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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, Apr 07, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.001.000.006.00

PM: 6 miles at track. We settled on 8 x 800s broken into two sets. It was a real struggle. I tried to keep within a few paces of Mike, but couldn't help pull the pace at all.

First set was: 2:38, 2:40, 2:34, 2:31. Jogged a quarter, tried to get going, then pulled off the track and walked 200. Jumped back in on the 6th repeat, ran 2:45, and quit the workout for good.

With everything that's gone on in the last week, there's no big mystery why my running is off. Looking forward to running better, next time hopefully.

Comments
From Bret on Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 09:20:26 from 166.137.240.52

Good to keep it in perspective Drew - blown workouts don't necessarily mean lack of fitness. Plus you did run a good set of 4 reps. Maybe that's all your body needed.

From Mike on Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 21:44:19 from 65.34.80.35

I agree with Bret's assessment- and also not to mention the 1,000 other things going on with the house et. al.

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