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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

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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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Wed, Nov 11, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.803.103.100.0018.00

AM: 13 miles, averaged 7:05. 10 Day Out Workout, 3.5 up/3.3 down. Few strides cooling down.

Well, 11 days technically but Wednesday is my "midweek workout get nothing else done in the morning day." Like last fall and spring 2013 I did a 10k wave tempo alternating ks @ HMP/MP. It's a difficult workout at this point in a buildup. It was around 60 and humid for November 11 with a little wind. Felt okay to maybe "just kind meh" but this is very typical. A day off yesterday didn't help but have me some rest so it helped overall. Stride felt clunky and had no turnover.

Goal was roughly 3:35 per k (5:46 pace) and recover at 3:55 per k (6:18 pace). Usually I will not be able to get down to my recent HMP and my MP will be too fast and as HMP gets slower MP gets faster. Not today, but I was on the track too. HMP intervals were consistent but MP was all over the place! My body was getting confused between a straight tempo and kilometer repeats. I'd start too fast or too slow then try to get on pace.

10k in 37:34 (6:03 pace) (5:50 for HMP/6:16 for MP)

3:37/3:50

3:37/3:52

3:38/3:57

3:37/3:58

3:38/3:50

PM: 5 miles.

Saucony Fastwitch 7 Miles: 13.00New Balance Zante Miles: 5.00
Weight: 174.50
Comments
From Jake K on Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 11:30:14 from 199.190.170.21

Good enough. Have a cider and look over the whole training block... its great! :-)

When I did this before Chicago last year I could only manage a 7 second difference between the 1K segment paces.

From Jason D on Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 16:20:01 from 68.80.27.222

I've looked over it a few times. It's been fantastic. Got the PRs I missed out on last fall due to outside factors and got in my long runs. I think I did 7 or 8 20+ and maybe only 5 last fall.

Usually I am ready to get the race over with but I have enjoyed my training a lot this fall. Lots of mile this year!

I think it was a matter of concentration today. Usually I cannot hold the same pace for the half marathon portions and marathon pace gets faster. Feel asleep on those. That's terrible pacing on the track. Right at goal pace though!

Given that you are a 2:20 guy 7 seconds makes sense. I can run about 25 seconds between marathon pace and half marathon pace. I think you are closer 15 seconds maybe.

From Drew on Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 06:59:54 from 71.99.88.184

It definitely does get awkward switching paces when it is 1k segments vs. miles or even longer.

Looks like a great workout from here.

From Jason D on Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 09:06:22 from 68.80.27.222

Drew: Similar to the Hadley 5 mile 800/800 you and your team does but 10k pace would be way too fast for this one and at this stage. I couldn't even tell you what 10k pace was currently!

I might try the 800/800 workout this spring, but I'll likely start with maybe 4 miles. I like the sounds of it better than doing 800s at 10k pace off of very short rest but I could see the benefits there too.

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