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Around and about,CA,USA

Member Since:

Sep 14, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Kinda consistently running since 07 

Short-Term Running Goals:

5k in 18:00; 10k in 40:00

Long-Term Running Goals:

I would like to be able to keep up with my daughter.  The one who runs xc, not the one who's going to change the world through dance.  Although I would like to be able to dance also, so I change that to me wanting to be able to keep up with both my daughters.

Personal:

I have two gorgeous daughters; two good-looking cats and two dogs with great personalities. 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Black Beauties Lifetime Miles: 490.88
Black And Blues Lifetime Miles: 408.91
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
38.710.0014.0015.9468.65
Ruby Reds Miles: 27.97Flamingo Pinks Miles: 7.25Monkey Feet Miles: 0.62Black Beauties Miles: 16.60Baby Blues Miles: 9.02
Race: Combat Medic 10k (6.4 Miles) 00:46:39
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.006.406.40

Felt cool, but my go-fasters ignored me and did not go faster.  Mind vs Matter: Matter, 1;  Mind 0. 

81F, 23% hum, 5.8 mph winds, clear

Ruby Reds Miles: 6.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.006.001.257.25

0430

Tempo with Brown.  Didn't feel as hard as Thurs race.  Don't know why.  Maybe it was the box jump burpees on Wednes...

7:22 pace.

82F, 19% hum, 4mph winds, clear but smelly

1900 (an hour late due to roads being blocked by Biden's visit, good thing was it cooled down a bit)

5x (400m and 15 overhead squats @ 95lbs) 15:58 minutes

104 F, 10% hum, 4.6 mph winds, hazy

Flamingo Pinks Miles: 7.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.008.000.008.00

0800

Ran with my sister in Northern California.

Out with the wind (7:30 pace).  Back against the wind (8:30 pace).

60 F, 50% hum, 10 mph winds, clear.

Ruby Reds Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.190.000.000.007.19

0800

Got some new shoes from a donation bin in Kuwait.  I went for an easy run, but had to walk the last mile home due to the pain.  You get what you pay for.

8:43 pace.

72-79F, 54% hum, windless and clear

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.280.000.000.008.28

0600

Ran in my old shoes, faster than yesterday and without pain.  The new shoes will be for yardwork.  When I have to start doing yardwork again.

8:30 pace.

68 F, 54% hum, no wind and blue skies

Ruby Reds Miles: 8.28
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.290.000.000.005.29

0800

Light ruck.  18 lbs.

11:42 pace

 

Ruby Reds Miles: 5.29
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.620.000.000.000.62

1800

4x (50m tire flip + 200m sprint)

The sprints weren't really sprints.  The were more like moseying.

109 F, 11% hum, 8.1 mph winds, clear

 

Monkey Feet Miles: 0.62
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Race: EOD Wounded Warrior 5k (2.34 Miles) 00:16:05
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.002.332.33

0530

Still jet lagged, so I didn't set my alarm.  I figured if I woke up in time for the race then I'd go.  I woke up at 4, despite going to bed later than I wanted to last night.

Don't know what happened at the race.  Maybe the leaders took a wrong turn.  Ended up being a 3k instead of a 5k.  It was fine with me though.  I was ready to be done.

Broke in my new shoes. 

87.8 F; 25% hum; 3.5 mph winds; clear

Black Beauties Miles: 2.33
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.610.000.000.007.61

0515

8:23 pace.  The breeze wasn't cool, but it wasn't hot either.  The warm breeze felt relatively cool.

87.8 F, 29% hum, 2.3 mph winds, nice and clear

Black Beauties Miles: 7.61
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.500.000.000.000.50

4x200 for a warmup

Baby Blues Miles: 0.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.200.000.002.815.01

0430

Hill repeats

10 x 200 (pace ranged from 4:51 to 5:47, averaging 5:22)

Don't know the elevation, but the garmin read anywhere from 0 to 9 feet of elevation gain.  How do you get it to work right?

90F, 22% hum, 4.6 mph winds, dusty

 1230

Swam

113 F, 8% hum, 11 mph winds, hazy

1800

As many rounds as possible max kipping pullups and 400m sprints in 20 minutes

6 rounds in 19:25

 118 F, 8% hum, 2 mph winds, hazy

Baby Blues Miles: 1.50Black Beauties Miles: 3.51
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.020.000.000.007.02

0430

Ran by my lonesome so I decided to pamper myself with a 10:06 pace. 

95 F, 26% hum, 1.2 mph winds, low visibility due to dust or fog I couldn't tell

1800

400 warm up

Then 30 minutes of as many rounds as possible 200m equipment runs alternating 65 lbs barbell and 20 lbs medicine ball with a partner.  In between runs you jumped rope while waiting for the guy with the barbell, then did 10 medicine ball throws each to one another.  Lost track of the rounds, but it was a half hour of intense complaining.

115 F, 13% hum, 2.3 mph winds, hazy

Baby Blues Miles: 7.02
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Thurs entry should be here, but I'm too lazy to cut and paste

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Race: JAG Birthday 5k (3.15 Miles) 00:21:23
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.003.153.15

0530

No strategy, just ran till it started hurting and tried to maintain.  Not much of a kick at the end, but I did accelerate. 

This is a PR for me, so I'm stoked. 

93 F, 20% hum, 5.8 mph winds, hazy

Black Beauties Miles: 3.15
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
38.710.0014.0015.9468.65
Ruby Reds Miles: 27.97Flamingo Pinks Miles: 7.25Monkey Feet Miles: 0.62Black Beauties Miles: 16.60Baby Blues Miles: 9.02
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