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:	0.00	Month:	91.50	Year:	1815.45

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	7.00

PM - really nice threshold/tempo workout at lunch on the treadmill at the gym. 2 mile warm up then 3 miles at what probably averaged to be around 6:10 pace. Started off at 6:18 and about every 800 I would increase the speed until I was running the last half at 5:56 pace. 2 mile cool down. Was extremely pleased with how strong and solid this effort was. Last year I did this workout but did 5 miles instead of 3 and remarked in my log that I averaged 6:17 but that the last mile I cracked a bit and slowed / decreased the incline on the treadmill. This time around I definitely could have stretched this out for another mile or two -- but remember some folks talking about making "deposits" and taking "withdrawals" in their workouts and so I decided to stick at 3 as my deposit for the day.

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 17:11:08 from 76.27.122.13

Great workout Bret and great that you felt good doing it. I view that as a sign of everything coming together. It's easy (relatively) to force yourself through a hard tempo or threshold workout but much harder to have it feel kind of effortless.

By the way, to you need to send me your Boston card for me to pick up your shirt?

From Bret on Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 08:01:11 from 64.128.133.66

Thanks Rob - yeah I have been giving myself more recovery time between quality workouts - and using the "train/no strain" Lydiard approach and am really enjoying the balance that provides.

Looks like you have had some really solid workouts this week too - hope the achy knees improve.

Yes - I would appreciate it if you can pick up my stuff for Boston - I will forward you my card as soon as I get it. Thanks again.

From Rob Murphy on Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 09:48:08 from 205.127.70.66

I got mine on Monday. It should come soon.

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