Monday, January 27, 2014

Week 13 - FATNESS TEST

Some elite dude ran Arizona Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon as his "Fitness Test" to see if how much damage the holidays had on him.

Well, he won this race!

Inspired, I decided that the little two-looper Fred Lebow Half Marathon should be my Fitness Fatness Test. 

Fit and Fat:  just a single letter difference but a whole world apart.

This week was awful week for running in NYC with snow, super cold, ice, etc. etc.  It went down like this:

Monday: 
Warmest day of the week, and since it was a holiday, ran outside - 6M.  Legs felt pretty weak from skiing the day before, but Garmin was saying I was going fast, until I noticed the guy was beeping mile laps at odd spots.  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/433128738  ...yep, it's off.  I wonder why...
PM:  Spin.  Ladder endurance thingy.

Tuesday: 
AM: Sleep in!  yay!
PM:  Faster Finish was downgraded to Snowy Finish, so I took to the TM. 
10 min w/u.  3 min on, 2 min off; for 5M.  5 min c/d.  3 min parts accelerated from 7:00 to 6:38.  Take that, TM!

Wednesday: 
AM:  Still Snow.  So much Snow.  7M on TM. 
Lunch:  Pilates.

Thursday:
AM:  STILL ON TM.  w/u 1M, 4M with various inclines to mimic Central Park (5.5% max) @ 7:37, 1M c/d.
PM:  Pilates.

Friday: - NADA -

Saturday: 
AM:  Shake Up Run.  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/435434148
The sprints are at a pretty good pace, which makes me happy. 

Sunday:  RACE!
Surprisingly, the conditions were near identical to last year. 

Fred Lebow Manhattan Half
Distance:  13.1 miles, 21.1 kilometers
Date/Time:  January 26, 2014, 8:00 AM
Location:  Central Park
Weather:  18 Degrees, 41% humidity, 12 mph, Fair



Manhattan Half-Marathon
Distance:  13.1 miles, 21.1 kilometers
Date/Time:  January 27, 2013, 8:00 AM
Location:  Central Park, NYC
Weather:  20 degrees, 60% humidity, 17 mph, Fair

Last year, I struggled to keep it within marathon pace.   This year, I struggled from over speeding. I felt like I had to pull myself in over and over.

I should've just let it have it...because...at second half of mile 10, I had a heart attack.

I realized that I just might PR in Central Park. My previous PR for a half marathon is at Brooklyn Half, a much easier, flatter course. None of this crazy hills. So for me to realize that I just might PR, it was shittin' bricks time. I freak out, my heart rate goes crazy and I feel a throw up coming on. I literally choked - I had to slow down. When the heart attack finally went away, I was able to push harder. The last two miles wasn't as a struggle as last year. It felt "right".

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/comparison?activityId=436294190&activityId2=266536872
I wasn't very tired afterwards, but just really cold. So yea, it was much different feeling race than last year!
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