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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Adidas Takumi Sen Flats Lifetime Miles:						98.50
Adidas Adios 3 Lifetime Miles:						109.00
Adidas Sub 2 Flats Lifetime Miles:						18.50
VaporFly 4% Lifetime Miles:						27.00
New Balance 890v6 Lifetime Miles:						109.00
Adidas Supernova.6 Lifetime Miles:						438.10
Saucony Ride 10 Lifetime Miles:						70.05

Tue, Jun 23, 2015

Total Distance

9.00

AM: VERY humid this morning. I apparently did not drink enough water because we started a 3 mile tempo + 1 mile harder cruise interval on the Mt. Vernon trail. I started the run, going 5:32, then 5:39, and falling back to 6:00. Just terrible. I was dizzy a bit and felt like ass. Just like Sunday. I think I was not recovered from Sunday due to the extreme heat and I accidentally ran an extra mile on my way home yesterday. I feel pretty tired now and I'm guessing it's the 73 dewpoint and the constant sweating the last three days. I'm not ready to give up my July races yet but this constant shitty workouts doesn't do much for my fitness that's for sure. I'm just going to keep putting in the time, hoping that my fitness will come around. This is pretty frustrating.

PM: the closed the pool due to thunderstorms.

Saucony Kinvara 5 Miles: 9.00

Comments

From Drew on Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 07:51:35 from 173.171.218.92

I'm onto my 7th summer of running in humidity- although technically the first two summers I gave up and stopped running until October. Every year it has gotten slightly better. It started out as terrible and now it's just at very bad. I'm not sure the lackluster workouts and races are worth it, but the other alternatives are probably worse: just running aimlessly for months, or stopping altogether.

From Freakitypopo on Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:29:57 from 128.164.106.59

Drew, yes that's a good point. Perhaps I've not yet adapted but it really is different training in Jan-April vs. May-September here near DC. it's a sufferfest a lot of days. I could only imagine running in Florida this time of year

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