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Savoy mountain trail run

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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
Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
28.8822.205.000.0056.08
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Sun, Aug 17, 2008
Race: Savoy mountain trail run (22.2 Miles) 00:03:29, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0022.200.000.0022.20

I drove the almost 3hrs to this race across the road from mt greylock. it was a new course from previous years for some reason and consisted of two loops. i had no idea what to expect and decided to wear my road running shoes and not my heavy trail runners or worn out road racers because of the distance. I didn't enjoy wearing the road shoes at all as the course was extremely muddy and technical. In fact the trail was very overgrown. 4 of the to 5 people in the race got off course and lost at least several minutes including myself. I was no worse off than anyone else really. I didn't feel that great for some reason. I didn't feel like i was pushing myself or trying very hard but for some reason couldn't get myself to go faster. The winner wrote a blog saying how this race destroyed him and he wasn't sure he was going to finish and he is done with this type of trail racing. I feel like i'm getting back into good ultra marathon shape and losing my speed a bit but getting some good endurance . i'm hoping that next year i can improve even more with higher mileage. Glad i went but was a long day driving 3.5 hrs to philadelphia after the 6hr round trip drive.

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Wed, Aug 20, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.100.000.000.0012.10

2hr trail run in new trail running shoes from asics. pretty comfortable, my dad loves them and i'm trying to start wearing lighter shoes and i wasn't happy with my last pair of montrails. no shoe comes close to the rock protection and for some reason when i landed with my left foot on a root and it landed a certain way i got an excruciating pain in my foot. thought it was some sort of stress fracture for a moment but there was no pain when i just ran and didn't bend it so i'm not worried right now. glad to run again after 2 days in philly. 

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Thu, Aug 21, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.040.005.000.009.04

did a tempo run on the trails today. hadn't done any speed in a while so was nervous about it. Did a 2 mile warmup and then picked carriage roads that were not too hilly. held 6:40 pace for the first 4 miles but then could only manage a 6:57 last mile as i tightened up and finished in 33:37. Cooled down another 2 miles. I love my new trail racers. They are pumas trailfox II. The size 12 could be a half size smaller but since i ordered them online i'm going to deal with it. Very comfortable and they feel very fast and responsive. will try them out in a 14 mile trail race this sunday.  

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Fri, Aug 22, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.770.000.000.007.77

1hr 8 min trail run in asics trail shoes

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Sat, Aug 23, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.970.000.000.004.97

easy trail run

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Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
28.8822.205.000.0056.08
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