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:	32.70	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

Wed, May 21, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.25	0.00	3.00	2.00	16.25

AM: Purdue Track Workout - 12 miles total

Just Brandon, Julian, and I this morning. Did about a mile and a half, picked up Julian and ran to the tack to meet Brandon who assumed we were meeting there as is typical for them. 3.4 up.

Alden came up with 4 x 400 of 60 seconds, 3 minutes, 2 mile tempo pace, 2 minutes 4 x 400 60 seconds rest, 2 minutes rest, 1 mile tempo pace. Brandon comfirmed my thinking that a two mile tempo would be better on the end. We ended up with a strong final mile, which was fine with me given that I ran the 4s pretty hard. I think we took a bit more rest in between the blocks of the sets, but that was okay I think. We were working pretty good. To put it in perspective the 400s are at equivalent mile pace for me. Pleased I was able to stay on the boys for the 4s. The tempos were a different story. Julian ran ~5:20-5:30 I think.

73.7, 73.2, 75.4, 76.1 (74.6 average)

3 minutes

6:01, 6:09

3 minutes

77.7, 76.3, 75.9, 76.4 (76.6 average)

3:40 rest

5:45

3.6 home, Brandon ran back to his car, I dropped Julian off and headed up the hill.

PM: North side - 4.25 miles, averaged 8:08

Newton MV2 (3) Miles: 12.00	Newton Gravity III Miles: 4.25

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Wed, May 21, 2014 at 08:44:36 from 168.215.171.129

Nice work - a smorgasbord! Probably helped you on several levels. Good having some fast buddies to chase around the track.

From Jason D on Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:14:07 from 24.1.80.94

Definitely helps. I think I led the 3rd rep of the first set and lost them a bit in the first 200, but we ended up slower. I should probably lead more than I do, but I am never sure if I can hold the paces they are looking for.

The 2 mile segment was slow but the conditions weren't as good as last week and I was running around that for 3 mile repeats last week, so alreay an improvement. Feeling like I am working into shape and doing some honest hard efforts for the intervals. Felt much more accomplished this week than last.

From allie on Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:40:26 from 174.27.195.115

looks like a fun yet very tough workout. nice job.

From Jake K on Wed, May 21, 2014 at 13:05:14 from 199.190.170.24

You'll get a big boost on having some bodies to chase on the shorter reps like this. Nice going!

From Matt Schreiber on Wed, May 21, 2014 at 20:03:13 from 66.17.102.175

Great workout Jason. Looks like you kind of found a sweet spot on those 400's.

From Jason D on Wed, May 21, 2014 at 20:31:11 from 24.1.80.94

I guess this means when I do 12-20 x 400 low 80s aren't going to cut the mustard. I am learning I can run faster than I think I can (within reason of course).

The 2 mile repeat felt like the last set of a 4 x 2 when you are pushing it. Should have pushed on the last mile, but I was happy not to drop.

Matt: It helps when you are chasing a fast guy who is barefoot! Poor Brandon though. I need to make sure his head is okay. May have burned a hole in it with my fierce stare (his fault though since he taught me the trick).

After I leave though I need to 1) hire some high school kids to rabbit my intervals and tempos (this would actually be good since it would be Rocky-style in reverse) 2) get Megan an EliptoGo 3)get a Vizsla and train it to run the track in perfect 75 rhythm or 4) join a running group/find a training partner

From Rob Murphy on Wed, May 21, 2014 at 21:21:21 from 24.10.249.34

You are flirting with hard-core-super-stud (an award I give my runners) status.

From Jason D on Thu, May 22, 2014 at 09:24:32 from 24.1.80.94

That gave me a good chuckle, Rob. I'm trying to do workouts similar to what a high schooler or college runner would do (or at least in the spirit of). I feel like since I started running I have been in one long base period. I do plenty of "big workouts" but nothing with pure speed, which I actually like; it's just always made me nervous.

From SpencerSimpson on Sat, May 24, 2014 at 15:03:32 from 166.137.209.36

Solid workout. I'm gonna do this one. MIH

From Jason D on Sat, May 24, 2014 at 15:52:43 from 24.1.80.94

I like the idea of combining 400s and threshold stuff. Mile pace is pretty hard, but 5k pace is probably too easy for these. Lately I am beginning to think "just run hard" is the ticket.

I also like the idea of taking the option of "polling the audience" (the blog) and firing off something weird, like doing a set of Dodge Repeats: 8 x 1400 :-) "k's and quads"

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