Doyle's Running Club

One of the big questions to be addressed after you have completed a marathon training course is: What's next? I can't answer for the rest of the group, but I can answer for myself. I'm planning on getting in shape to run whatever 5K/10K races that I come across until it is time to train in earnest for the St. Louis Marathon and the River to River Relay which will be held next April.

In the mean time, there is a 10K the first weekend in November, a Half marathon the week after in Forest Park, a 10-mile run in Alton over Thanksgiving weekend, a Marathon relay the first week in December, and a series of races on Saturday mornings in Forest Park. In other words, there are still races to run. And miles to go before you sleep. And miles to go before you sleep.

Congratulations to Papaswoof and Phil for
1) Completing the marathon,
2) Meeting and exceeding their time goals, and
3) Keeping positive when it looked like they were going to have to run in snow.

You guys, Rock!

Papaswoof
5K 0:27:46
10K 0:53:59
15K 1:19:27
20K 1:45:33
Half 1:51:11
25K 2:12:02
30K 2:40:20
35K 3:10:39
40K 3:45:00
Done 3:58:16

Phil
5K 0:32:21
10K 1:04:32
15K 1:34:15
20K 2:04:40
Half 2:11:05
25K 2:34:25
30K 3:05:21
35K 3:37:54
40K 4:11:51
Done 4:25:28

Saturday afternoon I'll be haring a hash in downtown Clayton. I need the services of a "Waldo" as one of the features will be a live Where's Waldo hunt at the Clayton Art Fair.

We'll meet at the Grant's Trail trailhead at 6:00am. Oliver and I will cache water on the way out. If anyone has any questions, please get a hold of me.

Out of town for the long weekend. Wedding went well, running not so well. Wet weather settled in the morning after we arrived. I opted to wait a day to see if it would clear up. It didn't, so I did 6 on the treadmill and gave the weather another chance.

No dice. It was time to own up, so I set the MPH at 6 and settled in with a bad TV for 16 miles. It's over and I don't intend on repeating it any time soon.

On the plus side, I did do the 16 mile run and I tried out the PowerBar Gel packets. They seemed to do the trick, so there's another option for goo. Chocolate wasn't too bad and the double latte, with 2x the caffeine , was a nice change.

# posted by PapaSwoof : 4:26 PM  0 comments

Monday - JCC 10K
Tuesday - Rest
Wednesday - 4 miles
Thursday - 6 miles (mid tempo)
Friday - Rest
Saturday - 12 miles
Sunday - Rest

I'll be doing my 16 mile run this week as I had to take last week off to heal up some nagging injuries.

I'm up at the Hog Capital of the World, (Kewanee, Illinois) this weekend for thier annual fall festival, Hog Days. I did the 4 mile Hog Days Stampede this morning (I'll do my long run tomorrow). I did great! Here are my splits
Mile Time
1 8:12
2 16:08
3 23:55
5K 24:45
Finish 31:36

This was gun time, no chips. I self seeded poorly, and spent the first 1/2 mi working my way through the pack to the spot I should have started in. Because of this, I think I should have been about 30s faster overall (more or less irrelevant). The field was 425 runners, and I finished 98th. Very happy :)

Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 12 x 400m
Wednesday - 4 miles
Thursday - 8 miles (long tempo)
Friday - Rest
Saturday - 16 miles
Sunday - Rest

If you didn't get a chance to get in your long run this weekend, just extend the mid week run slightly. Better to miss it than double up.

The Lewis and Clark Half-Marathon is full. As far as I can tell, JP is the only one who registered. The rest of us will have to support her from the sidelines. There is a half-marathon the next week near 55 and 255, so it looks like we're not off the hook.

"We have reached our 3800 entrant limit for the 5th annual Lewis & Clark Marathon and Half Marathon. We must limit registrations because a portion of our race course is on the Katy Trail, a rather narrow rails-to-trails conversion. A field of more than 3800 entrants could lead to bottlenecks that would detract from the racing experience. We are in discussions with the City of St. Charles regarding a course change that would allow us to accept an unlimited number of entries for the 2007 Lewis & Clark event. We hope you can join us next year. Please visit our online Event Calendar to find other excellent local events. Of particular note are September 23th's Hills and Hollows half marathon, September 24th's City of Roses Half Marathon, October 21st's Wild in the Woods trail half marathon, and November 12th's American Health & Wellness half marathon.
We plan to post the final entrant list will by mid-day on August 30th. Visit the event website to confirm your entry."

Raise your hand if you forgot to register. *Sheepishly raises hand*