25k LSD Saturday

It was 2.5 weeks since my last LSD and boy did I feel it. Weather added to the misery, strong N-NW Winds with near single digit temps made it rather unpleasant at times. When I was 1/3 of the way I started to feel a bit tired, at the 12 point I did my Carboom , instead of stopping for a few minutes I wanted and ate/drank for a half a K or so. This worked out pretty well , I didn't want to cool to much due to the head wind I was going to face in the last 8K leg. The wind really played havoc with the last leg , I was so beat up I walked up one of the final hills. I hope next weeks long one is better , want to start stretching it to a weekly 30K.

Ron.

10K road

Just a little 10K before work! Have been working 10-6 this week , not allot of good opportunities to run, managed to get one in before work! Did the "Schmidt Run" , straight South on the 2nd then back. We have had some pretty wet weather so I thought it best to stick to the road.

Ron.

Tues Eve Trail Run

Tuesday Even run was a 10K trail. Top front of legs were

still burning a bit from the Race on the Weekend. I

really enjoyed this outing, got in the zone for the last

few Ks.

Ron.

Did a 11.24 +/- 580m trail run today, Sunday . Had to get back in the saddle after yesterdays blowout in Mount Forest. It was 14C with rather gusty winds so I choose the shelter of a trail run today. I Love to get back in the bush, it was the right run for me today !

I felt tired, similar to yesterday... soenthing is up! I think I will read up on Nutrition. The legs were burning , front and top mainly. This was the same musscle that I felt after Mondays fast run. I am going to have to pay more attention to seed. I will take tomorrow off but would like to run Tues through Sat.

Ron

Trillium 10K

Well , after Mondays fast run I was really pumped about the race , confident that I would better last years 44:51 by a minute or even 2. It didn't happen and I was left feeling very disappointed. So , what went wrong???? I started fast , maybe too fast and began to fade at the 3K mark. I picked it up here and there but it just wasn't working. All kinds of folks passed me , that was the worst as last year only 2 runners passed in the last half of the race.

Here are some suspected reasons...

• Maybe Mondays speed wasn't a good idea!
• 6 Cups of coffee within 3 hours of the race
• A very salty diet this week
• Trail shoes instead of road
• Didn't do Gels and drink much water prior to the race
• Started warming up 30 mins prior to start
• Went out to to fast , I thought I could string together some 4:15s
• Hight stress levels at work this past week

That being said it was still a blast to be out. Bumped into lots of folks from previous runs! I am looking forward to next year. After three consecutive years of being faster I didn't make an improvement, some days are like that .... but its still a bummer.

Ron.

Mondays fast 16K Loop

On Monday May 5 I did my 16K Loop in

record time. During the flat parts I picked it up to my 10K Race Pace. During the hilly parts I reverted to my LSD pace. It was a good mix of slow/fast , go behind them recover. The next day or 2 I did have a bit of muscle pain but it was gone by Thursday.

Best run on this loop was ...1:26:27 in Oct 07 at 6C . Mobday I smashed that time at 1:21:06.

Ron.

Fast intrervals

Friday May 2nd, squeezed in a 10K in the afternoon. Not too quick but hey I was running.

Ron