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Indianapolis 500 Festival 10K

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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Union Street to Greenbush Loop - 10 miles, averaged 8:05

 

1 mile warm up

3 @ MP (7:54; 7:48; 7:50) + 3 @ HMP (7:34; 7:26; 7:25)

3 mile cool down

 

Workout was unplanned, distance was unplanned. Result was excellent.

Newton Racers Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Old Standby (in reverse) - 5 miles, averaged 8:27

Newton Trainers 2 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.501.000.000.004.50

Old Standby short version with some minor detours - 4.5 miles, averaged 8:29

 

Did 4 or 5 strides in the middle, some at goal pace for the 10k this weekend, some around 800m repeat pace, and one at 90% (5:01 pace). Oh, at it is February 29th and it is 65 degrees in Indiana!

Newton New Racers Miles: 4.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.254.000.000.006.25

Jefferson High School Loop - 6.25 miles, averaged 8:20 w/ a few fastish strides

Newton Trainers Miles: 6.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.001.000.000.004.00

Old Standby, shortened version - 4 miles, averaged 8:28 w/ a few strides to get the legs turning over for tomorrow's 10K

Newton MV2 Miles: 4.00
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Race: Indianapolis 500 Festival 10K (6.21 Miles) 00:42:30, Place overall: 50, Place in age division: 5
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.006.000.2110.21

Indianapolis 500 Festival 10K: This was the first race of spring racing season. Finished with a strong 1:50 minute PR, breaking significantly under the 7:00 pace mark with a time of 42:30 (6:51 pace). Fairly significant negative split.  Great race with gun time markers at every mile.

 

Warm up: 1.75 miles with some strides

Split 1: 7:06

Split 2: 7:04

Split 3: 7:11

Split 4: 7:01

Split 5: 6:51

Split 6: 6:38

Split 7: 5:36 pace

Cool down: 2.25 miles on the cool little trail around the canal. Very happy with the race.

Newton MV2 Miles: 10.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
21.759.009.000.2139.96
Newton Racers Miles: 10.00Newton Trainers 2 Miles: 5.00Newton New Racers Miles: 4.50Newton Trainers Miles: 6.25Newton MV2 Miles: 14.20
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