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

Mon, Jun 22, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.75	12.75

AM: 8.25 miles. HR 153.

+ Core and stretching.

My parents are coming, which is great but it always makes me anxious (mostly just annoying parents stuff). Mom and Dad aren't city people and even the relatively suburban neighborhood of Chestnut Hill will likely be quite different to them.

PM: 4.5 miles w/ sharpening workout on the track

2 x 400, then 2 x 200 all with equal recovery

67.7, 72.6, 33.3, 33.1

The first one didn't feel that fast, but it is far too fast for me to run that as mile pace. The second one was more relaxed and closer. Did the 200s "sensibly hard," meaning I ran them hard but I didn't stomp on the. Right around 90 degrees and quite breezy.

Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 3.00	Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 8.25	Nike Victory Spikes Miles: 1.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Drew on Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 13:49:01 from 173.171.218.92

I'm chuckling at the parents stuff because it sounds familiar. My parents lived in a nice suburb of LA their whole lives. They visited me when I lived in Center City and it was an anxious experience for all involved.

From Jake K on Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 16:11:45 from 199.190.170.24

Good luck tomorrow. Resist the urge to do much more than a short (VERY SHORT) shake out in the morning. Save the legs, especially since it will be hot out.

From Jason D on Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 16:50:21 from 68.80.27.222

My parents live in a small Maine town of ~2000, Drew. Anything around 60,000 plus is a big city.

Jake:

Last year I did 3 miles about 8:45 the morning on the road mile. I was going to do 4 tomorrow but maybe I'll stick with 2-3, or go by feel. 3 miles lately takes me 27+ minutes so that's probably good. There's some dry air right now and it might make a difference. The road mile last year was 77 and very dry. Not bad actually. Time will tell.

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