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
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

Fri, Jun 12, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.00	0.00	4.00	0.00	12.00

Lunch: 8 miles on the treadmill w/ 4 x 1 mile w/ slow quarter mile jogs. Strides cooling down. 5:55 (172), 5:59 (174), 6:03 (176), 5:55 (177)

+ Stretching and core

It was 85 degrees with 67% humidity and 72 dew point outside. Disastrous workout weather. No thank you. I'm either too weak or too smart. Didn't get through all of what I wanted to but I'm falling off a bit this week. Too much stress. Trying to figure out where my mileage should be. I don't feel like I'm getting anywhere and I am basically getting my butt kicked in workouts by people who run 50-60 miles a week.

PM: 4 miles. Probably the fastest afternoon run in a while. Had to squeak in the miles: "Out the door, no less than 4!" Still pretty warm but I got a nice downpour. It's been a while.

Newton Gravity LE Miles: 4.00	Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 8.00

Weight: 173.40

Comments

From Drew on Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 04:47:02 from 173.171.218.92

Jason, everything you wrote sounds familiar. I'm thinking you were too smart yesterday.

I do believe there are times in training, especially during the summer, when you just can't see the results. But they do show up, and then it seems like you jumped to a new level out of nowhere.

From Jason D on Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 10:45:43 from 68.80.27.222

Thanks. I also need to remember that I can't do the same workouts either. 6 x 1 mile isn't a crushing session in the fall (I do it quite often). I need to start slower and work down, need to get up earlier, and so on.

I appreciated your post on your track workout this week. You started slower, but then you finished really fast. I went far too fast and got in a hole and didn't get through everything I wanted to. I'll try to work into it a bit next Tuesday.

I struggled last summer with workouts, but I was expecting too much. I then had a glorious fall and didn't miss and ran a good marathon.

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