lot of climbing.  I had my running clothes      (and my bike helmet) in my rucksack, and discretely changed and was on my way.  All was well while the traffic was   stopped, but of course, after about 10 minutes the fires were controlled, and the traffic started moving.  This section of the    highway has a very narrow shoulder and almost no emergency lane, so, valuing my life more than a comfortable pace,    I hopped over the barrier and starting "running" over rocks, trees, a dead dog (yuck), and dodging signposts.  I also ran    past the smouldering fires – lots of flashpoints in the valley below, so that when I met my wife some 50 minutes later about     half-way home, I was black on one side.  My wife dropped me at the bike and I rode home.   Thu:  off  No running.  Our running club had its annual general meeting.  Guest of honour was    Haile Satain, the Israel olympic marathoner who finished Atehns in 2:17 and 20th place at age 42.  Great run. Fri:  35′ bike, 50′ run at track, 15′ bike Sat: 3.5k easy Sun:  20′ bike, 55′ run at park, 15′ bike Total:  36km (23 miles) + bike. Anthony.  Jerusalem, Israel.

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Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals. cheers,

Tu: 6k Th: 7.2k Sa: 8k (local "race", finished as #84 out of 119, at 39:13) Su: 2.2k Total: 23.4k Race photos (I don’t appear on any of them): http://www.ifkville.se/Hisingsrundan/Bilder04/thumbs.htm Upcoming races: 8k on 16th Oct 16.6k on 6th Nov Bjorn

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Race photos (I don’t appear on any of them): http://www.ifkville.se/Hisingsrundan/Bilder04/thumbs.htm

What’s with the crazy dancing in the beginning? Phil M. — "Learn from the mistakes of others.  You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself."