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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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Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.50	1.50	1.50	0.00	15.50

AM: 9 miles. My plan for today was a 6 mile wave tempo alternating 10k / MP every 1/2 mile. This is a tough workout, and I was feeling pretty broken down and amotivated this morning, but I gave it a try. My target splits were 2:57.5 / 2:36. I got through 3 miles and threw in the towel.

2:56.2 / 2:40
2:58.0 / 2:39.8
2:58.0 / 2:42.7

I felt pretty comfortable recovering to MP, but I haven't run much at all sub-5:20 lately, and it showed. I'm not worried (maybe too unconcerned?) about it. It would have been nice to hit this workout, but after 4-5 weeks of good workouts I'm due for some downtime, and taper etc.

PM: 6.5 miles at lunch with Quint, good therapy session / blowing off steam.

Comments

From Jason D on Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:01:23 from 139.84.48.251

That is a tough one. 10k pace seems quite fast for a workout like this, but I know that's how the Hadley math works out. 6 miles at consistent HMP is tough.

Nothing much to worry about. If you ran a 5k this weekend you would likely have a tough time running anything close to what would satisfy you. You have successfully unlocked "marathoner legs achievement" :-)

Things are getting close now.

From Drew on Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:38:00 from 24.73.66.122

LOL - yes, that is probably the best way to look at it!

10k pace alternating for 6 miles is pretty close to the most aggressive interpretation of the workout, so it's not shocking it didn't work out today. A wiser person than myself might have scaled back to alternating 15k pace for 5 miles and got a better workout in.

From Bret on Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 17:18:26 from 99.1.220.106

Was traveling and missed seeing this Drew - I think you've gotten the proper perspective from Jason's comment and your own. The race day will be upon you in no time - keeping fresh and healthy is the key at this point.

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