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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

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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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Tue, Oct 08, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.008.000.000.0017.00

AM: A Take-that!-last-Thursday-failed-workout! AEROBIC BUILDER. 13 miles, averaged 6:57 w/ 8-mile AT tempo in 51:12 (6:24 average): 6:29, 6:31, 6:27, 6:28, 6:25, 6:22, 6:16, 6:14. 3 up and 2 down.

More of a fast finish than a progression. I was working a bit, but that's okay. I was flinging fluids a bit (usually a sign I am not at all relaxed), so as long as the blog style police weren't in the bushes I think I'll be okay. Did a few loops on the .5 mile portion then headed out for the longer loop, but the road was closed, so I had to get creative.

PM: Rest Haven - 4 miles, averaged 8:13

Newton MV2 (3) Miles: 13.00Saucony Kinvara 2 (2) Miles: 4.00
Weight: 172.60
Comments
From Andrea on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 11:40:51 from 72.37.171.52

Take that, indeed.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 11:51:00 from 168.215.171.129

Yep, that's more like it - nice tempo Jason!

From Bret on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 11:56:28 from 96.45.118.12

Nice workout Jason - workouts like that are very key in my opinion, both physically and mentally.

From Jake K on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 11:59:57 from 67.177.11.154

Nice!

From RileyCook on Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 09:05:54 from 132.3.57.79

Great workout.

From Matt Schreiber on Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 09:19:13 from 66.17.107.219

Sweet! Definitely good mentally I'm sure.

From Jason D on Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 16:45:58 from 24.1.80.94

Thanks, all. I'm thinking of these as Boston Builders as much as for getting in shape for the last few fall races. Usually I do MP tempos in a marathon buildup, take a break, and build back up in the next one. But since I don't have another marathon until April I am quite content to throw these in every ~2 weeks between 6:20-6:35 and let the pace drop as it may in the next few months.

From Jake K on Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 16:55:24 from 67.177.11.154

You can't go wrong with throwing these in every other week. Lot of benefits from doing them consistently, even if you aren't targeting a marathon in the short-term.

Certain aspects of training (like VO2 intervals) can be draining if you do it all the time, but aerobic tempo runs don't really fall into that category.

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