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:	0.00	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

Mon, Nov 19, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.00	3.00	2.01	0.00	9.01

Vinton Woods loop - 9 miles w/ 5 tempo (7:08, 6:59, 7:07, 6:39, 6:33). 2.6 up and 1.4 down. Mile 1 was slow because I had to tell a shih tzu I refused to pace it if it kept yapping. Told it to go home.

Early to be doing workouts, but I needed something to snap me out of this running/existential funk and the weather was decent. I threw on my flats for the first time in 2 months, knowing they would get my legs moving. Effort was high, but doable.

Newton MV2 Miles: 9.01	Loose Dogs Miles: 1.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Andrea on Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 15:56:35 from 72.37.171.52

Nothing like a workout to get you out of the marathon blues! I love short reps like 100s and 200s to get out of a mental funk (as well as for working on good form and turnover).

From Jason D on Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 16:07:09 from 24.1.80.94

100s or 200s are what I probably should have done, but I didn't have much of a plan until I got to an area away from traffic. I think later this week I will do some short reps or up the number of strides to 10 because my form feels terrible. Got to be better than it was at mile 26 two weeks ago though!

From Andrea on Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 16:10:44 from 72.37.171.52

Haha I sure hope so!

From SlowJoe on Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:41:05 from 155.219.241.11

Gotta love those little yapping dogs. Love them, or kick them that is.

I'm sure the post-marathon blues will wear off soon and you'll be setting PRs again in no time.

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