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Blues At The Crossroads Half Marathon

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Location:

Terre Haute,IN,USA

Member Since:

Sep 21, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Ran 2:57 marathon in college 20 years ago.

Most all of my PRs are from when I was 29 and 30.

Half Marathon PR 1:17:16 (my best race ever 53rd place Indy Mini 1999)

10 Mile PR 57:22

15K PR 53:24

10K PR 34:29

5K PR 16:32

Short-Term Running Goals:

Start running again and run 1:30 for a half marathon this fall.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 3 hours for the marathon

Sub 17 5K, Sub 36 10K.

Personal:

I am married and have two wonderful kids, 14 and 10.  I've been running since 1982.  I never get "basic" injuries.  I always get the real nasty career threatening kind, like stress fracture of the sacrum, ganglion cyst clamping  down on my peroneal nerve.  

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
31.0011.0013.100.0055.10
Night Sleep Time: 36.00Nap Time: 3.00Total Sleep Time: 39.00Weight: 130.33
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.0011.000.000.0015.00

Today ran a pretty solid 15 miles.  Didn't really plan on going that far, but wanted to run the second half of next Saturday's half marathon course.  Started out with an easy 3 miles on the trails in Hawthorn Park, then headed out on the course and ran 6:45-6:55 pace the rest of the way.  Not even sore from yesterday's race except for left hip flexor.  Had a little GI disagreement along the way, but overall felt great.

Night Sleep Time: 10.00Nap Time: 2.00Total Sleep Time: 12.00Weight: 131.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Ran a pretty solid 13 miles w/ Jacki this afternoon, same course as last Sunday in 1:31:45, about 3 minutes faster than last Sunday.  Down around 6:40 pace on some of the mile.  Temp really warmed up though, and humid, 79.  Started to struggle the last couple of miles, but still held pace.  Now for a couple of easy days to prep for Saturday.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 130.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

Ran a somewhat tough 8 miles with Dave and Jacki tonight from Meadows, through Deming, Woodridge and Robinwood through Rose-Hulman and back.  Had 31:20 half way, 58:56 at the end.  Struggled in some spots.  Didn't feel well earlier in the day, but with some OJ and a decent lunch, I was OK this afternoon.  4 more days until the race.  Now for some easy rest days!

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 130.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.750.000.000.001.75

Accidentally deleted last week's entry.  Just barely made in a mile tonight.  Cold is taking hold and legs are completely dead.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.750.000.000.001.75

Once again struggled on the run.  Now developing congestion in my lungs...  In Bolingbrook.  Made it 1.75 miles barely at 8:30 pace.  Didn't get in town last night until about 1 and went in to work at 8.  Now, drinking OJ, Gatorade, "Sticking" and resting up, hope I can still race on Saturday.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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Race: Blues At The Crossroads Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:19:50, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.500.0013.100.0014.60

Ran The Blues At The Crossroads Half Marathon today in a pretty decent 1:19:50 for 2nd overall.  Pretty tough course, but handled it pretty well.  Temp cool 59 at the start and a little humid, but good conditions.  Fighting some pretty bad lung congestion as I came down with a cold when I was in Bolingbrook earlier this week.  Explains why legs were completely dead for two days.  Went out the first mile with eventual winner Tim Monaghan in 5:47 and had to let him go, I wasn't going to maintain that today!  Splits:

1 5:47

2 11:40 (5:53)

3: 17:37 (5:57)

4 23:36 (5:59) roughly 45 seconds off the lead at this point and only about 20 seconds on 3rd

5 29:48 (6:12)

6 35:58 (6:10) wondering at this point if I was going to break 1:20

7 42:02 (6:04)

8 48:13 (6:11)

9 54:27 (6:14)

10 1:00:53 (6:26) Hitting the hills now!  Trying to accelerate on the down hills to hold off 3rd place

11 1:07:16 (6:23)

12 1:13:27 (6:11)

13 1:19:39 (6:12)

F 1:19:48.  Splits are off my Garmin rather than course markers.  Garmin was dead on right through 4 miles, then it started to lose.  Others in the race had 13.08+ on their Garmins.  No problems at all with the left groin muscle.

Excellent effort, but work week really got in the way, and there's things I really need to be working on.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
31.0011.0013.100.0055.10
Night Sleep Time: 36.00Nap Time: 3.00Total Sleep Time: 39.00Weight: 130.33
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