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:	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

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
15.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.00

AM: 4 miles.

Wanted to sleep in but still get a few miles. Realized I didn't have any bus tokens, so I combined my errand and my morning run, something I somehow rarely think to do. It was wet and humid for November 5.

PM: 11 miles.

Felt good. Light, fast, and free (And prone to cliches apparently). Maybe not exactly light. at least 4-5 pounds over racing weight. Too much stress eating. Calorie counting and diary-ing is not enough to tame the monster who lives in my right hamstring and whispers devilishly to me, "eat a few more fistfulls of cheerios and a few granola bars; you'll feel better about life."

+ Rolling, stretching, and core (very late)

Newton Gravity LE Miles: 4.00	Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 11.00

Weight: 175.80

Comments

From Derunzo on Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 04:36:29 from 98.229.177.205

You could be doing a lot worse than dry cheerios and granola bars.

From Jason D on Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 20:59:56 from 68.80.27.222

Who said the Cheerios are dry :-) ?

I suspect the ciders I have been ingesting aren't helping. Jack's. 5.5% and they are 100 calories (one or five is never enough). Tastes great too.

From Jake K on Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 06:39:17 from 67.166.113.191

Cider always helps!!!

I'm a big cider fan. Utah has good local beers but no one has gotten into the cider game yet. There's only one local variety and its sugar water. I like the dry, crisp varieties... which can be harder to find here... the store only stocks a few types. My favorite part of going to California these days is popping into Whole Foods and having 20 local ciders to choose from!

I'll have to see if my sister can find some Jack's in Maryland and bring it up to Connecticut for Thanksgiving.

From allie on Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 08:15:20 from 24.99.46.55

angry orchard is 210 calories/bottle, so your beverage choice could be worse. :)

jake -- i'm smuggling some good ATL cider into utah next weekend.

From Jake K on Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 08:20:43 from 199.190.170.21

Anything but the Paula Dean brand!!! I can't go from XS to XL with a wedding coming up.

From allie on Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 08:58:18 from 66.102.8.206

lol!

From Jason D on Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 10:05:17 from 68.80.27.222

The Jack's is dry. Get the green can. I'm not a calorie nut but I didn't grab the Orchard because it was so high. I do like it thought. Except the cinnamon.

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