Of Mice and Marathons

Broad Street Run

15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

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.

(Please note that Strava links might contain blog inappropriate langauge)

Favorite Blogs:

Click to donate

to Ukraine's Armed Forces

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

Sun, May 03, 2015

Race: Broad Street Run (10 Miles) 00:59:28, Place overall: 154, Place in age division: 22

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.50	0.00	10.00	0.00	14.50

Broad Street Run in 59:28. 2.5 up/10 mile race/2 down

WU HR 150?! (nerves? error?), Race HR 173 average, CD HR 143

I had a good race, but not a great one. I raced a bit aggressively for the first 2-3 miles then fell into 6:00 pace purgatory but I ran more or less as hard as I could. Wore my heart rate monitor, which I wouldn't normally do in a race but I was just kind of curious given that it would be a pretty solid indication of LT and I wanted some data for times I might be on the treadmill or when it is warm and I complain about pace being slow.

Megan ran well, negative splitting.

I'll post a bit more later.

Warmed up on La Salle's track, which was fairly uneven (either grooved or pitted I couldn't decide). It's only 6 lanes, so it doesn't meet the NCAA changes that were made sometime in the 80s when they went to 8 (or so a student told me). Walked about 7/10 of a mile to the start line, left Megan, did some stridesm and lined up. I was able to get pretty close to the start line.

First few miles were fast and I was feeling bullet proof. Miles 3-6 were harder than I wanted and the last 4 miles were all tough (even though gently downhill). Hit the entrance to the Navy Yard (quarter to go) and started to dig in a little bit. Started passing some guys. I heard the announcer call my name and say something about the Dodge Motor Company. I could hear a lot of encouragement from the crowd as I was passing people. Coupled with the announcers voice, I gave the crowd a few fist pumps.

The rich chocolatey goodness: 5:43, 5:40, 5:54, 5:58, 6:01, 5:58, 5:57, 6:06, 6:06, 5:51

Trying to view the race and fitness built this winter and spring as positive and as a ground for the foundation for a fast fall marathon (admittedly a bit disappointed with how it has gone). I am doing 3-4 weeks of maintenance then 8 weeks to Beach to Beacon in preparation for fall. The idea is to do some honest "speed work" (sorry, Rob, I'm not sure what else to call it) to lay that foundation.

As this week I have down on my schedule "run whatever feels right." I don't do enough of those.

Saucony A6 Miles: 14.50

Weight: 174.20

Comments

From Jake K on Sun, May 03, 2015 at 17:20:46 from 98.202.128.218

Good race Jason. Glad you are happy with it.

From Bret on Sun, May 03, 2015 at 17:46:07 from 68.235.233.40

Nice effort / race Jason - curious if you just wore the HRM to record the data for analysis afterward or if you paid attention to it during the race at all.

From RileyCook on Sun, May 03, 2015 at 17:55:40 from 73.52.134.194

Nice race Jason. Running more or less as hard as we can is all we can really ask of ourselves. I saw your run on Strava, just a straight line for 10 miles huh?

From Jason D on Sun, May 03, 2015 at 19:25:33 from 68.80.27.222

Bret: I've turned of pace for easy runs or heart rate since I've been tracking it. I only check after. I had my pace on for the race though. Checked HR after ~165 first mile, straight to 175 pretty much for the remainder of the race. 173 average. So 87-90 of HR reserve. Riding the red line I believe. In the few times I've used a heart rate monitor I can tell where LT is. My easy run comfort zone is around 135-145. 150+ just isn't as enjoyable.

Straight as a string, Riley. It's a major thoroughfare straight through Center City. About 150 net drop. Wish I could have kept rolling and taking advantage of the gentle downhill but my legs didn't have it. Home to the fastest 10 miler on American soil I believe.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, May 03, 2015 at 20:05:06 from 24.10.247.181

Not bad at all Jason.

From Matt Schreiber on Sun, May 03, 2015 at 21:07:35 from 66.17.112.31

I couldn't draw a straighter line than that if I tried. Really, I couldn't.

Nice race Jason. Way to keep 'er under an hour!

From SlowJoe on Mon, May 04, 2015 at 07:19:26 from 12.182.148.249

Competitive race! Nice work, Jason...cool to see the sub-60 time.

From jtshad on Mon, May 04, 2015 at 08:20:13 from 69.20.183.178

Strong race! Congrats.

From Drew on Mon, May 04, 2015 at 14:59:39 from 24.73.66.122

Nice race, Jason. Also - your plan sounds good - a week to unwind, then using your consistent miles to improve speed.

Add Your Comment.

Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.

Debt Reduction Calculator

Featured Announcements

Most Recent Entries:

New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):

Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):