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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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Mon, May 18, 2015
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AM: 12 miles. I didn't  do any hard running last week, but there were enough medium efforts coupled with my highest mileage week ever that some background aches have moved into the foreground. As usual, it's the left hamstring/glute/hip that becomes a problem when I overdo it.

I'm going to be more disciplined this week about keeping the effort light while trying to maintain good mileage.

PM: 8 miles with Quint, cracked 8:00 pace for the first time today on 2nd to last mile.

Comments
From Bret on Mon, May 18, 2015 at 07:02:04 from 216.234.133.229

Huge volume last week Drew. Impressive. Hope those aches fade with a little lighter load.

From Drew on Mon, May 18, 2015 at 11:01:00 from 24.92.19.68

Thanks Bret. For myself, I've noticed that a hard workout alone will not hurt me, or high mileage...where I get into trouble is when I run hard without enough rest time between those efforts. And when the mileage is high, the equation changes to even medium efforts requiring sufficient spacing.

It's simple to know, but hard to be disciplined about, and I seem to need to relearn this lesson over and over.

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