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

Sun, May 12, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.10	1.00	0.00	0.00	13.10

Medium long run loop - 13.1 in 1:33:36 (7:09 average). Upper range AT mile at mile 10 was 6:28. A bit fast, but I had to pick it up through a light toward the beginning. I think I've got a good idea where 6:35-6:40 pace is.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms. Wish I got to see mine today. Had a great weekend in Toledo with Megan's family thogh. I'm worried the scale with start snickering if I get on it in the morning so I will weight/wait until Wednesday.

Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 13.10

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Sun, May 12, 2013 at 19:46:26 from 96.61.24.215

Sounds like you're feeling fast. Hoping for good weather and tailwinds...

From Jason D on Sun, May 12, 2013 at 19:57:05 from 24.1.80.94

Effort was definitely moderate overall, but it was 55 and felt very cool and I didn't have a ton of time. My legs are coming back, but I need to do some work on my hips and do some foam rolling. I could definitely use a tailwind in the last, say, 4 miles. The last thing I need is a 25-30 mph tail wind on those 180 drops!

From Matt Schreiber on Sun, May 12, 2013 at 20:36:58 from 66.17.102.185

Impressive Jason.. Looks like you're setting yourself up quite nicely for the weekend. Great run today!

From Jason D on Sun, May 12, 2013 at 22:18:36 from 24.1.80.94

I hope so, Matt. The goal for this week is to do easy runs with some strides. Try not to get hit by any cars and attacked by any dogs. Although today I heard some barking and I couldn't figure out where it was coming from. Two dogs were out on a flat roof, about 1.5-2 floors up, barking at me. You can't make this stuff up.

From Bret on Mon, May 13, 2013 at 07:20:18 from 216.234.133.229

Jason - you have the right idea -- just take it easy. Nothing you do now training-wise will have time make you any faster - but there are lots of things you can do that will negatively impact your performance on Sunday (squeezing in last minute VO2 max workouts, getting no sleep, etc.) Try not to obsess or be overly anxious. You got this. I am confident of that.

From Jason D on Mon, May 13, 2013 at 07:41:01 from 24.1.80.94

Thanks for your confidence and the reminders, Bret. I think it's easy to get anxious in the final week, and even though I don't have any workouts planned (of course) it's easy to run easy runs too fast especially as the legs come back. I have to look at what I usually do, but I think about 45-50 minutes the next 2-3 days and then really drop off Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

From jtshad on Mon, May 13, 2013 at 07:59:22 from 141.221.191.225

Taper weeks really mess with your head, but trust in your training and just know you are ready. You will feel flat (and fat) this week, but it is ok your fitness is there.

Good luck making it through taper and have a great race!

From Jason D on Mon, May 13, 2013 at 17:24:41 from 24.1.80.94

Thanks, Jeff. I repeated your advice many times on my run today. Felt very flat.

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