What are you training for?

[Jay Silvio]

So, what event or goal are you training for? Stating your goal publicly is a great way to stay motivated so let's get to know a little something about each other!

My training is currently focused on the 2008 Maryland Double (the Frederick Marathon on May 4 and the Baltimore Marathon on October 11). I'd like to run sub-3 at both events. I'll run some smaller events as well, but the Double is my main target.
http://www.frederickmarathon.org/raceinfo/Maryland_Double.htm

[spikers]

Our office putting together a team for a local tri.

[Jay Silvio]

Will you be doing all three stages or are you the running leg for your team?

[spikers]

each person will be doing a stage, but we're doing tryouts for each stage. so that should be fun

[Jay Silvio]

So are you going to "tri" out for all three stages? That would be an impressive workout. I enjoy swimming as a form of cross-training, but I (like many other runners I know) sink like a rock. At least that makes it a more challenging workout. Let us know how you do.

[spikers]

the running part for sure. was thinking about ride portion, but not so sure.

[Jay Silvio]

Hey, our next major races are both going to be on May 4. Just over a month and a half to go.
Good luck!

[Ghost]

Good luck to everyone in their races (Frederick Marathon, Lincoln Half Marathon, the local tri, and the Baltimore Marathon)
I'm training for this awesome event called the Reno-Tahoe Odyssey
http://renotahoeodyssey.com/index.htm
It's an endurance relay or long distance relay. It is June 6th and 7th.
Have any of you heard of the Hood-to-Coast? ( Well, this is just like that, only in Nevada instead of Oregon.)
http://hoodtocoast.com/
It's a 178 mile relay race. It's split up into 36 UNequal distances. There's 12 people per team. So everybody runs 3 times.
Last year at Hood-to-Coast (H2C), I was the 9th leg, so that means I also ran 21st and 33rd.
They are so much fun. I'm going with a group of friends of mine. We rent two vans, with the first 6 runners in Van 1 and runners 7-12 in Van 2. You race through the night, non-stop.
H2C had more than 1,000 teams last year. They start you in waves. We started at 6:30 at night, and finished around 4:30 the next afternoon. (H2C was a 197 mile race).
The legs in the Reno-Tahoe Odyssey range anywhere from 3.1 to 8.0 miles per leg. And total distance each person will race ranges from 12.3 to 19.0 miles.

[Jay Silvio]

Oh man, endurance running with a team camaraderie. That sounds awesome. Enjoy and good luck!

[GonzoRunner]

As I mused in my thread about the North Face Endurance Challenge, I'm playing with the idea of running the 50k in DC, but it would be cutting it close to the Marine Corps Marathon, which I am running this year for a charity. Having just BQ'd at the Shamrock Marathon (3:10), my ultimate goal this year would be to break 3 hours, which I know is only several hundred painful miles away...

[Jay Silvio]

You should have enough time to recover between races. The DC North Face event is Sept. 6 and the MCM is Oct. 26 so you'll have 50 days in between (more than enough if you use the 1 day per mile recovery formula). You may want to treat the 50K more like an extra-long training run (especially since it will be your first ultra) and then take an additional day or two of recovery afterwards just to be safe, but I really think you can do it if it's something you want to accomplish this year. I say, "Go for it!"
ps - Are you going to run Boston next year?

[GonzoRunner]

first, thanks for the congrats on my wall - it was an amazing moment crossing that finish line knowing my work had paid off. your advice for the DC North Face event coincides with what i had figured, i think i just needed a little reassurance since my parents (of course) think running my first 50k a little over a month before the MCM is a bad idea. I am definitely planning to run boston in 09 - i think a lot of my family is going to plan a trip up to watch, which is pretty exciting.

[Shane Zerbe]

April 21st , Boston Maraton.
July 25th, 24 hour Around the Lake Ultramarathon