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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
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Ran the downtown 5k course and a bit around campus.  I lost my keys at the hope high track yesterday so I went back there in the daylight to see if I could find them.  Someone definitely took them because I know where I put them.  How lame is that?  What are they gonna do with my stupid keys?  Was gonna go further but I got frustrated looking for my keys and just ran back after that.  I don't need the mileage right now anyway.  I have a workout tomorrow and will use the downtown 5k this weekend in place of a vo2max workout as well.  I will probably hit 70 despite only 6 today.  Next week I will hit only 50 probably because I will want to taper properly for the half.  Workouts will be tenuous.  I want to do a 20+ miler sometime next week but all I can imagine doing is the 5k on sunday, and a long run on tuesday or wednesday because the half is on saturday.  Maybe I should do one of those crazy long runs that incorporated some threshold and marathon pace work.  I also have friends in town on tuesday and one of them will want to run with me.  So the workout will have to be wednesday.  Ok, to the planning.  2 miles warmup sounds good.  Then 2 miles at marathon pace followed by 1 mile at threshold and 1 mile easy x 5 = 22 miles.  If I have to cut the last set of fast running and just jog it in that is fine, but I will go 11 miles out so I have no choice but to get back somehow.

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Comments
From Snoqualmie on Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 19:54:05

Too bad about your keys! But you might want to call the local police dept. -- some do-gooders will go out of their way to turn stuff in rather than leave it to be found by the owner. You never know. But such a hassle - good luck with that.

You've got great mileage. Very inspiring!

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 20:13:53

My two favorite marathon workouts:

a) Warm-up 2 miles, race a half all out, cool down 5 miles to ponder the race and experience some fatigue.

b) Start with a brisk 5 mile warm-up, then 15 hard, try to finish strong.

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