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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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2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Tue, Jul 08, 2014

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
16.00	0.00	0.00

AM - 10 miles.

PM - 6 miles.

For some reason I had an idea stuck in my head that Chicago was 12 weeks from July 4th weekend, and on the drive home from Steamboat we were discussing potentially shifting the timeline to a Nov/Dec target because my fitness is poor at the moment (May/June were definitely a regression) and it's going to take some time to rebuild. Then we actually counted and it turns out I have 14 weeks, which is a world of difference for me right now. I'm very motivated to get going, but I'm also essentially starting this buildup from scratch and need some more time before I start the workout cycle. Luckily I have two things going for me - I don't mind training in the heat, and I can handle jumping straight to 100 mile weeks as I start putting down a mileage base. With consistency and patience (lots of patience!), I think there is enough time to get ready for a marathon by October. I'm not going to repeat 2013's summer racing frenzy (it would be ugly, anyways). Gradual, incremental fitness progression is the primary objective for the rest of the summer... the more boring this looks, the better. I don't really need to commit to Chicago until September so I'll train for a couple months and then make the call based on how things are going.

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 21:29:23 from 24.10.247.181

I agree with all of this.

From Josh E on Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 09:12:12 from 205.235.104.4

No more wave tempos for a while? I am excited to see you get back into it. As Riley is to the Ogden Crew, Jake is to the blog. When you're rolling, we're all rolling.

From Jake K on Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 09:14:22 from 199.190.170.21

When was the last time I did a wave tempo? Early January? :-)

From Jason D on Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 09:45:11 from 68.80.27.222

As you attorney I approve this message. Indy is a possibility, but you know that already. Probably not as big a group as Chicago for the 2:18-2:20 range but they are there.

From Jake K on Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 09:47:59 from 199.190.170.21

Wietecha is pacing Indy again, so that alone makes it a perfectly good plan B.

From Jason D on Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 09:51:54 from 68.80.27.222

I just hope there aren't too many 5:05s in the first 10k :-)

From Jake K on Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 09:56:32 from 199.190.170.21

You can only trust Scott to a certain extent :-) Remember when we were both going to run ~2:30 at TOU last fall?

From Bret on Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 10:29:19 from 216.234.133.229

Chicago is a great race to run. Just had a friend trying to convince me to do it - and said "it is 100 days out - that's plenty of time to get ready!"

From Rachelle on Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 09:50:57 from 199.190.170.22

It looks like you got the boring part down. :-)

From Matt Poulsen on Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:14:56 from 66.7.112.65

Very smart approach, Jake. I agree: I think you can definitely be ready for a great marathon at Chicago.

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