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Lake Orion,MI,

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Dec 28, 2011

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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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Sun, Mar 29, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.50	0.00	7.50	0.00	16.00

Flourtown Tempo Loop - 16 miles, averaged 7:04

Big Workout. 3 x 2.5 mile LT repeats with 3:30 recovery jogs

4 mile warm up plus strides and light stretching

Repeat 1 in 14:47; 5:55 average. 3:37 recovery jog at 8:26 pace

Repeat 2 in 14:41; 5:53 average. 3:36 recovery jog at 8:11 pace

Repeat 3 in 14:53; 5:57 average

3.6 cool down

Good workout for me today. I usually do 4 x 2 miles with 3:30 recovery jogs just before a half but I wanted a little more pain (even though the overall quality volume is a whisker less). I've done this one once before: fall 2013 2 days before I couldn't walk, so I never got to see how it translated in a half.

I put my pace on and monitored it. I figured 6:05-6:00 would be good. I was glad to get everything under 6:00. Legs are better, but still dead and my left glute was locking a bit (as it sometimes does). Had a little bit of wind to contend with but it wasn't terrible just annoying.

Newton Flat 5 Miles: 16.00

Weight: 173.40

Comments

From SlowJoe on Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 17:02:42 from 104.51.208.13

Yep, that's a solid amount of pain right there! Back into form, looking great.

From Bret on Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 23:51:37 from 202.45.10.20

Really nice workout Jason. Good measure of your fitness. Take em when you get em - and forget about the blown ones that happen every now and then.

From Jason D on Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 10:45:34 from 68.80.27.222

Thanks, guys. Things have been tough lately and usually I can point to my running and say, "Well, at least that is going well."

From SlowJoe on Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 08:20:56 from 12.182.148.249

Hang in there, man. I think I've said the same thing to myself in years past. Really good Ks yesterday too!

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