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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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Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles: 359.20
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles: 302.90
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Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles: 4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles: 31.30
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Nike Vaporfly 2 Lifetime Miles: 0.00
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Saucony Kinvara 15 (All Black) Lifetime Miles: 37.30
Wed, Mar 28, 2018
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.500.001.203.3014.00

PM: 14 miles, averaged 7:52. HR 150.

Mixed Effort Minutes Workout

30' up/22' down. 8' @ HME, 5' jog, 10 x 2' on/off

First 3 reps at 10k effort, last 7 @ 5k. My watch put cool downs after every recovery, which is pretty dumb for a smart watch. So I did 11 reps. The second one was a bit over 2 minutes and I spend a couple minutes more jogging to figure out the issue. I ended up lapping the cool downs, which only added 1-2 seconds of recovery. I felt strong at the end. Got some decent mileage for the day.

Altra One V3 Miles: 14.00
Weight: 181.80
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 20:04:51 from 67.177.28.4

Not bad. What's 10k and 5k for you these days?

From Jason D on Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 20:48:39 from 73.144.91.168

Too slow to report :-)

These ended up being around 6:00 pace. Since I'm most able to gauge marathon effort I would say I'm currently

6:55-7:15 marathon pace

And based on that:

6:35-6:50 half marathon pace

6:10-6:20 10k pace

~6:00 for 5k

Trying to get myself back in shape after 2-2.5 years. It's been a bit rough, but I've been inconsistent.

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