So this past weekend marked the completion of the priming stage for my Belgian Dubbel Ale so, needless to say, I trialed my first (and additional) bottles on Saturday night. I can happily say that the beer meets all of my expectations and yielded a very accurate representation of a Trappist style ale, in my mind. I could only hope that famed beer critic who first enlightened the US and UK on the magisty of Belgian beer, Michael Jackson, would approve.
On Sunday, I did my first rendition of Renato Canova's "special block." I was a little apprehensive that this was going to be tough to carry out or that it might take too much of a toll on me at this stage of preparation, but actually I was quite happy with the workout other than the fact that I woke up on Monday with a sore calf, no doubt due to the sharp turns at Redbud. So the workout is an am and pm session od 6miles at 80% goal marathon pace/ 6 at goal marathon pace. It can be modified when done multiple times. I warmed up and cooled down a mile in the morning and went a bit faster than then 80% gmp pace, then strait to 5:30 pace for the harder portion. In the afternoon, I headed to Redbud with Jordan and upon arriving late I only got 3.5 or so then did 10k in 33:30 with my first 2 miles in 11:10 and then the last 4 in 21:20 despite the dreaded 3/4 mile where you have to zigzag through the 5k walkers. All in all a good one for me and by the end of the day I had 23-24 miles in flats on the legs and felt none the worse for wear then after a standard workout.
Lastly, I want to comment on the poor observance of hOUR Norman, which was supposed to be our take on the effort began in Sydney, Australia where for one hour we try to minimize any use of electricity or fossil fuels. The Stephenson Center led the effort but did not even turn out their lights despite the fact that they have individual motion activated lights for each lab in case anyone was actually working at that time(it was 8pm on a Sunday). I was not under the illusion that the city would widely respect this, but they also did a shitty job of even getting the message out.
Another public service effort the Historic Norman 5k, benefitting Health for Friends, will take place on May 3rd. (I will probably not participate) It's a great idea but the timing is bad for me and the entry fee seems too high.
On Sunday, I did my first rendition of Renato Canova's "special block." I was a little apprehensive that this was going to be tough to carry out or that it might take too much of a toll on me at this stage of preparation, but actually I was quite happy with the workout other than the fact that I woke up on Monday with a sore calf, no doubt due to the sharp turns at Redbud. So the workout is an am and pm session od 6miles at 80% goal marathon pace/ 6 at goal marathon pace. It can be modified when done multiple times. I warmed up and cooled down a mile in the morning and went a bit faster than then 80% gmp pace, then strait to 5:30 pace for the harder portion. In the afternoon, I headed to Redbud with Jordan and upon arriving late I only got 3.5 or so then did 10k in 33:30 with my first 2 miles in 11:10 and then the last 4 in 21:20 despite the dreaded 3/4 mile where you have to zigzag through the 5k walkers. All in all a good one for me and by the end of the day I had 23-24 miles in flats on the legs and felt none the worse for wear then after a standard workout.
Lastly, I want to comment on the poor observance of hOUR Norman, which was supposed to be our take on the effort began in Sydney, Australia where for one hour we try to minimize any use of electricity or fossil fuels. The Stephenson Center led the effort but did not even turn out their lights despite the fact that they have individual motion activated lights for each lab in case anyone was actually working at that time(it was 8pm on a Sunday). I was not under the illusion that the city would widely respect this, but they also did a shitty job of even getting the message out.
Another public service effort the Historic Norman 5k, benefitting Health for Friends, will take place on May 3rd. (I will probably not participate) It's a great idea but the timing is bad for me and the entry fee seems too high.
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