The Quest for Boston

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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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10 exercise weight workout including 12x275 leg press.  Just enough cardio to get the muscles warmed up before I began. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.070.003.000.006.07

Not sure how to classify  my Yasso 800's although I think that since I ran 6 of them, calling it three threshold miles seems about right. I ended up with as many easy miles as I ran 6 3:20 segments at 8:57 pace along with a 5 minute run before the first 800 and a 3+ minute extra cool down at the end.  Nice 800 calorie workout this morning.  Trying not to rush my push toward a 3:20 next October but feeling like everything is good.

Knee a little stiff but not as bad as last time.  Each time the degree the knee hurts seems to decrease.

Also, already registered for the Baltimore Marathon 2011 already--they opened with a $12 discount on the early bird registration fee yesterday.  

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40 minutes on a recumbent bike; 381 calories; 5 warmup/5 cooldown; for the 30 in between I kept HR between 120 and 135.  Not bad.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.005.000.000.006.00

1/2 mile at 6.7MPH on the treadmill with no incline

5 miles (7:35, 7:41, 7:35, 7:41x2 for an average of 7:39--just can't set it for 7:39 to begin with) with inclines lasting up to 1/4 mile at each level with the longest inclined stretch being more than 1 mile

Felt pretty good

Just a little knee issue still  

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Weights.  Feeling very comfortable with a 1x12x275 leg press.  Otherwise, just carrying on.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Ran about a constant 8:34 pace (7 MPH) on the treadmill with lots of inclines.  Burned off 891 calories in just about an hour.  Felt good.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.075.003.000.0019.07
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