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Location:

Easthampton,Ma,USA

Member Since:

May 07, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Rochester Marathon Sept. 2011 = 3:09:27

Iron Horse Half Marathon June 2011 = 1:30:22

Derrill's Race 5K May 2011 = 18:48

Short-Term Running Goals:

1) Break 39 minutes for a 10K

2) Break 6:00/mile pace for a 5K

3) Sub 1:27 for a half marathon

4) Sub 3:06 at Boston

Long-Term Running Goals:

1) Continue running for fitness, relaxation and spiritual renewal

2) Possibly take a shot at three hours in the marathon

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asics Bandito Lifetime Miles:						381.80
DS Racer Lifetime Miles:						412.15
Piranhas Lifetime Miles:						86.22
Blue Asics DS Trainer Feb-13 Lifetime Miles:						64.00
Red Asics 1170 Feb-13 Lifetime Miles:						57.00

Sun, Jun 14, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
11.50	0.00	11.50

Cool and drizzly day for a long run. Cruised through 11.5 miles on a fairly flat out and back course. I kept the pace moderate at 8:13 min/mile, although Macmillan recommends slower for long runs I think. Still on pace for my 10k in August I hope. The effort felt very comfortable and the legs seemed to go onto autopilot. It's always nice through the last quarter of a run to be looking forward to the next run/workout.

Asics Stratus 2.1 Miles: 11.50

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 15:00:18 from 192.168.1.1

Welcome to the blog!

At this point in your training I would not worry about calculators and run by feel instead. Too many variable factors. Changing fitness (should be improving rapidly), Garmin error, terrain variation, and calculator error in and of itself. So if you can maintain a certain pace for the distance, and then are able to recover in a day or two and feel good on the next run, that is a good pace.

From Broaddwg on Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 20:32:46 from 24.151.140.18

Thanks Sasha! Good point about the many variables. I've been feeling good after hard workouts, probably due to two rest days per week. Now I'm wondering about stepping up to six running days per week.

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 15:16:13 from 64.81.245.109

Run 6 days a week. Drop the hard workouts until you are running 60 miles a week comfortably. Once in a while run a race or a time trial to test your fitness. At this point there is little to be gained from building speed because you would lack the endurance to use it.

I would say it should be safe to start with 8 miles a day, easy pace, 5 days a week, and on the 6th go maybe 12. If you start feeling anxious during a run, pick it up for a mile really hard, 6:20 pace if you can, then jog the rest of the way.

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