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Whidbey Half Marathon

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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:

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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

Sun, Apr 15, 2007

Race: Whidbey Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:36:56, Place overall: 40, Place in age division: 7

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
0.00	2.00	8.60	0.50	2.00	13.10

First competitive race (ever!), felt pretty good about it. 7:30 has been my usual pace, and it was nice to come just under that in race conditions. The course was pretty hilly (full marathoners complained on the bus) but running up Queen Anne hill in Seattle seems to have worked--I felt OK on the inclines.

Main concern at this point is staying power. Kind of lost steam the last two miles or so, and since I've been training at around 25 miles a week, it's clear I'll have to increase that pretty quickly between now and marathon day at the end of July.

Weight: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 13:44:02

Aaron - congratulations on a good race, and welcome to the blog. You seem to have a good measure of running talent. Increasing your mileage will definitely help you hold the pace better. Assuming you are under 35, your Boston qualifying time is 3:10:59. Based of a few bits of information you provided, I think it would not be an unrealistic goal to trying to hit it in your marathon. In my opinion, the key to success at this point is getting out six days a week and running a minimum daily mileage quota. I would put it at 6 miles for you, with the long run being 12 miles. That will increase as you gain fitness.

From Aaron on Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 16:03:31

Sasha-- thanks! Didn't want to be grandiose, but am definitely planning to give 3:10 my best shot. Six a day sounds good, only concern is that when I tried to ramp it up back in January and February I started having shinsplint problems. I think that may have been the shoes though--bought a new pair and am feeling pretty spry. Anyway, appreciate the input.

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 23:06:03

Make sure to do most of your miles slow enough, as well as increase the mileage gradually.

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