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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: 26.40 Month: 199.70 Year: 1553.00
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles: 646.95
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles: 99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles: 21.60
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles: 359.20
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles: 594.60
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles: 380.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles: 4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles: 31.30
Saucony Kinvara 15 Lifetime Miles: 153.10
Nike Vaporfly 1 Lifetime Miles: 81.20
Nike Vaporfly 2 Lifetime Miles: 0.00
Saucony Kinvara Pro Lifetime Miles: 100.05
Puma Fast-R Nitro Elite 3 Lifetime Miles: 231.05
Saucony Kinvara 15 (All Black) Lifetime Miles: 37.30
Saucony Endorphin Pro Blue Lifetime Miles: 134.90
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
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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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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