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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
94.7010.003.300.00108.00
Altra Escalante Miles: 18.40Saucony ISO Freedom Miles: 24.90Saucony ISO Freedom Black/Green Miles: 13.80Saucony Kinvara 5 Teal (Vault) Miles: 20.50Altra One V3 Blue 2 Miles: 12.40Cross Training Minutes 2019 Miles: 65.00Altra One V3 Blue Miles: 18.00
Weight: 174.31
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.700.000.000.0014.70

Lunch: 8.3 miles, averaged 9:54. HR 126.

Felt really good. Cold and a little windy, but nice and sunny.

PM: 6.4 miles, averaged 10:09. HR 122.

Altra Escalante Miles: 6.40Saucony ISO Freedom Miles: 8.30
Weight: 174.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.300.000.000.0015.30

AM: 8.3 miles, averaged 8:29. HR 141.

13F/-10.5C. I think these are he coldest temperatures I have run in since my last winter in Indiana. It wasn't bad, particularly given that the air was nice and still. I have been catching some sunrises, and I have been thinking of all the sunrises I have missed as a runner. I just don't like to get up and run early. Although not really that early, I have been getting up at a decent hour to get in my morning run before teaching. It feels good.

PM: 7 miles, averaged 9:24. HR 129.

Saucony ISO Freedom Black/Green Miles: 7.00Saucony Kinvara 5 Teal (Vault) Miles: 8.30
Weight: 175.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.100.003.300.0016.40

AM/Lunch: 12.4 miles, averaged 8:03. HR 154


20 x 1' On/Off

Warmed up 4 miles. Cooled down 3. I did not have much turnover today. Barely 6' pace to start. Finished at 5:20 pace. I was a lot faster several weeks ago, but my legs are loaded with mileage.

PM: 4 miles in 45:40 on the treadmill. HR 128.

Ran extremely slow to keep HR down. Did a short set of weights after.

Pec flys 3 x 12 @ 50#; Chest press 3 x 12 @ 55#; Shoulder press 3 x 8 @ 50#; Pull down 3 x 12 @ 70#

Altra Escalante Miles: 4.00Altra One V3 Blue 2 Miles: 12.40
Weight: 173.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.100.000.000.0015.10

AM: 8.3 miles, averaged 10:16. HR 126.

Nice morning for a recovery run other than roads being extremely slick. Once I got to the park the gravel had nice grip. 

PM: 6.8 miles, averaged 9:34. HR 128.

Saucony ISO Freedom Miles: 8.30Saucony ISO Freedom Black/Green Miles: 6.80
Weight: 175.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

AM: 8 miles easy to moderate to harder on the treadmill. HR 152.

Treadmill paces felt much harder than outside. Did a short set of weights: bicep curls 2 x 10 @ 70# and 1 x 10 @ 50#; Tri press 3 x 12 @ 50#; Bicep curl (machine 2) 3 x 12 @ 70#?

PM: 7 miles, averaged 9:14. HR 132.

Altra Escalante Miles: 8.00Saucony Kinvara 5 Teal (Vault) Miles: 7.00
Weight: 174.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.500.000.000.0013.50

AM: 65' Spin Class @ Oakland. HR 148. Avg Power 213 Watts.

I enjoyed the class. Figured it would make indoor training on the bike more managable. It did. Did some simulated climbing to start working those muscles for spring gravel races.

Lunch: 8.3 miles, averaged 9:07. HR 131.

PM: 5.3 miles, averaged 10:23. HR 123.

Took two naps today. The recovery kind, not the depressed and need to shut out the world kind. It was quite glorious.

Night: AIS and PT

Saucony ISO Freedom Miles: 8.30Saucony Kinvara 5 Teal (Vault) Miles: 5.20Cross Training Minutes 2019 Miles: 65.00
Weight: 174.80
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.0010.000.000.0018.00

PM: 18 miles in 2:32 on the treadmill. HR 157.

75’ @ Marathon Effort 

It snowed bit, so I wasn’t sure about the footing, so I hit the treadmill. Warmed up 4 slow miles with a progression at the end. I knew that the effort would be too high if I tried to mirror the road paces. Started at 8.0MPH to be conservative and worked down to 8.5MPH. It quickly became unsustainable, so I backed it off and dialed it in by heart rate, keeping it at 165 BPM. I almost pulled it at 12’, but refocused knowing I wouldn’t get my miles in otherwise. Ended up pleased to get through it. 

Skipped the scheduled long strides and just plodded out a 4-mile cool down for 18 total miles.

That’s a small mileage PR for the week. About 2-3 miles over one in November.

Night: AIS, PT, and push-ups

Altra One V3 Blue Miles: 18.00
Weight: 173.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
94.7010.003.300.00108.00
Altra Escalante Miles: 18.40Saucony ISO Freedom Miles: 24.90Saucony ISO Freedom Black/Green Miles: 13.80Saucony Kinvara 5 Teal (Vault) Miles: 20.50Altra One V3 Blue 2 Miles: 12.40Cross Training Minutes 2019 Miles: 65.00Altra One V3 Blue Miles: 18.00
Weight: 174.31
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