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:	32.70	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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Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						253.80
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Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						64.50
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Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						13.10

Sat, Sep 22, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.25	9.00	0.00	0.00	18.25

Long run loop except I skipped the trail because of the rain and tweaking my foot last time I went puddle jumping through there two weeks ago - 18.25 miles, averaged 7:37

8 easy-moderate (8:15ish) followed by 9 mile tempo (7:19, 7:18, 7:11, 6:52, 6:57, 6:45, 6:48, 6:44, 6:52), averaging 6:58.4 Hit downtown so I slowed up with a 1.25 mile cool down back up the hill with a few sips at the fountain.

Foot twinged a little (Bam I need a better word here even though I like "twinged" a good deal, but it isn't quite a sharp pain. More like a "hey, hello there, I'm still here, but I'm keeping mostly to myself), but it was fine. I didn't feel it during the cool down or when I started walking, which seems to be when I usually felt it. This is officially the first issue I've been able to run through.

Newton (Marathon Workout) Miles: 18.25

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Bam on Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 09:36:43 from 213.191.253.163

Niggled.

Good run with an excellent tempo. You're gonna fly, kidda.

From Jason D on Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 16:15:41 from 24.1.80.94

Yes, "niggle." That is the word I've seen you use.

I think it's the only way to do a long run for me. Long runs over 14-16 miles aren't my favorite, but I love tempo runs, especially at MP effort (and thus I am really enjoying the time on my feet now). With this consistency and quality mileage, I don't think I will go over 20. I'm not sure it helped me much last year when I ran 22.25. I think doing a couple more 18-20 with some goal pace miles like this will benefit me the most.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 16:18:50 from 69.131.141.92

Solid work. I agree with you on your last point - the total distance of your longest individual runs is probably one of the least important things as long as you're getting in the MP work. And you are doing that extremely well.

From Bam on Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 16:25:29 from 89.204.253.182

Yep, I'm with both of you there. Dropping in the mp miles on longish runs is better than jogging/plodding 22 miles, especially at this stage of your training cycle. Great work Jason.

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