Of Mice and Marathons

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Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

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Other

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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
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Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						253.80
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles:						357.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						145.10
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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

Sat, Jan 26, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.30

South side - 7.3 miles, averaged 7:50.

Did some hard effort extended strides on the way back about a third mile between 5:25-5:35, and then shorter pickup around 5:15-5:03. I always notice a big change from 5:25 to 5:00, and less of one from 5:50-5:25. This makes sense I guess, the change in pace number wise is the same but the effort and body movement is very different. Need to stop fearing sub-6.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 7.30

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 16:10:17 from 69.131.141.92

Good effort today. Half the battle seems like being able to run relaxed at the faster paces, doesn't it?

From Jason D on Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 17:29:18 from 24.1.80.94

Exactly, Joe. Unless I am having a really good day sub-5 feels like I am pushing and overstriding too much (for injury prevention I usually save those efforts for races). Above 5-minute pace and especially around 5:20-5:40 I feel pretty relaxed (I just don't have the aerobic capacity to take it that far yet).

Looks like you had an excellent week after the scare last week. Glad for you.Good luck with tomorrow's workout. I may wuss out because of some ice and probably needed another easy day, but we'll see.

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