Trying to improve my running

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Location:

Tucson,AZ,United States

Member Since:

Nov 05, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

-5K 21:05 TWS 5K 11/16/2013

-10K 45:57 5/2013

-Half: (split from 2nd half of SGM 2013) 1:39:40

-Marathon (2013 SGM) 3:26:07 Official chip time 3:29:30 (had to take a 0.75 mile detour to get my watch).

-Survived Speedgoat 50K 2013 (Time 9:59:51)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Attempting to complete half ironman triathlon. I've done a decent amount of running but not much else for a while.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and happy.

Run everyday forever.

Personal:

married with kids trying to inspire the family to be healthy and active daily.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
New Balance 1210 #3 Lifetime Miles:						117.56
Saucony Kinvara 4 Lifetime Miles:						259.66
Vertical Feet 2015 Lifetime Miles:						909.00
Off Road 2015 Lifetime Miles:						7.50

Tue, Jun 05, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	6.31	6.31

Yesterday felt great to go fast. Today I decided I should go 10K and see how fast I could do that. I decided to run up wade road because it has some decent hills. My time to 10 K was 50:41 AP: 8:15/mile. I think I will make my goal for the month to be sub 8 minute mile for 10K. I am going to break 100 miles and work on hills and speedwork to accomplish this.

Here are my splits:

Split

Time

Moving Time

Distance

Elevation Gain

Elevation Loss

Avg Pace

Avg Moving Pace

Best Pace

Avg HR

Max HR

Calories

Summary

51:32.3

51:14.0

6.31

250

237

8:10

8:07

5:47

158

180

827

8:12.5

8:11

1.00

8:13

8:11

7:06

162

180

8:22.4

8:18

1.00

8:22

8:18

7:16

153

160

138

8:33.0

8:32

1.00

105

8:33

8:32

7:09

157

162

144

8:05.6

8:02

1.00

8:06

8:02

5:47

160

166

136

7:40.4

7:36

1.00

121

7:40

7:36

6:30

158

161

128

Comments

From TheMr.K on Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 20:48:03 from 166.147.88.19

As long as you feel good it's probably not a big deal but be careful doing too many speed workouts. Your body needs time to recover. I always get hurt doing speed work because I push too much.

From TheMr.K on Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 20:48:20 from 166.147.88.19

Good work though.

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