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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
43.250.004.000.0047.25
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0.000.000.000.000.00

Sunny, 80 F and winds out of the SW @ 12 mph. Humidity @ 51 %

no running today.....35 km bike ride. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.200.000.000.0011.20

Mostly sunny, 73 F and winds out of SW @ 4 mph. humidity @ 65 %

11.20 miles in a time of 1 hour and 28 minutes. Average pace of 7.51 minutes. felt very good today, but decided to do a longer but slower pace run today.

bike ride to Belle River and back to Tecumseh......35 km. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.100.000.000.006.10

Partly cloudy, 78 F and winds out of the SE @ 4 mph. Humidity @ 74 %

6.10 miles in a time of 47 minutes. Average pace of  7.42 minutes. Humidity made this run difficult today.I find it very hard to get a good temp run in when it is this humid....will have to run early for that.

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0.000.000.000.000.00

rest day....long run tomorrow

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.100.000.000.0016.10

Sunny, 77 F and winds out of the NW @ 11 mph. Humidity @ 69 %

16.10 miles in a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes. Average pace of 8 minutes. Used a hydration belt and consumed 2 Gu during the run. Felt pretty good throughout. I'm happy with this run because my BQ time is 3 hours 35 minutes....8.10 minute pace....so I'm on track although my goal for my first marathon will be to finish in under 4 hours.

bike ride to Belle River and back home.......35 km. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.100.000.000.008.10

Sunny, 78 F and winds out of the N @ 4 mph. Humidity @ 61 %

8.10 miles in a time of 65 minutes, with an average pace of 8.0 minutes. very hot and humid during this run, but I felt very good considering I ran 16 miles yesterday. Decided to do an easy pace today, and speed work tomorrow. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.750.004.000.005.75

Sunny, 75 F and winds out of the N @ 14 mph. Humidity @ 61 %.

Speed run today...times were....1.50 mile warmup and 4 times 1 mile repeats....1@ 6.58, 2 @ 6.33, 3 @ 6.29, 4 @ 6.37, then .25 mile warm down. Total time for 5.75 miles was 39 minutes at an average pace of  6.47 minutes.

This was a  very challenging speed workout for me, but I'm pleased with the times and now I have something to measure against.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
43.250.004.000.0047.25
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