Rhett

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Location:

Lake Havasu City,AZ,

Member Since:

Sep 29, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

23 marathons

6 Bostons (2007-2011, 2017)

3 Half Ironmans

2 Ironmans

3 50 Milers

1 Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim

Marathon PR:

~~2:59:00 St. George 2008~~

2:58:03 Boston 2010

1/2 Marathon PR:

~~1:25:41 Havasu Half 2009~~

1:24:09 Painter's St.George 2010

Half Ironman PR:

5:25:02 HITS Havasu 2014

5K PR:

~~18:23 LHC Turkey Trot 2014~~

18:22 LHC Turkey Trot 2017

50 mile PR:

7:56:14 Avalon50 2016

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Break 3 hours again~~

~~Doing it a Boston would be sweet!~~

It was sweet!

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Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!

Personal:

Married

4 kids

Optometrist

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Salomon Sense Pro 4 Lifetime Miles:						320.00
Salomon Ultra Pro Lifetime Miles:						387.00
NB 1500 V6 Lifetime Miles:						219.00
Adizero Pro Lifetime Miles:						57.00
Hoka Clifton 8 Lifetime Miles:						346.00
Brooks Ghost 14 Lifetime Miles:						343.00
Brooks Ghost 14 #3 Lifetime Miles:						163.00
Inov8 G270 Lifetime Miles:						20.00

Mon, Mar 09, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
1.00	14.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.00

I got a late start on my run tonight. We did FHE at a friends house and got home a bit late. I didn't get out until around 8:30. As I was getting ready I felt very tired so I broke out a double caffinated Gu that I usually reserve only for race day and downed one. It really worked and gave me the mental edge I needed to get out there and run.

Than plan was to run 14 marathon paced (6:52) miles and 1 cool down mile. That is 4 laps plus a little bit around the island. Here are my splits.

1 6:36

2 6:33

3 6:48

4 6:50

5 6:49

6 6:48

7 6:51

8 6:51

9 6:40

10 6:43

11 6:50

12 6:49

13 6:45

14 6:38

15 Cool Down

Total 14 miles 1:34:29 AP 6:45

Looks like a started a bit fast, but then settled into a nice pace and finished strong on the last mile. I felt great the whole way. Who knew how much an easy week last week would help? I may need to start mixing in a few more easy weeks into my marathon training.

SpeedStar 2 Miles: 15.00

Comments

From Kathie on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 01:59:28 from 206.159.183.34

Wow those splits look really great, I am glad your rest week paid off.

My husband just bought me Brain Training for runners and I started reading it today.

From DonGardinero on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 03:18:24 from 152.216.7.5

Holy Moly, Rhett. I don't know how you can run that fast for that long. Always impressive.

I started reading my Brain Training for Runners book, too. Good stuff. It's going to take me a long time to finish it.

From huans32 on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:49:51 from 138.64.2.78

Wow nice splits but more impressive is that you did that late at night. No snow to deal with to boot.:)

From Andy on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 09:32:52 from 198.60.114.178

That's a very impressive training run. Looks like you are ready for a great performance at Boston.

From Rhett on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 15:44:09 from 170.215.58.122

Kathie, Dale, I hope you guys enjoy Brain Training as much as I did. It has some great ideas that you can incorporate into your current training plan.

Mark thanks. I didn't feel like going out last night, but I'm glad I did.

Andy, Thanks, are you sure you don't want to show up at Boston and pace me to another sub 3? :-)

From Smooth on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 18:23:33 from 71.36.65.79

Rhett,

That is an impressive 15 miler. Amazing how you hit those marathon pace right on the button and so late at night. I think I need to seriously look into more easy weeks. I smell another sub-3 at Boston for ya!

From timp on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 21:36:04 from 68.166.16.2

real nice, man!

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