Sunday, June 22, 2008

Laurel Highlands Ultra 2008 Fact Sheet


  • Temp: 60 - 70

  • Weather: Rained for 12 hours straight, heavy at times

  • Weight: 183 lbs. pre taper and eat week

  • Health: It all feels good going in

  • Trail Conditions: Course was wet before it rained, very wet and muddy afterward, my feet were wet for all but miles 19 - 23, I changed shoes at 19 and it started to pour at 23

  • Injuries: I fell once - it did not hurt anything

    • IT Bands - Both knees hurt when running down hill in the middle miles, this went away, I took advil and did not run so much, did not hurt at all after race

    • Left Ankle - hurt from wearing hardrocks, not to bad in race unless I landed awkward on it, really hurt next day - I was on crutches until wed after race

    • Blister on the heel of right foot - hardrocks (maybe, new socks could have also caused it)

    • Feet - as beat up and sore as to be expected

    • Toenails - right big one is very black and sore, I may end up losing it soon

    • Overall soreness - very sore for 2 days, muscles felt ok after that

    • Fatigue - Very tired entire week after the race, still tired 8 days out



  • Equipment - ASR4s and injini toe socks rock - I wore these for majority of the miles with soaked feet and no blisters, this is the winning combination from now on. I love this combo

  • Food - Shot block every 10 minutes for the entire race - 200 cals per hour + gator and some food from aid stations

  • Hydration - 2 to 3 nuuns every 8 miles, carried hpl 020 for entire race and one hand bottle for 40 miles or so, could have got buy with just hpl 020 I think and nuun

  • Lights - Petzil tikka headlamp (sucked) and princeton tech led hand light (rocked




That is it in a nutshell - I need to run more and get faster on the hills and downhills

Next year I want to finish in 16 hours - this is my goal and my drive, first I need to do masochist is 11!

Total Time: 21:43 for a 19:00 avg

HR Max = 186 Avg = 143, I stopped monitoring at 53, it did not register anymore

Splits:

  1. 13:13

  2. 13:39

  3. 17:38

  4. 15:18

  5. 14:48

  6. 13:09

  7. 22:36

  8. 20:38

  9. 14:52

  10. 12:23

  11. 14:05

  12. 18:22

  13. 14:00

  14. 15:28

  15. 12:02

  16. 14:56

  17. 15:01

  18. 17:29

  19. 20:58

  20. 16:50

  21. 12:37

  22. 17:28

  23. 16:16

  24. 14:43

  25. 17:45

  26. 14:32

  27. 20:06

  28. 16:03

  29. 19:29

  30. 16:04

  31. 15:34

  32. 20:44

  33. 19:45

  34. 20:39

  35. 20:41

  36. 18:43

  37. 17:56

  38. 21:08

  39. 23:12

  40. 16:44

  41. 14:35

  42. 17:26

  43. 15:32

  44. 19:51

  45. 18:56

  46. 27:01

  47. 19:31

  48. 16:36

  49. 19:43

  50. 18:33

  51. 19:53

  52. 19:00

  53. 17:11

  54. 18:55

  55. 19:41

  56. 18:34

  57. 36:29

  58. 20:53

  59. 21:38

  60. 22:18

  61. 23:37

  62. 21:27

  63. 19:58

  64. 21:14

  65. 23:00

  66. 21:31

  67. 21:58

  68. 21:27

  69. 25:53

  70. 13:50

No comments:

Post a Comment