Of Mice and Marathons

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Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

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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)

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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
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Thu, Feb 13, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.88	0.00	5.04	0.00	15.92

AM: LT Repeats: 2 x 2.5 miles. 2.25 mile warmup on the treadmill, then headed upstairs to do a few quick stretches then settled into the 55 lap workout. Goal was ~38 seconds per lap or 6:02 pace for 20-30 minutes or 4 x 1.25 miles if I wasn't feeling it. I could have done 20-25 but I settled into 2 x 2.5 and the effort was hard but doable. My legs have been sore from last Saturday so I was tempted to skip, but I went ahead and it was fine.

Repeat 1: 6:01/6:02 pace

3:00 minute recovery jog

Repeat 2: 6:06 pace

3:00 minute recovery jog

3 mile cool down on the treadmill

Averaged 6:04, which was about what I wanted. I would like to have had an a stretch of clear road and 30-40 degrees for this one but I made it work, despite having to dodge an old guy and some younger women.

Finished it off with the usual 25 pushups and homemade vegan protein shake. Today I drank it from a Mason jar like a man.

PM: Co-Rec - 5 miles easy. 26 pushups before, 30 after (105+ on the day). Much warmer weather in the forecast.

Newton MV3 Miles: 10.92	Mizuno Musha Miles: 5.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:26:04 from 199.190.170.28

55 laps! I'll have a drink out of a mason jar tonight in your honor.

From Jason D on Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:41:21 from 128.210.82.162

It wasn't so bad. Don't want to have many more though. I was going into the 51st lap, thinking, hey, I have one more. Toward the end I was chanting "there is no year 0, there is no year 0!" I originally miscalculated 24 laps X 2 plus 3 recovery as 51 rather than 52. running in basement < running on Atrium Track < tempo loop (.50+), where "

From Jake K on Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:43:07 from 199.190.170.28

At least you didn't kick a lap early like Jenny Simpson last weekend

From Jason D on Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:47:03 from 128.210.82.162

Yikes! I am sure it happens. I'll have to check it out.

My last comment got cut off, but you get the idea.

From Matt Schreiber on Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 22:07:54 from 66.17.102.185

That's gotta be tough holding that pace on such a short track. I bet it's kinda fun blowing by people at what seems like 30 mph.

From Jason D on Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:31:12 from 128.210.82.162

It's actually easier, Matt. You get updates every ~38 seconds for this workout :)

But if you are off by 1 second in a lap you are off by 9.5 seconds per mile so you really need to be on (again, it isn't hard to do once you are on pace). Hitting the first one at 38.3 was the hardest part along with figuring out how long to extend the effort appropriately (avg HR including rests was 175, which is probably spot on. Hit as high as 213). Running 6:00 pace is easy for me to find.

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