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:	20.20	Month:	20.20	Year:	1868.65
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:						353.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						137.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						440.50
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						287.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						270.65
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						40.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10

Fri, Jan 23, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.00

North West Philly LR Loop - 20 miles, averaged 7:41

The plan was 30k for 30 years old (a day early because tomorrow the weather won't be nearly as pleasant as it was today), but I took an exended turn in Whitemarsh and got too long before coming back into Philadelphia. So 30k with 2k for good luck.

Probably should run Sugarloaf given that I am in pretty solid aerobic shape and I have a solid 4 months until race day.

Kinvara 5 Miles: 20.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 13:10:20 from 159.212.71.200

Not a bad little 30th bday run. Much more sensible that a 30 miler. You gotta mix it up w/ the units.

Happy 29th for one more day!

From Jason D on Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 15:07:30 from 68.80.27.222

I felt pretty strong at the end, but not another 10 miles strong. That would be another 77 minutes! Gone are the days of 3+ hour long runs. I've been close on a few 24s.

30 x 200 didn't sound super fun either.

From Jason D on Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 15:10:03 from 68.80.27.222

Actually that's not terrible, but I tend to run them well under 5k pace to start and then cut down to ~600-800m pace (for 6-8)

From Bret on Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 16:25:06 from 99.1.220.106

Happy Birthday Jason. (Youngster!)

From Drew on Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 17:18:52 from 24.92.19.68

Happy Birthday! I live in Philly for a year from '96-'97 at the corner of 20th & Chestnut.

I'm trying to visualize your route, but I wasn't doing much running in those days - except at night when it seemed wiser than walking home.

From Jason D on Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 17:29:41 from 166.137.244.113

Thanks, gents.

Drew: you can see if you click the link in my Strava widget. Basically we live at the very opposite end of the city from Center City. We live in a nice neighborhood called Chestnut Hill, the exact last housing area before you enter the suburbs. I don't venture too far toward the city on foot but I walk a little bit to get from the bus to La Salle. Very different from the town of 2000 people I grew up in in Maine. I quite like it here.

From RileyCook on Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 18:01:23 from 73.52.134.194

Happy Birthday! Nice run, but I think you'd have enjoyed 30 200s too!

From Jason D on Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 19:58:47 from 68.80.27.222

Thanks, Riley. I seem to recall a set if 30-34ish 200s on your birthday in recent memory. Maybe next year. Of course, 31 is a good time for a 50k to knock of 31ish miles.

Here it is

http://rileycook.fastrunningblog.com/blog-05-09-2013.html

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