Bret

March 28, 2024

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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: 21.75 Month: 111.20 Year: 380.05
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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AM - early start due to an early morning meeting at work.  3.0 miles easy with core/plyos for 30 mins. 

 

PM - workout at lunch was interesting - not so much the workout itself but how it came about.  I have been feeling a bit weak and kinda crappy since late last week.  I attribute that to increased training workload and restricted caloric intake as I am dropping some weight (6-8 lbs) to be race ready by the end of July.  So I was not really motivated to take on a tough quality workout today - mentally or physically.  So, I decided I would try a tempo run of about 60 mins on the treadmill. After a mile or so of a warm up I increased the speed to my tempo pace, but within a few minutes I knew it was going to be a bit of struggle.  I slowed the pace back down slightly, then increased it back again for a few minutes, but that did not help.  So after a mile at tempo pace, I changed the workout to 6 x 800 with 400 recovery. I did the first one at 3 mins and then increased the speed by 4 second the next 800, and steadily dropped the pace per interval until I did the last one at 2:44 followed by a mile cool down.  I did not feel great but I managed them well, even the last one.  Pleased that got a decent quality workout in and was able to adapt to how I was feeling in order to change it  up a bit. 

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