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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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Ike moved on so this morning it was nice (58) but still windy. Today I planned on doing some speed work as I try to sharpen up over the next few weeks. I planned on doing 8 x 800 in 3:10 with a couple of minutes for recovery. I did this same workout a couple of weeks ago so I wanted to be able to compare to see how I am progressing. I did a 2 mile warmup and then got into the workout. The first few felt pretty good. Hard but comfortable. The middle ones I felt like I was working harder then the last two my legs were starting to feel tired but was able to hold the pace. Overall I think I felt much better this time doing this workout and my splits were a little better and more consistent. Here are the splits:

1st - 3:08

2nd - 3:07

3rd - 3:05

4th - 3:07

5th - 3:07

6th - 3:05

7th - 3:05

8th - 3:03

It felt good to run a faster paced workout.

1:10:16

Comments
From Tom on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:23:36

Nice job on the 800s, looks like you ran these just about perfectly, holding back a hair at the beginning, holding steady and finishing strong. Just like you want to do in the marathon. Looks like you're getting closer and closer to the sub-3 marathon goal, if you're not there already.

From jtshad on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 13:17:16

Way to hit those splits! Nice and consistent and even better than planned. Keep up the good training and get ready for the taper to start here soon to keep the legs fresh for Chicago!

From rockness18 on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 14:31:01

Very impressive! Must feel good to see the improvement.

From JimF on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 19:37:28

Thanks guys!

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