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

Sat, Oct 10, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.75	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.75

Lunch: 6.25 miles, somewhat moderate. Did a few strides.

PM: 4.5 miles. Almost punched a car that tried to deliberately hit me, but then remembered the city is full of guns and people who use them.

+ stretching. Should be in bed because I have a race in the morning, but I got done my work fairly late. Looks like a nice cool morning and a flat course. Plan is just to run hard, race, and push it.

Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 6.25	Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 4.50

Weight: 174.70

Comments

From allie on Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 19:11:52 from 24.99.46.55

i'm glad you didn't get hit.

i'm probably going to get into trouble someday, because i tap on the backs of cars a lot -- at least 1-2 times a week. the really bad ones get a harder whack to increase the startle factor and wake them up to the reality that their phone preoccupation just might kill someone someday. a lot of times the driver will look me right in the eye and then go anyway.

From Jason D on Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 19:31:59 from 68.80.27.222

It was dark out, but it was a non-busy intersection and I turned to flash my headlamp to show I was crossing. It looked like I was in the clear. I heard the engine and a few quick beeps and they cut in at me. It was pretty clear it was intentional.

Did you have such persistent problems in Utah?

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 19:35:44 from 24.10.247.181

I once slammed a big chunk of cement with rebar sticking out of it onto the hood of a Chevy Monte Carlo on Pinehurst Ave. in Dunedin, Fl.

It was very satisfying. Car load of drunks throwing beer bottles at me on a run.

From Drew on Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 20:15:35 from 173.171.218.92

Jason, good call. Florida is an outlier, but still...don't underestimate your fellow human.

From allie on Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 20:22:30 from 24.99.46.55

it's far worse in ATL, but we live right downtown so every running route has a lot more traffic, stop lights, and general city chaos.

rob - ha!

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 20:23:16 from 24.10.247.181

I was only 21 at the time and kind of dumb.

From Jason D on Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 22:17:10 from 68.80.27.222

Rob: Jake briefly made reference to it once and at one point I was going to bring it up but didn't know if you would want me mentioning it where your runners might read it (just in case). But I'm glad I now have the full story!

I basically said my "peace." Well, I started to berserk a little and started running down the middle of a more crowded street before I snapped out of it. Lost myself for a moment. The run also took me out of my easy zone for a time. I prefer to run 8:30+ or faster than 6:30. Oh well!

Allie: this is technically in the suburbs, but it's basically the same thing with trees. You couldn't pay me enough to run in Center City (downtown). Except during races. It's pretty good then.

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