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

Sat, Dec 14, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.70	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.70

Newtone - 7.7 in 70 minutes. Did some strides. Got the legs in touch with some sub-5:00 stuff for the first time in 6 weeks.

Usual 2-mile commute walking, except today it was more like snow-shoeing. Not a ton of snow, but it is very wet and heavy.

Waiting for my scale to tell me I am thin and pretty.

Saucony A5 Miles: 7.70

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Matt Schreiber on Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 22:17:26 from 66.17.102.185

Sounds like fun getting in the fast stuff! Nice week.

From Jason D on Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 22:41:42 from 24.1.80.94

A long way from running 4:20 pace strides on the road, but it was nice to get the legs turning. Felt good to pound the mill a bit!

Basically I am going with what the heart rate says and let that dictate pace for most easy stuff for now. But, yeah, 55 miles this week was more than I planned. I can count the number of sub-60 mile weeks this year on both hands I am guessing, but after not being able to walk, this is very good progress.

From Jason D on Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 22:45:10 from 24.1.80.94

Ok...12 weeks but 8 weeks due to injury from the last few weeks. It's been a great year. If I try to say otherwise feel free to cyber-clap me :)

From SlowJoe on Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 08:57:33 from 166.147.72.26

Strides are always a good thing when you can knock out a few, nice run. Good to see the mileage creeping back up

From Jason D on Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 12:55:07 from 24.1.80.94

I put in more than I intended. Trying to raise it up to about 50-60 for the next few weeks, then 65-70 for the start of the year and incremental after that.

I've done a few small things that help. I notice that my heart rate is getting better every run and that it recovers more quickly at the end of runs. The little things I guess.

From Matt Schreiber on Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 21:42:43 from 66.17.102.185

Results are fun to see. Especially when they happen that quick (w/ your HR).

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