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

Wed, Mar 12, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.25

North side - 9.25 miles, no watch.

Slushy, windy, puddles. Bit of a change from yesterday. Enjoyed the run when I was squinting in the wind and snow like a pirate.

I've been going back and forth about my big HMGP workout for tomorrow. Traditionally, I have run a version of the Hanson Brothers' tweaked for half marathoners who run above cutting down to LT pace and it has served me well, meeting or exceeding (significantly at times) workout paces in the actual race. I also did 3 x 2.5 miles before Indy this fall but never got to see how it paid off (it is definitely harder than the Hansons' version). I also like the idea of repeating the 3 x 15 minute workout I did a few weeks ago (going by feel again) to see if I can knock a few seconds off that. Given current fitness the 3 x 15 minutes is harder than the first two. But I need to think about recovery as well.

Pre-bed: 15 minutes of stretching w/ 50 or so pushups

Saucony Kinvara 2 (2) Miles: 9.25

Weight: 170.00

Comments

From Jake K on Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 13:25:14 from 159.212.71.17

I don't know the right answer... but you definitely want to make sure you don't attempt something so hard it ends up taking away from the race effort. But at the same time, you want a good true indicator of your fitness, and something that will prepare you (mentally and physically).

3 x 13 :-)

From Jason D on Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 14:48:41 from 24.1.80.94

The below is a bit of a long-winded explanation/working through/reminder to myself, so it is basically here to formalize the thought for posterity :)

I know, but it is good to hear it again because I am not listening to myself. I try to make this workout harder and harder by slightly tweaking it each time (Coach Bam would remind me at this point "the focus is on the marathon")

I think since I am getting close (8 days rather than 10) I will do the Hansons'. Every time I go to do it I get the usual morning workout nerves but it never feels that hard as I am working through it. It's comfortably hard and it has worked in the past, and I get a hard effort without killing myself. The other workouts are tough and the last 3-4 minutes I hit race effort, so I am going to skip them. I have plenty of instances for comparison.

From Jake K on Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 14:52:20 from 159.212.71.17

Good long-winded explanation. Once you are only 7-8 days out, that is actually a little too close to the half to get the full benefit of the workout in time... it takes time to adapt. Do what you've done before, then just run faster than before in the race.

From Matt Schreiber on Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 22:06:18 from 66.17.102.185

Good luck with whichever workout you go with! Hopefully the weather cooperates.

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