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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

Upcoming Races

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

Fri, Nov 21, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.00	5.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

Today was the coldest day of the year so far (20 with a wind chill of 5). It was not too bad except when running into the wind and then it was not much fun. When going into the wind I ran faster around MP mostly just to get it over faster and try to generate some heat. I can't believe this is Nov. This is more like weather we get in Jan. Other than the weather I felt good today. The weather is making it hard on the marathon training. For me it is hard to focus on faster workouts when the weather is rough. If I had been a better day today I probably would have done some tempo work. I guess it is good to at least get the miles in.

I am going with our church youth group to our state youth convention tonight and tomorrow so I might not be able to run tomorrow. Certainly won't get a long run in.

1:17:20 (7:44 avg)

Saucony Triumph 6 Miles: 10.00

Comments

From rockness18 on Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 13:11:29

Still a nice run...I'm with you on the cold. Today I felt good enough to do some speed work, but the cold/wind made breathing almost unbearable. However, the current conditions may work to your advantage if the weather's decent in Alabama. I think you're going to destroy your pb.

From JimF on Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 14:39:36

Thanks! When I decided on the Huntsville marathon I really looked at what the weather might be like on race day but I didn't really think about training in this cold of weather to get ready. I am planning on going into this one pretty low key and maybe I will be surprised. You had a nice run today but you are right it is tough to go fast in conditions like today. Normally this time of year I would be doing mostly base training and not worrying too much about speed but the marathon has definitely extended the season. What I am most concerned about is I have not been able to do any long MP runs just because of weather, travel, etc. Hopefully, that won't bite me in the marathon.

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