February 18, 2010 |

Quick recovery

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Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. ~ Randy Pausch


Mon 15 Feb: 00:30, 2.96 miles, ‘Hood loop night run
Tues 16 Feb: 00:41, 4.05 miles, Janet’s house surges
Wed 17 Feb: 1:39, 10.73 miles, Watson tempo


Really not sure how much “recovery” I had to do post-race as I felt fine immediately afterward (once I got rehydrated and some food in me) but training this week has progressed without incident. I took Sunday off then did a quick night run on Monday. Love running at night. It was quite chilly, however (~5°F) so it wasn’t really a run I wanted to extend in any way. Felt a bit fatigued at the start but as time went by I felt better and better.


Tuesday, I met with Janet and did a few surges and shot some video. We’re making a lot of micro-adjustments now as I seem to have done a pretty good job of evolving my stride to be more efficient and fluid. I still don’t make it look effortless but am getting there.


Yesterday, I headed down to Boulder early and warmed up around Boulder Reservoir. Just took it easy, didn’t worry about pace or anything but loosening up and getting warm. After a few surges, we started the tempo portion of the run along the streets north of Coot Lake. I was planning to roll 8s but felt so well I decided to just let it flow and ended up in the mid-to-low 7s for the 5-mile tempo. Cooled down and called it good. Which it was.


Working today then heading to the Butte with Pete tomorrow for a weekend of skiing. Looks like the conditions aren’t terrible there so I am looking forward to getting in a couple of fun days on the home turf. I am in terrible ski shape right now so we’ll be taking it pretty easy. Still skiing all the fun stuff but not raging all day like usual. Other than hoping A-Basin opens up hiking terrain on East Wall (mostly so I can log some high-altitude stair repeats), I am considering this season a bit of a wash. Happens… just hasn’t in a long, long time.



Tentatively putting the 24-hours of Moab back on the schedule as a team event with Sean. That should be fun. We’ll just do the 12-hour event and I’ll keep you posted about that being finalized.


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February 20, 2026
In case you hadn’t seen these (and also for my friends at Adventure Film ), here are a couple of must-see running movies from Joel Wolpert:  Geoff Roes: Slogging to the Top
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Long time running…

October 27, 2015
Guess who’s back. Back again. ~ Eminem  Still working out some kinks in the site but hoping to be more active and on the regular up in this joint. Quick catch up: 2013: NYC was a bust. I experienced a heel problem which led to a hamstring problem and I shut down my quest for an NYC finish. At least for now. The remainder of 2013 was spent trying to get uninjured. 2014: Injuries persisted in 2014. When the heel/hammy started feeling ready to run again, I broke my ankle bouldering. Literally came off the wall a foot and a half off the ground and popped my ankle. Whee. So more recovery and I pretty much switched to riding mountain bikes for the year. 2015: Back at it in 2015. Running pretty well. A bit off my game from day’s past but still having fun. Even entered a few races which didn’t go well. Just trying to figure things out and stay happy/healthy. More to come, I promise. ~stubert.
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Tabatas: Under-appreciated fitness boosters

August 24, 2013
I hurt myself today . ~ N.I.N. Ah the Tabata. Some people hate them, others love them. In the moment, they can be the bane of my existence but after rocking out a few sets, I really tend to notice the benefits. For the uninitiated, a Tabata can be applied to virtually any exercise type (cycling; swimming; push-ups; chess, I assume) but since I am a runner, I tend to knock these out while running. Go figure. Here’s the formula: Go as hard as you can for 20 seconds Rest for 10 seconds Repeat 8 times Feel free to do multiple sets Four minutes (per set) of activity doesn’t sound like much, but if done correctly, these can really help boost your fitness. I tend to replace strides with one Tabata on Fridays and will work in multiple sets as part of my Tuesday interval training. Just keep good form, really work the 20s and you’ll reap the benefits. ~stubert.