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Location:

Culver City,CA,USA

Member Since:

Nov 24, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

5K PR: 19:48 (Santa Anita, 2010)

Camp Pendleton Mud Run PR: 53:25 (8th place age group, 54th overall, 2007)

SoCal Xterra Turkey Trot Trail Run: 55:49 (4th age group, 15th overall; 2009)

Half marathon PR: 1:30:28 (3rd place age group finish, 21st overall; Santa Barbara, 2010)

Marathon: 3:39:16 (San Diego, 2009)

2009: 1,043.19 miles, 7:47/mile average

High month: 149.05

High week: 51.88

30 weeks over 20 miles, 19 weeks over 25 miles, 5 months over 100 miles

167 runs in 163 days, 6.24 miles/run

2010: 1,043.44 miles, 7:20/mile average

High month: 132.04

High week: 42.84

180 runs in 176 days, 5.79 miles/run

26 weeks over 20 miles, 11 weeks over 25 miles, 3 months over 100 miles

2011: 1,343.25 miles, 7:20/mile average

High month: 181.28

High week: 50.76

224 runs in 218 days, 5.99 miles/run

34 weeks over 20 miles, 28 weeks over 25 miles, 9 months over 100 miles

Short-Term Running Goals:

  • Qualify for Boston
  • Complete 1,200 mile calendar year
  • Run sub-40 minute 10K
  • Run sub-19 minute 5K

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!

Personal:

Married, living in LA - great running weather most of the time, lots of racing options.  Tried to BQ in October, 2011 but failed miserably (DNF) in the 80 degree heat and with a head cold..I'll give it another shot at some point, but not for a while.  In May my baby son will be old enough to join me for a run with his jogging stroller, can't wait!

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Red NB 1064 Lifetime Miles: 565.38
Blue NB 1064 Lifetime Miles: 557.36
White NB 1080 Lifetime Miles: 332.53
Blue NB 1064 II Lifetime Miles: 133.48
Red NB 1080 Lifetime Miles: 38.51
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.1719.520.270.0031.96
Red NB 1064 Miles: 13.16Blue NB 1064 Miles: 18.80
Night Sleep Time: 33.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 33.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.008.140.000.008.14

Tough Super Bowl Sunday run, it was pretty warm outside and I was in the car for most of the day yesterday.  Logged a good time though, with a 7:25/mile average, without feeling too worn down for the most part.  Used the lap feature on my Garmin for the first time to see my mile splits, which was fun..next week I've got to install the software it came with to upload my runs to the computer.  I'm hoping there are graphing options to see how my pacing is compared to the course tools on this site, which adjust for elevation.

Pico and back 

 

Red NB 1064 Miles: 8.14
Night Sleep Time: 10.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 10.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.005.020.000.005.02

Uneventful evening run, everything felt great after a couple of days off.  Perfect weather, no stomach issues..I ate very well the last couple of days and my body seems grateful.  Averaged 7:12/mile, and was steady throughout the run.

5 mile loop 

 

Red NB 1064 Miles: 5.02
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.006.360.270.006.63

Very good evening run, averaged a 7:02 mile over the 6.63 mile route.  Played with the Garmin a little more, I sprinted a loop around the park (.27 miles, 1:32) to get my heart rate going, maxed out at 181 bpm.  Not sure if I can/should get higher than that, but we'll see when I do some more sprinting.  Added some push ups tonight, that's the fourth round of those in the last ten days, gotta ramp it up.  Also really need to start on my core, I won't be able to BQ in the fall if I'm weak in the middle!

around college 

 

Blue NB 1064 Miles: 6.63
Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.170.000.000.0012.17

Whew!  First run this far in almost four months, and the route is just brutal.  I loop around a golf course a few miles into the run, which is nice scenery, but the hills are killers.  My heart rate max was 184 bpm, higher than when I was pushing hard on a flat course the other day..it was hotter today, so that played a role too.  I kept a nice steady pace though, didn't try to do too much and wound up averaging a 7:46 mile, somehow keeping all the miles under 8:00 (unintentionally).  Hills are definitely my friend, but sometimes you can spend too much time with friends :)

 Even so, I'm very happy to have done this distance, and even happier that I feel great afterwards.  I'll do a recovery run tomorrow, and I have no hesitation going into it. 

around golf course 

Blue NB 1064 Miles: 12.17
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.1719.520.270.0031.96
Red NB 1064 Miles: 13.16Blue NB 1064 Miles: 18.80
Night Sleep Time: 33.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 33.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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