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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
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.000.000.000.0020.00

The last couple of days have been crazy.  I had an early flight back from Philly then left out of town so have missed the last few days running.  I wanted to get one  more 20 miler in before the marathon and especially after the rough run I had last weekend.  I felt pretty good today and ran easy the first 10 miles.  I turned around to come back and had pretty strong head wind the whole way back.  I picked up the pace around 14 miles for about 3 miles but then started running out of gas again.  Not as bad as last week but still noticable.  I am not sure what is going on with these long runs but it has me a little worried for the marathon.  Also, with work and other commitments this has not been the best training cycle for a marathon so not sure what to expect at this point.  It is going to be interesting to decide a pace for the marathon.

2:36:20 (7:49 avg)

Saucony Ride (Blue) Miles: 20.00
Comments
From KP on Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 20:52:38 from 98.81.1.33

darn travel!

From jtshad on Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:00:46 from 12.187.218.195

Good job on the run. How are you fueling and hydrating for these long runs? With the travel, your sleep is off too. Don't worry about the run, focus on making sure you fuel and sleep well for Boston.

From JimF on Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 13:43:15 from 166.214.115.164

Jeff, I think fueling could be a problem. I go out early in the morning so I just get up and go without eating anything. Also, on the last two long runs I just had Gatorade with me. No GU. I may be getting a little causal with these long runs and need to prepare better and take them more serious. In marathons I have been taking 3 GUs so much different than training. Also, I eat a few hours before the marathons. I probably need to apply these to my training.

From KP on Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 14:04:31 from 65.208.22.25

I looked and you are going to be home this week. Enjoy the break! I ran a trail race on Monte Sano on Saturday. Are you familiar with McKay Hollow?

From rockness18 on Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 16:57:51 from 69.183.229.25

Jim, you might be on to something with the "casual" comment. A 20-miler used to be a big deal to me. Now somehow I think it should always be easy. After "bonking" last weekend, I was careful to fuel this past Saturday and it definitely made a big difference. Also, I kind of "geeked" myself up for the run, trying to get into a Boston type mindset. Routine and rest should help as well- 3 weeks from today!

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