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Lake Orion,MI,

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Dec 28, 2011

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Male

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Other

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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)

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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
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Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						253.80
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles:						353.35
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Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						40.50
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Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10

Tue, Aug 26, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.00	0.00	4.00	0.50	15.50

AM: Springside Track - 10.5 miles total w/ 4 x 1600 (400 recovery jogs), 2:30 rest, 2 x 400 hard w/ 90 seconds rest

Sunny, around 70 or so with 85-90 humidity. The foutains are working at the track now though. Warmed up ~28 minutes, mostly on the track

6:17, 6:11, 6:07, 6:07 (converted to mile pace); 75.6, 78

I purposely started very conservatively and let the pace drop as I got warmed up. I should have done the full set of 6 but I have been very gun shy with workouts lately and have lost a lot of confidence. I was feeling pretty good. Not great, but more relaxed than I have been. Wore my Timex to keep from surging. First 200 of the first 400 was fast and my legs were done, then the second 400 was too slow, but I like how I have mixed harder short intervals at the end of longer ones this season. All in all, not bad.

PM: Treadmill - 5 miles in 38:30. Did a set of weights.

Saucony A5 Miles: 10.50	Mizuno Musha Miles: 5.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 15:56:20 from 104.51.208.13

We were thinking along the same lines today. Nice work, keep putting in the effort.

From Jake K on Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 16:08:15 from 199.190.170.21

Nice session Jason. That's gotta rebuild the confidence a little.

From Matt Schreiber on Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 20:29:49 from 66.17.102.175

Nice workout Jason. Way to keep it smart.

From Jason D on Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 09:49:27 from 68.80.27.222

Yeah, I felt decent today even though I was tired. Should have at least squeezed out the 5th repeat, which would have been doable. I don't really consider anything fewer than 5-6 much of an LT workout (unless it's summer). I generally start with 5 earlish in a buildup and do 6 more regularly and as much as 7.

From Bret on Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:59:00 from 216.234.133.229

That's a solid workout Jason. I think you probably got a lot out of this effort. Just think if you had planned to do only 4 - you may have come away from it thinking you really nailed it.

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