Of Mice and Marathons

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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

Tue, Oct 07, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.50	7.00	3.00	0.00	20.50

Flourtown Tempo Loop - 20.5 miles, averaged 7:17

Big Workout 4-3-2-1. This is the first time I've ever tried this one. It's not the hardest long run/big workout I've ever done, but it's pretty close. I think I followed it correctly.

Warmed up 6 @ ~ 8:00 pace (legs are still spanked)

4 miles @ just under 6:33 pace (6:36, 6:34, 6:31, 6:30)

4 minute honest jog (~7:40)

3 miles @ 6:25 pace (6:24, 6:27, 6:23)

3 minute recovery jog (~8:18)

2 miles @ 6:13 pace (6:11, 6:14)

2 minutes recovery jog (9:25, getting fatigued)

1 mile @ 6:06

~3.5 cool down

Happy with this one. I did not feel like doing it and my legs took forever to warm into it. Probably a good sign that I can still hit my paces when my mileage has remained relatively high and I am fatigued.

Kinvara 5 Miles: 20.50

Weight: 172.20

Comments

From Jake K on Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 15:03:45 from 199.190.170.75

Right on the money.

I feel like I should make some sort of comment about Flourtown, gluten, and paleo... but if this is going to be a regular route, that will get old really quick.

From Jason D on Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 15:19:17 from 68.80.27.222

There's a sign on the way into Flourtown that says something about a steel mill, so I am now confused. There are so many variations of "mill road" here it is confusing. Steal is definitely not Paleo.

Here's one for you: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=778331042205783&set=vb.236377416401151&type=2&theater

The route is more or less straight 3.25 miles from the edge of Philadelphia into Flourtown, then it's a 1 mile loop. I don't spend as much time running in circles as you, but I spend a fair amount of time running in circles. ~14 1 mile loops today :-)

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/607808356

From Jake K on Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 15:27:15 from 199.190.170.75

THAT is functional fitness!

Fourteen one-mile loops is great. Pretty much what I did for my long run on Sunday around the horsepark.

If you keep heading NW, there's a town called Blue Bell. It used to be called "Pigeontown". That would have a been another great place for workouts.

From allie on Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 15:40:36 from 24.30.41.119

wowwowz! great workout, jason.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 17:56:31 from 107.77.80.66

Really good work! Strong all the way through...

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