| 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!
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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 | | 48.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 48.45 |
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So this turned out to be a grade II strain in the left sartorius where it crosses to the inner thigh. It would have been pretty minor I think had I not kept running on it, but by two weeks ago Thursday I was really having trouble walking and shutting down was an easy call. Walking without discomfort now, but still sore when I tried to run this morning to my disappointment. So one more week. In the interim I've been swimming every morning at Wiley Pond to keep the fat down and biking 20 mi a day from Orleans to Wellfleet and back.
Two morals - no fast miles while adding weekly distance and rest day after anything more than the usual aches and pains. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Back on the road again at last. Coast Guard Beach to Nauset Light and back by Bracket Road. Temp was 80 degrees already by 6:30. Slight soreness, but nothing too serious, did a bunch of Hercules stretches before during and after. Seems okay. Going for a massage this week. |
| Nirvana Orange Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| More or less the same route, tried to run the Nauset Bay trail system but ran into a swarm (no exaggeration) of green-headed biting flies. You can't outrun them like mosquitoes, they are armored and hard to kill. For some reason they were only on the dirt roads and trails, the paved roads were fine. So hit Doane Road to Coast Guard beach again and back via Nauset Light. Leg/groin still a little sore but i think I'm treating it right. This feels like a good distance. Hot today. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Pretty sore to start out. Stretched at about 2 mi and briefly slowed to a walk, then decided to give it one last try and it was fine. Running more on my toes (or at least pointing them) seemed to put less stress on the leg, so maybe it's in part a mechanical problem. Postscript: small blisters on both big toes, right in the same place. Interesting. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.75 |
| The mechanical adjustment proceeds apace. Very clear how much more efficient it is, and I feel much more in control over stride length and turnover. Don't know that I would ever have ever have altered my form if it weren't for the injury, or whatever it was -- today's run actually seems to have made the discomfort disappear, whether that was a warmup walk or better stretching, who knows. Coast Guard beach to Nauset Light. Picked up a nice beach chair that someone had discarded at Coast Guard and hefted it for three miles home, trading hands every 400m or so. Not too bad, pretty light. Long light at Hwy 6 and Bracket Road, so walked the last 1/4 mile. |
| Nirvana Orange Miles: 6.75 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
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Not unexpectedly, calves very tight to start out. Really didn't losen up and come together until about mile 5, but then felt strong. Could have gone quite a few more miles. Super humid today, ran shirtless but was totally soaked by the time I got home. A day for hanging out near the water or air conditioning.
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| Nirvana Orange Miles: 7.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| A new week, a nice run. Planning for six days this week. Leg feels great. |
| Nirvana Orange Miles: 7.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| Great night run. Bike path to Samoset to First Encounter Beach where I watched a killer lightning storm far away across the bay on the South Shore. Then it came for us. The air got cooler, and -- thunder. Time to get on home says I. Not quick enough! Some of the strikes were awful close-- thunder nearly instantaneous. Bright! The rain held off until the moment I stepped in the door, then a real downpour. Janacek string quartets playing on the CD. Beautiful. Everything is doused. The tomatoes look very happy. |
| Nirvana Orange Miles: 6.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 48.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 48.45 |
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