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Location:

Nashville,TN,USA

Member Since:

Sep 18, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2:55:40 marathon (1997 St. George). 1:20 half marathon (1997). 5:00 mile (1997).

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 5-minute mile. Run Music City Marathon in April. Qualify for Boston in October (ideally get below 3 hours). Run Boston marathon 2008.

Long-Term Running Goals:

See above. After I've done that, then I'll retire. Well maybe not. I want to run the NYC marathon sometime and I want to do some triathalons.

Personal:

Married with 2 kids, born in 1975. I live in Brentwood, Tennessee (just outside Nashville).
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Fri, Oct 20, 2006
Total Distance
6.10

48:24. About 7:55 pace per mile. This is the beginning of my new training routine based on Sasha's advice. 6 miles a day at 8 minute pace for two months. I have to admit I'm a little skeptical: no pain, no gain, is what I've always thought. But we'll see. In any event, I enjoy these sort of runs and I'm sure this will build up leg strength. I just hope slow runs don't habituate my body to running slow.

Comments
From Paul Petersen on Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 08:37:33

You'll be fine. Build an aerobic base first, and the speed will come easier and better than before.

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 20:15:55

Bryan - no pain, no injuries, more potential for pain later. If there is no pain after three weeks, make it 8 miles. No set rule about 8:00 pace. It was just my rough guess based on the observations of your recent training.

If it feels ridiculously easy start to finish for days, increase it. However, if you are tired the next day and feel tempted to cut the mileage, you probably went too fast the day before.

If you are worried about the loss of speed - throw in 5 accelerations in the middle of the easy run each about 15-20 seconds long at about 1 mile race pac

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