Slowly Getting Faster

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Location:

Farmington,Ut,United States

Member Since:

Sep 12, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Not much to speak of yet.

My fastest Marathon ~~was 3:38 (St. George)~~; 3:36:00 (St. George 2012)

My fastest Half was 1:55 (Farmington Festival Days)

Haven't competed in anything less than a half in a while

Short-Term Running Goals:

5K: 21 min

10K: 40 min

Half: 1:40

Marathon: 3:05

Long-Term Running Goals:

Get my mile time down to 6 min for long distances (marathon pace)

run a 4 min mile

get fast and competitive on trails

get fast enough to be a local elite

Personal:

married with kids. I want my kids to see me accomplish the above goals so hopefully they too will want to be active and healthy.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Altra Instinct Lifetime Miles:						295.43
Altra Instinct V2 Lifetime Miles:						424.34
Altra Lone Peak Lifetime Miles:						519.15
Saucony Perigrin Lifetime Miles:						327.60
Flag Rock Summits 2013 Lifetime Miles:						10.00
Vertical Feet 2013 Lifetime Miles:						147360.00
Saucony Mirage Lifetime Miles:						249.48
Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Lifetime Miles:						255.16
Mizuno Sayonara Lifetime Miles:						46.80
Vertical Feet 2014 Lifetime Miles:						10299.00

Mon, Oct 10, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
1.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	3.00

I haven't been very good about updating this. I have been trying to get my mile pace faster for a while now. When I started running again, in January 2011, my mile time was around 10:30 per mile. Since then I have dropped it to 8:30 on average, unless I'm running hills. Overall I feel like I am improving but it seems like there is still so far to go to get to where I want to be.

Today I focused on my speed. I did a 1 mile warmup, 2X400's and 3X800's. My fastest 400 time was 1:22 and my fastest 800 time was 3:35. I have only been doing track work for 2 weeks now and I can really feel the difference on my long runs.

I have a trail halfmarathon in Moab on Nov. 5 and I'm hoping to finish around 9 minute miles (slower than I would hope for if it were a road race). If anyone has any suggestions for training to meet this goal let me know.

Altra Instinct Miles: 3.00

Comments

From allie on Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 23:57:32 from 24.10.191.18

2 minutes/mile is a huge improvement! that is great. just get up the consistency and run as many miles as you can while still staying healthy. good luck in moab.

From TheMr.K on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 00:02:07 from 67.164.204.6

Thanks Allie. The encouragement and advice are appreciated.

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