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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: 23.20 Month: 146.90 Year: 325.00
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles: 638.95
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: 310.30
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles: 396.15
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles: 163.60
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles: 496.50
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles: 291.80
Saucony Kinvara 15 Black Lifetime Miles: 0.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles: 356.20
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles: 501.15
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles: 202.90
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles: 474.90
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles: 209.00
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles: 246.50
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles: 4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles: 31.30
Saucony Kinvara 15 Lifetime Miles: 97.00
Nike Vaporfly 1 Lifetime Miles: 63.50
Nike Vaporfly 2 Lifetime Miles: 0.00
Saucony Kinvara Pro Lifetime Miles: 8.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
35.500.000.000.0035.50
Nike Vaporfly 1 Miles: 8.30Saucony Ride Teal Miles: 11.00Saucony Endorphin Pro White Miles: 16.20
Weight: 188.70
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AM: 60' on the trainer. 191W. HR 115. 

+35' sauna. HR 88.

Planned on doing about 2 hours or so, but figured I would cut the volume back to prepare for the next week. Power-to-heart rate looking a little closer to what has been normal for the last few years. Still trying to get back into things.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.300.000.000.008.30

AM: 8.3 miles, averaged 8:25. HR 145. 

5 x 7' Subthreshold

Decent workout. 7:50-7:28. HR 152-159. Legs a little beat up, but got slightly faster each rep. Things are going to take a while, but I expect things to snowball once I get my consistency back, which will be thwarted by a minor surgery next week. 

PM: 70' on the trainer. 195W. HR 128. 

3 x 10' Subthreshold 

Second mixed double threshold session test. Lactate was still a bit too high, but I was closer to the target. 238W @ 144 BPM @ 3.9 mmols, 233W @ 146 BPM @ 3.3 mmols, 238W @ 145 BPM @ 4.0 mmols

Nike Vaporfly 1 Miles: 8.30
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

AM: 5.5 miles, averaged 10:59. HR 114. 

Nice morning for a recovery jog. Got rained on toward the end, but the temp was pretty good, and I ran on the Polly Ann for the first time this year. I imagine it will become a mess this week, and not sure when it will be fully ready, but hopefully soon.

Saucony Ride Teal Miles: 5.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.300.000.000.007.30

AM: 7.3 miles on the treadmill, averaged ~9:00 pace. HR 138.

4 x 8' Subthreshold

HR 151-153 avg. Lactate right around 1.7-2.2 for reps 3 and 4. Didn't test the last one. First one was a little high, but didn't do anything fast in the warm up

PM: 60' on the trainer. 202W. HR 132. 

3 x 10' Subthreshold

227 @ 140, 231 @ 149, 233 @ 150. No lactate strips left, so none taken. Kept it slightly lighter than Monday to make sure the effort was approximately correct. 

+35' sauna. HR 96.

Saucony Endorphin Pro White Miles: 7.30
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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AM: 5.5 miles, averaged 10:55. HR 116.

Saucony Ride Teal Miles: 5.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.900.000.000.008.90

AM: 8.9 miles on the treadmill, averaged ~9:00. HR 141. 

10 x 3' Subthreshold

Lactate readings were high on the first few, so likely off. 2.5 mmols after rep 10, so right on.

Sauna for 25'. HR 101.

Got the sauna about the right temp finally. Had to bail as my HR was getting to about the highest I let it get and I had to pick the boys up as it was a half day for them.

Saucony Endorphin Pro White Miles: 8.90
Weight: 188.70
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PM: 3 hours total on the bike. 

I got my gravel bike ready to go thinking the roads might be okay, but they were a little gritty and I didn't feel like trashing my bike and clothes, so I got on the trainer after about an hour. 

I did 5 x 20' @ LT1 (lactate was 1.7-1.9) felt okay, but progressively felt rough mentally toward the end, so in interspersed 2 x 3' Vo2 intervals. I was going to sauna, but I skipped it and took a nap. 

Felt mentally pretty rough today. Not sure where it came from, but I haven't felt that bad in a while. I went to bed when the boys did around 8:30-8:45 and slept until 9:30 the next morning. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
35.500.000.000.0035.50
Nike Vaporfly 1 Miles: 8.30Saucony Ride Teal Miles: 11.00Saucony Endorphin Pro White Miles: 16.20
Weight: 188.70
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