| 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 | | 49.28 | 0.50 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 53.78 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 21.44 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.44 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 7.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 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 Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.34 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.34 |
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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 Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 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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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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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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| | 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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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 Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 49.28 | 0.50 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 53.78 |
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