| 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 Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 104.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 109.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 |
| 17 miles, 7:32 avg.
Like my wife & myself, my friends Quint and Christina have two kids and run a lot.
When Christina got back from the group long run, she graciously took on my kids so Quint and I could run together. We hit a new path just opened- you can now run from Tierra Verde to the Miesner Bridge, which is pretty cool. We didn't get started until 9:30, and the heat was pretty bad until more rain moved in.
As for Christina, she's a tough cookie - waking up at 5 AM to get her long run in, then keeping four kids, all 6 and under, occupied for two hours.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| AM: 8 miles. I took the day off work so I could shuttle the kids to their various appointments. After I dropped them off in the morning, I drove to the Pinellas Bayway for bridge repeats. The Master Plan called for more quality than I could muster this morning, but I was OK with that. Easy/moderate pace.
PM: 4 mile fartlek in 26:10 while the kids were at swimming.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 |
| AM: 6 miles. Heading to track tonight to get some miles in, but no workout. Next up is 4 or 5 miles at HMP on Thurs.
PM: 11 miles, mostly circling the track while everyone else ran hard.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| AM: 9 miles.
PM: 6 miles.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 |
| AM: 10 miles, with 5 mile tempo in 27:20. Target pace was sub 5:30, averaged 5:28. I was nervous about this workout for days. So pulling it off was very satisfying. I focused on taking small, quick steps and being as economical as possible, which felt necessary in the stifling conditions. Splits:
- 5:33
- 5:27
- 5:30
- 5:26
- 5:24
PM: 9 miles at lunch with Mike and Quint.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| AM: 12 miles. Met Scott and Christina at Northshore, mostly easy with 8x30 second pickups late in the run.
PM: 4 miles. Steady rain all morning as Mike, Quint and I did our standard coordination of starting location and time for the lunch run. As the hour drew near, we had to reassess due to high lightning activity.
Mike wisely chose to stay indoors. Quint and I decided to wait a bit - he wanted to stay in his car. He was shy about popping into my office wearing running clothes, but I managed to convey how truly low the bar is set for social norms in a small office of computer programmers.
After about twenty minutes we headed out into gentle rain. Even though we didn't see much lightning, I was on edge and insisted we not head up the trail so we could beat a hasty retreat if the storm worsened. On our second loop around the park, a huge, multi-forked spear of storm rage exploded over the beach, and we turned around and ran hard back to my office.
Afterwards, I felt a little bad about both my runs today. My legs are sore from this morning - it would have been smarter to go 8 miles max, and go alone so that I could slog 8:30+ pace. And the afternoon run really went against my instincts.
It looks like we are in for constant rain and lightning storms over the next week. For now, I'm looking forward to staying home tonight, picking up something warm to eat and cold to drink.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
| AM: 10 miles. The deluge continues. When I awoke it was actually not raining, so I threw the kids in the jogging stroller and got three miles before the thunder started. I considered heading back out solo, but I guess I learned my lesson from yesterday and resigned myself to the first treadmill run of the summer. I ran on the mill a lot in 2010 and 2011, and I remember I could really go to my happy place. I guess it's like anything - you need to practice - because today those seven miles were a grind.
Hoping to get in a PM run, but time may be scarce. An old friend from San Francisco is visiting, and we'll be seeing him later today. I didn't run much in those days, although he was a runner and would sometimes drag me out to the Marina with him. It's a nice route, but I didn't enjoy it much since I was out of shape and he always wanted to run sub-8 minute miles.
We did Bay to Breakers together a few times. That is still my favorite race in the world. I tried to figure out what times I ran, but apparently I never actually ran it with a bib. People usually associate costumes, intoxication and nudity with that race, which are certainly in effect. My favorite part is the start though. You wait in a huge crowd, and shortly before the gun, everyone starts throwing tortillas in the air like frisbees. It's a really bizarre sight. I have no idea where that tradition came from.
PM: 3 miles with Elise on her bike.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 104.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 109.00 |
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