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Location:

Durham,NC,USA

Member Since:

Feb 13, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

5K - 0:20:46 (2007)

5M - 0:36:39 (2008)

10K - 0:43:04 (2008)

1/2 Marathon : 1:37:46 (2009)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Improve my 1/2 marathon time. Finish a marathon.

Long-Term Running Goals:

BQ

Personal:

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Thu, Oct 16, 2008
Total Distance
5.50

9:00AM 65F sunny and humid. Track speed work. Went to Duke's track to do 5 X 800m repeats. My intervals were 3:20, 3:20, 3:19, 3:22, 3:23. So it's quite good but a little bit slower than I was hoping for. I didn't have what it take to do 5 X 3:15 today. An easy run tomorrow, rest on Saturday and then a long run on Sunday.

 0:42:54

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
Comments
From JimF on Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:52:23

Nice track workout. If you haven't done any speed work in a while it might take some time to get the legs used to the faster running. One good thing to do to transition into faster running is to do about 8 x 20 sec strides at the end of an easy run. This will get the legs used to the turn over and recruit the faster muscle fibers into action. Good luck on the long run this weekend.

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