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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
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Another warm (66) and very windy morning.  Because I haven't been feeling the best running the last couple of weeks thought I would try something different today and do a super easy recovery run.  The goal was to run in the 8:15 to 8:30 pace range.  I haven't done many super easy runs in awhile and thought that maybe I am not letting myself recover and it has built up to make me feel run down all the time.  Again I felt sluggish starting out but kept is slow and easy and seemed to feel better as I went along.  I guess I will not know how it worked until the next few days.

49:51 (8:21 avg)

Acis DS Trainer Miles: 6.00
Comments
From Robert on Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 21:28:18 from 65.101.172.182

I agree with Jeff. Your sluggishness is probably related to not eating quite enough, but also keep in mind you're "dancing on the edge" right now given the prep you've gone through. I felt the same way about this time last year, but after the taper the old legs snapped to life.

From JimF on Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 17:42:20 from 67.162.67.145

Thanks for the feedback. Hope your right!

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