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Location:

St. Petersburg,FL,

Member Since:

Dec 30, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

  • 5k - 3/8/14 - Armadillo Run - 15:58
  • 10k - 2/7/15 - BDR, Safety Harbor - 33:17
  • 15k - 2/21/15 - Gasparilla - 51:05
  • 1/2 - 12/14/14 - Holiday Halfathon - 1:13:31
  • Marathon - 10/04/15 - Twin Cities - 2:38:46

Short-Term Running Goals:

2016 Races

Clearwater Halfathon - Jan 11
Donna Hicken Marathon - Feb 14
Gasparilla 15k - Feb 20
Florida Beach Halfathon - Mar 6
??? Chicago Marathon ???

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find balance. Run with my girls. Break 15 in the 5k.

Personal:

Born in 1973 in Southern California.

Ran in high school for Arcadia. They have a famous cross-country team now. In my day, we were famous for dodging our coach during runs.

Over the next 15 years I ran very little, but life was awesome. I lived mostly in Northern California, where I met my wife. We moved back to her native state of Florida in 2005, where I gradually started running more seriously.

 
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Sun, Jan 18, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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AM: 21 miles on a beautiful morning, 6:55 avg pace. Ran with Scott D and Mike M - small group this morning since we have two big local races today.

Should be fun to see the results. Also watching Jon Mott, one of the best runners in Central FL, try to hit the OTQ mark in Houston.

PM: 2 miles, running with Elise on her bike.

Comments
From Jason D on Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 09:07:02 from 68.80.27.222

Do you tend to do longer runs like this even when you are training for mostly shorter races?

From Drew on Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 16:20:18 from 24.92.19.68

Hi Jason - yeah, I do long runs most weekends. Personally, I find the stamina transfers well to all distances.

Also, when I flip back to marathon training from shorter distances, it's nice to just focus on pace and be comfortable with the distance of the runs.

From Jason D on Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 19:02:07 from 68.80.27.222

Smart. I always try to not get too far from my long runs, but when I'm not in marathon training it's hard to get motivated to do much more than 17-18.

I mostly do them for strength for half marathons, volume, and weight maintenance.

From Drew on Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 05:50:22 from 24.92.19.68

I hear you - those long runs can really grind. I'm lucky at the moment to have a good group to run with - but that can come and go.

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