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Location:

Spanish Fork,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 24, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

In May 2010 I was large and started running. Now I'm much smaller :), -63 lbs.

PR's:

1/2 Marathon - 1:13:25

Marathon - 2:32:40

Short-Term Running Goals:

Merge road and trail running and adventure run bonkers.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 2:30 marathon. Run my best at distances from half marathon to 100 miles.

Personal:

Happily married with 4 great kids. Running is but one of the amazing vehicles for connecting with others and celebrating life. Gratitude!

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Sun, Sep 16, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00

Very easy 5 mile recovery run to move some blood and cross the 100 mile week barrier for the first time. My week ends on Sunday and this makes 102 :). This won't become A habit until the Boston cycle but it's nice to know that i can do it and feel good. 7:40

Altra Instinct Miles: 5.00

Comments

From Andrea on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 20:47:06 from 67.177.11.154

Congrats on your first 100 mile week! Just take care of those legs. Sports massage is a good idea!

From Bam on Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 02:15:51 from 213.191.241.71

What Andrea said, +1.

It's good to know that when you break the 100 mark that the world doesn't stop spinning.

It's great that you can cope with the miles. Based on my experience, I'd be careful if you're doing workouts and running over the 100 mark. The workouts tend to fatigue you more when you're doing higher mileage. By fatigue, it's more of a mental thing than physical. You feel drained. The insidious nature of how fatigue grips you is frustrating.

I found that by dropping my mileage by 10-15% I was able to cope with a tempo and a workout. Because you've been running longer, you might be able to cope better than me - but it's important to be aware that the speed will take more out of you with the higher miles. Maybe a down week, every third week or so, might be something to consider - perhaps do a moderate workout rather than something that'll wreck you.

Keep slugging away...

From Brandon on Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 06:00:09 from 67.214.231.170

Thanks!

Andrea, we must have been thinking the same thing. I scheduled a sports massage for Thursday, I think it will be good :).

Bam, I agree, I felt a little drained on my run last night. I seem to function very well at 80-85 mpw. I may just turn this weeks WO into a tempo and call it good.

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