| 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 Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 52.88 | 0.00 | 3.25 | 3.37 | 59.50 |
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| Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 14.75 | Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 20.00 | Kinvara 2 White/Blue Miles: 7.25 | Newton Gravity III Miles: 9.25 | Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 8.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.25 |
| AM: 3.25 miles. HR 141.
Had to pull the plug on an easy run. Not good. It's not the heat; it's actually fairly cool and breezy. Just feeling very very off, so no 5k on the track tomorrow, no substitution workout and maybe no workouts all week. Moving the legs without giving up the whole business is the main priority. Might try later, might not.
PM: Walked for a little over 50 minutes with Remy. Came back, took a nap, got up for a while, then napped/layed on the futon for a while. Going to take two days off, get some fluids and rest and see how it goes.
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| Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 3.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| PM: Walked about 4 miles, a little over 2 with Remy. He seems better than our first day out.
My legs felt a little wobbly. I don't think it's lack of calories (I eat too much for it to be that). I've slipped up on my iron for some time now and wonder if that doesn't have a tiny bit to do with it. Went to bed around midnight or so and kept falling back to sleep until 11:00. Managed to fit a nap in there too (the "luxury" of the unemployed). I might try some low stakes easy running tomorrow if I can get out of bed. I just don't feel great overall.
I'll likely do some core and stretching before bed just to say I did something today.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.75 | 0.00 | 3.25 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| PM: Walked with Remy for 40 minutes. Legs still feel quite weak. I found three golf balls though.
PM2: 9 miles. w/ 6 x 3 minute fartlek w/ 2 minutes easy. 20 minutes up/22 minutes down. Faster portions averaged 5:42-5:27
Did these under tree cover and the rolling dirt of Forbidden Drive. My legs felt weak on the warm up. Sometimes I feel crappy on a warm up but my legs the last 2-3 days have felt like they are going to crumble on me. Today was the same. Said screw it and did a workout to try to shake the crap loose.
I think this will be the style of my workouts for the next 4 weeks. Too much pressure with a full set of mile repeats or LT tempos this time a year. I'm not strong enough to gut those out until fall. Today's workout, though short, felt like a workout, I got through it, and finished stronger than I started.
Late:
+ Stretching and core
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| Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.75 |
| AM: 6.5 miles. HR 140. Feeling a bit better. Legs still feel a bit weak.
Walked with Remy for a little over 40 minutes.
PM: 7.25 miles. Felt really good. Warm but dry.
Finished my revisions for chapter 3, after which I instantly felt better. A little pep in my step (compared to my easy pace as of late).
Late:
+ Stretching and core
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| Kinvara 2 White/Blue Miles: 7.25 | Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 6.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.25 |
| AM: 8.25 miles. HR 148. Did some strides then 8 x 13-16 second hill sprints.
Found a longer hill for sprints. Works perfectly. After I did 40 minutes of walking on the Wissahickon trails with Remy. I finally saw what his owners warned me about. He really goes after other dogs. Good thing I'm 5 lbs over racing weight. No trouble holding him back. He's very sweet but he's got some deep-seated issues.
PM: 4 miles. HR 144.
+ Stretching and core (late)
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| Newton Gravity III Miles: 4.00 | Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 8.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.37 | 16.00 |
| AM: 11 miles total. Farlek of 8 x 2 minutes hard/2 minutes easy + 4 x 30 second harder/1 minute easy
Once again I did the workout under the shade and on the rolling dirt of Forbidden Drive. Upper 70s, nice and dry with a low dew point (<60). Planned to get through 10 intervals but I was pretty gasssed. It's a deceptively hard workout if you go out aggressively (the purpose). I did this back this winter and was seeing stars at the end.
I should have just gutted out the last two because I could have and it would have built confidence but I got in a decent workout. I tacked on the strides to work on my kick. They were slightly harder than my usual strides.
23 minute warm up/28 minute cool down. Averaged about 5:23 for the 2 minute portions.
Walked Remy for 50+ minutes shortly after.
PM: 5 miles easy. HR 133.
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| Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 5.00 | Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 11.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| Lunch: 5.25 miles easy. HR 137.
Not the 17.76 mile long run last year, but I'll definitely take my speed from this year.
Short 25 minute walk with Remy in the Wissahickon. I think I have officially taught him how to chill out around dogs he doesn't know. I should ask for a raise.
PM: Off. Low mileage this week but I am worlds better than where I started the week and I'm happy about that. Get back to business next week, hopefully run the mile on the track on Tuesday, maybe a workout later in the week or a long run. Get my mileage back up, get my doubles in, get in my stretching and core.
Happy 4th of July!
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| Newton Gravity III Miles: 5.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 52.88 | 0.00 | 3.25 | 3.37 | 59.50 |
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| Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 14.75 | Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 20.00 | Kinvara 2 White/Blue Miles: 7.25 | Newton Gravity III Miles: 9.25 | Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 8.25 |
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