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Member Since:

Jan 29, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

List of PRs:

  • 5k -18:24- 3/23/19
  • 10k - 37:12 - 3/31/18
  • 10 miler - 1:02:34 - 5/5/19
  • Half Marathon - 1:22:43 - 3/25/18
  • Marathon - 2:59:17 - 5/21/17

Short-Term Running Goals:

2020 Goals

  • Sub 2:50 Marathon at the Boston Marathon

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

- Qualify for the Boston Marathon before age 35 - done - 11/18/12 Philadelphia Marathon, 10/13/13 Chicago Marathon

- Run in the Boston (4/20/15), Chicago (10/13/13), and New York City (11/3/19)Marathons

- Sub 17 min 5k

- Sub 36 min 10k

- Sub 1 hr Broad Street Run 10 miler

- Sub 1:20 half marathon

- Sub 2:45 marathon

- Place top 3 overall in a race - done Teal Wings of Hope 5k 8/31/13 - 1st place overall

- Win my age group in another race - done - washington crossing 15k - 8/18/12

 

Personal:

I live in Philadelphia with my son (Russell - 7), and daughter (Jane - 5).  I work in finance/accounting for an insurance company. 

 

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Race: Love Run Philadelphia Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:22:43, Place overall: 41, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.890.0013.110.0018.00

Half Marathon today in Philly.  It was cold today, about 30 degrees at the start with wind chill in the low 20s,  so I decided to wear tights and a cold gear top.  Wind was about 8mph from the north with gusts up to 15.

The race went very well and my splits were pretty consistent given the wind and the one large hill around mile 8.  I got a little side cramp around 7 miles while running into the wind so I struggled a bit up the hill and for a bit afterwards.  The cramp went away as we hit the downhill and I picked up the pace a bit for miles 9-13 when we hit the turnaround and we had a bit of a tailwind. 

As the early miles felt good at the pace I was running, I decided to go for sub-1:23 which is the half marathon qualifying standard for my age to bypass the lottery process for NYC Mararthon.  I had fallen off pace slighly after the cramp/hill mile, but picking up the pace for the final 4-5 miles got me under 1:23.  It was a PR by about a minute that I ran about 4.5 years ago on a flatter course and I my time on this course last year was 1:27:09, so this one felt really good today.

Splits per my watch were (first two miles are always off/too fast due to running downtown near the skyscrapers):

6:08, 5:52, 6:12, 6:11, 6:19, 6:20, 6:18, 6:38, 6:16, 6:10, 6:09, 6:15, 6:11, 6:05 (final .1)

I am right where I want to be 3 weeks before Boston (shooting for sub 2:55).

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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8 miles, 8:20 avg pace

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.001.000.000.0010.00

10 miles, 7:30 avg pace

Saucony Ride 10 (white/aqua) Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 miles, 10:00 avg pace

10k tomorrow in new orleans

Saucony Cortina 4 Miles: 6.00
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Race: Crescent City Classic 10k (6.214 Miles) 00:37:12, Place overall: 85, Place in age division: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.290.006.210.008.50

Great morning for a race in New Orleans, about 60 degrees at the start and little wind. I wanted to run this sub 6:00 pace and got just under that pace, but my pacing was a little too quick during the first 5k and hung on my best for the final 5k.

Mile splits were 5:48, 5:52, 5:55, 6:00, 6:01, 6:01, 5:57 estimate for final .2.

This one felt really good as it was a significant improvement since the 10k PR in Phoenix in early February. The speedwork has clearly paid off. Going to let loose a bit today post run in NOLA then two weeks of easy running before Boston.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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