The Quest for Boston

Week starting Nov 28, 2010

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Member Since:

Nov 01, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Best Post High School 5K (Nate Bruckenthal Memorial 2011): 20:28

Best half marathon (Maryland Half Marathon 2011): 1:38:02

Best 20 Miler (NCR Trail 2010): 2:34:43

First (and so far only) marathon (Baltimore 2010): 3:39:48 (nursing an overuse injury)

Short-Term Running Goals:

I think I have a shot at qualifying for Boston if I put in the time, train for strength and speed, and avoid injury. With the new times that may be only a distant dream. Running is about becoming a better person and not just qualifying for Boston.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running as a part of my fitness routine after I do 4 or 5 marathons

Personal:

Married with 3 boys

College professor by day (and night a lot of times)

My best event was the mile in high school (two decades+ ago)

Blogged about the spiritual nature of my first marathon (http://p-s-wellbeing.blogspot.com)

Wrote a book called The Radical Transformation of Runner 1313--all profits go to charity

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.34	5.37	0.00	0.00	9.71

Sun, Nov 28, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

10 weight exercises

Leg press: 3x12x270

Many of the other exercises felt easier than usual

30 minutes for 501 calories on the elliptical

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Tue, Nov 30, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.34	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.34

A little over 4 hours sleep. Was up from 3:45ish--working on a lecture for today, making bagels to sell at the kids' school, and making pizza dough for dinner. Then just out for a nice little run.

The 162 rather than 159 is because of a little too much holiday eating.

Pace was all over the place today.

Need to run a little more deliberately/slowly. OVerall pace was 8:05 (in 35:01) and there is no reason to run that fast.

Knee acted up from about 2.5 miles.

Need to make sure to have pre-stretch and post-stretch time if I am going to keep this up.

I'll feel better by tomorrow, but I'd rather not hurt while I run.

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Wed, Dec 01, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Keep working on 4 hours sleep. Had a great elliptical workout: 575 calories in 35 minutes.

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Thu, Dec 02, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Had a very nice 10 exercise workout. Some of the exercises are coming together so that I'm at 12 reps at a weight I'm just getting comfortable with. On those, I'll do a few more 12's before moving up in weight. Others, like the "push out", are difficult when not done first. Finally, I did my first two sets of 8x275 on the leg press. The difference between 270 and 275 is much "bigger" than any difference I've felt before. So much that I could only do 4 leg presses in my third set and I did those at 270. I will have to make any further leg press progress slow and steady.

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Sat, Dec 04, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	5.37	0.00	0.00	5.37

Cold morning. Nice run. Kept a 7:32 pace.

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.34	5.37	0.00	0.00	9.71

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