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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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Tue, Jul 14, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.003.000.0014.00

AM: 4 miles with strides, then a dentist appt. I just need someone to punch me in the gut for the morning to be complete.

PM: 10 miles at track. Workout: 3 X 800 WITH 200 REST, 2 SETS WITH 400 REST BETWEEN SETS.

Splits:

  1. 2:31.6
  2. 2:30.8
  3. 2:29.2
  4. 2:28.9
  5. 2:30.0
  6. 2:28.3

Good-sized group tonight. Two less reps than normal, saving up for Friday. Moderate cloud cover, temp low 80s which helped. Dew point around 80 did not.

Comments
From Bret on Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 20:05:56 from 99.1.220.106

Have you seen the "misery index" which is adding the air temp to the dew point - and then add a % based on the sum to the planned pace. So for example you would have a total of 165 or so - which means you add like 6% to your planned pace to account for the impact of the conditions. Not sure how much going to the dentist would add to the misery index - but it can't help. :).

Nice effort too Drew.

From Drew on Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 03:28:42 from 173.171.218.92

Yeah, I've seen that Bret - I think whoever came up with it picked the perfect name.

There are so many variables in play. Don't get me wrong - it was awful - but the longer the distance the harder it gets. At least with shorter reps you have a little time to reset and cool down.

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