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

Fri, Feb 26, 2016

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.00	0.00	0.00	3.75	10.75

AM: Springside Track - 10.75 miles. HR 151.

TRACK WORKOUT

Mile Breakdown 1600-1200-800-800-400-400-400-400, or "The Drew" as I call it. I blew this one bad last year around this time then I moved onto the track for my faster stuff and managed to get through it in some light snow.

This year I did it with a good bit of wind. The weather says 14 MPH but the gusts were kicking up. I basically just dealt with it and ran by effort when I hit a headwind. If I put up with wind in a marathon PR I have to do it for a workout here and there.

3.75 up/2.2 down

5:26.2 (400 jog); 4:02 (400 jog); 2:39.2, 2:40.5 (200 jogs); 78.2, 76.4, 77, 74.4 (200 jogs, missed a second on the first one because I missed my lap button)

My goal paces were something like 5:22, 4:00, 2:38/2:37, 77/76. I'm pleased with how I ran. You always think the 400s will be easy to crush but usually you are barely walking/jogging the recoveries by the end. I ran ~2:45 for the first 800 of the 1600, which was okay because I am working on picking up the pace slightly each lap on mile repeats but I had to jump on it a little to get close to what I wanted.

I am in much better shape than last spring and I am nailing my workouts. I had SO MANY blow workouts last spring.

Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 10.75

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:17:57 from 159.212.71.25

"I had SO MANY blow workouts last spring."

...yet still managed to PR at every distance last year :-)

You are running strong workouts and seem to have a good overall approach going right now. Keep it up!

From Jason D on Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 12:16:49 from 68.80.27.222

Those all came from June-November though and I never missed all fall. But I'll take a lackluster spring for a fall like that any year I'm able to run.

I'm hoping I have enough endurance and aerobic strength to match my speed. I haven't had the long run workouts of marathon training but I have about 3 right now with about 3 more 20 milers planned. That and spending 90+ minutes on my feet every day should avoid what happened last spring: good mileage but terrible endurance with too many 1 hour runs and sporadic long runs.

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 20:16:07 from 67.166.113.191

"...too many 1 hour runs and sporadic long runs"

Hey quit hating on my training plan!!! :-)

You have a good thing going. I guess I meant that despite the spring not going as you hoped last year, you still got something out of it and had a great fall campaign. This year it seems like you'll be firing on a higher level earlier and racing with confidence this spring.

From Jason D on Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 21:27:20 from 68.80.27.222

I knew what you meant.

That time on your feet doing that crazy uphill skiing counts for a lot. I was going to ask how the North's liked the cold weather but I guess they ski so it's to be expected.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 21:34:47 from 107.77.105.15

Really good. I wouldn't run after doing blow though, greater risk for cardiac arrest. #themoreyouknow

From Jake K on Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 06:27:41 from 67.166.113.191

I couldn't tell you if they like the cold because every time they come out to ski, it gets absurdly warm and doesn't snow at all. They have made 3 ski trips since we moved here, and every one fell during a crazy unseasonably warm time period. I don't think they believe that it actually gets cold and snows here sometimes :-)

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