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Great splits, mrbill! And congrats to the wifey as well - looks like it was picture-perfect for a race!

Thanks, Rickshaw!

So far, I've been massaging the living hell out of my IT daily, and no problems. After my longest run since the 50 miler of 2 hours, 20 mns, I had zero issues. I just have to take ...

I promised mfox after my 50 miler that I'd let you all know when I began my training blog for October's 100, so here she is:

http://sd100orbust.blogspot.com/

Enjoy reading my disorganised traini ...

And alos, currently burning, are the forests on Catalina Island, where I ran my 50 miler in January.

Apparently, I run so fast that I set every place I run on fire.

It's actually inside the park only, as we've only had 4" of rain this past winter, so all of the sagebrush is just tinder, waiting to go off.

It appears about 20% of the park has been damaged. Huge ...

If you haven't heard, Griffith Park, located about 1-2 miles from my apartment, has been burning for the past 24 hours. Over 600 of the 4,000 acres have been burned, and the fire is currently only 50% ...

Fantastic, Rickshaw! I'm SO envious - those pics and videos made me itch to do it myself.

Oh, man - I did my longest run since January's 50 miler: 2 hours, 22 minutes (appx 14 miles) in the mountainous trails of Malibu Creek State Park, where next Saturday's 14 mile race takes place. Lucki ...

A lovely 1 hour, 10 mn hilly trail run in Griffith Park, plus some intensive IT band stretches prior and after.

Amazing pics! God, living in Southern California leaves me hungry for non-dusty, lush trails.

Speaking of which, I ran about 6.5 miles on hilly trails today. I, like Rickshaw, have been keeping it ...

Wow, great job! Clumps of mud AND a bloody knee?

You are living large - I'm envious!

How'd ya fare, Bill? Lose a shoe in the mud?

I'm back on track with running: I'm still incorporating cycling as cross training, at the behest of my physical therapist, but last week, I ran my first 30 + miles week since prior to the 50 miler in ...

We're actually planning on running a few races this summer, together, and separately: Next month, I'm doing a trail 14 miler while she does the 4 miler, then it's off to Big bear where I'll run a 33 m ...

Great times, Rickshaw!

No races in my immediate future, although the summer will be filled with 'em, but my girlfriend ran her first race on Saturday: a trail 9k in the Santa Monica Mountains. She ...

I ran 1.5 miles ( 20 mns) on the treadmill at 12% grade and walked the moving steps stairclimber for 40 mns, followed by shoulder workout and stretching.

I had my 1st physical therapy app't last ni ...

My IT got angry with my finishing a 50 mile race on 4 miles of asphalt, so I've been babying it, going to the chiro, etc. I ran 7 miles last Saturday, and it tightened up something fierce, so I'm cont ...

STILL xtraining, but I managed about 5 hours of cardio this week (bike/elliptical + 1 hour trail run). I'm slowly going insane from lack of ability to hit the trails, but patience is crucial I suppose ...

This weekend, I took advantage of the ridiculously warm temps and did a 2 hour bike ride (avg speed 22 MPH) and just came back from 30 mns on the elliptical machine and 30 mns on the stair climber.
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Great job, Rickshaw!

Oh, and your daughter is ADORABLE! I actually "awed" when I saw the pic.

Are you blogging your training or have plans to share your experience? I'd be interested in checking your progress as you prepare. Good luck.

That's actually a great idea. I have a personal b ...

Holy smokes, Rickshaw, that's an amazing time for nearly zero training! Good luck on the 8k!

Ironman Wisconsin? SWEET! I've heard that it's a tough and beautiful course. Best of luck! What time of year is it?

I haven't seen the Western States doc, but I need to pick it up. Thanks for the l ...

damn! Due to my (lingering) I.T. issues, I'm still restricted to cross-training, so I missed the rainy run! I hit the elliptical both Sat and Sun for 45 mns and followed both with 20 mns on a stair cl ...

I'm cross training until this weekend due to my IT getting a little wonky last weekend at my 50 miler, but I did 5+ miles on the elliptical and deltoid/trap free weight training.

I'm DYING to get b ...

Rustyboy, I am sincerely impressed. An outstanding race! And 50 miles... I don't even like to drive that far! :-)

That is truly an impressive achievement. After having done several marathons, I fin ...

Friday afternoon, I aimed the old Mini Cooper towards Long Beach, about 30 miles south of Los Angeles and boarded a ferry to the tiny town of Avalon, on Catalina Island. The one hour trek by boat prov ...

Funny: I just read an interview with him in Trailrunning Magazine at lunch. I'm kind of split: I think that there are certain advantages and disadvantages to barefoot or "low impact" shoe running. Fir ...

Wow, you jumped right back into the fray! 13-14 miles out of the gate is a massive undertaking, and your pace is - to say the least - impressive.

Some pics from the 50k last weekend: Before, during, and after.

No, I didn't puke in the 2nd to last shot, but I *did* reach the point where I wished I could.

http://i14.tinypic.com/4fugkeg.jpg ...

I took off 12/5, just to give myself proper recup time after the 50k, but I did a nice, mellow 5 miles at lunch today, and I feel great.

Back into heavier mileage starting tomorrow!

You still have another week or two to fine tune your fitness (another back to back long run weekend?) before you go into your taper.

Yep, I actually have a few more back to backs coming: 2 more big ...

Wow, you look a LOT like Santa Clause, mrbill!

A million thanks, and happy holidays to all of you nutjobs!

Thanks, Rickshaw! The race went SO WELL. Below, ye olde race report:

This past weekend, I ran the Ridgecrest 50k, about 200 miles north of Los Angeles, as part of my training for the upcoming 50 mi ...

I'm heading off tomorrow for Sunday morning's 50k in Ridgecrest, north of Los Angeles. The course is supposed to be fast (the record is 3:23-ish), but I'm running it as a training run for my January 5 ...

Yeah, those aid stations stops can add up. I figured out that I spent 12 mns during my January 50k at the stations. I mean, I *enjoyed* that time, but that is a big no-no if you want to keep motivated ...

Oh, and my 50 mile training is comprised of 23 miles during the week mixed with 2 back to back long runs on weekends, varying anywhere between 2 hours to 5. I figure I'm hitting about 60 hilly miles/w ...

9 miler this morning, out on the hills, at marathon pace mixed with some fartleks...whenever I passed a cute girl.

I agree: The more 100 mile runners that I meet, the more tell me that the first 50 are all body and the final 50 is all mental.

My 50 miler is on Catalina Island, off the coast of LA, which I hear ...

YES!!!! I've been waiting for your report since yesterday. Firstly: Congratulations! What a fantastic report of a race WELL run. Under 10 hours at JFK is absolutely admirable. Secondly: When's your fi ...

I had a 2 hour run today, following yesterday's 2hr 15mn run. Lucky for me, I was running it with the worst hangover I've had in recent history.

Great job, mrbill! That's a fast trail 5k, and I CANNOT believe where you ran it: I grew up in Westchester, about 10 mns from Salt Creek/Oakbrook! Small world.

Way to go on breaking last year's fin ...

Hope your race was a blast, mrbill! None for me this weekend, but in 2 weeks, I'm running the Ridgecrest 50k as a training run for my January 50 miler.

How've you been, Rickshaw?

GO MFOX!!! WOOOHOOO!!!!!

Nicely done! How are you feeling aout JFK? You're gonna have a blasy!

Awesome job, mrbill, and what a great way to read your RR - being there at every mile made me appreciate exactly what you were going through!

HOLY SMOKES! Good on ya! Great reports, for both races.

How are ya feeling about JFK? It's creeping up, ain't it? You've put in the training, so now, go git 'em!

JFK? Sweet first ultra! You are gonna have a blast, to be certain. Ultrarunning is such a small community, you'll probably get adopted by at least a few of the crazies...as you are one of us now!

O ...

It was quite the experience, and seeing the runners roll in at mile 75 in various states od disarray, confusion, and exhaustion only served to egg me on to do a 100 even moreso. I'll let ya know so, i ...

Wow. Just. wow.

Friday night, I drove down to San Diego to pace my friend Bud in the San Diego 100, a race run in the Cleveland mountains east of San Diego. You may recall that Bud and I ran the fi ...

Yes, the one time I've run with a headlamp, I saw all sorts of weird stuff that the shadows created. Luckily, I was with someone, so we could talk eachother out of freaking out about bears, mountain l ...

In 2 1/2 weeks, I'll be running the overnight, final marathon leg of the San Diego 100 with a runner I met at my first ultra last January. I was so totally honored that he asked me: He was the guy tha ...

Great RRs! I love reading reports where runners say things like, "I wasn't going for a PR", or, "I was just gonna take it easy", and they run sub-4 hour marathons! Good jobs, and my hat's off to you b ...

Right now, there's a 246k race from Sparta to Athens. Live updates are here:

http://www.spartathlon.gr/main.html

So far, American Scott Jurek is in the lead at 88k! Gee, only 150+k to go!

The ...

NICELY DONE!

How does that make you feel about your marathon training?

Thanks for the sympathy - I probably could have just biked and ran, even though I officially I DNFed, but I wasn't in the right frame of mind after that. I shrugged it off after about 30 mns, and then ...

Now THAT sounds like a fun race! Way to go on your time, especially considering your lower mileage lately. It should give you hope for the marathon to know you can dig deep and still manage a respecta ...

Sounds like a sandbagging to me. He'll wind up with a sub-3, on the heels of the elites, and be all, "I had NO idea!" :)

I hear ya on be able to train when you're self-employed. In preps for my 50k ...

Ha, a marathon and a 50K as a training run. You've definitely gone hardcore!

Yup, OldManRunner and I are doing the Wineglass Marathon in Upstate New York on October 1. He's shooting for a 3:30 BQ t ...

My January race is my next "big race" (50 miler), but I'll probably do at least 1 marathon and 1 50k as training runs beforehand. Sept 17th is my first triathlon, so even though it's a mere sprint dis ...

Thanks, Rickshaw. A little of the improvement had to do with knowing the course, when the big hills were going to hit, where I had issues last time, etc., but all in all, I was utterly shocked when I ...

Today I ran my 1st, 2nd annual race: The Bulldog 25k mountain race. You might recall, it kicked my ass last year, but it also gave me the inspiration to train for my 1st 50k in January and now to go b ...

I'm running the Bulldog 25k mountain race on Saturday, my first, 2nd annual race ever. I ran it in 3:08 last year, and I'm shooting for 2:50 this go-round. It's a tough, steep trail, and the temps rea ...

Congratulations on the new job! The heat is a real pain, isn't it? I'm sure with the assistance of a treadmill so closeby you'll be back up to the mileage you'd like to be running in no time. I love i ...

Quiet 'round these parts!

How's everyone's heat training going? Luckily it cooled off in Southern California, but today is supposed to hit 92 again, so I've been on the trails and roads early as of ...

Jurek is amazing. It's surprising that he doesn't get anywhere near the attention that dominant athletes in other sports do, even compared with other running events like road racing.

He really is. ...

Welp, Scott Jurek did it again, placing first at 25:41. He didn't beat his own course record, but he proved, once again, what a superhuman he is!

Everyone else is faring well, it looks like from th ...

Thanks, and yes, I've been overly-employed lo these last 4 months...which will end soon, and then the panic settles in.

Right now, it's 98 degrees in Death Valley, and those 80 + souls are out ther ...

The Badwater 135 race started this morning at 6am: 135 miles in 120 degree temps. This was the race I was supposed to do a documentary about, following Scott Jurek's quest to break 24 hours. Unfortuna ...

I'm thinkin' it was the heat, even though I was out early. I always hydrate thoroughly and feed myself every 30 mns, but I think the intense sun nailed me hard. To prove to myself I'm still in good ru ...

Considering the conditions and how you were feeling, that's still a great finishing time! You're edging so close to a sub 20, I wouldn't be surprised to hear you hitting it before summer's end.

I h ...

I bough the Ksyriums, and they didn't come cheap ($850 - yeow!), but it was oh-so-worth the price, plus, I'll keep them and move them onto my tri-specific bike...when I can afford one.

I just (an h ...

Yeah, I just started tri-training in March. I'd taken almost a year from swimming, so it's juuuust coming back to me now, but I agree, ocean swimming is all about relaxation and not panicking. I was A ...

Sounds like fun! Is this a tri-specific training program that you've joined? Or was the swim portion separate?

I've never tried swimming in the ocean, but I can imagine that the swells would make i ...

My wife and I hit the Pacific waves for the first time this morning, and WOW - we were blown away by the science and strength that is called upon for open water swimming.

The swells were fairly rou ...

Me, hardcore? Psht. Hardly. Stupid? Well, the jury remains out on that...

I've noticed quite a few mudrun 5 and 10ks out there. I think it gives both runners and non-runners to compete in something ...

Daaaamn, that's a scorcher, but it *is* "only" 5 miles....if you choose to run it:

A. Hat

B. SPF 30 or higher

C. Hydrate beginning RIGHT NOW if you haven't been already

D. Hydrate like a m ...

Great race, and DAMN, you are so freakin' close to 20! Your pacing was fantastic as well - I have a feeling that next time, 20 mns will be history.

The wife, myself, and a few of her coworkers from Disney ran a mud run today, which was a blast! Of course, I'm saying this knowing that I'll be finding mud in places I ne'er knew I HAD, but still... ...

You are SOOO gonna ace 20 mns. You have to: No way can a snail like me break 20 before you!

My buddy, Eric, who I ran the LA marathon with in March, and has only been really running since January? ...

Great RR! It really put me in the moment - you were FLYING. I assume you grew wings on your heels like Mercury for this one!

YES! You were probably running in/between Will Rogers State Park and Temescal Cyn. These are a couple of my favorite, closeby spots - that range connects to the Santa Monica Mountains Backbone Trail, ...

As you know, I'm a huge apologist for trails. I've been running my long runs on them for about 1 1/2 years, and - time permitting - hitting them 1-2 times/week for shorter runs.

I definitely feel t ...

Whoa, a 1/2 IM? Sweet! I've been training for an Oly and Sprint in the fall, mixing in 2 days of cycling (30-40 miles) and 2 days of swimming, about 30-45 mns per day. But my running mileage isn't nea ...

My solution: I Gu on my long runs and during races. Anything less than 10 miles (or 1 1/2-ish hours), I don't bother, but I've found that once I hit that 2 hour mark, I start running on fumes. I suppo ...

Oh. Yes. YesYes Yes Yes Yes Yes !

Way to kick into the sprint at the finish! It indeed does stink when you realize partway through a race that you don't have it in you, but it sounds like you dug as deep as you could, and there's some ...

Thanks everybody!

It was a helluva way to break a PR. In answer to your question, Rickshaw, no, my wife doesn't race very often (she did a 5k trail Turkey Trot last year while I did the 15k), but w ...

Howdee all...

I have returned from my first race under 15k in...jeez, 3 years? It was a street race alongside the ocean in Santa Monica, run by myself, my wife, and 3 of our mutual friends.

Seei ...

You did it!!!!!! Amazing RR, Rickshaw, and an unbelievable run.

So what's next?

I KID, I KID!

Rest those legs and enjoy your time off. You've earned it, friend.

Congrats on your run! This is pure "duh" info, but make certain to keep hydrated. Stomach issues will sap you of megafluids, and running on top of that can be a little dangerous (although 10k isn't a ...

Amazing report, Bricks. We're all proud of both you and Rickshaw. Man, that feeling of "I trained for it, and I did it" is like no other.

Rickshaw, I can't quit y -

- Bleeeeeeeaaaaarrrrrgh!!!!!!

I hope Boston went well for ya! I couldn't remember your last name, but I saw Bricks ran 3:20-ish!

Run the WS 100 together? Perfect! However, neither of us has very much hair for the other to hold as he pukes.

Long term goal: The Western States 100. It used to be the Badwater 135, but I just watched "Running on the Sun"...watching someone vomit on themselves at mile 110 and they're RUNNING WHILE IT'S HAPPEN ...

I definitely have noticed a difference. I only pick up issues of Runner's World and Trail Runner that have specific articles I want to read in them (*cough* BRICKS *cough*). I have a subscription to u ...

Welcome back to the club, Terry!

I find weight training - very light, mind you - to be an intregal part of my personal training. That said, everyone is different, so what I feel benefits me might ...

I agree - antibiotics take a few days to build up (which is why they tell you to make sure to take them all).

Best thoughts your way!

Yep, the shirt settles it: You're insane.

Go git em!

Yep, these tris will be my first: the LA Tri is an Oly, the Malibu is a sprint, both on consecutive weekends. I snagged a great deal on my first road bike and have modified it for tris, but DAMN, thos ...