| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 114.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 114.80 |
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Miles: 42.20 | Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 11.80 | Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 52.90 | Cross Training Minutes 2019 Miles: 684.25 | Saucony ISO Freedom Miles: 4.20 | Miles With Megan Miles: 12.00 | Specialized Diverge Pro Miles: 134.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| PM: 3.1 miles, averaged 11:22. HR 137.
Signed up for Barry Roubaix today as well as the Michigan Gravel Race Series points system. Running might be my cross training for a little while. But this plan changes at least twice a day.
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Miles: 3.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Didn't run at lunch as I am swamped with work. Should have run when I got home or after dinner, but didn't.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.70 |
| PM: 3.7 miles, averaged 12:13. HR 135.
Wore my Vibrams for the first time in 7 or 8 years to amuse myself. Concentrating on running nothing higher than 140 BPM for the next 4 months. This is what it took today. I put the alarm on my watch, which I haven't used in a long long time as its uses are pretty limited.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.10 |
| PM: 2.1 miles treadmill.
Couldn't keep HR down even jalking at 14' pace, so I pulled it. I was going to incline walk, but got crashed mentally and could only think about being in bed, so that is what I did. Mentally took a sharp down turn.
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| Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 2.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Not much better than the previous day mentally or physically, but I got back into the doctor's and got on steroids and an inhaler. Thankful for them fitting me in and good health insurance and a flexible schedule.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.30 |
| Lunch: 4.3 miles, averaged 11:33. HR 134.
Last day of regular classes. Ran when I got home at lunch. Physically better and mentally much better. I assume the mental drop was the 100 MPH to 0 MPH exercise crash (went from 105 miles and 15-17 hours of exercise to nothing) coupled with end of semester stress.
Run was good but very slow, which I don't really care about. Nothing but slow sub-140 HR running for a number of weeks. I will return to workouts some day when my weight drops back down and I am able to run sub-140 HR for 8:00-8:15 pace.
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 4.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.40 |
| PM: 4.4 miles, averaged 11:24. HR 131.
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| Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 4.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| PM: 65' walk on the treadmill. HR 119.
Did 60' @ 15% incline. The purpose was to sweat without getting my HR too elevated. Cough still present. Hoping the next few days of steroids knocks it out. I'm tired of it.
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| Cross Training Minutes 2019 Miles: 65.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| PM: 3.4 miles in 60' walking @ 15% on the treadmill. HR 131.
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| Cross Training Minutes 2019 Miles: 60.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.20 |
| PM: 4.2 miles, averaged 11:47. HR 132.
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Miles: 4.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.20 |
| PM: 4.2 miles, averaged 12:01. HR 134.
Lower 20s and around 18MPH winds. Felt decent. Cough is somewhat better, but whatever it is it's serious business as I only have a few days of steroids and I think it will still be slighly longering. Not sure when I will feel normal again. Much faster than 11-12' does not feel appropriately easy.
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 4.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.30 |
| PM: 4.3 miles, averaged 11:44. HR 132.
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 4.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.20 |
| PM: 4.2 miles, averaged 11:57. HR 135.
Freaked out on some idiot driving too fast up to a stop sign in a school driveway pulling on to a side street. Last day of steroids tomorrow. Still coughing a bit, but it's mostly mild.
Hit 700 miles on my Saucony Freedoms. They are ripping, but the cushioning is still excellent.
PM2: 60 miles very easy on the arc trainer (or elliptical, I'm still not sure). HR 117.
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| Saucony ISO Freedom Miles: 4.20 | Cross Training Minutes 2019 Miles: 60.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.90 |
| PM: 4.9 miles, averaged 12:19. HR 135.
Day 10 of steroids. Better, but still do not feel normal. 5 weeks is a long time to have a cough.
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Miles: 4.90 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.10 |
| PM: 4.1 miles, averaged 12:16. HR 132.
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 4.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.30 |
| PM: 5.3 miles, averaged 11:18. HR 140.
Submitted grades around 10:00 PM or so.
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Miles: 5.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.30 |
| Lunch: 6.3 miles, averaged 10:27. HR 139.
Cold and damp but I felt pretty good.
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 6.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.30 |
| PM: 7.3 miles, averaged 9:58. HR 142.
Quite chilly out with the wind. Felt good if a bit hungover.
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 7.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.30 |
| PM: 8.3 miles, averaged 10:09. HR 148.
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Miles: 8.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.30 |
| PM: 10.3 miles, averaged 10:21. HR 147.
Night: pushups
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 10.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.30 |
| Lunch: 5.3 miles, averaged 10:24. HR 140.
Breathing a bit labored.
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| Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 5.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Lunch: 38.3-mile ride. HR 158.
PM: 4 miles w/ Megan, averaged 10:12. HR 153.
It was sunny and working toward 50 degrees with light winds, so I had to get out on my bike. Enjoyed the ride even though I am way out of shape. Slammed down a Chipotle burrito and went grocery shopping and then went running with Megan about 90 minutes later. I guessed my average HR within 1 beat per minute for the run.
Plan is to ride tomorrow (temps around 51), and hopefully Thursday. I'd like to hit some more dirt roads than cinder urban trails and tar that I did today.
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| Miles With Megan Miles: 4.00 | Specialized Diverge Pro Miles: 38.30 | Cross Training Minutes 2019 Miles: 141.25 | Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| PM: 45.3-mile ride. HR 153.
Beautiful day out. It was around 57 when I left. I rode to downtown Rochester and did the Thursday Night Dirt B-Group loop. Gravel was in pretty solid shape. I really wasn't sure what it would look like with all the temperature changes. Didn't get out until later as I was quite hungover and rode for a bit in the dark with the aid of my lights, which I spent a lot of money on for that exact reason.
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| Specialized Diverge Pro Miles: 45.30 | Cross Training Minutes 2019 Miles: 178.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.40 |
| Lunch/PM: 12.4 miles, averaged 9:50. HR 150.
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Miles: 12.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Tremendous hangover. We started the day with Megan's uncle and then stayed for a while at Megan's other aunt and uncle's before driving home.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| PM: 50.6-mile ride. HR 158.
Did the full Thursday Night Dirt Route solo starting from Rochester Mills Brewing Company with the bonus miles of riding to the start and home. Mid-50s and dry. Had to get this in. Criminal not to. Definitely my last ride of the year and I doubt I will get any more gravel rides in for a while as this gift of weather will not last. Headed to Maine tomorrow for 6 days before the semester starts up.
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| Specialized Diverge Pro Miles: 50.60 | Cross Training Minutes 2019 Miles: 180.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Off. Flew to Maine.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Lunch: 4 miles w/ Megan, averaged 9:31. HR 153.
First full day in Maine. Megan was on the move today. She motored some of the hills. 8 years on the blog today.
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| Miles With Megan Miles: 4.00 | Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.10 |
| PM: 4.1 miles, averaged 9:47. HR 155.
Storm coming in tomorrow.
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 4.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| PM: 4 miles w/ Megan, averaged 9:30. HR 146.
Megan was on the move again today.
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| Miles With Megan Miles: 4.00 | Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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We got about 8 inches of snow in Maine and the roads weren't fantastic earlier in the day, though they cleared pretty quickly. Did a bit of shoveling for my parents. We went to my nephew's birthday party and had a good time.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 114.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 114.80 |
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| Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Miles: 42.20 | Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 11.80 | Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 52.90 | Cross Training Minutes 2019 Miles: 684.25 | Saucony ISO Freedom Miles: 4.20 | Miles With Megan Miles: 12.00 | Specialized Diverge Pro Miles: 134.20 |
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