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Terry,
Thanks for your contribution. I like your advice. When I talk to people about the relay (i.e.: to people who are not familiar with the event), I generally ask them: "Can you wake up in the morning and run, say, 5 or 6 miles, go to work, come home in the evening and run another 5 or 6 miles, go to bed, and wake up the next day and run 5 or 6 miles before going to work? If so, then you can do this event." Of course, the actual race is a little more rigorous. But then, running in an actual marathon is more rigorous than the training runs - right? And so it is with the relay.
But if one can simulate the times and distances that they will run in the way that you are suggesting, that person should have a sufficient training base for the real thing. They should just keep the other points that you made in mind: like possible sleep deprivation, etc.
I ran the 2005 GMR, and several of us (me included) did not get any real extended sleep. Others were able to get a good amount of sleep in. (One of our past participants told me that she missed quite a bit of the course due to her "ability to sleep anywhere - anytime....") So it's a "mixed bag".
But, again (much like the marathon), the event itself will put energy into you. It's an adventure.....
Good luck to all of you with your training.
And thank you for your contributions to the MC200 Yahoo Group.
Happy Holidays,
-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Stransky <tstransky@...>
To: MC200Relay@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:40 am
Subject: [MC200Relay] Re: Training
Thanks for your contribution. I like your advice. When I talk to people about the relay (i.e.: to people who are not familiar with the event), I generally ask them: "Can you wake up in the morning and run, say, 5 or 6 miles, go to work, come home in the evening and run another 5 or 6 miles, go to bed, and wake up the next day and run 5 or 6 miles before going to work? If so, then you can do this event." Of course, the actual race is a little more rigorous. But then, running in an actual marathon is more rigorous than the training runs - right? And so it is with the relay.
But if one can simulate the times and distances that they will run in the way that you are suggesting, that person should have a sufficient training base for the real thing. They should just keep the other points that you made in mind: like possible sleep deprivation, etc.
I ran the 2005 GMR, and several of us (me included) did not get any real extended sleep. Others were able to get a good amount of sleep in. (One of our past participants told me that she missed quite a bit of the course due to her "ability to sleep anywhere - anytime....") So it's a "mixed bag".
But, again (much like the marathon), the event itself will put energy into you. It's an adventure.....
Good luck to all of you with your training.
And thank you for your contributions to the MC200 Yahoo Group.
Happy Holidays,
Tom Hepperle
Associate Relay Director
Madison-Chicago 200 www.mc200.com
(708) 386-4660 - Phone
(917) 318-4945 - Cell
tom@... - e-mail
Associate Relay Director
Madison-Chicago 200 www.mc200.com
(708) 386-4660 - Phone
(917) 318-4945 - Cell
tom@... - e-mail
-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Stransky <tstransky@...>
To: MC200Relay@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:40 am
Subject: [MC200Relay] Re: Training
--- In MC200Relay@yahoogroups.com , "cpmmpj" <cpmmpj@...> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a trainging schedule that they have used in the past
> for this race? We are a group of 12 who are all new to race and
> looking for some guidance in traning for it. Pleae advise. Thanks.
>
Our Team doesn't have a specific training schedule, but we did do the
Hoosier 200 Relay (Evnasville to Bloomington IN) last summer (2006).
Based on our experience , it would be beneficial to practice your runs
over the alloted finish time (36 hrs). So you will want to have
weekends where you would do your 3 legs, at whatever distance, over
that period of time. Based on your paces, you'll have to figure out
about when/how often you will be running. For our 12 person team, we
figured about every 11 hours, and we finished in 33:45, so we weren't
too far off. Figure on depriving yourself of some sleep between legs-
because most of you won't get much, even in your support vehicles. If
you know which legs each of your team will be running, they should plan
on training at those times (which may mean some VERY early morning,
very late night runs for those people.)
>
> Does anyone have a trainging schedule that they have used in the past
> for this race? We are a group of 12 who are all new to race and
> looking for some guidance in traning for it. Pleae advise. Thanks.
>
Our Team doesn't have a specific training schedule, but we did do the
Hoosier 200 Relay (Evnasville to Bloomington IN) last summer (2006).
Based on our experience , it would be beneficial to practice your runs
over the alloted finish time (36 hrs). So you will want to have
weekends where you would do your 3 legs, at whatever distance, over
that period of time. Based on your paces, you'll have to figure out
about when/how often you will be running. For our 12 person team, we
figured about every 11 hours, and we finished in 33:45, so we weren't
too far off. Figure on depriving yourself of some sleep between legs-
because most of you won't get much, even in your support vehicles. If
you know which legs each of your team will be running, they should plan
on training at those times (which may mean some VERY early morning,
very late night runs for those people.)
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