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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Back home and a warm/humid day (76, sunny).  Today I planned a 4 mile tempo run.  I felt kind of tired with lack of energy starting.  After a 2 mile warmup I was feeling a little better.  The goal for the tempo was 4 miles at 6:50 pace.  I started the tempo and increased the pace to what I thought was goal pace but came through the first mile in 7:17 way off pace.  I picked it up a little too much for the second mile and ran it in 6:37.  I settled back down to target pace but the effort felt way harder than what I thought it should for this pace.  I am not sure if it is just being tired from the extra miles this week, the heat or maybe a combination on both.  Anyway, I expected that I would be able to run this pace and not feel like I was pushing.  I thought it would be comfortablely hard.  I will give this workout another shot next week and see how it goes.  Here are the splits:

1st - 7:17

2nd - 6:37

3rd - 6:51

4th - 6:54

 

Overall 61:27

Comments
From Jon on Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:06:15

Heat and humidity can really slow down a speed workout. Good job, regardless. You're really pounding out the miles this week!

From Tom on Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:19:08

Good job on the tempo run. Like Jon said the heat and humidity will definitely slow you down. Lately I've had to lower my pace expectations a bit for the tempo runs in less than ideal conditions or I usually end up getting frustrated and quiting early.

From will on Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:43:07

Training in humidity is a form of resistance training. I enjoy stringing out a number of hard days in high humidity. When the weather returns to normal conditions I feel about 5 pounds lighter and feel much faster.

Great job with the mileage!

From JimF on Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:43:12

Thanks guys! Sometimes it is hard to be patient and trust the training.

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