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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
49.280.504.000.000.0053.78
Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
21.440.001.000.000.0022.44

Last long run before the marathon, wanted to make it count. I can feel that I'm a bit behind where I want to be, not sure whether the BQ is realistic at this point, especially given the course and likely conditions, but will give it my best shot.

Ran Bainbridge again, as my mother returned from France with an apparent neurological problem and needed some attention. Conditions were pretty good, overcast with occasional sunbreaks, about 55F. Made sure this time to stash a few bottles of Gatorade at strategic locations, and that indeed seemed to do the trick. Felt pretty strong, a bit of foot pain after mile 15 or so. On the other hand, was able to run mile 20 in 7:19. The key question is whether that is a sustainable pace. A little uncertain on that front, though of course this route was quite a bit more challenging than the marathon will be, with around 5000ft total elevation gain. I guess we'll see.

Nice runner's high at mi 16. Waverider.

Splits:

 1  8:33
 2  8:21
 3  7:44
 4  8:22
 5  8:17
 6  7:35
 7  7:37
 8  8:02
 9  7:48
 10  7:56
 11  8:15
 12  8:12
 13  8:08
 14  8:30
 15  8:14
 16  8:31
 17  8:02
 18  8:25
 19  7:52
 20  7:19
 21  8:41
 22  8:23

To turnaround: 1:28:30 (8:03)

Return: 1:30:13 (8:12)

Total: 2:58:43 (8:07)

Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Rest day. Legs feel good. Biked 15 mi at a very leisurely pace, since I can't get the front derailleur on my commuter bike to shift to the top chain ring.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.500.500.000.000.008.00

530 with DG + Fremont to 115th. Took it easy for the most part but mixed in 8 x 100m strides. Air temperature rather pleasant, had the tights and gloves on just for fun. Legs a bit dead to start out (maybe in part because of the tights?), but when I picked it up a bit after 4 mi mark they seemed fine.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.340.003.000.000.008.34

AM: 530 with DG + nothing flat. Ate a very skimpy dinner, and woke up at 3:30 with a blood sugar crash. Had an apple, then keeled over again until right before he knocked. Needless to say conditions were not ripe for a very impressive effort, and I was in fact struggling to hit 10:00 miles until finally my shoelace came untied and I had to catch up with him, at which point I broke through into another gear, to garble my metaphors. Well, the 9:00 mile gear at least. An interesting illustration of Pachevian neural drive. Clearly what was keeping me at sub-glacial speeds was not in the first instance inadequate fuel for the muscles, but inadequate fuel to the brain. I'll try to run another 4 this evening. Nimbus orange.

 PM: 4 faster miles (7:39, 7:09, 6:57, 7:25) plus .34 mi cooldown in 31:49. Free and easy.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

AM - one lap of Greenlake: draggy, grumpy, hurty. I did pick it up at the end to beat the... 9:00 guy.

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530 with DG. Legs felt fine but I was home at 130 last night so that will be that.

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A couple of laps around Greenlake followed by omelette with Joanne. One lap with David at a 7:30ish clip.  Mileage record for the week, but it was all front-ended, so I'm feeling pretty spry.

Postscript: Great nap.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
49.280.504.000.000.0053.78
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