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Location:

St Louis,Mo,

Member Since:

Dec 16, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs 1986-1989

800m-1:53

1600m 4:19

3200m-9:36

5k-15:45 

I stopped running for 15 years and picked it back up again in July of 2007. PRs since then ...

1 Mile - 5:09 (Hockey Team Timed Mile 08)

5k - 18:59 (Christian Family Services Fun Run 08)

5 miles-30:31 (Glendale Firehouse Run 08) 

6 miles-38:30 (Webster/Kirkwood Turkey Day Run 07)

10k - 40:17 (Reeds Lake 2009)

15k - 1:01:21 (Meijer Festival of Races 2009)

1/2 Marathon 1:24:55 (St. Louis Track Club Half Marathon 2008)

Marathon 3:06:07 (Boston Marathon 2009 -- Only 2nd Marathon to date)

Short-Term Running Goals:

• Build back to 6 days/week consistently

• Build mileage up to 40-45 mpw consistently

Long-Term Running Goals:

 • Sub 3:00:00 Marathon

• Sub 1:20:00 1/2 Marathon

• Sub 39:00 10k

• Sub 18:00 5k

• Sub 4:45 Mile

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Asics Gel Speedstar II Lifetime Miles: 93.35
Pro Grid Ride #3 Lifetime Miles: 400.95
Asics Cumulus #5 Lifetime Miles: 398.15
400 m race pace800 m race pace1500 m race pace3 K race pace5 K race pace10 K race paceLactic ThresholdAerobic ThresholdMarathon PaceBase IIBase IRegenerationTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.006.500.750.007.25

Near 90 degrees at 4:30pm today and humidity very high. 6.5 miles fat burning with 3 x .25 miles walking thrown in to bring the heart rate down on account of humidity.

New Balance 578 Miles: 7.25
Comments
From derhammer on Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 09:50:06 from 192.156.110.34

Looks like you have the same weather we have down here in Texas. You seem to be back in the swing of things - what are you training for?

From LakeAnnDandy on Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 15:29:49 from 24.107.192.116

Hey, good to hear from you. Right now I'm just working on my base and will continue to do so throughout the summer. Its just too brutal here, as there, to really train for anything of significance during the summer months. I'm thinking about doing the St Jude Marathon in Memphis in early December. Haven't decided yet though. We'll see where the training is at come late August.

From derhammer on Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 16:34:13 from 65.67.40.73

Sounds like a plan - how is the St. Jude's course?

I am signed up for Steamtown on October 10th. So far I am adapting to the heat and humidity. I have gone out at lunchtime in full sun a few times. Brutal but good.

I am running about 30 seconds faster a mile than I was last year. I can go out and hit 7:40's 7:30's consistently and I feel pretty good. Most runs start in the low 8:00's and I pick up the pace on the last few. I have not done any real specific marathon training yet - just trying to stay around 60 miles a week with a recovery week every 4th week. We'll see how it goes over the summer. But all in all my body is handling the miles and consistent running much better than last year - but that is what one would expect.

From LakeAnnDandy on Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 12:08:47 from 24.107.192.116

If you're hitting 7:30s in that heat that's pretty significant. You can probably translate that down at least 30 seconds for cooler weather. Sounds like the training is starting to pay off.

On my end I'm paying the price right now for taking 6 months off. Most of my runs are hitting off just above 8:00s and even up as high as 8:20s as an average for the entire run. When its cool or if I run after 9pm I'm able to get down near 7:45s. So the plan is to just keep banging away at the AB for the next couple months.

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