Bret

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Location:

Milton,GA,USA

Member Since:

Jul 27, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PR's -

Mile - 4:38 (High School)

2 Mile - 10:12 (High School)

3 mile - 15:51 (High School)

10k - 35:19 (High School)

Marathon - 2:59 marathon (London -2013)

Half marathon - 1:25:18 (Deseret News 2013)

Completed all 6 of the World Marathon Majors 2024

Completed each of the 5 majors (NY, Chicago, Boston, London & Berlin) at least twice.

8 x Boston Marathon (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2020 (virtual due to covid) 2021, 2022)

13 x NYC Marathon (1997, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Sub 3 hour marathon~~

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue to enjoy running and racing as long as my body permits me.

Personal:

Old guy - (grandfather even) been running for 40+ years.

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Miles:	This week:	29.50	Month:	133.50	Year:	526.55

Wed, Jun 27, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

AM - easy 4 miles before work. TS Debby's worst is past us now - just debris and standing water and beach erosion to clean up. Heading out later today on business to Phoenix - will get a workout in at lunch though. Right calf/achilles was tender again this morning - so I did not push the pace at all. Seems to get stiff/sore after sitting for a while. May be some tendinitis.

PM - Fartlek workout on the treadmill - with last two miles at MRP - felt very strong. Several surges of a min or more at 5:20 pace - several "hills" etc. Overall just a really satisfying workout that still felt mainly aerobic. Calf was tight, but functional. Used the foam roller afterwards and more active release self massage on it. Certainly no worse.

Comments

From Bam on Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 15:26:48 from 89.204.249.235

Nice workout, especially as it felt mainly aerobic - you're getting strong.

Just a thought on the calf: are you training in the morning and then at lunch/early afternoon? If so, maybe waiting until the evening/12hrs later might help. You're probably leaving 8-12hrs between sessions, so my suggestion's more than likely redundant:)

From Bret on Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 21:53:45 from 96.45.118.12

Thanks Bam - I generally am leaving a minimum of 6 hours between workouts - but over the last 5 days with the exception of today - I have had more than 12 hours between workouts. So I really think the calf thing may be just an anomoly - it is feeling better with the self massage too.

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