Of Mice and Marathons

Oh, I just noticed your race is TODAY. Figured it would be on the weekend. Good luck! My mile is on Monday, so tell me if you do anything dumb that I should not repeat.

Thanks. I'll see what I can do. I think the idea is to run very hard, but somewhat in control (until the end), and just try to ride the burn. I have no idea really. Weird day to race but there's been a break in the weather.

From what I've gathered over the years you have a pretty high top speed (under 4:00 on hard strides) so you might really suprise yourself.

looks like a fun and effective workout. but yeah, there should be real sandwiches involved.

good luck with the mile. "very hard but somewhat in control until the end" -- yes, yes. i think that is correct.

Sweet run/PR Jason. Definitely gives you a good time to start widdling (spell check changed that to waddling.. hmm) away from. Quite an intriguing distance.

Thanks, Allie. I'm thinking about starting the PBJ mile. Probably easier than beer.

Thanks, Matt. I think in the beginning I forgot I wasn't running a 5k :-) because I was a little bit under that effort early on (even though the pace was obviously faster). My legs started to lock a bit with only ~150 meters to go, so I probably wasn't that far off the correct effort. A sub-5:00 would have been nice and I was obviously going for it, but it doesn't make that much of a difference and it's not that fast in the grand scheme of running.

BUT I am pleased with how I ran overall. I'm not a miler and I haven't spent any real time running hard. I'm learning/teaching my body.

Mid to upper 70s but dry (~50% humidity, which was glorious). It's a good race distance, but you will feel like you want to do another workout segment after you catch your breath :-) It's strange but makes sense.

Great job Jason. I'm obviously no expert either, but I think it's pretty typical for the first and last quarters to be the fastest. Seems like a very well executed race, congrats!

Great job and congrats on the new and very solid PR!

Nice job Jason! I figured you'd be right around 5:00... if you did this again in a week you'd probably smash up that time. Good finish in that last quarter mile.

Thanks, gents. It was a really fun event. I just wish I could do this at least once a month.

Jake: I think unless it is very humid it is hard to warm up too much for the mile. You warned me! I think I needed ~4 up. I also needed to do ~2 x 200 under goal pace in addition to the strides or a quarter mile relatively fast (~5k pace). I was barely touching 5:0X at the peak of my strides and my warmup was very slow (9:00 average).

4:41 PR, haha. nice job.

it looks like you paced yourself well, and that 5:01 means you *have* to do it again. :)

i can't believe little sasha on your shoulder didn't whisper in your ear..."the shorter the race, the longer the warm up"

Yeah, long strides where you actually get into the race pace rhythm for longer than a few seconds are a good idea. 20+ seconds instead of the typical 8-10 seconds, with plenty of rest afterwards.

I am a little late to the party - but nice job Jason. No doubt you have more speed in those legs for a much faster PR in the mile going forward. Well done!

Thanks, Bret. I do have more speed, just a matter of getting the rest of the system in line with them. I enjoyed it as probably my last race in Indianapolis (at least for a while).

5:01! You've got some wheels.

Left a few seconds out there but not too many. I got to see a guy run 4:03. I think we need to start that petition for the Olympic mile as an event. Make it happen. Either that or start a blog competition for the Hoka mile, but I am guessing Jon Allen or Scott Keate would win. Not sure who else has them.

The winner was 4:03.8. Went through half in 1:58.

I'd put my money on Leo Manzano for the Hoka Mile, being that he already has an olympic 1500m silver :-)

Nope, blog only. It's very exclusive. It looks like Mike N. has a pair and given his leg speed for shorter distances, I have put my money on him.