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Location:

New Palestine,IN,USA

Member Since:

Oct 23, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 18:59 (3/09)
4M - 25:06 (9/09)
10k - 41:01 (11/07)

Half - 1:25:58 (11/09)

Marathon - 3:06:33 (12/09)

Short-Term Running Goals:

1:25 for the half marathon
Sub 39:00 for the 10k.
3:07 marathon
18:30 5k

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Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 3:00 for the marathon.

Personal:

Married, two daughters (18 and 15).  Masters runner trying to get competitive in my age group.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Lifetime Miles: 372.70
ASICS Excel 33 Lifetime Miles: 152.00
Saucony Ride 7 Lifetime Miles: 249.00
ASICS DS Trainer Lifetime Miles: 212.20
Asics Cumulus 16 Lifetime Miles: 241.30
Tue, Mar 10, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.640.000.002.508.14

Another great day out today.  It was in the 60's but very windy.  Today I did some 800's on the track.  I jogged over to the track for a warm up and my legs felt heavy and tired.  Not a good sign.  Decided to stick with the plan and see what happened.  When I got to the track the plan was for 5 x 800 at 3:00.  I haven't ran any speed work outs in months so wasn't sure how the legs would respond.  Here were the splits:

1st - 3:01

2nd - 3:00

3rd - 2:59

4th - 3:02

5th - 3:02

My legs felt horrible on the first one and I wondered if I would be able to complete the workout.  I felt better on the 2nd and 3rd ones but 4th and 5th were a struggle.  I think the combination of bad legs and a very windy day didn't make for a good session.  Anyway, I was glad to get it in and it is something to build on.

 

Saucony Tangent 3 Miles: 8.14
Comments
From jtshad on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 18:37:20 from 204.134.132.225

Great workout, nice way to hit the splits even when you legs were not feeling it at the start!

From Robert on Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:48:18 from 206.195.193.254

Awesome job holding the splits so close.

From JimF on Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 21:55:42 from 76.125.3.68

Thanks! It has been a long time since I was on the track. It was good to run faster even if the legs didn't cooperate.

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