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:	20.20	Month:	20.20	Year:	1868.65
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:						353.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						137.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						440.50
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						287.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						270.65
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						40.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10

Wed, Jul 30, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.50	0.00	3.00	0.50	9.00

AM: Tune Up Workout - 9 miles total

3 mile warm up w/ half mile at MP (~6:35 pace) plus a few strides

3 x 1600 mile with 400 recovery jog 6:01, 6:02, 5:59

2 minutes rest

4 x 200 w/ 200 recovery, averaged 35.6

1.5 cool down

Felt pretty stale.

PM: Off and tomorrow off. Need to make sure I am ready to race and I'm 26 days on. I want to run a strong race, not be disappointed because I tried to keep pushing too hard too close to a race (even if it is only a 10k).

Saucony A5 Miles: 9.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:40:55 from 159.212.71.77

10K requires so much mental focus - you have to be ready to hit that red line early. So rest up and go kill it this weekend.

From Jason D on Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 19:44:49 from 68.80.27.222

I cut back more than I planned and I am guessing I will be happy I did. 10ks are indeed hard. I haven't RACED many. They tend to be the faster end of HMP or right in the middle. Today I was doing the Krong-inspired half mile @ MP to end the warm up and thinking "isn't this nice?!"

I made the mistake of letting too many guys gap me last weekend and I lost my pace. I tend to lax in the middle and push at the end. I am guilty of it on repeats too and my training partner called me on it and told me to stay close.

Megan will be with me and I tend to run well when I know she's there. Except Boston.

From Matt Schreiber on Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 20:54:32 from 66.17.102.175

I like the workout Jason. Which reminds me.. I've liked finishing up track workouts with a few 200's. They seem so much more doable after the rest of the torture. Good luck this weekend. I didn't know Aug 2nd was already here.

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