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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.002.000.008.00

AM: Pretty spectacular fail for this morning's workout. Goal was 3 x 2 miles as close to "ideal lactate threshold" as possible, meaning a pace based on a recent race with adequate rest, which is about 5:50 or 5:51 for me. A little ambitious. So I figured 5:55 would be okay. 5:58 for the first mile, then things just got bad and I could barely run 6:30 and I was doubled over sucking air and dizzy when I cut the workout (very) short. About 68 degrees with saturated air. This is not an excuse, but it should have been an indication that I should have gone with a more sensible 6:10ish goal and see what happened from there. Trying to do to much, trying to push, push, push and I think it may have caught up to me. Or something else could be going on. Still plan to cut back this week. I'm just glad my arrogance was punished by a frustrating workout and not an injury. Afternoon off. Headed to Toledo for Megan's bother's wedding. Might run tomorrow, might not. Approaching 60 days and very few have been easy. Lots of racing and weekly mileage PRs.

Onward and upward.

PM: Off

Newton MV2 (Black) Miles: 8.00
Weight: 168.70
Comments
From SlowJoe on Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 17:33:06 from 66.69.93.8

I was beginning to think you were some kind of cyborg, so maybe you are human after all. This is definitely an outlier and should be ignored at all costs! Day off probably wouldn't hurt either.

From Matt Schreiber on Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 21:32:58 from 66.17.102.185

Definitely don't think twice about this workout. Maybe you slept crappy last night and didn't know it. Maybe a good day of rest would be good for you. Have a fantastic weekend!

From Jason D on Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 22:33:52 from 166.137.89.156

Thanks, guys. I was thankful for these comments at the end of the day. Cheers.

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