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

Thu, Jul 28, 2022

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.20	0.00	1.00	0.00	5.20

AM: 5.2 miles, averaged 9:10. HRM off.

Did a 1-mile pick up in 6:38. My fastest Lake Orion mile. It felt decently hard. Not all out, but I would say 90% or so. I think I am going to try to run a bit more and hope that consistency helps. Doing only 1-2 runs per week even with a long run likely won't work well. 3-4 short ones with an injection of light quality here and there I am thinking. This will change for the 849448484 time in another week I am sure.

Going to do Thursday Night Dirt. I was on the fence as I wasn't sure how Megan would feel, but I am going to give it a go.

PM: 3 hours total. 170W. HR 137.

Thursday Night Dirt

A good ride. B group, but there were some strong efforts. I wasn't going A as I had run in the morning and the hard mile left my legs a little stiff (legs were pretty solid on the ride though). We stopped off at Tom's for his birthday celebration. It was nice to hang out with people. Some good laughs. fIt was a beautiful night to ride home. Stuck to the rail trails for the most part to avoid cars.

Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Miles: 5.20

Weight: 198.10

Comments

From Tom K on Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 13:59:36 from 50.201.134.62

Dude, I hate making declarative statements around here. "From now on, I'm going to...." Not that anybody has busted me up about it when I go back on my commitment, but still. I hate that feeling. It was @2 weeks ago that I said I was done with running slow on the trails. That from now on, I'll be doing quality on the track, or timed longer runs. Since then- I've done all slow jogs on the trails.

I hope you can make this stick. I'm rooting for you, man.

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 15:27:18 from 67.177.30.39

Running is the way of the superior man Jason. Or the man with the functioning achilles tendon.

From Jason D on Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 21:54:56 from 73.161.42.48

Tom: Nothing wrong with running slow on trails. Takes a different reorientation to running for sure, though you can still run fast on trails if you want to. Sometimes I think you just have to run and enjoy it. It shouldn't be painful.

Rob: Sorry! I do love running and am fortunate to have no issues and probably still have time to run some okay times (though PRs are likely out of the question, but that is really okay with me). Cycling isn't so bad when you have dirt roads and country settings not too far away, but you live in idyllic Utah, so you have me beat on beautiful views.

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