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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
97.504.001.500.00103.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.000.000.000.0020.00

AM: 20 miles. I felt the ground way too much today.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

AM: 7 miles.

PM: 8 miles at lunch with Quint. March brought the humidity. *sob*

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.504.001.500.0017.00

AM: 6 miles.

PM: 11 miles at track. Scheduled workout was 2x2 miles. I spent the day psyching myself up, but no mental trickery could change the fact that I'm pretty flat right now. I felt it on the warmup- a little extra soreness and fatigue, mental and physical.

I've come to recognize this part of the cycle - it arrives right on schedule in March, coincidentally with the rise in humidity. The hard part is that I'm not quite ready to give up on racing yet, but I do really need to reset my workout expectations.

Last year, I actually found the perfect solution, which was to switch gears into marathon training mid-March. Going from 5k to marathon training felt very refreshing, a different type of challenge very appropriate to the time of the season. With 10-12 weeks of training that led me right up to Grandma's marathon, which I can't say enough good things about.

I have too many non-running things to do this summer to contemplate that- including hopefully selling our house and finding a new one. But next year that will definitely be a consideration again.

For right now, I know I need to not force workouts - just put in the time, don't engage expections...I will feel stronger again, and it will be easier if monkey brain isn't jumping around and chattering throughout the process.

Anyway, I did run the 2x2 mile repeats with a few others, came in right at 12:00 for both.

Afterwards, I hopped in on 6 400s with Steve: 80, 80, 77, 77, 77, 69.

Flying out to LA after work for a long weekend on Friday, time to catch up with the family.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

AM: 7 miles.

PM: 7 unpleasant miles, luckily with Quint to distract.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

AM: 7 miles in the fog. New shoes!

PM: 6 miles with Quintmeister.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

AM: 12 miles. Motivation has been hard to come by this week, and I haven't run hard. No excuses, I guess I just needed to ease off a bit.

One really good thing about being in a running club is that someone always has a race coming up; today I ran with the crew heading to Boston. It's refreshing to stop thinking of your own goals for a bit, and help other people.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

AM: 8 miles.

Flew out to LA after work last night. Meant to recapture a sliver of my long-lost self and get into a book, but forgot it in the packing madness. Luckily I love Sudoku.

My brother picked me up in Ontario. I was trying, but I had all the personality of a turnip by that point. Went to Mom's in Arcadia, stayed up another 15 minutes then crashed.

Woke up too early, looked at old pictures and watched the sun come up. When my Mom got up we drank coffee and talked. Ran up Santa Anita into Sierra Madre, one of my favorite places around here. 

Now off to visit Dad in the convalescent hospital, then to my sister's in Glendora. Sounds like a short run with her and my niece may be on the agenda.

PM: 4 mile run into Glendora Canyone with Sis. Only tripped once.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
97.504.001.500.00103.00
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