Of Mice and Marathons

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Lake Orion,MI,

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Dec 28, 2011

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Male

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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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Fri, Mar 22, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
17.00	6.00	1.00	0.00	24.00

Sunday is is supposed to . . . snow. Gross. So I got after it on a beautiful Friday afternoon. 40s and super sunny.

North side loop + Gas Can long run loop (looks kind of like a dinosaur in this version) - 24 miles, averaged 7:15

Much I would like to blog about this run, but I will say it was 1) My longest long run, beating two weeks ago at 22.3, which previously was 22.25 and 2) a few seconds average off my marathon PR.

I changed what counts as a MP mile to sub-7. First mile was 8:04, then I didn't hit anything above 7:58. Miles 10-16 were 7-7:20 and they felt very comfortable. I hit several MP miles going down 231. 17-20 were 6:59, 6:42, 6:47, 6:31 (very aided on the last one) then hit the Bam Mile at 6:15. I have named mile 21 of a longer long run the Bam Mile because its when you throw in a cheeky threshold mile at faster HMP or faster (can't be the final mile). Finished off with 6:52, 7:10, 6:54

Oh, and I also fell at mile 8. I didn't realize I was bleeding until I got back. I think I will now crush some beer cans on my forehead as well.

Newton (Marathon Workout) Miles: 24.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Bam on Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 21:39:39 from 89.126.28.24

I like that Jason. I like that a lot. 'The Bam Mile.' Has a nice ring to it. I hope you're not shaving your legs while dropping the nut on your sodie pop cans:)

Great run - a big marathon breakthrough's on the cards. I doubt you'll die in the last few miles of your next one. You're teaching the body to access fat stores at mp - this is what so many are not doing and is why they die in and around mile 22. This type of run puts the hairs back on your legs.

'The Bam Mile.' I like that.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 09:48:37 from 96.61.24.215

Strong looking run there, Jason. I don't think I've ever gone past 22 in a training run. The fact that you could throw in the cheeky Bam mile toward the end and still be fine for miles 22-24 says a lot about how your endurance has come around.

From Jason D on Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 10:27:35 from 24.1.80.94

I felt so strong on this run, Bam. The whole time I told myself "no more walking in a marathon." I could have probably beat my marathon PR but that seemed foolish, arrogant, and unproductive. Going into mile 23 I was uphill and feeling it a bit, but once I got on the flat I just coasted. Amazing how the muscles fire differently.

Thanks, Joe. It was the best run of my life I think. I was planning 22, 20 if I was just suffering. I miscalculated a bit on my planned route, but kept saying "maybe just one more mile."I keep revising my long run philosophy. 22 miles is sensible, especially if you do more than 1 in a training cycle. I will sometimes do more than planned if I am feeling really good, which I think goes against conventional wisdom, but I am tired of dying in the last few miles of the marathon. I don't need to negative split them, but I'm done walking. Not going over 19.5 even with solid long tempos hurt me a bit last fall I think.

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