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January 2009

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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!


Personal:

I know a secret technique for opening mangos taught me by a Wolof sorcerer. I was briefly a political appointee at the U.N. I am intimately familiar with a disciple of David Hume.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Elixir Lifetime Miles: 128.80
NB 890v2 Lifetime Miles: 106.80
Kinvara 2 Black Lifetime Miles: 328.45
Merrell Sonic Glove Lifetime Miles: 9.90
Kinvara 3 Red Lifetime Miles: 83.10
Kinvara 3 Blue Lifetime Miles: 99.25
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
59.350.007.756.001.3074.40
Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.500.000.000.000.007.50

Yesterday I turned in my doctoral dissertation. Took this morning very easy, probably 8:20 or so. I've been maintaining at about 40 mpw since June, but totally watchless. Did the usual 7.5, but hadn't been out at all since Sunday so naturally felt stronger and had to concentrate on sensible parameters given sleep deprivation. A couple of weeks ago I tried to hit pace on the flat by the river after two hour's sleep and strained an oblique, so a good lesson there.

The morning was really beautiful. River was smooth, the riffles sharply defined. Air cool, just a slight bite of autumn. At about mile 6.75 I felt something rise up out of me between ribs VI and VII and fly off into the clouds, without leaving a trace. Then I ran home.

Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From MichelleL on Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 11:58:51 from 71.213.97.46

Hey Aaron, congrats on the dissertation submission! I bet that was a relief!

From Aaron on Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 12:27:31 from 65.112.15.42

You don't know the half of it! I started graduate school in 1995, and withdrew to work until about two years ago, so it's been quite a push.

Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.750.000.000.000.007.75

Another easy run. Spaced out and missed my turn up the hill at the Fresh Pond apartment complex, had to backtrack a bit. Morning temp was cool, and felt a little stiff in the left quad/ITB. Stopped at about mile 6 to stretch, and it's still a tad sore but not too bad.

Just got word (within 24 hours!) that they love it, so looks like a November degree is a real possibility. The marathon is over, only  a year later than planned. Thought about writing a race report, but not sure I'm ready to relive all that agony!

Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.500.001.250.001.007.75

Nice autumn rain, air temp warm, big round drops. Came home with a cocktail of sweat and New England atmospheric soot on my face, felt great. Ran Willow to Broadway up the stairs to the top of Tufts, then back down by Alewife Parkway. Mile or so (aggregate) at pace, took the downhill at a normal speed, felt pretty good, all things considered. I could be back in race shape before too too long.

.....Oh yeah, barked my right shin yesterday something arful! Big old bump.  But it didn't seem to bother on the run.

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From josse on Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 17:05:28 from 70.192.138.129

Hey good to see you doing some blogging, busy year it sound like.

Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.500.000.000.000.007.50

Having trouble keeping the blog, but running about every other day. Leaving the old place and finishing the dissertation broke up my routine! Need to get back into it. Nice places to run here.

Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
2.000.006.500.000.008.50

Hard run! Did it at pace in the first snow/sleet of winter, around 6:00 pm. Totally beat afterwards.

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From Dale on Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 17:14:48 from 69.10.215.11

Glad to hear you're still at it (and that you got your dissertation finished! Congrats!).

Snow already? Yuck.

Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.700.000.001.000.007.70

There was bright sun at noon and was able to steal a couple of hours. Ran both sides of the Mystic River trail with 1600m at the track at Everett High at 6:30 pace. Beautiful run.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
8.400.000.000.000.008.40

Nice easy run out to Arlington, nothing special to report, slight rain on the way home but it was pretty warm and comfortable. My stride felt good.

Diet has been bad last two weeks, eating out too much. Need to work on that. Had an excellent linguine carbonara at Mike's, though.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
12.000.000.000.000.3012.30

Set sail in the U.S.S. Minnow on a stunning New England fall evening for an 8.5 mile tour. Intention was to run past Alewife to Fresh Pond, do a circuit, then back via Porter Square.

Everything was seaworthy, except the navigation system. Took a slight wrong turn--onto the Concord Turnpike. Nice soft dirt shoulder, if you can ignore the eighteen-wheel rigs whizzing past at 70 mph...

Half a mile or so of that was my limit: took the Lake Street Exit (literally), but had no idea where I was. Headed down Brighton Street in what turns out to have been Belmont/Arlington. Got to a large cluster of assisted living apartments in a green belt, many old people driving large SUVs very slowly. Ran the parking lot, decided to turn around and go back to Pleasant Street (which actually is only so-so). This seems to have been a mistake. If I'd just followed my nose I'd have gotten home a lot sooner.

Ended up doing a loop through Belmont Center, past the Macy's, under the bridge, which iswhere I started recognizing landmarks again. At that point it was kind of a lark. The air was crisp and fine and the dying light was like something out of a dusty bottle in a cellar in Avignon.  Ran Claypit Pond and took Concord Ave home via Porter.

Anyway, there's my long run for the week, folks. Did it in about 1:40.

Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
2.000.000.005.000.007.00

Thoroughly unsatisfying workout. Joined a track club to whip myself into shape over the winter. First workout yesterday, when I told him my situation (plateaued at about 7:00, conditioning erratic during the dissertation, diet needs work, but now looking forward to moving to the next phase) the coach told me bluntly "you can't keep up with any of these guys" and instructed me to run with the lead pack and then backtrack and pick them up again rather than following my own pace.

Stupid idea. It was a crazy run: hurt without giving me any real benefit in terms of a consistent pace and heart rate. Felt lousy afterwards without any real satisfaction in a completed task. Not to mention the wind was coming off the water at about 40mph so the stretch was impossible. Hopefully next week will be more useful.

Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
59.350.007.756.001.3074.40
Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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