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

Wed, Sep 23, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	6.00	0.00	18.00

AM: 14 miles. Springside Track Workout. 6 x 1600 w/ 400 recovery jogs

I had an excellent workout today. I'm running a good deal faster than I ever have, which is good. I was going to do 25 x 400 @ ~10k pace but I'm just not sure about that workout. It sounds good for keeping the legs sharp but I am not sure it can tell me much about my LT. On the other hand, a set of mile repeats is a workout I've done in the past and it gives me a pretty good sense of what I can handle in a half marathon and for other workouts such as 4-5 mile tempos and 4 x 2 miles (which I will do in 2-3 weeks).

Warmed up 3.75 feeling just okay, did some strides on the straights, then went straight into the workout. Plan was 5:46-5:36. I ended up running the following splits

5:40, 5:37, 5:37, 5:38, 5:38, 5:35 (Averaged 5:37)

My watch got caught in the net with 300 to go on the last one, splitting the lap but I managed to think to just keep going and split at the 1600 mark and add. I'm glad the net didn't snag my watch worse.

I ran the last two without checking my lap timer (much easier to do on the track than the tempo loop).

Cooled down 3 miles slow.

PM: 4 miles.

Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 14.00	Saucony Fastwitch 7 Miles: 4.00

Weight: 171.70

Comments

From Jake K on Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 18:16:19 from 159.212.71.199

Call me crazy, but could the endurance gained from marathon training be blending nicely with the fast stuff you did over the summer? :-)

From Jason D on Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 23:54:24 from 68.80.27.222

It's almost scary!

From now on, summer is about 5ks, progressive paced track workouts (work into it, don't blow up) and old school fartleks.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 01:10:10 from 107.77.100.27

Man, you are on fire! The timing seems great as well.

What do you mean your watch got caught in the net? I just sat here for like 5 minutes wondering if this is an actual, physical net it was "snagged" in, and how that was even possible, or if it was like a net (overall) mode of the watch, or if that's just another way to say it was having an electronic freakout and was doing its own thing. I hoped I could just congratulate you on an amazing workout and move on, but no...WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

From RileyCook on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 01:13:38 from 73.52.134.194

This new level of fitness is exciting!

From Jason D on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 01:29:26 from 68.80.27.222

It's an actual net that keeps balls from flying into the track. They are on the ends of football field. Got a bit too close today.

I'm still trying to figure out how it hit the lap button. Better than the stop button! It put a little stutter in my step. I wanted sub-5:30 on that one. Have to wait for next week. 4 x 1 mile, 90 seconds rest, shooting for 5:25-5:20. Whelp!

From Jake K on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 01:45:32 from 67.166.113.191

I figured the watch was trying to sync to a wifi signal or something like that and kept bugging out. And then I though about Sandra Bullock, and now I want to watch The Heat again.

From SlowJoe on Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 01:16:39 from 107.77.100.27

Thanks for the explanation, a physical net would not have been my first guess. Log it as an obstacle run.

From allie on Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 01:40:16 from 24.99.46.55

you're rolling! it's great to see it all coming together for you.

joe -- i was wondering the same thing. i read through this last night and then decided not to say anything while i contemplated the net. the net...

the heat!

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