Quote of the Month

I think ultrarunning is America’s hope for the future. Honestly. The ultrarunners have got a hold of some
powerful wisdom. You can see it at the starting line of any ultra race.  I showed up at the Leadville Trail
100 expecting to see a bunch of hollow-eyed Skeletors, and instead it was, “Whoah! Get a load of the
hotties!” Ultra runners tend to be amazingly healthy, youthful and—believe it or not—good looking. I
couldn’t figure out why, until one runner explained that throughout history, the four basic ingredients for
optimal health have been clean air, good food, fresh water and low stress. And that, to a T, describes the
daily life of an ultrarunner. They’re out in the woods for hours at a time, breathing pine-scented breezes,
eating small bursts of digestible food, downing water by the gallons, and feeling their stress melt away
with the miles.

- Christopher McDougall, author - Born to Run

Saturday, July 04, 2009

2009 Parley Pratt 4 miler

Ran the Parley Pratt, an out and back race on the MKT. I started out in second place. There were lots of wet low hanging tree branches to dodge and it rained the entire time although not too hard. The trail was quite soft and standing water. A guy passed me in the first mile and also passed the guy ahead of me. I stayed behind this guy about age 18 the whole time. I picked up a bit in the last half mile and so did he. I finished 11 seconds behind him. The 40 year old guy that won finished in 23:06. I placed 3rd overall with a time of 24:58. If I wanted to have a good race, I probably should not have run today. My splits were slower than my recent training splits. This race is no indication of how good of shape I am in but more like an indication of how hard I have trained in the past couple weeks. I do think racing tired though is still a good workout and always fun to see what you can do even when you aren't feeling your best.
Posted by Andy at 7:55 PM

1 comments:

Danielle said...

I'd agree racing tired is a good test to see what you are made of. Kind of like running a short speedworkout the day after a long run, race or not it's still a good test.

7:28 PM

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