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Location:

Fairfax,VA,

Member Since:

May 31, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Post High School Road PRs

Mile         4:30 (2016)

5K          15:24 (2017)

10K        31:48 (2018)

10M       52:23 (2017)

Half     1:09:14 (2018)

Mar.    2:29:41 (2015)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay injury free, consistently train, and enjoy running

PR in the 5K,10K,10M, half marathon

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

2019 Race Schedule

1/1               New Years Day 5k (1st, 16:08)

2/3               For The Love 10k 

3/16             Shamrock Half Marathon

4/7               Cherry Blossom 10 Mile

4/28             NJ Marathon ?

 

9/29             Berlin Marathon

 

 

Personal:

Live near DC in Fairfax, VA. Hoping to train tough and see what I've got before time and other responsibilities catch up to me.

 

 

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Race: Lawyers HH 10K (6.214 Miles) 00:32:57, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
13.50

The sun rose and it soon became very warm. The high today is 94 degrees. The plan for today was to use this race as an exercise in patience in pacing. I was mostly successful. 

My plan was to run these splits for six miles in an ideal race: 5:15, 5:15, 5:10, 5:10, 5:05, 5:05. Of course I was not factoring in hills and 180 degree turns.  George told me that the second half would be tough in the heat so he told me to just go out in 5:30! It's a good thing I listened because after mile 2.5 I was running by myself for the rest of the race, but I burried a Pacers guy pretty good, passing him strongly after mile 3.5 or so when the hilly section started.

I ended up recording the following splits for today: 5:28, 5:18, 5:06, 5:16, 5:07, 5:17 (GPS splits, which recorded a 6.25 mile course). Not bad. I was only tired in the last mile and I did a good job of pacing correctly and factoring in the conditions today. Of course it does occur to me that 5:16-19 average pace is my tempo pace on a cool day on a flat track.  I'm pretty happy with it given the conditions. Now I just have 3 5Ks left in my season and the good news is 5Ks are short and less affected by DC summer humidity.

It's funny to note last year the top 5 all received cash awards. This year I got a certificate for 2nd place while first place got a $50 gift card. It's ok though, I received a comped entry for the race.

Results

PM: 4 easy in the oven

Adidas Glide Boost 7 Miles: 3.00
Comments
From Eugene on Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 09:27:47 from 67.213.248.0

Nice job!

From RileyCook on Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 19:56:46 from 73.52.134.194

Nice race Matt!

From Jason D on Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 20:27:19 from 68.80.27.222

Nice work, Matt! Is it fall yet?!

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