The Course: The Mt. Washington Auto Road is 7.6 miles in length, has an average grade of 11.5% with extended sections of 18%, and the last 50 yards is a 22% "wall" to the finish. There are mile posts along the course, but these posts represent mileage from the Auto Road office across Route 16 . Mile one is thus actually 0.9 mi. from the start. And mile posts 2 - 7 are thus 1.9 - 6.9 miles. From milepost 7 to the finish is 0.7 mi. There will be a digital clock at the exact halfway point of the race (3.8 mi.). The course rises 4650 vertical feet from start to finish. Relax, there's Only One Hill!
bring it on.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
long time....no post
My knee still has some minor swelling but not as bad as it was a few weeks ago. The thing w/the Baker cyst is that it never goes away. As far as I know anyway. So, it's still swollen but not painful.
2 days until Mt Washington and I'm ready to get my ars kicked. I was ready but now I'm feeling like I gained some serious weight. Extra tonnage on the hill climb is a killer. We'll see what happens. I'm hoping to PR but the weather looks wet which means the dirt section of the road will be extra slick. Hopefully the wind isn't too bad....but it is what it is.
My times running my hill repeats improved significantly when compared to my repeats in previous years. I'm also happy that they improved steadily as I was doing them this year. Hope I didn't use it all in training. I wish I had one or two more weeks to run a few more repeats.
2009
5/11 - doesn't really count, I was running w/a friend and running to her (injury recovery) speed
18:21 - 18:42
6/3 - 15:11 - 15:52 - 15:50
6/10 - 14:42 - 15:35 - 15:14
2008
nada
2007
4/30 - 16:44 - 17:18
5/14 - #1? - 16:21 - 16:19
5/21 - 15:49 - 16:33 - 16:22 - 17:11
In other news, my weekly mileage has dropped way off.
this week: 11.8
w/e
6/14 - 19.5
6/7 - 28.5
5/31 - 27.9
5/24 - 33.3
Looks like maintenance mileage, doesn't it? Work has really been killing me lately and I don't see it letting up at all.
After the race on Sat and some time off, I think it'll be time to assess what I want to do. I was thinking about jumping into a tri (sprint) but that doesn't look plausible. My bike is in horrid condition and I haven't been swimming at all.
The new decade seems to have sapped my motivation.
Nice.
Sorry I have neglected all of your blogs lately. I'll try to be a better virtual commenter.
Cheers
2 days until Mt Washington and I'm ready to get my ars kicked. I was ready but now I'm feeling like I gained some serious weight. Extra tonnage on the hill climb is a killer. We'll see what happens. I'm hoping to PR but the weather looks wet which means the dirt section of the road will be extra slick. Hopefully the wind isn't too bad....but it is what it is.
My times running my hill repeats improved significantly when compared to my repeats in previous years. I'm also happy that they improved steadily as I was doing them this year. Hope I didn't use it all in training. I wish I had one or two more weeks to run a few more repeats.
2009
5/11 - doesn't really count, I was running w/a friend and running to her (injury recovery) speed
18:21 - 18:42
6/3 - 15:11 - 15:52 - 15:50
6/10 - 14:42 - 15:35 - 15:14
2008
nada
2007
4/30 - 16:44 - 17:18
5/14 - #1? - 16:21 - 16:19
5/21 - 15:49 - 16:33 - 16:22 - 17:11
In other news, my weekly mileage has dropped way off.
this week: 11.8
w/e
6/14 - 19.5
6/7 - 28.5
5/31 - 27.9
5/24 - 33.3
Looks like maintenance mileage, doesn't it? Work has really been killing me lately and I don't see it letting up at all.
After the race on Sat and some time off, I think it'll be time to assess what I want to do. I was thinking about jumping into a tri (sprint) but that doesn't look plausible. My bike is in horrid condition and I haven't been swimming at all.
The new decade seems to have sapped my motivation.
Nice.
Sorry I have neglected all of your blogs lately. I'll try to be a better virtual commenter.
Cheers
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