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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Fri, May 31, 2013

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

Afternoon: Walked 2.25 miles from campus. CityBus seems to having some trouble deciding how it wants to deal with the construction and it's anyone's guess if they will use the regular stop or the temporary one. Guess I should feel lucky to be 28 and fit, unlike the old guy with an impossible body type who also missed the bus and had to wait another half hour. If I had access to a shower I would commute run.

Evening: Fink Cemetery/Fire Cracker Loop - 10 miles, averaged 7:38. Sweaty, but felt great.

Newton Trainer 5 Miles: 10.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Matt Schreiber on Fri, May 31, 2013 at 21:39:14 from 66.17.102.185

Nice run Jason. That had to have felt great!

From Jason D on Fri, May 31, 2013 at 21:59:12 from 24.1.80.94

It allowed me to do some thinking about what happens to fitness after a marathon. Your ability to hold an easy pace for 45-50 minutes doesn't really change that much, but your endurance goes way down quickly, such is one I squeaked this one in.

From Matt Schreiber on Fri, May 31, 2013 at 22:06:04 from 66.17.102.185

Would you accredit that to the lack of running following the marathon? Or the shock of the marathon itself.

From Jason D on Fri, May 31, 2013 at 22:18:27 from 24.1.80.94

Lack of running and running long, but I am sure my body is still recovering. I don't remember it in previous post-marathon experiences. But I also did it differently this time (7 days, compared to 4 days and 2 days). You do lose fitness (in a short term sense), but you don't start over. Not really. Your heart and longs are stronger, even if they need to be retuned, especially on the fast end and the endurance end. I think.

From Matt Schreiber on Fri, May 31, 2013 at 22:30:45 from 66.17.102.185

That seems logical to me. "Retuning" is a good way to put that.

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