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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: 32.70 Month: 57.70 Year: 1986.65
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: 357.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles: 145.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles: 465.10
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles: 287.00
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles: 5.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles: 304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles: 310.95
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles: 23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles: 64.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles: 23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles: 12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles: 4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles: 13.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.200.000.000.008.20
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Miles: 8.20
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Struggling.

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Managed to install a baby gate as Charlie is climbing the first three steps to the first landing.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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PM: 4.1 miles on the treamill, averaged 9:45. HR 167.

Struggled mentally today, but mostly just ping ponging of feeling decent, then awful, then whatever. Attended a zoom meeting for the union at Oakland. Things are getting interesting. Lots of proposed cuts that will directly affect me, Megan, and the boys. Winter semester looks bleak. Needless to say I'm struggling bad. It was great to see so many empathetic, community oriented people though. There's good people and good work being done.

Went to be early last night and that didn't seem to help much as I was up every hour from 3-6:30 or so when the boys got up.

Managed to get something in. Started a longer workout from the previous week but it was clear my body wasn't having it, so I settled on shorter intervals at a faster pace.

8 x .10 miles on/off @ 9.0 MPH/5.0 MPH 

Quite dehydrated going into it, but I needed to burn some anxiety. HR peaked in the low 190s. Ran in a new pair of very flashy Nike Zoom Streak LT 4s. Even being overweight I like a lighter shoe on the treadmill. They felt awesome.

Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Miles: 4.10
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AM: 4.1 miles, averaged 9:54. HR 160.

Woking on syllabus stuff and course website stuff. Usually this is the easy part, but I am already stressed out. Need to be able to run more but I am not sure I am going to get it. Most of the last mile was a progression because Sawyer slept for about 30' and Megan had already been watching them for a bit. 

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We went to a friend's wife's 50th. It was nice to see some of the guys.

Rough day mentally again. Very intense and rapid mood shifts. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Miles: 8.20
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