| Location: Arlington,TN,USA Member Since: Jun 01, 2007 Gender: Male Goal Type: Age Division Winner Running Accomplishments: One of the highlights of my short running career thus far has been a rather surprising 10k finish. I had never cracked sub 40:00, but while in training for a marathon, surprised myself with a 38:49 (it remains my PR). 5k - 18:45 10k - 38:49 1/2 - 1:26:57 Mar - 3:15:54 (BQ by a few seconds!) Short-Term Running Goals: Set PR's at every distance and count down to becoming a Master runner. Realistically, I would like to run sub 18:00 this year and lower both the 1/2 and full marathon times. Not many chances here in Memphis to run a good/fast 10k. Oh yeah, try to juggle running/racing with a full-time job, home business, family, and a new baby. Long-Term Running Goals: In August of 2008, I begin training for my first sub 3:00 marathon. The race will be the St. Jude Marathon in Memphis, TN. (my hometown).
* I began blogging, again, to help me maintain my motivation for my attempt! Encouragement, advice, etc. is always welcome. Personal: I am married with one little girl (age 5) and a little boy (12 months). My daughter is beginning to run a little with me at her own leisure, I don't push her. My wife runs as well and I hope my son will someday run. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 34.60 | 0.00 | 9.50 | 0.00 | 44.10 |
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| Random Arlington, 1:30 p.m., sunny, windy, 48. I ran out Hwy 205 and saw 2 really large, aggressive dogs coming towards from ~200m away. At that point, I decided to alter my route and returned to randomly run around neighboring communities. My legs were slightly sore and fatigued following yesterday's race. The next 4 weeks I hope to be at 50 mpw. 7.1 miles in 56:08 (7:58 pace). Nice and easy! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Hwy 205, 4:00 p.m., sunny, 54. Another easy run today. The legs, hip flexors, are still a tad bit sore, but I felt really great on this run. I had to force myself to slow down and thought about doing a tempo run, but fought the urge. I don't mean to sound like a pansy, but I am still paranoid/fear another stress fracture. 4 weeks of SOLID training until the 1/2 marathon. I would like to run ~1:26:30 or so. 6 miles in 46:28 (7:45 pace). |
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| Well, so much for my serious training. Here it is Tuesday and I already am taking a day off. I'm not sick, injured, etc. This week will be busy around our house and I will have to juggle lots of things to get my "SOLID" running in. Today, I mismanaged everything and am a bit mad at myself. Oh, I also ate crap all day. In between meetings and interviews, I chose junk food and fast food, which I don't normally do. Ugh! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| AHS, 3:45 p.m., sunny, 29. The plan was 4-5x1600m @ 6:18. I could have done 5, but stopped at 4, as I had been doing 6000m worth of repeats. Tonight, I did 6400m worth. Each was followed by 1:45 rec. (6:17, 6:17, 6:18, 6:17) - 6:20/mile pace. I followed the above up with 4x200m @ mile pace. I felt really good tonight. I would really like to have company for some of my runs. The high school track team left and so did the coach. I have an agreement with the coach that I will lock up if I'm there when they leave. They left, but some younger coach stuck around for a few minutes and, mistakenly, locked me in. I searched for a while to find a place to jump the barbed wire fence. Oh the joys of jumping fences after an interval workout. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Treadmill, 7:00 p.m., indoors. I waited too late and it was dark and miserable out, so I opted for the dreadmill. I warmed up easy and then did 5x2:00 hills at max setting - whatever that is. We have a very old (hand me down) Precor treadmill that has a calibration issue as well as it won't show the grade hill that you are running. I swear this thing will allow you to run a sub 4:00 mile. The manual indicates that it only goes to 10 mph (6:00 pace), but it is much faster than that. The little one, for some reason, decided to wake up several times during the night, which meant sporadic sleep. I don't require alot of sleep, but I like it to be continuous. It is difficult for me to fall asleep after being awakened. 5 miles in 40:00 (8:00 pace). |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Hwy 205, 3:00 p.m., cloudy, 58. Nothing special - out and back on 4 mile course. Too busy to write for now. 8 miles in 1:01:15 (7:39 pace). |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| Jetway Loop/Hwy 205, 7:30 a.m., cloudy, 42. I debated whether or not to run long today, as I did a hill workout on Thu. and 8 miles on Fri. The legs didn't feel "there" today for my 4-5 miles @ 6:55 pace. After a few miles, they felt better, so I ran out highway 205 and did 4.5 miles @ 6:57 avg. The out portion was ~7:00 pace, but the return (with wind) was ~6:55 pace. I felt good and immediately showered and watched my nephew play his basketball games. Absolutely no rest between. 11 miles in 1:22:00 (7:27 pace). |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 34.60 | 0.00 | 9.50 | 0.00 | 44.10 |
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