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Location:

Tarrytown,NY,USA

Member Since:

Jul 20, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

400: 53 (97 & 98)

800: 2:01 (98)

1500: 4:17 (98)

5k: 16:35 (08) 16:29 (08)

8k: 28:15 (97)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Goals:

  • Set PRs in 800 & 1500, and break 16:00 in 5k, by end of '09.
  • Stay healthy. 

Upcoming races:

Mon Sep 1: New Haven Labor Day 5k

Sun Sep 21: Fifth Avenue Mile NYC

Sun Nov 9: Tarrytown Pilgrim Run 4M

Thu Nov 27: Manchester Road Race 4.7M

 

 

Personal:

I started training again in early '07 after a long hiatus.  I'm 30 and live in Tarrytown, NY, which is 25 miles north of New York City.

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Tue, Sep 23, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.300.000.000.007.30

7.3M in 54:50 (7:30 pace).  Ran at about 12:30pm at Rockefeller, S/F Gory Brook.  Very nice fall day: sunny, 70, pretty dry. Easy pace, felt pretty good.  Longest run in over 2 weeks (ouch).

Injury report:

Left achilles: Not too bad. A little stiff during the run, slightly sore afterwards.  Iced the last 2 days.  Still very stiff in the mornings, but less painful than before.  Probably should continue to lay off the speedwork, as much as I might want to do it.

Right forefoot: A lot better.  A little tender at the end of the run.

Knees: A little sore and crackly just like in the bad old days.  I chalk that up to slacking off on strengthening and stretching over the last month or so.

Quads are quite sore from lifting 2 days ago, but that's muscle soreness only.

Triax: 107 

Adistar: 63

Cumulus: 313.5

Glycerin: 45

NB 826: 9

 

Comments
From johnr on Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 18:35:51

Dan,

I'd say that minimal pain is a good sign two days after a hard mile. Incidentally, that 4:38 compares favorably with your 1500m PR. That is pretty sweet. How fast did you run at the Armory this winter?

Johnny

From DanR on Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:07:05

Yes, I'm happy that it's not worse. I have noticed, paradoxically, that races often tend to IMPROVE injuries. Maybe an illusion, or maybe the result of a lot of warming up and stretching and/or adrenaline.

The indoor 1500 was 4:22 this winter. I definitely ran harder at that one than the 5th Ave mile, i.e. I was feeling really bad for the next half hour. Practically skipped and whistled away from this one. Unfortunately, 5th Ave mile is a net downhill which tends to flatter times. I heard net downhill of 9 meters which equals 3 or 4 seconds. Makes sense as the pro times were very fast too.

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