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

Sun, Mar 17, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
1.50	4.00	6.00	0.00	11.50

Didn't plan this one, but I guess sometimes whatever runs can produce some interesting results. South Side - 11.5 miles, averaged 6:38

I have no idea what to call this run other than a "block tempo" or "marathon paced fatigue tempo." Started one mile easy-steady (7:22), then 6-mile LT progressive tempo (6:39, 6:31, 6:15, 6:15, 6:07, 6:05), then coasted into 4-mile MP tempo (7:07, 6:51, 6:52, 6:38 w/ a quarter mile of downhill on the last one), then .5 miles at 7:12

At mile 10 I was 4-5 seconds average from my half PR. I think McMillan is conservative for my half marathon pace (about 6:25) at this point.

LT tempo average 6:18.5

MP tempo average 6:52

Saucony A5 Miles: 11.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 18:06:59 from 69.131.141.92

Man, I think you just had ANOTHER breakthrough. You basically ran 6 miles at, what, about 10 sec/mile slower than your last 10k (an entire week ago) in a training run. You're getting faster every week! Great run.

From Jason D on Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 20:48:09 from 24.1.80.94

I fully expected to take a nap, wake up, and find myself at a craps table, still in Vegas. I think my glute not firing kept me from hitting some faster splits in the 10k, but I definitely couldn't have run much harder that day (my recovery was really fast, so I think I could have run harder if my body had cooperated during the race). Today, I tied my 10-mile split from my PR half marathon. Just came together I guess. One of those run days that feels quasi-mystical.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 21:07:17 from 24.10.249.165

I have found that some of my best workouts are totally unplanned. Sometimes I have no idea what I'm going to so as I'm setting out and I end up with some of my best efforts.

From Bam on Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 14:57:33 from 89.126.28.24

It's that chiseled jaw and those dashing good looks: helps you move with more confidence.

Not so sure about the effiminate hand-on-hip: takes away some of your quasi manliness - could slow you down:)

From Jason D on Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 16:29:24 from 24.1.80.94

It pulls my extra-hairy legs into the perfect position to make my calf vein bulge (not picture above).

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