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Location:

Tallahassee,FL,

Member Since:

Jul 13, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Ran track/xc in high school

Track 2 years at FSU (400 and 400 hurdles) 

Skip ahead 15 yrs for my old man PRs... 

100m 12.31; 200m 25.74; 400m 56.94; 800m 2:17; Mile 5:11; 2 Mile 11:57; 5K 19:08; 10K 41:43; 15K 1:03:14; Marathon 3:26

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break through the 19 then 18 minute mark for 5K

Return to full speed track workouts

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

USATF Age Group All American times in 200 (24.6), 400 (56.0) and 800 (2:11)

Qualify and run Boston before I hit 50... but after I complete my sprint goals  

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Total Distance
5.00

Five miles at lunch on the bridle trails in the neighborhood.  Kept it right at 8 min pace .  Right calf and left quad a bit sore last 2 runs - interesting.  I kinda think it may have been all the squatting for shooting pics on Saturday - hmmmm.

Peregrine Miles: 5.00
Comments
From Bret on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 09:50:42 from 64.128.133.66

Shooting pics for a cross country meet for Travis?

From dugco on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 09:58:05 from 199.44.20.177

Correct, and of the rest of the squad earlier in the day in Marianna - two meets for the price of one! I rambled a bit about it in Saturday's post...

From Bret on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:12:49 from 64.128.133.66

Ahh...I see it now - I guess I missed that post over the weekend. Sounds like a good start for the team.

Delaney's team had their first meet at Ed Radice in Tampa on Friday - the Deja Vu meet - aka the mud bog --- She had a bit of a mediocre performance - 23:05 (and listed as "Unknown" in the race results - comically ironic)- which was about a minute and a half slower than her PR - but nevertheless 2 mins faster than last year on this course. The team did well - finishing 4th in the Open division and she took her role as team captain quite seriously - despite a disappointing finish of 6th on her own squad. I think perhaps the long slow aerobic runs over the summer with a lack of any speed or tempo workouts and maybe a few extra lbs may be her problem. We'll see if today's dual meet at Countryside renders any different results.

From dugco on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:18:24 from 199.44.20.177

Well good luck to her this afternoon! Speaking of lbs - it occurs to me that dropping 8 lbs in a few days may be another reason for my lack of energy - duh. I needed to lose the weight, but not like that. No apparent lingering effects from the gastrointestinal tsunami... other than low energy after running 4 days in a row now.

From gpleasant72 on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:27:21 from 68.143.34.252

Doug I noticed your Boston goal- that is one of my goals as well- but I have not even run a marathon before- several halfs, couple of tri's. I want to qualify for Boston this spring- I am going to be 39 at that race- that means a 3:10 qualifying time- any suggestions?

From dugco on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:22:43 from 199.44.20.177

Hey gp. There are many other more experienced marathoners on this blog for advice, but, for what its worth, I prepared for my first marathon using the New York Road Runners training schedule (www.nycmarathon.org/training/training_schedule.htm) - the basic marathoner version. I stuck to the schedule pretty tight, and ran the vast majority of the miles at my goal marathon pace (3:30, 8 min/mi, so not very fast). I didn't have a goal of BQ for that run, and came in 6 minutes shy of the 3:20 that would have gotten me there - who knew!? Anyway - good luck!

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