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

Sun, Jun 08, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.85	0.00	6.00	0.00	17.85

AM/Lunch: Cumberland Park - 13.6 miles total w/ 3 x 2 mile @ LT w/ 3:00 recovery jogs

Tried to get up at 7:30, but I didn't feel like getting up. Too much to think about and too much to do. I paid for it a bit during the workout because it cost me several degrees and MPH on the wind end of things.

4 up/3 down

Set 1: 12:16 (6:04, 6:12)

Set 2: 12:28 (6:19, 6:09)

Set 3: 12:37 (6:21, 6:16)

I was dying the last third mile of the last mile. Splits weren't razor sharp but I did have some decent winds (17-20 mph on the first mile section), but they didn't annoy me too much. A good early season, honest workout. I haven't done a set of honest repeats since before Boston, so this gets things moving. Got to get them into the 5:50 range or faster before B2B to run what I want to run but I've got 7-8 weeks and lots of workouts (tons of time for a 10k). I am pretty sure I am going to move to 9-day cycles, especially since I only have a few more long run Sundays with the boys anyway.

Kenyan jog on the Purdue Cross Country course this afternoon.

PM: Purdue Cross Course - 4.25 miles, averaged 9:12

Newton MV2 (3) Miles: 13.60	Saucony Kinvara 2 Miles: 4.25

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Mon, Jun 09, 2014 at 07:53:53 from 168.215.171.129

Good workout - it'll come back with a few more like this. You just have to pound out the workout sometimes, but it all adds up favorably in the end.

From Jason D on Mon, Jun 09, 2014 at 08:17:32 from 24.1.80.94

This was off my more consistent splits and paces, but the effort was right. You should see my recovery jogs :-) (10-11 minutes per mile). Recovery old man shufflin slogs. Not used to doing intervals when the weather is above 70. But I am feeling much better even though the workout was very hard.

From Matt Schreiber on Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 08:35:16 from 66.17.107.219

Nice workout Jason. I'd have been dying in the first rep at that pace. ;) I've heard that in a perfect world, 9 day cycles are ideal.

From Jason D on Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 20:38:34 from 24.1.80.94

I felt good on the first one then realized I wasn't running mile repeats and the second mile burned a bit. In shape I did an extra set with faster jogs and ~20 seconds faster overall average! But, I'll get there and beyond by Philly RnR in September.

I've enjoyed doing the whatever schedule the last ~6 weeks, but I like this setup because I know what I have to do. Recovery day 8, maintenance day 10 (or shorter if I am smoked), and after two easy days it's a workout.

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