Of Mice and Marathons

Rutgers Unite Half Marathon

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Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

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Male

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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:	20.20	Month:	20.20	Year:	1868.65
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles:						613.75
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Sun, Apr 12, 2015

Race: Rutgers Unite Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:20:05, Place overall: 13

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.50	0.00	13.00	0.00	16.50

AM: Rutgers Unite Half Marathon in 1:20:05

I didn't deserve to run much faster but I was somewhat suprised by the lack of sub-6:00 miles given that workouts, although not great, have been solidly in the 5:5X range. Part of the problem today was a lack of a proper warmup. These days I don't run fewer than two miles before a half. Today I got in a 5 minutes. Driving to New Jersey, the shuttle, etc.

Started out fine, but felt very flat. Breathing was up and it took me a while to settle and I really didn't want to run after 2-3 miles. About 5-6 miles in a felt better and my breathing settled, but I lacked turnover. I ran behind a guy who increasingly was having a hard time. I could feel my legs waking up but still no real snap. I got passed around mile 9, but spent the final 5k reeling him back in and kicked from behind just before the 13 mile marker and handily beat himw with a 32.5 second partial (with a little bit of performance enhancing downhill).

The course was okay, aside from 3 180-degree turns and some really rough pavement.

Slowest half marathon in 2 years, but I'm fine with today. I'm going to keep pressing on.

The rich chocolatey goodness: 5:58, 6:04, 12:10 (missed), 6:04, 6:01, 6:10, 6:12, 6:04, 6:21 (not sure. bridge?), 6:07, 6:09, 6:05, 32.5 seconds (decent downhill)

Megan told me a guy ran about 4:50 pace for roughly the first 5 miles or 10k. Turns out he ran 10 miles in 46:42 or 4:40 pace. He's 45, so I'm guessing he cheated and still didn't win, running 1:27 something. Or maybe he had a funky chip. But I am guessing something is rotten in the state of New Jersey. On closer thought, he may have been the guy in the wheel chair but he has no 10k time.

3 mile cool down. Felt a little loopy.

PM: Likely no shakeout

Saucony A6 Miles: 13.50	Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 3.00

Weight: 174.00

Comments

From Jake K on Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 12:59:46 from 98.202.128.218

Good assessment of New Jersey :-)

Not your best run ever, but still solid. If nothing else, very consistent running throughout the race. Seems like you were just locked into that 6:05-6:10 pace range. Maybe a little more warmup will help the beginning feel less awful. You'll be able to be a little more aggressive at Broad Street and run ALL 5:XXs.

From Drew on Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 16:20:02 from 24.92.19.68

Nice pacing Jason, it seems you ran with what you had today, which is sometimes all you can do.

Good attitude in not getting bogged down too - with your consistency the difference between a blah race and a very good race can come down to how you feel on race day. In other words, things could turn around very quickly.

From Matt Schreiber on Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 21:52:44 from 66.17.102.175

Nice work Jason. I know it's not quite where you thought the end result would be, but it's still a really good race for you. Nice work. Looking forward to seeing how Broad Street goes now that you're in the half mindset!

From SlowJoe on Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 08:43:01 from 12.182.148.249

An off day, probably, but still not too far off. When I pork a race I tend to do it in spectacular fashion but you just had a small miss here, probably because of a lot of small things adding up. Good work.

From Bret on Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 08:55:14 from 216.234.133.229

Decent showing - solid effort with all things considered Jason. Nice job.

I should mention that my very early years were spent not too far from Piscatway NJ - I was just a town over in Dunellen until I was 5. Fairly nice area from what I can recall.

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