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Marathon: 2:21:12 (Chicago); 2:20:41 (CIM)
Half Marathon: 1:05:45 (Long Beach)
10K: 30:03 (Portland)

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AM - 13.5 miles. 4 miles warmup w/ Andrea. LT Reps: 6 x 1 mile @ HM pace - 5:04, 5:04, 5:03, 5:00, 5:01, 5:01. Did this on my tempo loop (so ~0.3 mi b/w reps). Average = 5:02. Cooled down ~2 mi back home. 

OK session. Anything under 5:00 would be too big of a risk on my achilles right now. I can pretty much tell exactly where that threshold is... so I just kept it right there, around half-marathon effort. Tomorrow will be a longer workout.

Afterwards we had a goodbye brunch for Andrea as she is off to Brazil in a little while... as usual it just turned into everyone laying on the floor doing physical therapy! 

PM - 6 miles easy. Finished up just in time to watch the meat of the action from the Millrose Games! 

Comments
From Derunzo on Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 17:22:29 from 24.218.176.97

I'm on the East Coast, but indoor track.... The Millrose games is streaming online right now on espn3. New York baby!

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 17:34:05 from 67.177.11.154

I'm just about to get in a quick shakeout run to be back and watch the distance events (and the 600m matchup w/ Duane and Nick). Should be some good races.

Nothing dorkier than streaming track meets on a Saturday night! :-) I love it!

From Derunzo on Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 19:00:49 from 24.218.176.97

Holy Mary Cain! The 600m was great as well!

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 19:02:08 from 74.143.181.234

Wise session Jake. I know that pace was a walk in the park for you, but strong work holding yourself back. And you still got in a good session.

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 20:15:16 from 67.177.11.154

Cain is fun to watch. You get nervous over-hyping young female phenoms, but she is amazing. Seems like a great kid - always has a big smile on her face! I ran 4:25 for 1600m as a HS junior... She would have given me a run for my money!!!

Matt - I gotta be honest, I felt awful warming up today. Almost jogged home w/ Andrea. But once I got going it felt automatic. The legs remember what to do. The thing I can't do right now is really change gears... I can just run a consistent pace. But that's ok for the marathon... It's more about trying not to slow down, rather than speeding up :-) in a kickers race I'd have no chance!

From Derek D on Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 20:24:55 from 68.109.132.154

Nice session Jake. Very impressive at altitude. We watched the live streaming as well. Kate Grace who runs for Oiselle was third in 4:28 behind Cain. Allison had coffee with her a few weeks ago and said she was incredibly nice. She's Oiselle's big thing now. Keep it healthy for a couple weeks and I'll see you down here.

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 20:25:46 from 74.143.181.234

I know you haven't been able to train like you want for a few weeks. Don't let it mess with your head, though. You are still ready to pop a great race in Phoenix!

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 20:31:11 from 67.177.11.154

The marathon is so unpredictable anyways... All I need is for it to come together for a little over 2 hours! My fitness hasn't really improved in the last month, but it probably hasn't gotten worse either. And I was in a good place a month ago. So I remain confident. As long as I don't feel like I'm putting my Achilles at a long term risk, I'll run hard and just see what I can do!

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 20:41:07 from 166.205.55.30

Well spoken!

From Matt Schreiber on Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 21:15:02 from 66.17.102.185

Nice day today! Looks like you're playing it smart with the Achilles (expected). PT party - funny.

From scottkeate on Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 22:07:31 from 71.199.4.146

Great workout, Jake! I know you're chomping at the bit to get in some faster miles. Virtual high-five for knowing where to draw the line and still get in a solid effort.

It's pretty cool that 5min/mile is your HMP :-)

From Bam on Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 09:03:11 from 89.126.28.24

That's a good workout Jake.

I think what you've said makes perfect sense. You haven't lost any fitness and to stay the right side of the thin line shows maturity and skill.

I think you'll surprise yourself in the marathon...

From Jake K on Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 09:32:37 from 67.177.11.154

To be fair Scott, my HM pace is 5 oh TWO. Gotta get it down to 4:58 which doesn't seem like a lot on paper but it will make all the difference in the world when I can actually do that :-)

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