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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
12.300.000.000.000.0012.30

AM: 6.15 super slow probably 9min pace lol. Mostly tired, nothing hurts except tiny bit of hamstring soreness from monday still.

PM: 6.15 pooped grey, hope that doesnt mean my bile duct is obstructed lol I have not right upper quadrant abdominal pain so probably not. Passed a very attractive girl on the trails. Nothing else to report.

Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Henry on Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 12:47:29 from 99.141.74.126

just looked at the actual half-marathon plan i have, this week will have long run, whatever. next week has 10k race or 8-mile time trial to get a sense of fitness. the week after is chill. then july starts 2-a-days. i don't remember much about july. august it gets REAL lol, longer long runs, hills, idk, looks good. the mileage generally overlaps with jake's schedule, still only capping out at 70 after building up... idk, might try to do extra starting like next week

From wheaton on Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 14:38:01 from 173.124.122.71

That sounds good. I wouldnt do more than 70mpw for u even with doubles given your background. Daniels says max mileage shouldnt be more than 1 mile per run longer than a previous successful seasons mileage. So by that 70 is a stretch for u lol but if u actually run 7 days a week with at least 3 doubles it should be managable.

From Henry on Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 17:42:33 from 99.141.74.126

oh hohoho lol whatever :P.. that's another thing, i could start running on the "day off", veryy easy, to get the mileage up a little

From wheaton on Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 18:23:57 from 68.1.178.103

Geb says that he runs twice a day every day except christmas when he only runs once. Of course he also ran 20k a day holding books from the age of 6. So maybe not the best example. My point is that having a day off is not helpful. 12hrs let alone 24hrs is enough to recover from run to run and active recover is better than passive recovery.

From Henry on Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 03:00:09 from 99.141.74.126

Who's Geb? lol

Damn, quite a poop. She gets a 1 then? :P

From wheaton on Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 08:57:40 from 68.1.178.103

Gebriaselessi (cant spell it for the life of me thats why i call him geb). You know, the marathon WR holder 2:03:59

From Henry on Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 10:39:36 from 12.33.204.66

ahhh ok haha

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