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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
Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
60.900.000.000.0060.90
Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 18.70Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 25.60Inov-8 Roclite 295 Miles: 12.20Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 4.40
Weight: 174.80
Sun, May 15, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.400.000.000.0011.40

PM: 137'. 60' on my own then picked Megan. 

I pulled a biff and roll on some gravel. Glad it wasn't the rocky trail I was on.

Rough day. Hungover and found out that I won't be getting any summer hours from an (unnamed) educational company. It's basically the Wal-Martification of tutoring. It wouldn't have floated me but I've never felt more dispensable. This coupled with an extraordinarily rough year of teaching and as no job in Michigan has me feeling pretty down. People think you can just walk in somewhere and get a job. I'm overqualified and under-qualified at the same time.

Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 11.40
Weight: 0.00
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Mon, May 16, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.900.000.000.007.90

PM: Trails/Roads 65' w/ 10-minute pickup at the end.

Did 4 pullups at Springside. Getting better. Slowly. My melon barely fits between the bars, but there aren't many tree in the Wissahickon with low-lying branches.

Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 7.90
Weight: 0.00
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Tue, May 17, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.200.000.000.0012.20

PM: Trails 115' w/ 1000 feet of gain

Almost went headfirst into the gorge at one point. I am remind that although trail running is not extreme it has its hidden dangers. At the Wissahickon isn't that deep but 200-300 feet will still do some damage.

Inov-8 Roclite 295 Miles: 12.20
Weight: 0.00
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Wed, May 18, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.300.000.000.0010.30

PM: 95'

23' up/3(6 X 35 second aerobic strides)/25' down. 5 minutes jog between sets. Supposed to be 5k effort, 2-mile effort, mile effort. I barely know what 5k effort feels like, so I just tried to run fast and with good form and not sprint. I typically start at probably 5:30 and work down to 4:45-4:50 for 5-6. I imagine this was something like that. 

It doesn't look like much on paper but I was breathing on the final 3 of the last set. After humping up and down rocks and trails yesterday for two hours I did okay. 

Waiting for the semester and moods to settle so I can plug along with basebuilding.

Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 10.30
Weight: 0.00
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Thu, May 19, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Unplanned day off.

Just kind of blah. The semester is over so I read for a while. That was nice.

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Fri, May 20, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.300.000.000.007.30

PM: 62' easy

Megan and I went for a walk/hike for 95' directly after that. That was nice.

Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 7.30
Weight: 0.00
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Sat, May 21, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.800.000.000.0011.80

Lunch/PM: 60' easy. Did some strides.

PM: 35' easy progression.

Felt like I had something back in my stride today, aside from hips feeling out of balance for some reason the last week or so.

Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 4.40Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 7.40
Weight: 174.80
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Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
60.900.000.000.0060.90
Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 18.70Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 25.60Inov-8 Roclite 295 Miles: 12.20Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 4.40
Weight: 174.80
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