Of Mice and Marathons

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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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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
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Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						64.50
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Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						13.10

Tue, Feb 25, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.50	10.00	0.00	0.00	20.50

Big Workout: 20.5 miles, averaged 7:08 w/ 10-mile tempo. 5 up, 5.5 down.

Decided to put my big boy undies on and see where I was at. Tired to start, felt okay throughout, and felt strong in the last mile and in the final miles of the cool down, despite losing energy (this was an empty tank run, as usual. Well, I slept ate a Kind Bar at 1:55 AM).

Splits: 6:34, 6:33, 6:35, 6:26, 6:26, 6:28, 6:26, 6:28, 6:23, 6:13 (6:27 average)

Newton Gravity LE Miles: 20.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From RileyCook on Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:29:13 from 208.54.38.229

Big boy workout indeed! Nicely done, it's gotta feel great to get that one done and under your belt.

From allie on Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:00:32 from 161.38.221.168

geez! that's a workout. nice nice nice.

From Matt Schreiber on Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 22:08:44 from 66.17.102.185

Felt strong in the last mile.. That, I think, is what we're all after. Nice workout Jason. Way to stretch it out and get some miles in.

From Jason D on Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 22:19:32 from 24.1.80.94

Feel good. I've managed to run the first two 20+ milers by doing 8.5-10 miles at ~MP. Two slower, longer runs planned (~24 miles), then one final big workout (10 + ~half marathon tempo).

From Matt Schreiber on Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 22:25:57 from 66.17.102.185

Sounds like a solid plan. Should definitely skyrocket your endurance. I need to stick some tempos in my LR's. Seems to work wonders.

From Tom K on Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 08:17:05 from 174.58.4.250

Great workout! Those are some Big, Big Undies!

From Jason D on Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 08:22:28 from 24.1.80.94

They are necessary (in Jason's Limited Experience Book of Marathoning Training). Your run the other day was an excellent start (ending around steady state pace, which is between half and full pace).

Don't try to knock out a 10 + 10 without working your way up. This is the third buildup I have done these and I jumped my long runs a bit this buildup. I think as your aerobic tempo workouts (of 10-16 miles of total work) increase these are a natural step up.

From Rob Murphy on Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 08:37:58 from 163.248.33.220

Great workout Jason.

I'm partial to the 1 AM bowl of cereal myself.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 13:16:58 from 107.77.66.53

Nice going Jason, put a beat down on the 2:50 guy!

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