{"id":803,"date":"2021-08-25T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T00:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/?p=803"},"modified":"2021-09-04T20:21:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T00:21:52","slug":"training-week-9-race-and-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/marathon\/2021\/08\/training-week-9-race-and-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Training week 9: race and rain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m getting behind on blogging again, but not as badly as during the NYC training when I did four weeks in one post, so I’ll keep them separate for now – this was posted 9\/4 and backdated, so “only” 2 weeks behind and still fairly vivid in my memory. The main event from this week was the Frozen Yogurt 5K. Alas, I just realized that I didn’t post my results in time to be on RaceWire, which is very annoying. I did order a shirt so I hope I’ll still get all the swag. This is the fourth time for this race, the second time by myself. I run the actual course and really do my best to treat it like a race, and the conditions were good, so to be 50 seconds slower than last year is a little sobering. Oh well – comparison chart below. I treated myself to real GoBerry<\/a> because it’s so so so much better than the Yasso coupon I may get (if my delay doesn’t screw it up).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frozen Yogurt 5K<\/a><\/strong><\/td>2017 (8\/27)<\/td>2019 (8\/25) – in person<\/td>2020 (8\/16) – virtual<\/td>2021 (8\/17) – virtual<\/td><\/tr>
Time<\/td>30:42<\/td>31:19<\/td>32:08<\/td>33:18<\/td><\/tr>
Weight<\/td>113<\/td>113.6<\/td>115.6<\/td>116.2<\/td><\/tr>
Temp<\/td>62\u00b0F\/65%<\/td>65\u00b0F\/52%<\/td>67\u00b0F\/79%<\/td>64\u00b0F\/95%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Stats over 4 years of results<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other highlight of the week included running 7 miles in the leftovers of Tropical Storm Fred – looks like 2 inches of rain fell while I was out. It’s fun to run in a downpour once in a while. I had been out on the Connecticut River the day before, enjoying the water patterns made by the kayak paddle and thinking I should take that opportunity more; I got it in spades! For the second short run Jonathan walked very fast while I ran slowly for the first three miles; he can walk up to a 13.5 minute mile without looking like he’s race-walking, which is quite amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The long run was my first 16-miler, the morning that Tropical Storm Henri was coming through. The plan to get out early worked perfectly; it rained a bit off and on but the real storm held off until I got home. I moved to 4th place in Easthampton at 58.38%! I continue to tweak hydration, settling on 5 gulps of water per mile plus a salt cap every 5 miles (at 4 I feel too salted-up). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pictures that weren’t interesting enough to post: whale and dog weathervanes; over-the-top year-round Halloween yard with creepy dolls in an office chair, and a gnome with a T-rex head growing out of its red cap<\/p>\n\n\n\n