Of Mice and Marathons

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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	57.70	Year:	1986.65
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles:						613.75
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles:						99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles:						21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						253.80
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles:						357.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						145.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						465.10
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						287.00
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						5.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						310.95
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						64.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						13.10

Mon, Apr 16, 2018

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.60	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.60

AM: 6.6 miles, averaged 9:49. HR 131.

PM: 4 miles, averaged 9:20. HR 128.

It was great to see that Desi Linden won Boston today. I would love to have seen Shalane win, but Desi never gets any credit and she's a fine example of smart running in a marathon.

Most people I followed had pretty rough days, but one guy ran a sensible race and still put up a good performance, running 2:45, when his PR is 2:44. He had an incredible buildup (likely capable of running faster than 2:40). I was once faster than him and he's an example that I can still run fast if I get my self back into things.

Altra One 2.5 Miles: 4.00	Altra One 2.5 Black Miles: 6.60

Weight: 178.00

Comments

From allie on Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 20:11:26 from 73.97.187.130

a true grit race. times were out the window, but if you ran anything close to your PR, that's an amazing performance.

From Jason D on Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 23:11:37 from 73.144.91.168

He ran some long run/workouts of 20-21 miles, approaching that same pace I believe. Always hard to say "could have ran x" or "was in x shape," but by the elite times it showed how tough conditions were.

I was reminded today of Mr. Krong's suggestion that if you want to know how to run Boston (or perhaps it was the marathon in general?) look at how the women approach it. #sotrue

Also kind of reminds me of how pins and needles leading into race day for a marathon is and how much I do not want to (but also want to) gear up for another one (or four).

From allie on Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 09:15:01 from 73.97.187.130

#weknow ;)

i felt the same way yesterday -- remembering that nerve-wracky, doomy, enthralling feeling. and i was reminded that i'm not too old to try again, even though i keep using that as my excuse..."i raced in my 20s..."

i'm enjoying following your progress, and when i read your workouts i feel like i want to get back to it. it's just a matter of getting past the first few clunkers without losing interest. then, snowball!

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