Of Mice and Marathons

November 08, 2024

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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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Tue, Jul 30, 2019
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.001.000.000.006.00

Lunch: 6 miles, averaged 8:31. HR 148.

Pulled workout. Just couldn't get into it from the beginning mentally and gave up. It was a bit warm and slightly humid, but I just wasn't there. These last three weeks have thrown me for a loop. I am seriously contemplating doing less structured training and scrapping marathon training and doing a half this fall off whatever fitness I can build and doing a full cyclocross season, which I have been threatening to do for a while. I'm just not doing any racing and it is getting to me.

Weight: 179.60
Comments
From Tom K on Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 10:59:20 from 47.206.60.114

The "not racing" struggle is real. I've been putting off racing until I feel "ready." That term is almost intentionally undefined. When is ready enough? Until I signup for a race, there is a good chance I'm going to shorten runs, kill speed workouts, or skip days all together. I need the anxiety of an impending race day to go out and do the work.

We need to sign up for a race to get the mojo back!

From Jason D on Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 13:19:59 from 73.144.88.57

Well put. I am going to do a marathon this fall. I am also going to do a bit of bike racing to keep things interesting.

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