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Location:

slc,ut,

Member Since:

Jan 16, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 17:26

1/2 Marathon - 1:19:13

Marathon - 2:54:14

Wasatch 100 - 23:20

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-1:20 half

Sub-2:50 full

50 miler

Personal:

james clissold
started running in 2012

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Hoka Challenger 2 (black/orange) Lifetime Miles: 204.80
Kinvara 5 (blue 4) Lifetime Miles: 239.40
Olympus 2.0 (grey) Lifetime Miles: 161.00
Hoka Bondi 4 Lifetime Miles: 318.65
Paradigm 2.0 (black) Lifetime Miles: 223.30
Kinvara 6 (white/orange) Lifetime Miles: 290.95
Kinvara 8 (black/green) Lifetime Miles: 226.73
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.200.000.003.008.20

8.2 miles. 2 mile warmup and then 800 repeats then cool down. Pretty hard workout for sure. I ran 6 x 800 repeats and wanted to hold roughly a 6:00 pace, so run each in 3 minutes. The first one I ran a little fast because I was indoor again and didn't know exactly how fast I was moving until I completed one lap. I ended up backing off a little for the 4th and 5th repeats because I was not feeling great. It is just a little too hot at the indoor track for speed and the air was SO dry. I was coughing more after the run that I have in a long time. 

Overall, I still feel good about the workout, even though I had to back off a little. I am a little mad at myself though. I should have tried to just push through and not slow down so much. I met a great guy at the track during my warmup that offered to pace me at the end. I was stoked that he offered because it totally helped, as you can see my last repeat came in right at 3:00. I would have liked to have not backed off so much on the 4th and 5th repeats, but oh well. I will try harder next time. 

1 - 2:43.8

2 - 3:01.3

3 - 3:02.2

4 - 3:13.8

5 - 3:12.7

6 - 3:00.6

My heart rate avg was 158 and on one of the repeats I hit 182. Full HR data.

update: I decided to look up this similar workout that I did in the summer when I was training for the BCC marathon. I feel a little better after looking at it. My splits then were - 2:45.1 - 2:53.1 - 3:13.4 - 3:27.8 - 3:18.4 - 3:12.7 - I need to work on not going out so fast. Once again, hard indoors.


 

Brooks PureFlow (new Blue) Miles: 8.20
Comments
From Jake K on Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 16:42:36 from 67.177.11.154

Good workout. A little slower on that first one, and I bet you would hit them all right at your goal pace.

From Chad Robinson on Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 17:09:57 from 50.73.39.89

Nice workout! The 2:43 is probably more indicative of what you are capable of with the right training than you think. Keep it up and you will be hitting 2:40's consistently.

From Rob on Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 10:04:39 from 198.228.200.32

Nice job, I hate 800's. in fact I don't do 800's cause I hate thought of 800's.

From runmehappy on Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 14:59:32 from 98.202.96.224

Thanks Jake Chad and Rob. 800s are what I assume torture feels like.

From ACorn on Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 22:52:27 from 24.2.76.146

You've got speed, the pacing will come with time. Nice workout!

From runmehappy on Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 09:51:17 from 69.27.11.2

Thanks Adam. I think if I keep at it the pacing will come with time like you said. Thanks again for pacing me yesterday on the tempo!

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