Practice To Suffer So Racing Becomes Easy

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Location:

Fort Atkinson,WI,USA

Member Since:

Jul 25, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

High School and Collegiate Major Accomplishments

1997 Illinois State Qualifier 4x800 meter relay, 2000 MIAC All Conference Cross Country , 2000 Division III National Cross Country qualifier, 2001 MIAC All Conference 1500 meter, 2001 Division III National 1500 meter qualifier

Personal Bests (Collegiate) 1999-2001

400 meter 52.9 (1999), 800 meter 1:58 (2001), MIAC Conference 5000 meter 15:01 (2001), Last Chance Qualifier 1500 meter 3:53.8 (2001), 8K 25:01 Division III Pre-National (2001)

Personal Bests (Post Collegiate) Began running again July 2010-

Capital Mile 4:50 (2011), *Luck of The Irish 10K 35:12, *Luck of The Irish 5K 16:24 (2012), Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K 26:18 (2012), Monumental Marathon 2:41:13 (Nov, 2011), 1/2 Champs, Dulth MN 1:16:22 (2012)

*Back to back races

Short-Term Running Goals:

2012 Accomplishements

Post Collegiate PR's in 5K,8K,10K

Lifetime PR in 1/2 marathon

Top 10 finishes in Madison Mini and Brewers Mini

Won my 1st 1/2 marathon (River to Ridge)

2013 Plans

Rehab my hamstring and build mileage

Crazy Legs?

Fort 1/2 Marathon?

Lake Front or Madison Marathon?

Long-Term Running Goals:

Personal:

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Hattori Lifetime Miles:						308.68
Nike Zoom Streak III Lifetime Miles:						201.43
Adidas Adizero Adios Lifetime Miles:						141.13
Saucony Fasttwitch II Lifetime Miles:						256.48
(Red) Nike Lunarlon Lifetime Miles:						562.75
(Black) Lunar Glide Lifetime Miles:						462.51
(Black II) Lunar Glide Lifetime Miles:						387.34
Air Pegasus 28 Lifetime Miles:						267.03
Saucony Type A Lifetime Miles:						27.31
Brooks Adrenaline Lifetime Miles:						249.18

Fri, Sep 30, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.95	0.00	3.60	0.00	14.55

PM: 14.55 miles w/3 mile temo: 6:06,6:02,5:54 (very windy - rain started and stopped with time of tempo - bad luck I guess). Managed to come close to my goal of dropping 8 sec. per mile.

Jogged 2 minutes then ran 6x25 sec hill sprints @ ~ 1500 meter racing pace w/jogging rest down hill + additional 30 sec. jogging on flat.

Then did a little more jogging and ran 4x40 meter sprints @ 800m race effort w/80 meter rest.

Jogged a couple minutes home grabbed my Cortana trainiers and went out for a 6 mile cooldown. Averaged 7:25 pace w/the walking for first 8miles and 7:20 pace for the 6 mile cooldown.

The legs felt stiff and achy today, but I blame that on the crazy low preasure systems, storms, etc... we've been having all week. All in all this was a difficult week to train due to all the rain, wind, and storms. I'd 80% of my runs were in the rain and 100% were in 20 mph winds.

Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 8.32	Saucony Cortana Miles: 6.23

Night Sleep Time: 7.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.50	Weight: 171.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From Dan on Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 16:33:34 from 24.209.83.20

Nice run. You are right, the weather is changing fast!

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