Winning Back What I Lost

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Location:

Meridian,ID,US

Member Since:

Mar 31, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PR's:

5K Beat Coach Pete Fun Run Boise, ID- 21:13(2009)

Meridan Barn Sour Days 10k, Meridian, ID- 41:32(2012)

Famous Potato Half Marathon, Boise, ID- 1:30:40 (2012)

Utah Valley Marathon, Provo, UT- 3:20:14 (2011)

Athlinks profile here.

Garmin Connect profile here.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2014 Racing Schedule and Goals:

-Get healthy

-St. George Marathon, October 4, 2014, St. George, UT

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run at least one marathon every year until I buy the farm.

Qualify for Boston Marathon.

Personal:

Started running in November 2007 to get fit. Now I'm back almost to square one after back surgery. I did it once and I'll do it again.

"In truth, runners don't race other runners. They race against themselves: to conquer their wills, to transcend their weaknesses, to beat back their nightmares. And while a runner can't actually beat himself, he can beat his time. Even years into running, he can get better." Running for His Life by Michael Hall.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
New Balance MR 1400 Lifetime Miles:						392.77
Saucony Kinvara 2 Lifetime Miles:						424.41
Saucony Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles:						438.89
Saucony Ride 5 Lifetime Miles:						235.68
Brooks Launch (Blue/Yellow) Lifetime Miles:						282.52
Hoka Rapa Nui Tarmac's Lifetime Miles:						181.17
Hoka Clifton (Blue)(2) Lifetime Miles:						164.15

Mon, Apr 23, 2012

Total Distance

9.60

615AM: Headed over to the MVHS track for some aerobic + speedwork: 30 min warm; 5 x 800M @ 10k pace (6:40ish on the first 4 & 6:15ish on the last one); 20 min cool. Could not get the legs to warm up but they started to feel better after the first 800M repeat. I'm a little dubious as to whether this speedwork will transfer over to the marathon, but if nothing else I think it helps mentally to break up the monotony of long slow aerobic training.

Nike LunaRacer +2 (2) Miles: 9.60

Comments

From SlowJoe on Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:15:33 from 155.219.241.10

Good 800s, I'm sure they will count for something...sometimes I question doing intervals in marathon training too, but enough people (that know a lot more than me) seem to advocate it in small doses. In preparation for my marathon this weekend I've basically done no track work other than one failed 800 session that I quit because it was going so poorly.

From Neil on Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 13:47:19 from 164.165.24.5

Yeah, I think long marathon pace runs or fast finish long runs are the most important workouts for the marathon and you do a lot of that. Track work might have a marginal effect on overall economy but sometimes its nice to just running a little faster than I'm accustomed when I haven't run any races since October. Good luck on Sunday!

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