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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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Wed, Mar 19, 2014
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.250.001.250.508.00

Micro Sharpening Workout - 8 miles, averaged 7:40

2 x k @ half marathon race effort w/ k recovery: 3:39 (5:54 pace), 3:45 (6:02)

4 x 200 w/ 200 recovery ~35 seconds average

First interval was right on for first mile goal pace (probably a bit faster if I finished the mile). Put the second one into a decent wind to practice some effort-based running in case the wind is a factor Saturday morning. Hoping not to see anything above 5:50-range though.

Felt just okay overall (the usual pre-race doubts I think), but I think this is usually how I feel before a half that I am not using as a workout. The 200s felt pretty good even with the wind on a few of them.

Very short and easy tomorrow and Friday.

Really Late: 20 minutes of rolling stretching + hips and glutes. Seem to have a lot greater range of motion on my exercises than I previously have. I'll assume I am doing something right/well.

Newton MV2 (3) Miles: 8.00
Weight: 169.20
Comments
From Jake K on Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:27:48 from 199.190.170.31

Nice little sharpener. At this point, trust the feeling from the big workouts, not today.

Course looks pretty good - kind of loopy, and relatively flat?

From Jason D on Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:46:40 from 24.1.80.94

Thanks, Jake. Just some non-running stuff messing with me too. Just need to run my race. There will be some fast gents. Just need that first split on my Timex and roll from there. Should be able to work with some guys.

The course is pretty darn flat with some slight hills at the end. But, yes, loopy! I might see if Joe Bell can get me his Garmin data from the last two years and try to get a cross section of the super unreliable elevation charts of the Garmin! I think it will be about as flat as most of my Indy races.

From Matt Schreiber on Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 22:08:11 from 66.17.102.185

Fun light day for ya. Loopy is right on the course. Looks fun!

From Jason D on Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 22:23:00 from 24.1.80.94

Definitely a light workout. Coach Bam got me doing these last year. You make it up basically. Couple minutes here and there around or faster than goal pace, maybe some faster stuff at the end. Between a substantial set of strides and a small workout.

I am feeling the training in my legs a bit. Due for a day off. Think 2 days of 30-40 minutes will smarten them up (hope so). Ultimately the race is a tuneup, but that doesn't mean the A++ goal isn't a 2 minute PR :-)

Loopy loopy! I sometimes practice running tangents. It's hard to do in a race situation. I get the concept, but while running math and geometry are difficult. But the kinds of neighborhoods I will be running in a very similar to my tempo loop area (well, similar but not nearly as nice). There's a short hill (~.2) at the end of 12-13 but it looks gigantic on Google maps; it's maybe 80 feet of gain, which I guess is 400 feet per mile so maybe it not inconsiderable for a young man who runs ~80-100 feet of gain total on easy runs :-)

From Matt Schreiber on Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 22:36:13 from 66.17.102.185

Your training and volume have definitely been there. One would think a couple light days would get you right where you need to be. This should be good tangent practice for you. It can't hurt any! Unless it's icy of course.

From Jason D on Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 23:21:43 from 24.1.80.94

~36-40 degrees. Might be too warm! Training has been simple and sensible I think. I was trying to think about why my legs were SOO flat last year in Carmel. 80 days on. That would do it. Fine for a young, svelte lad with experience, but it is a bit too much for someone not used to streaking that much. 38 days on right now. Through the the weekend and next week, and I'll take a day off whether I want to or not. Was going to rest this past Sunday and probably should have.

From SpencerSimpson on Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 11:49:26 from 67.137.129.50

good work. your training will get you there. enjoy the race saturday. MIH

From Jason D on Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 16:11:56 from 166.147.104.145

Thanks, Spencer. I will have the Spencer-approved #mih ready for my report!

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