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WA,

Member Since:

Feb 10, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

I was an 800/1500 runner in high school and college, with PRs of 1:55 and 4:08. I've run as fast as 16:15 for 5k and 1:20 for a half, but my bests in recent years are 17:07 5k (Dec. '11), 37:40 10k (Jan. '12), 1:23:49 half (Sept. '08), 2:53:12 marathon (September '10), and 4:45:06 50k (March '10).

Short-Term Running Goals:

Late 2015/2016 races: 

— Seattle Soltice 10k (Dec. 19)

— Nookachamps half marathon (Jan. 16)

— Toyko Marathon (Feb. 28) 

Personal:

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Sat, Aug 14, 2010
Total Distance
14.00

 

All by myself this morning on Shore Drive, just three other Slugs out there in total. I wanted some miles and planned a few miles of Tinman Tempo. Wonderful morning to run, sun coming up but I stayed in the shade, and it was probably in the 70s the whole run. 

Started off easy, three miles at 7:13 to 7:25 or so. Then I picked it up, but got going a little quicker than planned -- 6:25, 6:42, 6:53 (slow because I needed a bathroom break, which I then took and got back on track), 6:25, 6:21, 6:32. I was probably good on the fast miles at this point, but I still felt strong and was moving really smoothly, so I decided to push out a few more. 6:12, 6:08, 6:20. Then I stopped a minute and caught my breath, stretched a bit, and brought it home at a more reasonable pace: 6:48, 6:55. 1:33:44 overall.

Overall a great workout, surprised myself with how smoothly those fast miles went. One bottle of water, one gel at about mile 8, and two salt tablets. Good finish to a solid week as well, one of the better weeks of the summer and encouraging with TOU five weeks out.

Now, it's time to mow the lawn. Then maybe new shoes, these need to be rotated out.

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Comments
From Jon on Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 17:10:33 from 174.19.181.220

Are you feeling ready for TOU?

From David Nelson on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 00:29:38 from 67.160.88.67

Very ready, a few more good weeks and I'll be rarin' to go. I'm already excited, which I need to calm down on and concentrate on 2-3 weeks of good workouts. That was the thing I lacked before North Olympic, and a few weeks of more miles won't hurt either. I'm going to try and sneak in a 25k race on trails before TOU also. I'll be ready to pace the Bear for sure.

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