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Location:

Cambridge,MA,United States

Member Since:

Apr 19, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

5k: 20:32 (6:36 min/mi) -4/14/13

8k: 33:28 (6:44 min/mi) - 4/7/13

10k: 44:44 (7:11 min/mi) - 12/15/12

15k: 1:10:17 (7:32 min/mi) - 6/23/12

10 Mile: 1:18:03 (7:48 min/mi) - 5/26/12

Half Marathon: 1:41:40 (7:45 min/mi) - 7/22/12

Marathon: 3:32:11 (8:05 min/mi) - 1/13/13

Boston 2 Big Sur: 7:36:02 (8:42 min/mi) - 4/21/14, 4/27/14

Number of Marathons: 9

Number of States: 7 (IL, FL, KY, MN, TN, MA, CA)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 20 min 5k

Half marathon PR Summer 2014

NYC Marathon 2014

Long-Term Running Goals:

Join 50 states club

3:25, 3:15, sub 3:00 marathon? The sky's the limit! I want to see how fast I can get! :)

Personal:

I started running in 2009, and am still learning a lot about running. Right now I have it made, I am living in Cambridge, MA temporarily doing a Post-Doc at MIT and taking advantage of improving my running by learning from all the speedy Boston runners and hitting the hills. I travel to FL to visit my family and get some "heat" training in. Then travel back to Chicago frequently to see my husband and show off my new running legs in all the flat, fast races.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Adidas Boost Lifetime Miles:						63.73
Brooks Pure Flow Black - Boston Lifetime Miles:						62.39
Brooks Pure Flow Black - Chicago Lifetime Miles:						35.39
Cortana 2 Black/neon Lifetime Miles:						120.25
Kinvara 4 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						84.36
Saucony Peregrine Lifetime Miles:						58.45
Cortana 3 Lifetime Miles:						88.41
Nike Pegasus 30 Sunset Lifetime Miles:						287.03
Boston Kinvaras Lifetime Miles:						32.75
Nike Pegasus 30 Black/grey Lifetime Miles:						209.17
Nike Pegasus Black Leopard Shield Lifetime Miles:						145.95
Nike Zoom Elite 6 Lifetime Miles:						166.22
Nike Zoom Elite 6 Neon Lifetime Miles:						76.98
Nike Zoom Elite 6 Baby Blue Lifetime Miles:						89.01
Saucony Ride 7 Lifetime Miles:						43.44

Wed, Dec 04, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
3.68	4.00	0.50	0.00	0.00	8.18

15 min w.u. 2 mile tempo, 2 mins rest, 800@10k pace, 3 mins rest 2 mile tempo 15 min c.d. with tempo between HMP and MP

Charles River loop; tempo splits were: 7:59/7:55/7:47/7:52 (7:53 min/mi AP); 800 was @ 7:12 min/mi AP. 8.18 mi total in 1:08:35. I tried to slow down my paces to be more realistic of my current fitness (although the 800 was probably still too fast). I had major adductor soreness from weights yesterday, but seemed to go away during wu. I was very tired all day yesterday and woke up tired after 8+ h sleep - not sure what's going on here. Finished with PT exercises and strength work.

I've been freaking that my tempos are supposed to be between HMP and MP. This seems so slow, but from what I'm reading this is called "aerobic threshold" not to be confused with "lactate threshold"? I am trying to succumb to this concept, which sounds like I should be doing as I am base building for Boston 2 Big Sur. My hip has been consistently feeling better though so I'm itching to push my LT to get my speed back! I hope my patience pays off at the end of April!

Nike Pegasus 30 Black/grey Miles: 8.18

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 12:32:03 from 199.190.170.24

The faster you start running the marathon, the less slow those tempos will seem :-)

I do a lot of work in that range (I'm always calling it "AT Tempo" or something like that). Basically in the ballpark of marathon pace, sometimes 10+ seconds / mile faster... sometimes even a little slower. Its important to get in a good amount of work in that range and get your body EFFICIENT at those paces.

From Jackie82 on Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 12:43:43 from 18.189.111.53

Thanks, Jake!! I saw on your blog you call them AT Tempo, then I looked up your marathon and half marathon paces and saw your AT's were in that range so it made me believe I needed to slow it down - I was running these at 7:35/7:40 pace, but my 10k pace was 7:24.

How do I know if my AT paces are too slow? I'm basing what the pace should be off the McMillan calculator using my recent 10k. But then it feels like these today were in no man's land. Actually, the half mile at 7:12 pace felt more like I was hitting a gear. However, I know I can't run a marathon at that pace (yet)...

From Jake K on Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 14:31:18 from 159.212.71.77

If you feel like you are running no different than a typical easy/recovery run, then its too slow. But if you are running at or around your goal marathon pace, its fine (even if it feels easy). As you extend the distance, it will get more challening.

For most people, LT is somewhere around 15K pace (the pace you can hold for about an hour). Your half-marathon pace is falls somewhere between LT and AT. It gets complicated, but there is a place for all of these kinds of runs. Which one is best isn't necessarily obvious, that's why I like progression tempo runs, where you finish 30-40 seconds faster than you start. That way you are hitting ALL the systems along the way.

From Rachelle on Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 10:55:53 from 199.190.170.21

Awesome workout Jackie, you are progressing so well! I could really learn from this as my least favorite type of workout is AT runs. This comes back to haunt me in races because I practice running at race pace in short intervals but really struggle to get the longer training at threshold pace in. It is important and something I'd like to focus more on in 2014.

Great feedback from Jake here.

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