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Abby Brinkman 5k

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Location:

Columbus,IN,US

Member Since:

Jun 13, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

37 Marathons -- PR - 2:48:53 (Fall 2014)

A bunch of Half Marathons -- PR - 1:19:20 (Aug. 2015 - Converted)

10k - 36:30 Unaided // 35:25 (July 2014 - Aided)

5k - 17:28 (Aug. 2015)

1mi. - 4:58 (July 2014 - Track)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

10k and 5k's to get back into the swing of thing this summer

Sept. 21:  Mill Race Marathon - Under 3:00.  LET's GO!  

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

R2R2R in Grand Canyon  5/18/19 

Marathon < 2:45

Half Marathon < 1:18

Top 10 in Bluegrass 10k

5k < 17

Personal:

400m/800m competitively in track in high school.  Took 15 years off. Started running again in 2010.  Married to my beautiful wife, Tiffany, with 2 little boys, now 4 and 6.  I'm a civil engineer working for the Indiana DOT in Seymour, IN.   I live in a slightly larger town about 20 miles north - Columbus, IN.  Originally from Lexington, KY.

 

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Swimming Lifetime Miles: 6.20
Elliptical Lifetime Miles: 81.50
Vilano Road Bike Lifetime Miles: 1216.95
Vilano Bike On Mag Trainer Lifetime Miles: 277.85
Red Peregrine Velcro Lifetime Miles: 314.94
Red Peregrine NO Velcro Lifetime Miles: 171.83
Saucony Kinvara 11 Lifetime Miles: 237.33
Blue Arahi 4.2 Lifetime Miles: 662.17
Nordictrack TM Lifetime Miles: 358.98
Hoka Bondi 7 Lifetime Miles: 325.22
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
41.920.009.220.0051.14
14 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14 - Blue Miles: 26.1113 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 13 - Blue Miles: 10.1515 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 7.7516 - Saucony Kinvara 3 - Black/Red/Neon Miles: 7.09
Weight: 152.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.690.003.110.0012.80

PM: really sore and tired from yesterday.  A CR Series 5k in Mill Race Park at 3pm was the only way I was going to get in the miles I wanted today.  So, at 2pm, off I went in the heat and on some very sore legs.  3.8 miles to the park at about 9:30 pace - its 90 degrees.  Hung around a bit and then signed up and lined up with the 300+ Girls on the Run and Thouroughbreds (8-12 year olds) that sometimes double their events with the CR Series.  The starts are funny to say the least :)  I was in 50th place after 200m... Anyway, this was going to be a jog if my legs didn't loosen up at some point anyway.  It was until about 1mile in to the race.  Loosened up and got down in to the 5:30 range by the last quarter mile or so.  Doused myself with water and grabbed a banana, chatted with some guys, and then shuffled home the long way to get the rest of the miles - 6 miles at like 9:30-10:00 pace.

12.8 miles total - should give me the first 100 mile week (Mon. - Sun.) of the year.

14 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14 - Blue Miles: 12.80
Weight: 150.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

PM: 3mi. recovery run - and by recovery run I mean 10minute miles in the grass

13 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 13 - Blue Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.310.003.000.005.31

Tuesday Track workout.  85 degrees and sunny.  Alot of people there again today.  Makes it fun.  Workout was 5x400(40sec), 4min., 4x400(40sec), 4min., 3x400(40sec) with 400 at goal 5k pace.  Danny and I did these in about 80 for the first 9 and then 75, 75, 74 for last 3.  I think we did it about right - last 2 reps were tough, but manageable and controlled. 

5.31 mi. total - 42min.

14 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14 - Blue Miles: 5.31
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

PM - 4mi. easy x 2.  Sore, but not as tired legs.  Think these Adrenalines are about done.  Feeling more road than usual.  Interesting weather - 80 degrees for 4pm jog, and then 65 degrees for 8:30pm run.  Storm blowing in looked like.

8mi. total - 66 min.

14 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14 - Blue Miles: 8.00
Weight: 152.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.750.000.000.007.75

PM1: easy 4 mi. - 36min.  Good weather, sore legs.

PM2: easy 3.75 mi. - ditto to earlier comment.

 

15 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 7.75
Weight: 154.00
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OFF - I was very sore and fatigued and yesterday.  Ended yesterday's easy run in a very bad mood.

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Race: Abby Brinkman 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:18:34, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.170.003.110.0014.28

The day off yesterday did me some good.  AM Crossroads series 5k.  Mill Race Park is about 4 miles from the house, so I jogged over at a relaxed pace from the house.  Did some strides and pickups at the park and ran the race, not expecting much, since I have notorioulsy run bad at this race at this time of year.  Kept it about 6:00 pace - which was difficult effort in the last mile.  I think I'm much improved overlast year, yet realize that I'm still in between that phase where I'm in recovery from spring races, and the switching gears to shorter/faster phase that usually happens to me this time of year.  Splits for 5k were 6:02, 5:59, 6:05, and 0:28 for a GPSed 3.07 mi.  Lots of twists and turns and one fairly steep climb for about 0.1mi.  Pleased with this time on this course - I ran about 19:00 last year.  About 7 mi. total for the morning.

PM: easy hour out and back from house down CR 300.  7.15 mi. - 59:33

 

13 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 13 - Blue Miles: 7.1516 - Saucony Kinvara 3 - Black/Red/Neon Miles: 7.09
Weight: 153.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
41.920.009.220.0051.14
14 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14 - Blue Miles: 26.1113 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 13 - Blue Miles: 10.1515 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 7.7516 - Saucony Kinvara 3 - Black/Red/Neon Miles: 7.09
Weight: 152.40
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