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Location:

Eatonville,WA,USA

Member Since:

Nov 01, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Short-Term Running Goals:

Regain consistency.

Build up slowly and come out strong.

Regain "speed" (relative)

Finish WR50 again.

Improve at Cascade Crest.

2013 Races:

Capital Peak Mega Fat Ass 17M (1/19) - 2:48:48
Yakima Skyline Rim 50K (4/21) - 7:16:20
Grey Rock 50K (5/13)
White River 50M (7/27)
Cascade Crest 100M (8/24-25)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find my true running potential, then exceed it.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Hoka Stinson B Lifetime Miles:						982.34
Hoka Stinson Evo Lifetime Miles:						452.95
Altra Provision Lifetime Miles:						139.73
Altra Torin Lifetime Miles:						380.08
Hoka Bondi 2 Lifetime Miles:						706.15
Hoka Mafate 3 Lifetime Miles:						81.12

Thu, Dec 27, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	13.00

2 miles Easy in 16:47 (8:23/mi, avg HR 145) warmup.
9 miles Steady State (4 uphill, 1 flat, 4 downhill) in 1:02:07 (6:54/mi, avg HR 174) with splits: 7:02, 7:22, 7:25, 7:25, 6:52, 6:33, 6:17, 6:25, 6:42.
2 miles Easy in 16:12 (8:06/mi, avg HR 156) cooldown.

Blowing flurries and some winds to deal with today. I've been having some mental trouble in that I find myself dreading Tempo/Steady State runs starting about a day prior. Nonetheless, got to it today and upped the distance to 9 miles. Harder than last week, in that uphill miles felt substantially harder (and were even run a bit slower) and the last 2 felt like I was about out of gas. The 2 mile cooldown even felt somewhat difficult. Need to take tomorrow really easy to try to recharge, and perhaps a nap today.

Brooks Adrenaline (Yellow) - 129 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.00

Comments

From Ian on Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 02:43:02

Good run Dale, dread is a little too strong but I always feel anxious the day before a hard workout. It doesn't matter to anyone else if I don't hit the target I have in my mind but it does matter to me and I don't want to fail. Are you on the coaching plan now?

From Dale on Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 13:08:48

Well, maybe dread is overstating things, but it's the long threshold runs that really get my mind racing beforehand. Yesterday's run probably didn't help....it was much harder than just a week prior, and the extra mile didn't account for it. Today's run was a complete slog....I barely managed recovery pace, another indicator that yesterday took a lot out of me.

Yup, I've started my personal McMillan plan. So far so good.

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