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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 07, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.006.000.0017.00

AM: 5 miles. Although I wasn't happy with how I ran my last 5k, in retrospect I realized it was  a good thing to put some fast, shorter races into the middle of my marathon training. Along those lines, I decided to jump into a local track series. I missed the 1600, but they're hosting a 3200 this Saturday evening, and a 5000 in August.

PM: 12 miles at track. I did my own thing tonight, one of my core marathon workouts.

6x1 mile with 400 jog recovery, target was 5:16s. Splits:

  1. 5:15.2
  2. 5:15.3
  3. 5:15:5
  4. 5:16.7
  5. 5:16.1
  6. 5:16.4

We had a nice cloud cover which really helped. The funny thing about this workout is the first repeat feels totally manageable, and by #6 you feel like you are sprinting in molasses.

Comments
From Rob Murphy on Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 06:47:52 from 24.10.247.181

Excellent workout! It takes a lot of fortitude to grind through that.

From Bret on Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 11:46:41 from 216.234.133.229

Nice consistency on the splits, Drew.

From Jason D on Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 13:19:06 from 68.80.27.222

You are one fast dude! I think you have said you run these closer to 10k pace, correct? I need to run mine faster. I think I am closer to maybe half marathon pace or 15k pace.

From Drew on Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 15:34:08 from 173.171.218.92

Thanks Jason - yeah, for 6x1 mile that would be about 10k pace. I also do 3 or 4x1 at 5k pace, but I probably won't bother with that during this marathon block.

I should mention my best 10k was run at around 5:21. So, I'm definitely giving myself the benefit of the doubt. :)

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