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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1113.00 | 53.80 | 83.80 | 2.00 | 1252.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| "In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy." - William Blake |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| i was taking a look at some archived drafts, and i found my unfinished race report for the epic that was the Gas Giant V.
it was a glorious race with mystery, intrigue, and a whole 30 feet of shade...
if you're so inclined, it is up for your perusal at:
http://letsgoforarun.blogspot.com/2010/06/gas-giant-v.html
i can only hope that more Gas Giant races are on the horizon...
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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 |
| "Mustard's no good without roast beef." - Chico Marx |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| it was slow, sluggish, and sloppy. but even sans form and grace of motion, by the end, i was happy to be out there, and isn't that what it's all about?
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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 |
| because i said so. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| yay sumatanga | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| i find it funny (or perhaps horrifying) that when i type in 4 miles, the auto-suggest function only lists numbers like 40.3, 46.5, 40.7, etc. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| rain drops keep falling on my head... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| this is what i put when my normal quotes don't seem to fit. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| just enough to loosen up... almost... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 9.20 |
| slowest 10k i think i've done in over a decade. awesome.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| you know it's a good run when your shirt gets muddy. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| you all know someone that looks like these guys... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGojEyYBmwc&feature=player_embedded
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 31.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.00 |
| "Mostly single-track with 3 small hills and some rocks." - Dink Taylor's (RD) course description for Mt. Mist Trail Run | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| the good weather of mt. mist has thankfully lasted through the recovery and allowed at least one more good run before the seemingly ubiquitous rain returns... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| "Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention." - Joyce Appleby |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
| something to do on a saturday morning.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.20 |
| "You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm." - Colette |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| tonight's run was one that exemplifies quenton cassidy's 2-mile trial rule, i.e., you really don't know if a run is going well or not until after 2 miles. i was very ready to bag it for the day after the first few minutes with a little twinge in my lower left leg, but... | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 38 and raining. going to chalk this one up as mental base building...
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.40 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.50 |
| one of the better weekends i've had in a while |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| some days it just isn't quite jiving... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| a little waxing philosophical for anyone interested: http://letsgoforarun.blogspot.com/
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| ...and then some days it clicks... | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| cruising right along... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| because running a few slow miles is what all the cool kids do on a friday night |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| fun day, if a bit nippy (i'm sure i'm past due to have put an inspirational/intriguing quote here, so feel free to insert one...)
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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 |
| So yet again I find myself looking ahead to an ultra with relatively
little training. The Delano 12 approaches, and I'm almost in good
enough shape to run a 5k.
Come
to think of it, I've only managed to be in decent shape for Delano
once, and that year I was too dumb to only run for the prescribed 12
hours. (I just like to say I got a really good warmup that year...)
In
any case, I was wondering if maybe some of you could tell me how an
out-of-shape novice such as myself is supposed to run a 12-hour (or a
5k, for that matter).
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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 |
| The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,
The ploughman homeward plods his weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight,
And all the air a solemn stillness holds,
Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight,
And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. -Thomas Gray
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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 |
| "Now the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of things people don't understand. Take the Einstein theory. Take taxes. Take love. Do you understand them? Neither do I. But they exist. They happen." - Dalton Trumbo |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.10 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 7.20 |
| "The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think." - Horace Walpole |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| "We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?" - Ray Bradbury |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| "Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know." - Marvin Minsky | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 41.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 41.00 |
| yay delano |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| running whilst on TDY... a bit tricky, but enjoyable none the less... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| "All of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today." - Dale Carnegie |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.30 |
| 3/21/49 It was a good day. Happy Birthday, Daddy.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 8.10 |
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...and another goose egg today... what a productive running week! more about that at http://letsgoforarun.blogspot.com/ (ironically enough, shortly after writing this, i went out and hit a 5k plus a bit with some running buddies in auburn... and won a lava lamp. best schwag ever.)
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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 |
| lunges = bad |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| i would like to reiterate and reemphasize yesterday's assertion. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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tried really hard to talk myself out of running this afternoon. it didn't work. thank goodness. (oh, and in case you haven't checked it in a while, there's a bit of recent activity at http://www.facebook.com/AlabamaReliefRun ... check it out...)
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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 |
| treadmill on TDY. fun stuff.
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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 |
| "The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums." - Peter De Vries |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Good Friday. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 14.20 |
| River City Run
Ever enjoyable race Getting back in shape
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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 |
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easy trail run to shake out the legs a bit. Happy Easter, everyone
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| got to love it when you cut your run short to go catch a high school kid's soccer game a half hour away (the opposite direction from home...) only to get there and find that it was cancelled. i'll just look at it as providencially-advised recovery.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| i didn't have anything else to do at 4:50am, so why wouldn't i run 3 miles? |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| "Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose that you resolved to effect." - Bill Shakespeare |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| "We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose." - Indira Gandhi |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.30 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 13.40 |
| $20 for entering $50 for winning iPod for door prize lucrative race.
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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 |
| "The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers." - Ruth Benedict |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| "Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live." - Oscar Wilde |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| "People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed." - Samuel Johnson |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| "Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd." - Edith Sitwell |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 9.30 | 0.00 | 12.80 |
| the statue to statue 15k is just as tricky as i recall... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| niner. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 1.00 | 16.10 |
| rather unimpressive 5k and mile to cap off a rather unimpressive week of running. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| because there just isn't all that much to do at 5am on a Sunday morning. i would hate to have been bored... | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| fly me to the moon... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.40 |
| yay treadmills |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.20 |
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more treadmill. because they're fun. ...right...?
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.30 |
|
tread mill
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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 |
| on treadmill right before getting delayed on a flight. good day all around
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 4.10 | 0.00 | 7.10 |
| 5k just outside of town.
snuck in under 18 for the first time in a while. only another minute and a half to get back to where i was. (which, properly translated to training is more like 1000-3000 miles. bring it on...)
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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 |
| ...big mileage week going here... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.30 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 12.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| hit a few before the big speech... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| ran over the cotton row course to make sure it was still there. it was.
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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 |
| i must admit that i am a tad bit horrified that the youth at my church do not like the muppet movie.
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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 |
| "To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness." - Bertrand Russell |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| On my drive into work, I pass Wilson Morgan Park, which has a
1.5-mile cinder path around its periphery. This time of year, when the
weather is most cooperative, quite a few people tend to be out walking
the path in the mornings before the day warms up.
Over
the past several days, I've been noticing that, almost without
exception, they all look very intently miserable. They are walking with
a purpose, arms churning mechanically, eyes fixed either on some
distant horizon or at their own feet (rarely anywhere in between),
scowls firmly affixed on their faces. Truth be told, I can't help but
be jealous; I would infinitely rather be out running in the cool
sixty-something degree temps than on my way to the
office.
However,
after thinking on this recurring observation, I can't help but wonder
if, when we're out running, do we look like this? Do I look like this?
If someone saw us out running, would they assume that we hated what we
were doing?
...joke's on them, I suppose...
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 13.70 |
| one of the slower but more enjoyable cotton row runs in recent memory... | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.70 |
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gave a personally guided tour of the cotton row course. funny... it seemed easier this go around than it did on monday...
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| as a pleasant surprise, a couple of the youth wanted to run a few miles with me after our lesson... fun stuff... (and, on a related noted, running at 8-ish in the evening is *much* more pleasant than my normal 4pm...)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.10 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
| fun tour around a cross country course. man, i'm slow...
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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 |
| slow, sluggish, and sloppy, but cranked 'em out. achilles tendon and plantar fascia still pretty tight...
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| kicking off the summer tuesday night running series in huntsvegas. fun stuff. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| just like the huntsville tuesday runs... but on thursday...and in decatur....and flatter...and, well, you get the point... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| it's what the cool kids do on fridays after work. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 9.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.30 |
| mountain mania 15k. fun race with a couple of good hills, and i was lucky enough to sneak across the line a bit ahead of the other folks...
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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 |
| finally cashed in some fleet feet gift cards to get a free pair of shoes and some shorts, then broke them both in on an easy 8 that also turned out to be my first warm-weather rain run of the year. ...good day in my little world of running...
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| figured it would have been cliche' for me to hit 26 for my 26th... | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| standard thursday night runs in decatur that the river city runners sponsors throughout the summer. none of the fast boys decided to step up, which meant that my old, slow, ultrarunning self had to fill the void and take the W for the day. ha. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| none. because i'm a lazy bum at times. ...and a nap is just as good as a run, right?
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
| headed down to Phil Campbell, AL for a 5k. i haven't been to Phil Campbell since i ran through it during the Alabama Relief Run, so it was nice to see the town in all its resiliency. as a matter of fact, we set up the finish line right behind where i did most of the interview in this documentary clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03rQVS9ABvo&feature=youtu.be
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| i know i ran something this week, but can't remember what, sooooo.... assuming the big zero.... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| same as last week... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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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 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| a wee bit hot. a tad bit humid. a whole lot fun.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| haiku are easy but sometimes they don't make sense refrigerator
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| almost have myself talked into entering another somewhat substantially long race. almost.
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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 |
| still mulling it over... | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| It's that time again.... Everyone give a big Happy Birthday to my ever-Inimitable Mother! (for those curious, yes, yet again, she is twenty-something for the twenty-somethingth time...)
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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 |
| a bit warm. a bit muggy.
just the way i like it.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| i don't know if easy would be a correct adjective. slow might be a better descriptor. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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something i posted up on the letsgoforarun site for you to peruse or ignore at your convenience... (update... definitely skipped part of it in the copy-paste process. take two...)
****************************** Much to my surprise, late summer is already upon us. This might not
seem like a noteworthy observation, but late summer is a magical time
for running.
Last night was warm and muggy (not hot and muggy,
thanks to a summer storm passing just north of us), which is rather
typical, and the equally as typical effects were in full force.
Running came with ease, albeit not quite as quickly as it might
feel; the obscenely high humidity and dew point ensured that. Breathing
equal parts water and air comes with a price, I suppose. The late summer tends to bring out the best in other runners, too. The
company of those who have weathered the 100+ degree days for months on
end is easy to enjoy, especially when everyone is of the same opinion
that truly fast running might be better suited for *another* day. This
enjoyment is enhanced with the seemingly contradictory inevitable burst
of speed.
...maybe the word "speed" is a bit generous...
The route itself, by now a fixture of the collective weekly routine,
passes underfoot with ease, each root and trench known all too well.
Also known all too well are the endless swarms of gnats, which as the
evening progresses will undoubtedly magically transform into a
ubiquitous mass of mosquitoes. We all make the obligatory jokes about
caloric and protein intake due to swallowing these gnats, and I was even
lucky enough to collect one in the eye that was still there this
morning. (the strange things you notice whilst brushing teeth...)
The wildlife were aware of the perfect conditions as well. My six or
seven rabbit sightings were eclipsed by others' raccoon, turtle, and
coyote sightings from the morning.
The late summer is certainly a time to be cherished as a runner. All
too soon, the days will shorten, temperatures will drop, and we'll all
be discussing the challenges of winter training.
...which will bring its own set of fascinating observations, no doubt...
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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 |
| everyone should go comment on fatmanrunning.blogspot.com | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| warm and humid, but 32454345 times better than the same run last week. it's amazing what a little hydration can do...
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| ...and a good time was had by all... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 7.10 |
| i guess technically all but three of these were actually on saturday, but in my head, tomorrow doesn't start until either i go to sleep for the night or the sun comes up. neither of these criteria were met, and therefore it all happened on friday. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| i must say that watching the olympic 10k and 5k finals have been some of the most enjoyable races i've seen in quite a while. here's hoping that rupp "breaking the seal" of american runners out-kicking the east africans to win *major* distance events will lead to more american runners following suit.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| no running, but does 1,402 pushups count for anything? |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| (250 pushups... a little off after yesterday's...) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| (100 pushups... along with a little lifting moving the Darling Baby Sister...) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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moved my Darling Baby Sister to college yesterday. wow. (400 pushups)
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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 |
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fridays shouldn't be that busy. (400 pushups)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.40 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| fun 5k. a bit humid.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.70 | 0.00 | 4.30 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| well, between the travel and 12-13 hour work days all week, this is the only run i've gotten... probably why i'm coming in 2nd rather than better... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| ...and the beat goes on... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| only anticipated 8 or 10, so it was nice to get a little extra... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 13.10 |
| it was nice to get to run with the mississippi track club guys again. it's been a while. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| "The most profound statements are often said in silence." - Lynn Johnston | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 23.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.00 |
| run from decatur to huntsville for edgewater 5k. really need to do point to point runs more often... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 10.10 |
| 5k on a whim. ran from the house, won, had to hitch a ride back (poor planning on my part... couldn't carry the duffle bag they gave me and run home) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.40 |
| smallest hotel exercise room ever. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| finally back to my regular route... at least for a week or so... (although, i must admit that i enjoy the variety inherent with running while traveling)
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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 |
| didn't anticipate a run today, but was pleasantly surprised. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.10 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| just slow enough to win... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| pretty slow down hwy 231 in panama city for work. spent 15 minutes afterward picking the little burrs out of my shoes and socks. the joys of the sub-tropics... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.10 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.20 |
| a bit over 4 minutes in front of second place, but the real story of the day is that only the two of us (1st and 2nd) ran the correct course. apparently the wide scatter, along with less-than-informed cops directing people contrary to course markings took its toll... (for whatever its worth, i found the course well-marked and easy to follow, even correcting the lead biker-cop once...)
made for exciting times trying to find everyone afterward...
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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one year ago I started something big.
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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 |
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so at this point a year ago, my feet hurt substantially more than they do right now...
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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 |
| ah, memories... 
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| so at this point, the running days weren't exactly getting easier, but there was definitely a feeling that we might actually finish the thing... 
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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 |
| Day 8 started a bit cool, but by the end of the day had definitely made its mark on the collective memory of the run... 
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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 |
| at this point, i could see the light... 
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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 |
| ...and just like that, it was done... 
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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 |
| All that said, I would be remiss if I did not
express how fully dependent I was upon my crew Tony and Dannie. They
kept an ever-watchful eye on me and took care of anything I need, as
well as attending to anyone else that happened to join us. Dannie and
Tony are the reason this thing worked, which is why this is one of my
favorite pictures from the run.
Day 10, and three grizzled vets can just about smell the finish... 
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 5.10 |
| elmore made me run a little more honestly for this one than the last few... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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remember, remember, the fifth of november...
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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 |
| "I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite." - G.K. Chesterton |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| "The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive." - Robert Heinlein
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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 |
| "An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth." - Bonnie Friedman |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.20 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 5.30 |
| another week of just fast enough to eek out the win. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| "Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to
live taking the form of readiness to die." -G.K. Chesterton Happy Veteran's Day to all, and a deep, heartfelt thanks to all our veterans out there.
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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 |
| i entreat everyone to cruise over to http://fatmanrunning.fastrunningblog.com/ and encourage him to run.
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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 |
| there's just something disturbing about looking at the van next to you in traffic and seeing a dreamcatcher hanging from the rear-view mirror... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| "Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn't come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we're not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished." - Sharon Salzberg |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.10 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 8.20 |
| same story as last saturday, although about 6 seconds slower. oh well... same result with a wider margin works, i suppose. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| highlight of the run: passing a guy riding his bike (who didn't pass back...) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| yay treadmills | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| little did i know how much the youth's antics later this evening would necessitate this run for the sake of my sanity...
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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 |
| check out the new goals (short term and long term... and personal info) at http://fatmanrunning.fastrunningblog.com/ you should all help encourage him to attain this newfound goalset...
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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 |
| i went out the door with the intention to do 3. when i got to 4, i figured i didn't have anything better to do. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| "Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering." - R. Buckminster Fuller |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 1.00 | 8.10 |
| "If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it!" - Jonathan Winters |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 70+ degrees on december 3. i love the South. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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"Ainchoo cold!?" - inquiry between cigarette puffs from a lady wandering around downtown huntsville as i ran past
(it might have gotten a bit cool as it started raining on me about an hour later)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
| even though i was just a pace group leader for a relatively easy pace, it's still a marathon. legs feel fine, but the joints are a little cranky, and i'm in that post-marathon-can't-concentrate-on-much-for-long state. awesome. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| the looks i got from drivers, befuddled as to the fellow running in shorts on a miserably cold and windy afternoon, were priceless. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| not sure whether to count this as on saturday or sunday. saturday at home, where i woke up; sunday in korea, where i ran. hhhmmm... |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| i've recently come to realize that encouragement/heckling are the order of the day for http://fatmanrunning.fastrunningblog.com/ and http://invisible.fastrunningblog.com/ , so i would highly encourage everyone to peruse over to them to give them some motivational boosts... (one is training for a half marathon, and one is trying to come over to the dark side and run some ultras...)
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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 |
| "Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it." - Kierkegaard |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| merry Christmas, y'all! |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| "Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought." - Sir William Osler (i like the way Sir Osler thinks...)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1113.00 | 53.80 | 83.80 | 2.00 | 1252.60 |
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