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:	20.20	Month:	20.20	Year:	1868.65
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:						353.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						137.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						440.50
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						287.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						270.65
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						40.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10

Mon, Feb 25, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.38	2.00	3.25	0.12	17.75

AM: North side - 7.75 miles, averaged 8:16

PM: 18th street to 9th back to 18th back and home via Jefferson High - 10 miles, averaged 6:58

I was trying to do a steady state run of 6-8 miles, maybe 10, but I got a bit fast because I have been running at marathon pace and LT or faster and don't have a good sense of the 6:45-6:30 range currently. Ended up being within McMillan range still I guess. First mile 7:27, then 5.25 tempo in 34:38: 6:42, 6:29, 6:31, 6:33, 6:44, 1:38 (6:28 pace), averaged 6:35.75. Then ran home at a decent pace (7:15-7:30ish) with .12 toward the end at 5:30.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 7.75	Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 10.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 16:45:55 from 69.131.141.92

Nice tempo. Seems like every running guru has a different definition of "steady state." Whatever it was, it looks like you hit your target nicely.

I saw you got some Type A's. Definitely my favorite shoe. A marathon is doable (I've done 3 in them). Obviously you gotta test em in long runs, which you know, but they are definitely fast shoes.

From Jason D on Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 17:12:02 from 24.1.80.94

How does Hadley (?) define it? It seems good for someone of my ability. For faster runners well under 3:00 hours it wouldn't make sense because the paces are so close. I was trying to get 2:57-3:00 pace so I could make 3:05 easy and sub-3:00 very doable on an aided course. The second mile was obviously too fast.

I really like the A5s. I love my Newton flats, but I could see giving these a shot. The Fastwitch are nice too, but not lighter than my heavier Newtons so there's no sense for me to use them as a marathon shoe. Definitionally I'm a bit heavy for flats, but that wouldn't stop me. I can't run any shorter races in my trainers. Too much shoe!

From SlowJoe on Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 19:04:00 from 69.131.141.92

Hadley uses the term for "5% to 10% slower than the fast end of the Aerobic Threshold pace range" and has you do 15-20 miles at that pace. go figure...

I think the fastwitch seem like bricks next to the A5, I just couldn't bring myself to run a race in them. I think I read even Saucony say something like "elite runners could even consider running a half marathon in the A5's" after I'd just run a full. So maybe not advised, but hell, I've seen people run a marathon in Vibrams before. I think it's all about getting used to the shoe, but who knows...

From Bam on Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:23:46 from 89.126.28.24

Nice run Jason. Good mix of paces and decent mileage for a Monday.

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