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SLC,UT,

Member Since:

Apr 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

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)

All race results:
2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016

Personal:

   

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AM - 10.5 miles up to work w/ 6 mile uphill tempo in 34:31 (5:45/mi). Net uphill of ~300 feet - course tool says 5:45 pace on this route is equivalent to 5:25 pace on flat, which seems like about the effort I was running. Got the HR into the right zone w/out pounding the joints.

My plan for the next two weeks is to ease back into the workout routine without pushing it too hard. I feel pretty good right now, but I know the well isn't bottomless... I probably only have a few (hopefully two!) good races left in me this year, and I want to make them really count. A short but higher-intensity cycle from mid-October to mid-November, then 2 competitive half-marathons. I'd really like to end this year w/ a half-marathon PR.

PM - 5 miles down to SHP, met Andrea there. 

Comments
From Rachelle on Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 09:18:36 from 159.212.71.199

Nice work Jake! Glad to see you are bouncing back and I agree that you have a HM PR in you.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 18:41:47 from 69.131.141.92

And here I am doing everything in my power to AVOID hills on my tempos.

Nice run as always, look forward to seeing you rip into a couple HMs this Fall.

From Jake K on Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 19:46:24 from 67.177.11.154

I generally (ie. always) prefer to do the tempos on my flat loop, but I have to be honest - its not just that I'm getting super-tough... we have a friend visiting doing a med school rotation for a month, and I gave her my car while she's in Utah. So I'm incorporating as many workouts as possible into my run commuting.

Although there is a nice benefit to the uphill tempos, as long as you don't care about splits... you get the effort level with less pounding... and you also have to stay focused because the pace can easily slip a lot when you are running uphill.

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