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:	0.00	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

Wed, Apr 01, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.90	0.00	0.00	3.10	10.00

AM: Flourtown Tempo Loop - 10 miles, averaged 7:32. Stretching and core.

Sharpening Workout of 5 x 1000+ with 2:00 recovery jogs

Warmed up a little over 3 and went straight into the workout. There was a bit of construction so I played nice and jumped on the sidewalk in places. Goal was to get down to low 17-minute 5k pace or under. Couldn't quite get there today but I got a little bit of faster work in. Probably ran too hard given the effort output and could have lengthened the rests just to get the pace in. Plan is to taper a bit. Yep, tapering for a 5k.

Averaged 5:42 pace for the 1000s. Jogs were 9-9:30

Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 10.00

Weight: 173.80

Comments

From Jake K on Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 10:52:34 from 159.212.71.17

Double "Nice!" on this one and the big workout on Sunday.

I almost never say this, but wear your Garmin and don't go out at 5:15 pace! You've had a lot of really good workouts... the only "bombs" have been the ones where you started way too fast. But those served a purpose as well. Go get a 5K PR!

From Jason D on Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 10:58:51 from 68.80.27.222

Thanks, coach :-)

I don't expect too much competition based on previous years, but you never know on race day. Even though it is a certified course (the first certified 5k I've ever run), I am going to strap on the old GPS, mostly so 1) I don't go out too fast 2) so I can turn it more into a time trial if I have no one to chase (or fend off) and race the clock.

From Jake K on Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 11:03:06 from 159.212.71.17

I think that's a great idea. If there aren't people to race... race the watch. It's close enough (assuming you aren't running in a forest or downtown)

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