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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
Mon, Nov 18, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.000.000.000.0016.00

My daughter was home from college this weekend so wanted to spend time with her and put my long off until today.  It was a rough day weather wise.  Temp around 45 with 20 to 30 mph winds.  I felt pretty good starting off but I was dragging by the end.  This has been a quick build up mileage wise and I think the wind took some out of me.  Hard to believe that I will be able to run a marathon in three weeks.  This is definitely the least prepared I will be. On a positive note the pace was pretty good for not having done any long runs in awhile.

2:08:36 (8:02 avg)

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 16.00
Comments
From Hillbilly Runner on Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 06:29:35 from 207.162.186.109

Wow "Good" pace for your long run. How tough a course is your marathon that you're training for?

From JimF on Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 20:52:37 from 98.222.218.178

Thanks! I am going to try to run the Honolulu marathon the first week in Dec. There are some hills but the main issue is it will be in the mid-70's and humid. I don't expect a good time but going to try to enjoy the experience.

From Hillbilly Runner on Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 06:36:40 from 207.162.186.109

If you're like me I could take the hills better than the warmer temps. Good luck with the rest of your training and the marathon.

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