Run Climb Long Climb Hike Climb On feet
6:39 2855 2:35 1450 4:18 2230 10:57
Detail:
Date type h:mm climb level (HR) description
16-Apr run 1:29 605 4 harriman, very hot! 90f
16-Apr hike 0:38 480 3 harriman,
Way too hot for April, and the hot weather seemed to bring some strange people out into the woods. I saw some things I'd rather not have seen.
17-Apr run 0:43 600 4 ram park
Easy little loop up the silver then orange trails, to the red-yellow left loop, wearing the NB MT20s. Love wearing those minimal shoes once in a while to reconnect with the ground more.
18-Apr run 0:33 3 harriman
18-Apr hike 1:11 560 2 harriman
This was an easy hike up the valley and run down on the white trail. Another big advantage of doing run-hikes is that you can run whatever part of the terrain you want, and go easy on the other stuff. On this day I didn't want to do any uphill running at all, so didn't, but was still able to enjoy a great hilly technical trail.
19-Apr run 0:36 8 ram park
19-Apr hike 0:40 300 2 ram park
At Ramapo park a few times when I wanted really easy runs, I had done a short mostly flat loop around the small lower lake, along the river a little, then looping back to the other side of the lake. I had thought of doing intervals there since part of the loop is open running with decent footing on a somewhat-too-sandy road, not nearly as fast as asphalt, but for me much more enjoyable.
I'd seen natural starting and ending points for the work part of the interval, with a shorter section on slower trails, so I just kind of did it as a lark, but ended up working the second interval a little and the third I pushed more. I'm still carrying more weight than I want, and need to start doing more quality running soon, but I felt good opening it up a little, probably finishing at about 6:00 pace. Splits based on GPS:
Time Dist Pace HR %hrmax
7:14.0 0.81 8:55.8 136 71 MP
4:03.9 0.37 10:59.2 138 71.5 recovery
6:21.1 0.81 7:50.5 160 83 10 mile pace
3:53.8 0.37 10:31.9 152 78 recovery
6:03.2 0.82 7:22.9 169 88 10k pace
4:10.4 0.38 10:58.9 155 80 recovery
20-Apr run 2:35 1450 4 145 harriman
20-Apr hike 0:42 440 2 123 harriman
I detailed this medium-long run-hike where I saw a couple of rattlesnakes on another post, but will give some run stats here, as an example of how a run-hike can develop and can allow for a lightly longer route, and a somewhat more relaxed approach. I like to know how much I hiked and how much I ran, but the distinction blurs when I'm running and encounter a steep hill, which I will very often hike, but because of a higher sustained effort, I will still count that time as part of the 'trail running' time. For the most part I only mix run efforts with very easy hiking efforts, to make a distinction, and to shift my mind to that of a more relaxed approach to hiking.
time climb avghr
10:00 117 104 Hike as easy warmup
1:04:36 723 142 Run effort
10:59 156 148 Hike, but hard terrain gets HR up
10:55 39 148 Run more flat and downhill
11:21 144 137 Hike With the European guy a bit
1:20:05 631 145 Finish the majority of the run here
10:00 - - Easy cooldown hike
21-Apr hike 0:40 300 1 hook, really easy
The day after even a moderately long run of 2:35 as yesterday, I will often just do easy hiking or a very short run of 30 minutes or less, just something to get out and moving for a little while.
22-Apr run 0:43 200 4.5 harriman
22-Apr hike 0:27 150 3 harriman
Wore the NB MT110s 'dream' shoes on my scamper up the red trail today, and then down the white trail in my favorite part of the stony brook valley. I got to test these shoes on wet rocks today, and generally practice running on wet rocks, since it’s been so dry this year, and my goal race the escarpment trail is most often wet and the rocks are steep. These shoes did well, but one still has to be more careful on wet days.
Some Photos from the week:
Had I been running faster and looking down or not forward enough, I might have almost stepped on this:
View Southeast from Suffern-Bear mountain trail.
The east-west Kakiat trail.
Rustled loudly enough to make me jump a little to my left, then I saw it six feet away.
Chart of my run training progression and hiking activity:
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