| Location: Cambridge,MA, Member Since: Apr 15, 2007 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: 3:25:46 Marathon (Seattle '07)
1:36:56 Half Marathon (Whidbey '07)
1:34:30 Half Marathon - in race (Seattle '07)
53:02 12k (Rhody Run '07)
6:55 pace 14.52/185 mi relay (Northwest Passage '08) Short-Term Running Goals: Weight
June 1: 163 157!
June 8: 161 156
June 15: 159 156
June 22: 157 153
June 29: 155
July 6: 153
July 13: 151
July 20: 149 August 1: 149.6!
Races
Oct 26: Cape Cod Marathon Long-Term Running Goals: Emulate my stepfather -- still running at 87!
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 106.40 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 107.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| Back in Boston for meetings. Very humid morning, came back totally soaked. |
| Nirvana Orange Miles: 8.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| visiting Miriam in Philly, was hoping for a full run but it was hard to get it in after the train arrived, very hot out. Just jogged around Narberth after dark. Still aiming for 50+ this week. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 11.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.50 |
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Went out in the morning around 7:30, still was hot and humid. Totally soaked and dripping all over the road by mile 5. Probably a bit dehydrated too, not many fountains working. Route was Miriam's house in Narberth to Fairmount Park, along the river up to Montgomery, then planning to do the Belmont loop but found myself in urgent need of a toilet. Problem! All the permanent toilets turned out to be closed -- it was kind of comic, I would feel this sense of relief as one appeared in the distance only to discover it was locked. Finally located a portapot but cut back to Parkside Drive early. Then ran a bit too far on Merion Road and got lost for a while in Mainline Philly, just as well since it made up the miles lost to the Portapot Detour. The sociological contrast between gritty area on Parkside past Overbrook and Lower Merion was striking. Parched by the time I got home, but an enjoyable run overall. Will do it again tomorrow, a bit earlier.
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| Nirvana Orange Miles: 11.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 11.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.40 |
| Same route, Fairmount to the river then back through the park, but I did it right this time and even hit the portapot at just the right moment. About 1:30 for the run. Went out earlier and today is somewhat more pleasant anyway. |
| Nirvana Orange Miles: 11.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Out to Nauset Light beach and back. Still trying to dope out the best times and places. It was dark by the time I got done with moving stuff, had my flashers on and not much traffic but still a little nervous. Also an unanticipated enemy - very large and hungry mosquitoes that seem to swarm from dusk till dawn. Have some DEET, and assume that they're only an issue above 8:00 miles or so (there's incentive for you) but I'm thinking morning runs from here on out. |
| Nirvana Orange Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Canceled today's training run and decided to ride in to Provincetown instead. The challenge was to go on the ocean side of the cape without hitting the highway at all, which turns out to be possible only if you take a lot of tiny, meandering, unpaved and unmarked roads. Bumping along through sinkholes, down sandy morasses, past lovely secluded kettle ponds. When I got lost this very hot woman at the "package store" by South Pamet clued me in. Not the most efficient route -- I found that on the way back. But a great ride. About 50-55 miles in ~4 hours and I was completely done in when I rolled home at 9:30. Slept well. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 11.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.50 |
| Out to Cahoon Hollow and back via the CCRT and Ocean View Drive. It's about 7 miles each way and I didn't really want that much distance in one day so walked the last 2.5. Was feeling really good at the turn, but eventually yesterday's expedition caught up with me. I really like this as a regular run, though, especially as I get stronger over the summer. |
| Nirvana Orange Miles: 11.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 11.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.50 |
| Had to go to Boston for a morning meeting - woke at 4:45 and was out by 5:00 I think. Slowish pace, out to the 5.75 mile beach and back. Needed some stretching at the turnaround. Rolled in at 6:44 and had to rumble to get out on the road by 7:10. Amazing morning, they all are pretty much. |
| Nirvana Orange Miles: 11.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Goose egg. Ended up staying overnight, didn't have running shoes. Got back in time for a run but biked to Wellfleet library to do some work. Peasoupish rain, but the air temp was warm. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
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This was a decent run, did it in just over 1:29. The last three miles were the best, one of them in 6:47 which made me happy. That seems like a good target MP.
I will stop saying "nice morning" for the sake of economy. Many cute rabbits. Do they ever get run over by bicyclists? Doubt it -- fast buggers. Yesterday I saw a cardinal. They are red just like the Catholic ones (for those who haven't caught a game at Busch Stadium). |
| Nirvana Orange Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Slight strain in the left quad due I think to tight ITB. Runnable but uncomfortable-- didn't seem any worse than yesterday when I began but about mile 3 it started to give unhappy signals, little electric twinges, and I cut the planned 11 miler short. Next week I think slightly shorter runs but without missing days and rabbiting. Not quite ready for MP. |
| Nirvana Orange Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 12.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 |
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Quad still a bit sore but running was no problem. Just had to keep at a moderate pace-- it let me know with a twinge when I was going too fast. With that caveat, it felt pretty good when I had finished, less good 4-5 hours later, but no obvious change from the previous day. All in all a slow but pretty pleasant run. Up to the 5.5 mile beach then around and back to the Campground Road beach.
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| Nirvana Orange Miles: 12.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Biked about 25 miles. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 11.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.50 |
| Slow going and not a very enjoyable run, the quad was aching and didn't feel any rhythm except for a mile or two. But it look like I can keep this up without making it worse, at least. Resting it yesterday didn't seem to do anything. |
| Nirvana Orange Miles: 11.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Gimpy enough starting out that I decided to go for something a bit more modest. Once again, though, felt better after two miles. Ran the trails by the Nauset estuary, which were stunning in early morning, out to Coast Guard Beach. Then walked home via Nauset Road. The full loop is 7.5 miles, good medium length run. Thigh pretty sore now though. Considering a layoff, which would be a shame as the legs are just getting into decent condition again. We'll see tomorrow. |
| Nirvana Orange Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 106.40 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 107.40 |
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