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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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Asics Gel Speedstar II Lifetime Miles: 93.35
Pro Grid Ride #3 Lifetime Miles: 400.95
Asics Cumulus #5 Lifetime Miles: 398.15
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Asics Cumulus #1 Miles: 44.50Nike Pegasus Miles: 6.00
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Beautiful December night, nearly 60 degrees, but a very strong wind. Moisture hanging in the air, with a storm heading into town. Did a 9.35 mile run in 1:07:54 (7:16s). It seems pretty clear that my aerobic base pace has come down to the 7:15/mile range.

Asics Cumulus #1 Miles: 9.35
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Very cold tonight. 4:30pm, 18 degrees and the wind biting into the cheeks and face. Did a 6.2 mile tempo-ish pace 40:26 (6:31s), followed by 1.2 mile cool down 9:18 (7:45s)

Asics Cumulus #1 Miles: 7.40
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A real fun winter running day today ..... hah! About 20 degrees and freezing drizzle. 4pm run. Glasses had a frosty coating on them by mile 4 and had to take them off. Icicles forming on the beard and eyebrows and the jacket was actually beginning to make a crunchy sound! Sides of the streets were a little slushy. Did an easy 8 mile run at in 59:39 (7:27s -- working at about 7:15 pace probably after accounting for the effect of footing over slush and snow).

Asics Cumulus #1 Miles: 8.00
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Taking a day off today. Want to keep my miles below 50 this week. I'm at 24+ now with a 12 miler planned on Saturday. Weather is supposed to warm up, so today is a good day for rest.

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Noon, 29 degrees, little to no wind. Some days you just don't have a clue what you're really doing pace wise. The plan today was to run 6-7 miles and hit 6-7x1 minute @ 5k pace with the rest in the 7:15 range. So I headed off on a course that I thought was about 6-7 miles, but I wasn't certain. It turns out that I did an 8 mile loop. I hit my 7x60secs@5k pace and probably did another 1.2 at base I pace recovering and another 1.2 at base II pace, with the rest of the run at marathon pace (6:50ish range maybe). At any rate, the entire run was 8 miles in 55:16 (6:54s -- average pace for the entire run @ M-pace). A good quality workout that had my tongue dragging on the concrete at the finish.

Asics Cumulus #1 Miles: 8.00
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38 degrees at noon today and very windy. Did a 3 mile "recovery run" in 23:00 (7:40s). This was an out and back course, so I tried an experiment on the 3 miles back and threw in 4 proprieceptive cues (leaning forward, naval to spine, pulling the road, and glute squeeze). These techniques are intended to improve running economy. I found I couldn't help but run faster, even though I was doing my best to run slowly. My pace on the way back was 3 miles in 20:36 (6:52s - M-pace). I found that when I let up these cues I was able to slow down, but when I added them back in my pace necessarily increased on its own. This was a good experiment and I think demonstrates the benefits of these cues without doubt. Total run time for 6 miles was 43:36 (7:16s).

Nike Pegasus Miles: 6.00
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37 degrees at 2pm today. Planned around a 11-12 miler with about 5 in the middle at below goal M-pace (6:53s). Started out with 3.2 miles in 23:41 (7:24s). Then I added in the same 4 propreiceptive cues that I added yesterday and did 4.6 in 29:25 (6:24s). This was encouraging because what I tried to do was to keep my breathing under control and concentrate on the cues without necessarily paying attention to running quickly. Finished the run with another 3.45 in 24:09 (7:00s -- finishing mile was at m-pace 6:50), followed up with a .5 mile cool down. Total run was 11.75 in 1:20:56 (6:53s -- right on M-pace average, which includes the .5 mile cool down).

Asics Cumulus #1 Miles: 11.75
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Asics Cumulus #1 Miles: 44.50Nike Pegasus Miles: 6.00
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