Hello Runners!
Fall running is finally here - now if the weather would just figure that out!
We'll meet for a run this Saturday, October 2nd (YIKES!) at 7:00 a.m. The run will be 5 miles and we'll be meeting in the Horizons Church parking lot. Hope you can join us. Please email me if you have any questions about our runs.
Have a great week!
Blessings,
Karen
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
12 Hour Endurance Run
Congrats to Dave R. on completing 8 loops (6.5 miles each - do the math - WOW!) at PW Forest Park during the 12 Hour Adventure Trail Run. I ran loop 7 with him and he was running STRONG. Here are a few shots...
This is Dave finishing loop 6...
Dave at the end of loop 8!
Dave & Rich
Great job Dave!
Blessings,
Karen
3rd Annual Turkey Trot
Thursday, November 25th @ 7 a.m.
Come meet us at the Horizons Church parking lot for a 5 mile run on Thanksgiving morning. There are no prizes, mile markers, water stops, t-shirts or registration fees. This is just a fun run to start the festivities of Thanksgiving Day. Bring your friends and family and burn some calories to prepare for the feasts laster in the day. Email karenegyud@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
12 Hour Adventure Trail Run - Saturday, September 18th
Hello Runners! This week, instead of our normal meet-up, I am including information on a trail run that Dave R. is doing on Saturday. See below for information on joining him for a lap or two. BTW, he mentions coming out for the "later laps" but I did confirm that we are welcome to join him for any of the laps. You should just make sure you can keep up with is fast legs in the early laps (that's my addition, not Dave's :)
Let me know if you have any questions about Horizons Runners or Saturday's event.
Blessings,
Karen
Fellow runners and friends,
This Saturday I’ll be in the 12-Hour Adventure Trail Run at Prince William Forest Park (PWFP), www.nps.gov/prwi just outside of Triangle, VA. The objective is to run as many loops of the course (each loop is 6.5 miles) within the 12-Hour time limit. Sounds like fun doesn’t it? My goal is to run at least 52 miles (8 loops) and it would be great to have my friends there to cheer me on during the last couple of laps and celebrate with me at the finish. Or, bring your running stuff and do a lap with me (I should be real slooow by the afternoon). So come on out to the Telegraph Picnic Pavilion (that’s the Rest Station/Finish Area) anytime after 3 PM – earlier if you’d like – and enjoy the show until you see me stagger out of the forest.
Here’s my run plan, but don’t hold me to it. Hopefully, I’ll be ahead 15-30 minutes of schedule by the 6th loop!
Loop Depart Arrive
1 6:15 AM (Start) 7:40 AM
2 7:45 AM 9:10 AM
3 9:15 AM 10:40 AM
4 10:45 AM 12:10 PM
5 12:15 PM 1:40 PM
6 1:45 PM 3:10 PM
7 3:15 PM 4:40 PM
8 4:45 PM 6:10 PM (Finish)
Let me know if you have any questions about Horizons Runners or Saturday's event.
Blessings,
Karen
Fellow runners and friends,
This Saturday I’ll be in the 12-Hour Adventure Trail Run at Prince William Forest Park (PWFP), www.nps.gov/prwi just outside of Triangle, VA. The objective is to run as many loops of the course (each loop is 6.5 miles) within the 12-Hour time limit. Sounds like fun doesn’t it? My goal is to run at least 52 miles (8 loops) and it would be great to have my friends there to cheer me on during the last couple of laps and celebrate with me at the finish. Or, bring your running stuff and do a lap with me (I should be real slooow by the afternoon). So come on out to the Telegraph Picnic Pavilion (that’s the Rest Station/Finish Area) anytime after 3 PM – earlier if you’d like – and enjoy the show until you see me stagger out of the forest.
Here’s my run plan, but don’t hold me to it. Hopefully, I’ll be ahead 15-30 minutes of schedule by the 6th loop!
Loop Depart Arrive
1 6:15 AM (Start) 7:40 AM
2 7:45 AM 9:10 AM
3 9:15 AM 10:40 AM
4 10:45 AM 12:10 PM
5 12:15 PM 1:40 PM
6 1:45 PM 3:10 PM
7 3:15 PM 4:40 PM
8 4:45 PM 6:10 PM (Finish)
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Crazy Ultra Runners
Hello runners! I'm sitting here recovering from my training run this morning, not wanting to move, so I figured it would be a great time to do a blog post. Today was a 19 miler (total of 45 for the week). The good thing about doing the 19 is that it means the marathon can't be too far away (8 weeks...I guess that's still pretty far) and that fall is here! After the hot & humid summer we've had, I certainly am looking forward to some cool running days.
I also got to wear my new running shoes today - I had waited too long to change mine out - what a difference it makes. I actually tried a different brand that I wont' name last week, but they didn't work out for me, so I'm back to my trusty Asics - Gel Kayano 15's. So thankful that they became classics, available through http://www.roadrunnersports.com/ and also thankful that you're allowed to return shoes there, even after you've worn them.
Last week, one of the runners in the group did an ultra run, the Cheat Mountain Moonshine Madness 50 Mile Trail Run. He sent me an email afterwards describing the event and I thought it was so good that I'm sharing it here. For those who read that I ran 19 this morning and think that's crazy, wait until you read this (thanks Bob, for sharing):
quick recap from Fri night - Sat a.m. adventure.
tough event. rugged, beautiful location in WV. 13 miles of fire road (mostly uphill)) to start followed by 20 miles of mostly single track, technical trail (which was surprisingly wet - the kind of environment the Cheat Mountain Salamander (featured in today's F-burg paper) likes) and 17 miles of fire road to the end, which was mostly downhill. the nighttime start was cool. clear night, nearly full moon. I felt like I handled the fire road portion in the beginning just about right -- left the road at 2hr50min, so met my on the trail by Saturday plan...first segment of trail was surreal - I did not see another runner the whole time - 4 miles and change - felt fine, through an aid station and then onto second trail segment when the wheels started to fall off -- must have been about 4 hrs and change into the run -- off the trail and to the 23m aid station at just under 6hrs -- cutoff was 6:30, so I was closer than expected. left there at 6hr1min (3:00 a.m.) the next segment ate my lunch -- 1hr20min to go 4.5 miles...I then had 1hr40 minutes to go 5.5 miles to make the 33m cutoff of 9hrs -- a scooby doo 'ruh roh' moment. I consciously worked harder to move at a quicker tempo with some success, but really struggled with doubt and hoped at several points to miss the cutoff and just go to sleep - honestly, a real struggle. I prayed, but selfishly and did not feel any real peace. hit the aid station at 8hr45min, so able to continue but feeling pretty low. changed socks and stepped off at 8hr50min feeling poorly physically and mentally. the next segment was 3.8 miles up and down, but all fire road. I felt like I was moving backward. had to pit stop and wanted to sleep pretty strongly, but also dialed into the thought of Christ allowing us to overcome. put ipod on for the first time and made the aid station at 9hr50min, which was quicker than expected. 7 a.m. came and I started to feel stronger -- I honestly thought it must be prayers being spoken in the Horizons Church parking lot -- the next aid station was 7.2 miles and I covered it much quicker 1hr13min than I had on the way up. the last leg was 5.7 miles and I covered it almost exactly the same as the first time to finish in 12hr24min. . .13 hrs was the official finisher cutoff.
tired but not too beat up today. I am thankful for the chance to stretch myself in these runs. . .some confidence that you don't have to log as many miles as it might seem to be prepared b/c I have not run more than 4 days in any week since February.
Hope you enjoyed that as much as I did (from the comfort of my chair). We have some amazing runners in our group, and if you are interested in finding out about long distance running, ultra runs, etc., please don't hesitate to ask. We all love helping new runners catch the bug that we have.
Stay tuned for upcoming runs - we're off our usual every other weeks schedule to do training schedules, but we'll still be getting some runs in over the next couple months.
Blessings,
Karen
Last week, one of the runners in the group did an ultra run, the Cheat Mountain Moonshine Madness 50 Mile Trail Run. He sent me an email afterwards describing the event and I thought it was so good that I'm sharing it here. For those who read that I ran 19 this morning and think that's crazy, wait until you read this (thanks Bob, for sharing):
quick recap from Fri night - Sat a.m. adventure.
tough event. rugged, beautiful location in WV. 13 miles of fire road (mostly uphill)) to start followed by 20 miles of mostly single track, technical trail (which was surprisingly wet - the kind of environment the Cheat Mountain Salamander (featured in today's F-burg paper) likes) and 17 miles of fire road to the end, which was mostly downhill. the nighttime start was cool. clear night, nearly full moon. I felt like I handled the fire road portion in the beginning just about right -- left the road at 2hr50min, so met my on the trail by Saturday plan...first segment of trail was surreal - I did not see another runner the whole time - 4 miles and change - felt fine, through an aid station and then onto second trail segment when the wheels started to fall off -- must have been about 4 hrs and change into the run -- off the trail and to the 23m aid station at just under 6hrs -- cutoff was 6:30, so I was closer than expected. left there at 6hr1min (3:00 a.m.) the next segment ate my lunch -- 1hr20min to go 4.5 miles...I then had 1hr40 minutes to go 5.5 miles to make the 33m cutoff of 9hrs -- a scooby doo 'ruh roh' moment. I consciously worked harder to move at a quicker tempo with some success, but really struggled with doubt and hoped at several points to miss the cutoff and just go to sleep - honestly, a real struggle. I prayed, but selfishly and did not feel any real peace. hit the aid station at 8hr45min, so able to continue but feeling pretty low. changed socks and stepped off at 8hr50min feeling poorly physically and mentally. the next segment was 3.8 miles up and down, but all fire road. I felt like I was moving backward. had to pit stop and wanted to sleep pretty strongly, but also dialed into the thought of Christ allowing us to overcome. put ipod on for the first time and made the aid station at 9hr50min, which was quicker than expected. 7 a.m. came and I started to feel stronger -- I honestly thought it must be prayers being spoken in the Horizons Church parking lot -- the next aid station was 7.2 miles and I covered it much quicker 1hr13min than I had on the way up. the last leg was 5.7 miles and I covered it almost exactly the same as the first time to finish in 12hr24min. . .13 hrs was the official finisher cutoff.
tired but not too beat up today. I am thankful for the chance to stretch myself in these runs. . .some confidence that you don't have to log as many miles as it might seem to be prepared b/c I have not run more than 4 days in any week since February.
Hope you enjoyed that as much as I did (from the comfort of my chair). We have some amazing runners in our group, and if you are interested in finding out about long distance running, ultra runs, etc., please don't hesitate to ask. We all love helping new runners catch the bug that we have.
Stay tuned for upcoming runs - we're off our usual every other weeks schedule to do training schedules, but we'll still be getting some runs in over the next couple months.
Blessings,
Karen
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