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Location:

Windsor,Ontario

Member Since:

Jan 22, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Detroit Marathon....October 2008...3:48:16

Half Marathon...Tecumseh Run From Cancer....July 2009....1:30:13

Detroit Free Pree/Flagstar Marathon...October 2009...3:30:24. Qualified for Boston!!


Short-Term Running Goals:

Maintain weekly mileage at 80 or more....


Long-Term Running Goals:

train and run a 30 mile ultra-marathon.

Personal:

I am a 52 yr. old single father of four children.  I am retired after injuring my back in 2000. I had back surgery, stopped running, and gained about 80 pounds. Decided to take my health into my own hands....lost 100 pounds, went to Nepal and trekked for two months in the Himalayas...climbed almost 18,000 ft.....felt so proud of myself....began running again. I qualified for Boston in Oct. 2009. I have shifted my focus now on ultra-marathons with the hope to run my first this year.
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Tue, Jun 09, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.250.002.000.0021.25

Outside run.....Partly sunny, 62 F and winds out of the W @ 11 mph.

Ran 18.25 miles at a recovery pace of 8 minutes per mile. I wanted to take it slower today as tonight is the running clinic.....also, legs felt tired today.....not much left in the last 2 miles.

Evening.....Running Clinic....speed work on school track......1 mile warmup then 4 times 800 meters @ LT....Total of 3 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From jtshad on Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 16:48:07 from 204.134.132.225

Just a quick question...how is 8 minute pace a recovery pace if 8:12 is your target marathon pace?

You appear to have dramatically increased the mileage lately (208 miles in April, 409 in May is a huge increse) and run close to or faster than target MP all the time. I would really worry that between the mileage increase and pacing you are pushing into inevitable injury territory.

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