Training Log Archive: Grandpa Jameson

Event: Whoo's in El Morro 25k/50k
 

race day... stoked!

going to be a fun with guys A LOT faster than me toeing the line. I've been waiting for an opportunity like this. ready to go until i blow! nothing to lose.

easy jog before the start

a good, hard as hell race. even though the course is "fast" it's not easy. constantly up and down... and steep!

toed the line with all the fast dudes and was ready to rip. i felt rested and ready to dig deep. the gun went off and Immediately Tim Tollefson (recently crowned 50k natl champ) was off the front which increased everybody's pace. I knew he was on another level than me so I was more concerned with all the guys around me. Chris Kollar (recently moved to LA from montana.. another mega fast dude) were side by side and Igor went ahead trying to chase Tim. We were running fast (first mile in 6:03 w/ 130ft of gain).

when we hit the first climb just past a mile I was on Chris' hip, igor was ahead, and tim was pulling away. i was kind of surprised the other guys in the race were holing back and we were gapping them. I expected a full on pack racing together at least for the first half of the race. half way up the climb we caught igor and I tried to encourage him to come with us but he didn't. At that point I knew the pace at which Chris was climbing was bit too hot for me but I decided I was going to just do my best to stay with him so I could get away from everybody else.

As we crested the climb he had a ~10 second gap on me but I was able to bring him back on the descents pretty easily. About 3 miles in Chris and i started chatting, a cool dude for sure. around 4 miles, right before we hit the single track, I told him good luck and that I was going to back off a bit. I couldn't see anybody behind us and I didn't want to explode so early. He ended up getting about 30 seconds on me in the next ~6 miles. I could still see him around every corner and on the climbs.

at mile 11 I cliimbed back up to the fireroad and hit the out and back to the 12 mile aid station. I was feeling pretty rough. I saw tim and he was about ~5 minutes ahead of me, and then I saw chris who just under a minute ahead. I hit the 12 mile aid station and got another bottle from maggie and told her that it could get ugly. I left and was still feeling rough but had to put my game face on. I knew I could see how far the guys were behind me and wanted to look strong as I passed.

On the out and back I saw everybody coming. Jesse was first and I had about 3 minutes on him, 4 on Jon, 5 on Igor and 6 on Chris. I started to feel a bit better as I hit the 15 mile turnaround. It was another out and back so I'd get to see everyone again. Tim was still way off the front and Chris has probably put some more time into me but everybody told me it was about a minute or two to him. After heading back up the hill I saw Jesse and now had about 4 minutes and my gaps on everybody else were growing as well. I was starting to feel better but Jesse definitely had me nervous. I knew he could definitely still catch me.

Heading back to the 18 mile aid station I definitely started to feel better. I got another bottle from Maggie and once again had a chance to check the gaps. I was feeling better at 18 miles than I was at 12. I now had 5 minutes on jesse and Chris was probably around 2 minutes ahead of me. At that point I knew closing on Chris probably wasn't going to happen unless he totally blew. My concern now was holding off Jesse and Jon.

I just continued to run steady on the climbs and flats and roll the descents. I hit the mile 22 aid station and still couldn't see anybody ahead or behind me. I drank some coke and bombed the descent. I immediately got a side stitch and started to hit a rough patch. I worked on getting rid of the side stitch and just moving forward. I knew i would have to have a pretty big blow up to give up 3rd place but I kept looking over my shoulder expecting to see a charging Jesse.

I got to the last aid station at mile 26 and was feeling better. I drank some more coke, poured water over my head, and got back on it. I was able to finish at nice clip and just sneak in under 3:40. Super stoked to be able to hang on to 3rd place in that field.

Tim and Chris finished 1 & 2 and are honestly out of my league when it comes to speed. I'll take finishing behind them and holding off everybody else any day.

C • blistering 7

good sleep after watching KC do work. so good...

pre race spinner with maggie. up to carlsbad village and back. fun riding with her... she would stomp on the bike if you she wanted to.

killer dinner at east village and then passed out early.

waited until it was light enough to use a head lamp. standard hood loop and felt really good. definitely ready to throwdown. interested to see how I feel from not tapering as much.

truestretch

2x
5 x dead hang pull ups
10 x t-push ups
15 x air squats (full ROM... good stretch)
20 x hanging knee raises

band stretching & moblitly

2x
10 x pull ups
10 x push ups
2 x lunge matrix
10 x kbs #40
20 x bosu sit ups

myrtl

smooth night of work and home a little after 8. good sleep.

later start. super mellow rancho loop. just enjoying the cooler mornings.

truestretch
band stretching & mobility
myrtl
stretching over ball
2 x 100 sit ups on ball
foam roller

not super hot... almost fell asleep.

really good post yoga sleep. feeling good.

felt really good this morning. hilly loop on the hood trails. steady on the climbs and rolled the descents. 5 x 30" on the way home. can't wait to race on sunday.

dynamic warm up

agility ladder

5x
250m row
5 x overhead med ball slams
5 x push ups

5x
100ft rope pull
50 feet on jacob's ladder

1 min all out on versa

2x
10 x 2" prone cobrar hold
10 x 2" prone hip ext on ball

good sleep after watching more good baseball.

supposed to ride with slater...but he was still up at 3am so not sure it's going to happen!

stoked we made it happen. met slater at the SDRP trail head and did a fun loop at hodges. fun to get on the dirt.

run off the bike with slater. from the parking lot out and up the switchbacks and then flipped. feeling good. mellow.

HPF. good one.

huge sleep.. and perfect way to cap off a really solid week of training.

truestretch
band stretching & mobility
myrtl

5x
10 x pull ups
10 x air squats
20 x sit ups on ball
10 x push ups
3 x lunge matrix
20 x back ext on ball
10e x single arm kbs #26
20 xover sit ups on ball

stretching on ball
foam roller