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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.900.000.003.4211.32

LM warmup (10 reps), 11.32 miles in 1:27:25, 7:43/mi, HR 154, w/ 3 mile warmup, 2 x Strides/Drills, 20 x 1 min on/1 min off, 3.14 mile cooldown.  PU/SU/Leg Abduction ladder (7/7/4), negative calf raises (15), chair (90 sec) & stretching.

Decided to take the advice I offered Tom the other day and to run the 20 x 1/1 workout.  Repeats are short enough that the hurt isn't sustained, but the gotcha is the short 1 minute recovery.  Plus, I run this on my normal course which isn't flat, so the first 17 of these were either rolling or uphill, with the final 3 fast downhill ones.  Aside from (another) garmin glitch where it decided to reboot in the middle, good tiring workout.  And by tiring, I mean my legs and lungs were both pretty fried by the time the cooldown came around, so I was very appreciative that it was all downhill for that part.  Best of all, all the aches and pains of yesterday evaporated by the time the warmup was complete.  Even the Strides & Drills were spot on today, so I'll call this a banner day.  Now to stay awake for the rest of it.

Now for my Garmin rant.  My 405 has been headed downhill....spontaneous reboots, freezing, inability to use bezel...once again just after the 1 year mark.  I've exchanged the last 2 at REI at about the same point, around the 1 year and 1-3 month mark, and here I am again.  I'm not hard on the thing, unless you count running nearly daily, but the pampering it gets afterwards should more than compensate.  I'm not going to own another 405, that's for sure.  The question is what do I do with this one?  I'm almost feeling guilty about returning it to REI since between all 3, I've gotten about 3.5 years of use out of them, but then again, this is EXACTLY the situation the lady at REI advertised when she sold me a membership (well, okay, the situation was having one breaking once, she didn't really address the 2nd or 3rd reoccurrence).  What to do......

Update:  Just checked my receipt (latest receipt).  Actually got this one in late July, so it's only been 9 months.  Way too soon.  Back it goes for good this time. 

NB 905 Miles: 11.32
Night Sleep Time: 9.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.50
Comments
From Mattrow on Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 11:56:25 from 138.64.8.52

Nice workout, I am feeling for you with your Garmin. The only question is what GPS unit is more reliable? Garmin seams to have a corner on the market for GPS sport watches.

From Dale on Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 12:19:24 from 69.10.215.11

Yeah, I think I'm going to try the 310. I liked my 305 and it lasted a couple of years before it started flaking out, and it still works okay, just the buttons started sticking. The bezel on the 405 is crap though. But I agree, it'd be nice if there were more options.

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