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Location:

Acton,MA,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K (PR) - 18:02 

10 mile - 1:06:01

Half-Marathon (PR) - 1:30:36

2016 Gate City Marathon (PR) - 3:09:44

Short-Term Running Goals:

BQ! - Got that monkey off my back.

Join a competitive running club

Long-Term Running Goals:

SUB 3 Marathon

Keep setting PR's as a middle of the pack Master.

Personal:

I am married with 2 daughters 12 & 14. 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Inov-8 Roclite 295 Lifetime Miles: 121.92
Saucony Grid Type A2 Lifetime Miles: 156.64
Barefootski Lifetime Miles: 3.00
Mizuno Wave Rider (2) Lifetime Miles: 173.01
Saucony Mirage 2 Lifetime Miles: 978.82
Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Lifetime Miles: 622.75
Saucony Kinvara 3 (blue) Lifetime Miles: 706.04
Saucony Kinvara 4 (red) Lifetime Miles: 631.89
Sketchers Go Run 2 Lifetime Miles: 236.30
Saucony Kinvara 4 (oj) Lifetime Miles: 680.17
Saucony Kinvara 5 (blue) Lifetime Miles: 683.21
Mirage 4 - Blk Wit Green Soul Lifetime Miles: 479.05
Saucony Fastwitch 6 - Red Lifetime Miles: 124.17
Saucony Kinvara 5 (green) Lifetime Miles: 414.96
Saucony Ride 7 - (blue) Lifetime Miles: 205.07
NB Boracay Lifetime Miles: 622.40
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
11.490.0011.49

11.49 miles

Thinking about my next marathon. Can't wait to get thongs rolling!

Mirage 4 - Blk Wit Green Soul Miles: 11.49
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From SlowJoe on Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 16:16:07 from 45.18.50.53

1. Which marathon?

2. I love a good thong roll, but what does that have to do with running?

From Derunzo on Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 17:54:09 from 98.229.177.205

Sugarloaf in ME.

This is a reference to the thong twanger himself:

http://tomkutt.fastrunningblog.com/blog-5-5-miles-Hood-route-5-45-am-start-/10-22-2015.html

From SlowJoe on Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 18:00:05 from 45.18.50.53

Ha! Missed that one. Now I guess it's up to me to use thong rolling in an entry.

From Jason D on Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 23:58:50 from 68.80.27.222

#thatthongthathathathong...roll

Sugarloaf is a fast course. Flat until mile 7ish with some good uphills here and there until mile 10, then buckle up! It's no St. George but it's got some nice downhills in addition to some out of control ones.

One word of warming: not a closed course (fully or partially). Traffic is slow but you have to think extra hard about running a tangent with no visibility.

A good place to go sub-3:00 for sure.

From Tom K on Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 08:43:54 from 66.87.122.39

Ha! My sub 3 pacer at sugarloaf! I'm glad i talked you into it. Let's get THINGS rolling.

Jason, this looks like the kind of course that is forgiving to a runner that typically goes out too fast. Does that sound about right?

From Derunzo on Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:31:18 from 173.9.52.242

I've never gone sub 3, we need SlowJoe or Jason D for that biz.

From SlowJoe on Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:33:03 from 107.77.80.90

If y'all want to run 3:00:10, I'm your man. Otherwise better get Jason.

From Jason D on Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:44:36 from 68.80.27.222

If I run Sugarloaf I'm going for the $$. I do want to run it again at some point.

If you go out too fast you might get chewed by the hills at miles 7-10, which are fairly significant. I averaged 6:35 and I ran 7:00+ on the hills and it was still harder than the effort up to that point. I started out running roughly 3 hour pace. Do not go out ahead of pace in any marathon is my best advice (unless you are seasoned and running maybe 2:35 or faster).

Yes. I suppose it would be forgiving if you went out too fast. However, if downhills beat you up then early pounding and fatigue are going to show up more.

I'd run 7:00 pace for the first few miles working down slightly to be pretty much on pace by mile 10, then maintain good form on the downhills and hit sub-goal splits where you can without going too fast. I think I split it 1:27/1:25. A two minute negative split is a sensibly paced race on that course I think. You can find my report in my races from 2013.

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