overtaking haynes

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Location:

Redding,CT,USA

Member Since:

May 11, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

1M: 4:57.9 (May 21, 2008)

5k: 17:45 (2008)

5M: 29:11 (2008)

1/2 marathon: 1:24:38 (2005, 2008)

Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim 50+ miles (2005)

50M trail race 11:12 (2005) san juan solstice 6th place

50M trail race Zane Grey Highline trail race (2006)

52M trail race bighorn trail run (2006)

Wapack 50 (2007) 2nd place

Goretex Transalpine run finisher 8 day stage race (2007)

laugavegur ultramarathon (2008) in iceland (55km) 7th place

mount mitchell challenge 40m trail race 2009 10th place
Ironman 11:37 (2001) Ironman lake placid

Easily beating Haynes by 8:45+ in back to back trail races over 12 miles! (2008) and also the marathon by less than 1 sec :)

Mohawk Hudson River Marathon 2:57:53 (2008)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 2:50 marathon

Sub 1:20 half marathon

Sub 17 minute 5k

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have the courage to enter and finish a 100 mile trail race.

Sub 2:40 marathon! but i can't say i expect to ever run that fast.

Win any race with over 100 entrants in it.

Personal:

Triple majored in chemical physics, philosophy, and biology.

PhD in biomedical science

Was doing aging research but for now switching to chemistry and am planning to write a science fiction novel.

First year I have trained properly, 2nd year of being serious about running.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Brooks GTS Racer Lifetime Miles:						169.70
Puma Trailfox 3 Lifetime Miles:						157.00

Wed, Sep 17, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.16	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.16

objective: deal with painful blisters and run through any additional foot pain before it gets dark.

Used a liberal amount of vaseline to cover the blister which is 1/3 the size of my foot. not really a blister anymore but raw skin. didn't need the advil today for my ball of foot pain...felt yesterday's workout a little bit i guess since i didn't really feel like i had a good pop in my stride.

decided to not add on any additional miles to avoid bats and not overdo it cause i plan on doing 5x1000 tomorrow on the road with the gps. No more track until the blister heals. i think the road is flat enough that it will be close to the track in terms of speed. not enjoying the road pounding. i hope that by this weekend i'll be ok to venture out on the trails again, at least ones that aren't too rocky.

objective met!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From haynes on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 22:26:45

Are you making fun of my objective thing or are you embracing it? It does seem a bit hokey now that I think about it. I do suggest getting some long road runs in to get used to the pounding. The road will slow you down around mile 18-22 if you aren't used to it.

From bedoukian on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 22:28:59

totally making fun of you! i refuse to do a long road run if i can avoid it. may have to if my body keeps rejecting the trails. i think i have enough of a cushion on you that i can afford to slow down...

From haynes on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 22:55:54

Ok, removed all of the objective stuff. But really, I am feeling pretty confident right now. We will see how the half marathon goes, but I am thinking of racing not much slower than your recent threshold workout (6:20 pace is my goal). And as for the marathon, at least I have a long race which indicates sub 3. We should talk a little strategy for both the half and full soon. What kind of pace do you want to start at? I figure we should run the first 9 or 10 for the half and the first 18 for the marathon. I don't know if we should try to even split, or positive split and by how much. I really doubt that I could negative split and actually get my best time. But I don't want to bank too much time. I am thinking start at 6:45 for the marathon (but no faster). And the half pace is even more delicate. Maybe starting at 6:20 for the first few miles and trying to speed up from 3-8 assuming that we won't be able to hold it for the last 5.1 miles.

From bedoukian on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 23:03:15

i think i can for sure hold 6:20 on a flat 1/2 marathon course in a race. i have to be faster than when i ran a 1:24 on a hilly course in 2005. i'm planning on going out in 6:20 in the half. I always fade in almost every race so i need to go out at a decent pace. what is sub 3? I think i'll start around 6:50 for the marathon. as it is uphill through mile 2.

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