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Fall Fit 5K

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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, Sep 27, 2009

Race: Fall Fit 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:19:59, Place overall: 12, Place in age division: 1

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	3.10	7.10

I'm certainly happy with winning my age group, however I was hoping for a bit better time. The course had a couple of hills early and in the middle and finished downhill. I took it out in 6:10, which is right what I was hoping to hit. Second mile was a struggle, but I maintained a pace of 6:18. Obviously I fell off the pace in the final mile. It was pouring rain and pretty chilly. A difficult day to get in a proper warm-up, so that may have hurt me.

Mostly I'm disappointed about my training over the last two weeks. I have gotten in some weekend mileage, but the weekdays have been too full of work and coaching soccer. So my lack of mileage probably has hurt me. This wasn't a goal race, and my training has been more focused on the possibility of a November half-marathon. Still I'm also happy to have finished under 20 minutes. This is technically a PR for me by about seven seconds, so I shouldn't complain. If I had held the late summer training into September I would have been happier, but you can't train for everything at once.

Asics 2140 Miles: 3.10

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 20:50:35 from 192.168.1.1

Congratulations on breaking 20:00. This is actually encouraging. You can go under 20:00 in bad conditions off bad training. I think this bodes well for the possibility of BQ. The most insurmountable obstacle to running a good marathon is the lack of 5 K speed. Once the 5 K speed is there, it is a matter of putting in the miles, so it is mostly a matter of time and diligence to reach the marathon goal. As a bonus, for a runner with low mileage history 5 K speed goes up a bit from the marathon training.

From Broaddwg on Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 21:42:53 from 24.151.140.18

Thanks Sasha. That's a big confidence booster to hear it put that way. I am shooting to build up to about 70 miles per week for one or more attempts at qualifying next fall.

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