Quest to Run Sub-Three by David Ball “The Clock Is Off by Three Minutes!” Those Were the Most Important Words I Heard at the Mississippi River Marathon
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March 2014 Issue No. 215 Quest to Run Sub-Three By David Ball “The clock is off by three minutes!” Those were the most important words I heard at the Mississippi River Marathon. Quest: “A pursuit made in order to find or obtain something.” After running a personal best at the Boston Marathon in 2013, 3:05:06, and knowing that I left everything I had out on the course that day, I decided to step way outside my comfort zone and set a goal that I knew would really be a stretch for me – physically and mentally. My conscious quest began – the quest to run under three hours in the marathon. It started with deciding which race to run. I was searching for a favorable course profile and predictably good weather. For me, running in the cold is much better. I also preferred a race in a state I hadn’t run in before (eventually I will run all 50 states). When I researched the Mississippi River Marathon it seemed perfect – driving distance for a road trip, new state, inexpensive, perfect time of year, and flat course. After an email response from the race director to my queries, I was sold. Marathon destination and goal time set; now to “the work”. I have had many different running mentors and training partners over the years and I was (and still am) blessed to run and train with likeminded, strong willed, and dedicated runners, Cody Peppers and Jonathon Morris. Training began with base building and strength and speed work in the summer. We performed a weekly interval training regime, weekly tempo runs and marathon pace runs, and of course, long runs. Since I began the training with such a strong base I was able to do plenty of distance on the weekends. I tried to run 25-35 mile weekends. I did no less than five 20-20+ milers and twice did 24 mile training runs. In my previous training, the longest I had David Ball completed was a 23 mile training run. Besides just doing “the work”, two things from the book Speedwork, hill repeats, tempo running, and long runs “Elite Minds” by Dr. Stanley Beecham helped me on my way are all necessary to stress and stretch the body and mind to get to reaching my sub-three hour marathon goal. The critical faster. I also benefitted from doing The Tulsa Run 15K at my information for me was: 1) the mind, not the body, was the tempo pace and a half marathon at my goal marathon pace with fast finish. An increase in weekly mileage volume was also See Quest, on page 6 important. I typically ran 50-70 miles per week. www.okcrunning.org March 2014 Why Join The Landrunners? By Maurice Lee III Why should you join a running club? There are many answers to this question and I’d like to go over a few. • The cost to join the Oklahoma City Running Club (The Landrunners) is $20.00 per household. For that small fee, an entire family has access to all the club benefits. • While you don’t have to be a member to join our training runs, most of us decide to join after a few runs. • You have access to veterans of any race from 5k to the marathon and beyond and can pick their brains for advice on training. • We have a sports doctor at most training runs that is available at no charge to address those aches and pains you might have after a run. • The race discounts alone will save you more than the cost of membership. In addition, members receive discounted prices on bus trips and social events. • We publish a monthly newsletter with interesting articles, training tips and advice, and news about events and upcoming races. • And let’s not downplay the social aspect. Many members make new friends and renew old acquaintances. So why join the Landrunners? You make the decision. If you are thinking about making the bus trip with the Landrunners to Ardmore, please register as soon as possible. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the upcoming events listed below. • Panera Beacon 25k, 15k, and 5k Run - Sat, March 01, 2014, 8:00 AM • Lake Hefner - Stars & Stripes Park, 7398 N Portland, OKC, OK • Club Banquet - Sat, March 01, 2014, 6:00 PM • Chesapeake Boathouse, 725 S Lincoln Blvd • Club Meeting - Mon, March 17, 2014, 6:30 PM • Chesapeake Boathouse, 725 S Lincoln Blvd 2 The Landrunner 1968-13-OKCMAR Landrunner.pdf 1 8/21/13 2:07 PM THE 14TH ANNUAL APRIL 27, 2014 #R2R www.okcrunning.org March 2014 Landrunner Calendar of Events Date Event Location/Time 3/1 Panera Beacon 25k*, 15k*, 5k*$ Stars & Stripes @ 8:00am 3/1 Landrunner Banquet Chesapeake Boathouse @ 6:00pm 3/2 Little Rock Marathon Little Rock, AR 3/9 Strides of March Half Marathon*$ Draper Lake @ 8:00am 3/15 St Paddy Day Race* Lake Hefner, East Wharf @ 10:15am 3/17 Club Meeting Devon Boathouse @ 6:30pm 3/22 Frigid Five* Mitch Park @ 9:00am 3/29 Run Your Cookies Off 5K Mitch Park @ 7:30am 3/29 Oklahoma Heritage Land Run 10k*$ 1400 Classen Drive @ 7:30am 3/29 Wings to Fly 5k & 15k*$ Fort Reno @ 9:00am 3/30 Landrunner Bus Trip to A2A OKC to Ardmore 3/30 A2A Marathon*, Half* & 5K$ Ardmore @ 8:00am 3/30 Earlywine Dash 5k Earlywine Park @ 2:00pm 4/6 Redbud Classic NW 63rd & Penn @ 2:00pm 4/12 Tails on the Trail 5K Wheeler Park @ 9:00am 4/12 Gold Bar Run 5K$ Thatcher Hall, UCO Campus @ 8:00am 4/19 Easter Run 5K & 10K*$ 2900 N Council @ 9:30am 4/27 OKC Memorial Marathon* Downtown OKC @ 6:30am * Denotes Series Races $ Club members discount codes are listed on the Members only section @ okcrunning.org Landrunners In Action 11/9 RiveR valley Half MaRatHon, aR MaRk eMBRey 1:45:35 – Half Bennie ScHucHaRt 1:48:39 ivan wayne 1:53:30 – Half noel tuckeR 1:57:11 – Half 12/31 newS yeaRS eve DouBle, tX cHee wee vincent lee 2:01:06 – Half cHaSity teeteR 4:04:17 Bennie ScHucHaRt 2:01:58 – Half aManDa BuMgaRneR 4:15:56 keitH tHoMaS 2:49:26 – Half 1/1 newS yeaRS Day DouBle, tX kiMBeRly Sutton 3:05:46 – Half fRanklin MilleR 3:43:28 2/9 MiSSiSSiPPi RiveR MaRatHon, MS cHaStity teeteR 4:19:24 DaviD Ball 2:59:46 1/11 DiSney woRlD MaRatHon, fl ian caMPBell 3:06:00 DaviD BeRnStein 3:42:24 - Half katie kRaMeR 3:10:24 – 2nD feMale DaviD BeRnStein 6:29:56 JonatHan MoRRiS 1:22:33 – 1St Place Half 1/25 PolaR DaSH Dfw – 14M, tX 2/15 cRoSS tiMBeRS tRail Run, tX eRic SHelton 1:52:40 Steve wellS 13:34:23 – 50 MileS JaiMe tayloR 2:17:09 BaRB wellS 4:19:56 – 13.1 ellen ReeDeR 2:24:31 2/16 MeRceDeS MaRatHon, al caRolyn Dean 2:52:04 caMille HeRRon 2:42:16 – 3RD feMale 2/1 Rocky Raccoon 100, tX 2/16 auStin MaRatHon, tX MaRlon onco 23:25:58 ReBecca cunningHaM 4:19:05 2/1 SuRfSiDe BeacH MaRatHon, tX angela MoRRiS 4:20:24 leSlie DRiSkill 6:16:49 SHilPa aBBitt 4:45:48 2/2 Rock’n’Roll new oRleanS, la MaRk BRavo 1:54:41 – Half BuRke Beck 3:27:16 caMi Rowe 2:05:51 – Half SuSan PHilliPS 3:33:59 aMiR akHtaR 2:08:39 – Half Daniela aleMan 4:37:19 SHelley SPeaRMan 2:11:09 – Half DaRlene SPRy 5:08:00 cyntHia MitcHell 2:23:39 – Half SHeRyl MoRSMan 5:36:59 tRaviS DenniS 2:52:43 – Half If you don’t see your results it could be you forgot to report them so send your DoRMan MoRSMan 6:17:57 results, photos and stories to [email protected] 4 The Landrunner UCO ARMY ROTC 5K GOLD BAR RUN Saturday, April 12th at 8:00 AM THATCHER HALL, UCO Campus, EDMOND, OK Proceeds to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project and UCO Broncho Battalion Student Organization Race Day Check –In 6:00 - 7:45 AM • Registrants Get a T-Shirt AND a Finisher’s Medal • Trophies for Top Overall Male/Female • Trophies for Top Team Entry • Top Three Male/Female Individual Awards in 15 Different Age Groups $ 30 Pre-Registered $ 35 Race Day $ 200 Team Entry For more information visit: http://busn.uco.edu/armyrotc/goldbar-run http://www.facebook.com/ucogoldbar5krunwalk www.okcrunning.org March 2014 Quest continued limiting factor in performance and 2) a runner should only set Oklahomans, as a whole, did well in Mississippi. My time one goal and “expect” to reach it. Don’t have a “B” goal to placed me 10th overall, 2nd Masters, and 1st AG. Jonathon fall back on. Don’t “hope” to reach your goal. Make an “A” Morris was the overall Half Marathon winner with a personal goal and “expect” to reach it. Confidence was building with the best of 1:22:33 and won by 3 seconds. Katie Kramer was 2nd races, the training runs, and the mental preparation. For the first overall female with 3:10:24. Scott Downard won the Marathon time, I felt prepared – as though I had done enough training, with 2:28:21. And Ian Campbell was 13th overall with a time mentally and physically. of 3:06:00. The morning of the race there was snow and sleet on the My “quest to run sub-three” has been a very long one.