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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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Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles: 4.10
Fri, Dec 28, 2012
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.508.000.000.0011.50

Similar run to yesterday but with more detours because I had to take the sidewalks because it was getting dark and I missed a few lights. Lots of snow, ice, and puddles. 2 mile warm up, then 8 mile AT progressivish tempo (splits deviate more based on conditions. Effort felt about even until the last 2 miles): 7:25, 7:21, 7:18, 7:14, 7:13, 7:09, 7:02, 7:13 (lots of sidestepping and ice on this on. Pace was slow (7:14), but effort felt correct. Sore throat last night and this morning. It's been two years since I have had a full-on cold, so I am hoping this one exorcizes itself without further ado. 1.5 mile cool down with w/ a brief lower 5-minute range pick up.

 Oh, yeah. It's my 1-year blog anniversary. Happy anniversary blog!

Newton Trainer 4 Miles: 11.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Bret on Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 09:05:11 from 96.45.118.12

Happy Blog Anniversary - Nice effort under the conditions. I have a renewed appreciation for the challenges of runners who have to deal with actual wintry weather on a regular basis.

From Jason D on Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 10:24:32 from 24.1.80.94

It's not so bad here, especially last year. I think I was only in winter gear from about late Nov to late February (one storm of 6-7 inches and a few small ones of 2-4 inches). My parents often get 12 inches at a time in Maine. I think when I am rich and famous I'll come train in Florida in the winter months :)

From SlowJoe on Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 12:52:57 from 69.131.141.92

Nice run, sounds like the snow and ice present a bit of a challenge.

And happy blogiversary (that's the proper term). I definitely would not have made as much progress w/o FRB, it's a great tool.

From Jason D on Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 19:19:08 from 50.195.158.18

It wasn't too bad. Nothing like the 2 x 4 mile workout the Hansons have their runners do (see vo2 max productions video on youtube in which Kevin Hanson gets after a guy for running too slow on an iced over trail. Crazy).

I agree. My running would have progressed without it, but not in the same way. And the community is fantastic.

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