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

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.05	1.00	0.00	0.00	12.05

AM: Jefferson High School loop - 6.8 miles, averaged 8:24

Off to buy a foam roller to work out some of the kinks in my legs. I guess it's the weeks of training adding up. Legs aren't trashed, they just don't feel snappy and my hips don't have much jazz or extension to them.

PM: North side wandering - 5.25 miles, averaged 7:59

Loving my foam roller (even though I have to close the shades because some of the moves are a bit odd looking). Didn't realize how tight my IT bands were. Thought it was just my hamstrings, which I seem to have been able to work out.

Newton Trainers 3 Miles: 5.25	Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.80	Loose Dogs Miles: 1.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Bret on Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:07:43 from 64.128.133.66

Foam rollers are great and usually do the trick. Not easy to travel with them though...

From Bam on Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 03:08:06 from 89.204.196.24

Everything's looking good for Nov. 3rd. I'm looking forward to reading the race report with a humongous PR and BQ on it.

From Jason D on Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 09:12:32 from 24.1.80.94

Bret: They need some that are like those just add water sponges. I can't believe I've gone without a roller for this long. I used a rolling pin for a while, but those aren't perfect.

Bam: Thank you. I'm going to run with a pace group because I know I'm going to want to go crazy. It makes more sense to relax and stay with them and go a little bit in the last 10k, but probably only when I get on the last long straightway near 23.1-24 depending on how I feel. I ran fairly well in the final miles last year even when I had to stop when a cramp punched me in the hamstring. . .right around mile 25!

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