Spring 2020 - Week 14 (4/21/2020)

NEED TO KNOW: Week 14 (Race Week – Virtual La Jolla Half)

Watch this week video 

Tuesday @ County Admin Building / Water Front Park

    Saturday @ To La Jolla Cove (from Crown Point) 

    Sunday @ La Jolla Half Marathon Virtual – RACE DAY

    This year La Jolla Half Marathon is going to be interesting as it is going to be a virtual race. Below are two route options you can use for your virtual race.

    • Strava Modified La Jolla Course: Click
    • Strava Alternative Half Course (Big Loop): Click

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    NEW Treadmill Workout 1.5: Click   

    NEW Core Workout: Click   

    NEW Bootcamp Workout: Click   

    Dynamic Stretching Video: Click   

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    Hello Runners and Happy Week 14!!  Man, it’s going by fast! We finished an AWESOME 13th week with a recovery week and now we are back up in milage and some of us are doing La Jolla Half this weekend.    

    Congrats everyone for making it this far!!  Now the fun begins>>>>>>

    Virtual Happy Hour - Tuesday @ 7:30pm

    We are going to try a virtual happy hour this Tues and try playing a game at the same time so this is how it's going to work. 

    On Tuesday 4/21/20 at 7:30pm you will follow the steps below:

    Step  1 : Log in to Zoom using the link below. Best to do this using a computer or laptop

    Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85002008992?pwd=NkM2MW9kS09udG4zSll3T2NUSmhwdz09

    Meeting ID: 850 0200 8992
    Password: 630668

    Step 2: Get yourself a beer, wine or cocktail

    Step 3: on your mobile device find the website listed below

    A game code will be displayed in the zoom meeting for you to join. 

    LJ Half Race Info

    This year La Jolla Half Marathon is going to be interesting as it is going to be a virtual race. Below are two route options you can use for your virtual race.

    • Strava Modified La Jolla Course: Click
    • Strava Alternative Half Course (Big Loop): Click

    Running LJ Half & Related Training?

    Many of us are running LJ Half, many are not.  If this is your goal race, then this is the big final push and Taper.  If you are continuing on to the RnR race AND running LJ Half, you have a choice if you want to push hard or not. If you are NOT running the race, but continuing onto the RnR, then you have a slightly different path:

    • LJHM Only  – You are in Taper mode. You will do NO more hardcore specialty runs such as Hills or mega V02max sprint workouts.  You are tapering down. 
    • LJHM + RnR  – You have a choice. If you are going to run hard, follow a taper for the most part and then do the race.  Plan on a quick week reverse taper to get back into things.  If you are just going to do it for some practice, then you won’t have to taper as much and you’ll want to “get back on it” very quickly after the race.
    • No LJHM, RnR Only – You will still practice an active “Recovery Week” this week, but then be ready to push on next week.  Plan on doing a LONG run next weekend (4/28/14) which I’ll have more details out soon.

    Remember, running very hard (hard training runs or racing) – is very stressful to the body so you HAVE to actively plan your schedules around the types of running you’re doing.

    This Week’s Training

    As I mentioned above, we are in a Taper week for La Jolla Half. In regards to training, we are resting up for race day. As for the RnR group, we are 6 weeks away from the big race and we are in our last cycle of building up mileage....this means that for the Full Marathoners you will see you Thursday and Saturday runs are creeping up. Some notable items for each group:

    • Run/Walkers (ALL) – We are back up in mileage this week. The LONG run will be 110/160.
    • Intermediate RnR HALF  We are back up in mileage this week. The long run will be doing 11 mi.
    • Intermediate LJ Half – Race week / Taper week.
    • Intermediate FULL  We are back up in mileage this week. The long run will be 16 mi.
    • PR Chasers ­­­­ – We are back up in mileage this week. The long run will be 20 mi.

    Upcoming Group Runs & Clinics

    Below are the run maps and the group run locations.  At the very bottom of this post are detailed instructions on the meeting locations.

    Tuesday @ County Admin Building / Water Front Park

     

    Saturday @ To La Jolla Cove (from Crown Point)

    From Crown Point, head North around Sail Bay to the ocean and head North into La Jolla along the beautiful “bike path” and neighborhood of La Jolla.  It’s an Out & Back, so turn around where your schedules tells you, but you can easily get all the way to the Cove for a 15mi run, or the Shores, and further if you wish.

     

     

    As Always

    Please let us know if you have questions.

    See ya out there!

    Coach Aaron

    Detailed Meeting Locations

    This is where we will meet on Tuesday and/or Saturday. Don’t get lost :)

     

    County Admin Building @ Waterfront Park

    1675 N Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101 -  (Address is not exact)

    We will be meeting at the fountain on the west side of the county admin building. Street parking is free after 6 pm so park wherever you can find a spot. There is generally parking around on both N Harbor Drive and Pacific Coast Highway. There is a set of restrooms and water fountains in this area too. 1675 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 921

     

    Crown Point Shores Park (Southern Lot)

    3550 Crown Point Drive, San Diego, CA 92109 -  (Address is not exact)

    We'll meet at the Southern end of the most Southern parking lot in the grass area along the edge of the lot, closest to Ingram Street bridge.  Plenty of parking lot parking. There is a set of restrooms and water fountains in this end too.

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