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Running From Cancer

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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Race: Running From Cancer (13.1 Miles) 01:30:13, Place overall: 20, Place in age division: 2
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Running From Cancer half marathon race.....a PR for me....never ran a half in a race and was not sure how I would do....my best half was my half split in last years marathon which was 1 hr, 39 minutes, so this is a great improvement for me! .,..an average pace of 6.53 minutes. Felt strong the entire run.....started with a very conservative pace and passed many people, then around mile 5, I caught sight of a friend.....2nd place female runner....and she had a good pace, so I decided to attempt and catch her and maybe keep up with her for as long as I could. I caught her at the turn around point and I was able to keep up with her pace and at mile 9 had enough left that I picked up my pace, passed her and caught about 5 or 6 more runners....all in all a great run for me and a huge confidence builder for my try at a  BQ in October in Detroit.

 

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Outside run......Sunny, 66 F and winds out of the SW @ 4 mph.

Ran 10.10 miles at a easy recovery pace of 7.49 minutes per mile.....total time of 1 hr, 19 minutes. Legs felt tight first couple of miles, but then I loosened up....run felt strong and comfortable.

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Outside run.....Light rain, 71 F and winds out of the SW @ 12 mph.

Ran a 10.10 mile tempo at a pace which is a PR for me for a 10 mile run and considering a fair amount of head wind on the front half of this run...this was a great run for me....very excited with these results lately!! Total time for todays run was 1 hr, 09 minutes.....average pace of 6.50 minutes per mile.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.500.000.000.0020.50

Outside long run......Cloudy, 69 F and winds out of the E @ 4 mph.

Ran a long run of 20.50 miles at a comfortable pace of 7.42 minutes per mile.....total time of 2 hours, 38 minutes. Legs were a bit stiff....still not fully recovered from Sunday's race.

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Outside run......Sunny, 71 F with calm winds.

Ran 12.25 miles mixing tempo and marathon paces......total time of run was 1 hr, 26 minutes with a total average pace of 7.01 minutes. Good solid run.

Afternoon......40 km. bike ride to belle River and back....mountain biking.

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14.250.000.000.0014.25

Outside run......recovery....Sunny, 75 F and winds out of the N @ 7 mph.

Ran 14.25 miles at a recovery pace of 8 minutes per mile.....total time of 1 hr, 54 minutes. Very warm and humid today...really takes a lot out of me, but slowly I am acclimitizing to this heat.

Afternoon.......40 km. mountain bike ride to Belle River and back.

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Rest day today.....great week of running.....a PR in a half marathon race, two good tempo runs, and 80 miles for the week, 80 km. of mountain biking.

Plan on joining the group from the running clinic tomorrow morning for a medium-long run.

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