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:	0.00	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

Tue, Jul 28, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.75	0.00	3.00	0.25	10.00

AM/Lunch: 7 miles w/ sharpening workout of 3 x 1600 w/ 400 jogs + 2 x 200 w/ 200 jogs

86 degrees, dew point 70, humidity in the 60% range but dropping. Warmed up about 20 minutes feeling fairly decent but warm. Wanted to just get something faster in, around the same pace as I ran on Saturday but faster would be better.

Ended up running:

5:46.5, 5:44.4, 5:38.4 (5:45 average for the full mile) took 2 minutes rest, got some water, and splashed my head, then did 2 x 200, 34.1, 34.1. I had planned to do 4 x 200 but felt I had done enough to accomplish my goal of sharpeing. I felt very comfortable for the first one, almost easy (almost). This was a lot faster than I ran last year, I felt better, and the conditions were worse (6:01, 5:59, 5:58 I think).

Maybe a light 2-3 mile jog in the PM just to keep stretched out.

PM: 3 miles. HR 132.

+ stretching (before bed)

Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 3.00	Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 7.00

Weight: 172.10

Comments

From SlowJoe on Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 18:52:56 from 45.18.50.53

You are pretty dang good in the heat - those aren't friendly conditions for mile reps at all. Great progress this summer.

From Jason D on Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 20:40:02 from 68.80.27.222

I managed to get more faster miles in this summer than ever before. I think it will help for fall and cooler weather, long runs, and a slight increase in mileage.

Hoping to run a big half PR and marathon PR and try to take down the 17 minute mark in the 5k along the way.

Workouts have been tough. The last two have gone very well (thankfully).

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 20:46:38 from 24.10.247.181

Excellent work Jason.

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