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

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.50

North side - 9.5 miles, averaged 7:29.

Coldish, rainy, and windy. Legs seem like they are looking for some action. Not ready to run a marathon tomorrow, but I am more convinced that I need my race/workout on Saturday in addition to the 10-day out workout. I'll probably not cut back the first taper week as much as I normally would given that this week is already a decent cut back (so ~65-70). Cutting out a long run and a workout/double will get the mileage where it needs to be.

Newton Trainer 5 Miles: 9.50

Weight: 169.70

Comments

From SlowJoe on Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 13:09:49 from 107.77.66.16

You think you'll be able to stick to MP this weekend in the race? I think we're all too competitive to do that, but good luck! I have faith...

From Jason D on Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 13:23:11 from 24.1.80.94

Haha. No. I ran a 15k the Saturday after my Sunday half PR in the fall. Tried to run ~6:30, but I ran 6:15 for the first mile and ran 6:02 average. Slower end of HMP at that point.

The idea is to start around goal pace and relax, run the last 3 comfortably hard (~HMP). Steady state pace is 5:55-6:10. I'd like to be 75% of the run in that range, so around 6:05-6:10 through 10k and then pick it up. A true LT effort could be as fast as 5:45. I'm not going there. Maybe a mile at the end.

Short answer long, I need to be patient and smart. Get a small fitness gain and not end up with a large setback.

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