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PR Table and Notable Races

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 - 10 miles. Fartlek: 3 x (5 x 1 minute) at 15K/10K/5K effort, or thereabouts... just ramped up the effort a bit on each set (4:54/4:50/4:46). One minute jog b/w reps, 3 minutes b/w sets.

PM - 3 miles.

This podcast with John Davis of Running Writings is excellent. He touches on a lot of important topics including injury prevention (hip strength!) and has some great thoughts on recovery.

Comments
From Rachelle on Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 10:59:19 from 199.190.170.30

Nice tune up Jake, you are ready to roll. Best of luck this weekend.

From Jake K on Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 11:15:16 from 199.190.170.22

Thanks! Looks like you had the same exact idea this morning.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 11:21:37 from 107.77.66.16

Yep, 10-mile effort was well-covered today - nice going. Have a great race.

From allie on Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 11:31:20 from 174.27.220.148

our cherry tree is in full bloom if you want run under it for dress rehearsal.

From Jake K on Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 11:45:24 from 199.190.170.22

Is your tree surrounded by structures filled with masonic and satanic symbology, like DC? If so, I'll come do my shakeout run there tomorrow.

From allie on Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 11:52:29 from 174.27.220.148

...of course it is.

From Jake K on Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 11:55:56 from 199.190.170.22

http://goo.gl/Hthl81

From Josh E on Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 21:38:59 from 65.130.223.132

I am excited for your race. Thanks for the podcast.

I think of recovery as a four letter word. It's interesting how a lot of this sounds basic and recovery should be basic but nobody wants to hear about it.

I am still figuring it all out but being able to run high miles, do workouts and recover adequately really requires a smart approach. And a long term approach. If you try to fit everything into one cycle, you are setting yourself up for a setback.

From Jake K on Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 21:46:56 from 67.177.11.154

"If you try to fit everything into one cycle, you are setting yourself up for a setback."

That's a good point... something you have to be cautious about... but then if you look at it objectively, a possible solution jumps out...

What if you make the cycles LONGER, with less races?

We'll come back to this in October :-)

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