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Location:

Pleasanton,CA,US

Member Since:

May 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

1M 4:53.2

5k 17:19 Spring 2009

5M 28:52

10M 59:47 (on way to my half PR)

13.1 1:18:47 2009 New Bedford Half Marathon

26.2 2:57:55 2008 Mohawk Hudson River Marathon

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train for pacific crest trail thru hike 2017.

Run lots of miles and lose some weight in the process.

DON'T FALL OFF THE WAGON

Extend childhood (at least from fitness perspective) into my mid 40's

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

 

I want to beat my half marathon PR. And if I'm in shape to do that then I should be able to crush my marathon PR.

Personal:

31y/o computational biologist. Hoping to take 5 months off next year to hike the PCT.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.750.000.000.000.0010.75

AM: 4.25

PM: 6.5

Feeling a little bloated despite sticking strictly to the diet.  So I cut another 300cal from dinner cause I was already very full.  I think the vegetable mooshoo I made yesterday really fills me up for how many calories it has!  It might be my new go-to dish.  I have been doing a spagetti with tons of vegies in the sauce.  But the mooshoo is just vegies and some oil with some hoisen sauce (which honestly is sugar, msg, and fat, but I dont use that much).  Im really looking forward to 154.  I will be racing the mile on the 14th and 22nd of this month.  I will have to make sure I get enough carbs the night before each which might put me back a little bit in the diet, but I should be racing at something like 152 and 150lbs if all goes well.  Next week I am gonna do the gold standard 10x400 w/1min recovery to see what I can expect on race day.  I am thinking right now that 4:46 will be in the cards, but 4:45 or below will be a real stretch.  When I am feeling good 72's can be relaxed now, but 71's are pushing it.  Definitely by mid-late spring I will break 4:45.

Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From bedoukian on Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 20:36:33

where are you racing at?

From haynes on Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 20:41:29

BU on the 14th and Harvard on the 22nd. They both have open meets. I went to one of the harvard meets last year and ran my first sub-5min mile there (4:57 as you know). The good thing is that both are known to be super fast tracks because they use some high tech materials and are banked. Its so fast that ncaa makes qualification standards 2 seconds faster on banked tracks than on flat tracks. So I might get a bit of a boost from that.

From bedoukian on Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 20:43:34

so it is definitely faster than outdoors. awesome. I can't wait to hear how you do. make sure you taper properly and don't overdo it with mileage!

From haynes on Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 20:47:04

It depends. It is definitely close to outdoors and definitely faster than windy outdoors. The ncaa times were for indoor only. I don't know how different the outdoor equivalents are.

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