Of Mice and Marathons

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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

16:52 Phillies Charities 5k (2016)

35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

58:10 Broad Street 10 Mile (2016)

1:16:02 Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (2015)

2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

Personal:

I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

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Miles:	This week:	32.70	Month:	57.70	Year:	1986.65
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles:						613.75
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles:						99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles:						21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						253.80
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles:						357.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						145.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						465.10
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						287.00
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						5.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						310.95
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						64.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						13.10

Thu, Jul 25, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.90	0.00	4.00	0.00	13.90

AM: Brandon asked me if I wanted to do a workout in the morning last night. Sure! I've never done a workout with someone, but today I learned the benefits. We had settled on a 4-mile LT tempo. I sketched out a serviceable 2 mile loop (pretty good as it turned out). We went to Cumberland Park, and I started warming up. We did 2.5 warmup w/ a bunch of strides (my legs have been heavy). We alternating taking the lead for a mile, which was helpful and fun. 4 miles in 24:08 (6:02 average): 6:13, 6:08, 5:54, 5:55

2.15 cool down. Pretty pleased with my fitness, especially off of 65-75 miles and being fat :)

PM: North Side - 5.25 miles, averaged 8:17

Newton MV2 Miles: 8.65	Newton Trainer 4 Miles: 5.25

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Andrea on Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 17:42:21 from 70.196.193.205

Workouts with friends can help tremendously. Hopefully that can become a regular thing. Nice tempo today!

From Jason D on Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 18:37:37 from 24.1.80.94

Thanks! The weather was perfect, but I know I couldn't have run that pace alone. We ran 3 times this week, and I think we will continue at least on Sundays.

From Matt Schreiber on Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 21:09:48 from 66.17.102.185

Awesome workout Jason! Good to see you've got someone to do those workouts with. Hopefully you can keep that up.

From SlowJoe on Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 06:27:28 from 66.69.93.8

Excellent work, that is a fast tempo. Enjoy Maine, sounds great right about now!

From Jason D on Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 09:36:47 from 166.147.104.164

Thanks, Joe. The hot weather looks like it's gone. Might actually get something longer than 13 miles.

This was a true tempo, which I've only ever half done. This was under LT, but still good according to MacMillian. I'm going to continue with different LT intervals by time and distance but also some longer repeats, like 2 x 3 miles (not for a few weeks). No marathon until April, so I'm working on my ability to run 5:43-6:00 as much and as "comfortably" as possible.

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