Tam's training for 3:45:00" in Feb. 2008

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Location:

Austin,TX,USA

Member Since:

Sep 11, 2006

Gender:

Unknown

Goal Type:

Unknown

Running Accomplishments:

Paul & Tam at Congress Avenue Mile: 5:46" 2004. Marathon: 3:44'

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run AT&T Marathon (Feb.18, 2007) in 3:30:59" to qualify for Boston.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Being healthy at 59... like Paul!

Personal:

Married, 2 kids, boy and girl.
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Thu, Nov 23, 2006
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.005.000.006.00

S7H.

T=55-60 degrees.

WU 1 mile.

Ran Turkey Trot 5 miles at 7:19" pace (PR)

My planned was to do it as a daily training run but when the race started I got excited and raced it.

Knee is great! This is the first time in 5 weeks that I could run down the hills (fast or slow) without any pain.

Breathing was very hard going up the hills even at much slower speed. Being passed by most of the runners going up the hills --> Need more hill works.

Learned to slow down to recover before heart rate went over the edge.

Legs were going strong even at the last mile. However, it was very tough on the mind and heart.

PM: Rode my bike 15 miles around neighborhood.

Comments
From Ethan on Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 16:32:42

Way to go Tam. You rocked the 5 Miles, AND got a PR. Keep it up.

Using some race prediction tools if you can run 5 miles at 7:19 pace your predicted marathon pace would be 3:30:22 according to several prediction methods all averaged.

Awesome Tam.

From Paul on Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 18:37:27

Tam, great race!! That should be a great confidence builder. We just got back from Colorado this morning. I drove all night until 5:30 this morning, took 1.5 hour rest, and then drove the rest of the way home. I'm going to bed early and sleeping in late Saturday. Probably no run.

From Tam Hoang on Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 18:42:44

Thanks Ethan.

It's very encouraging for me. Since I did not plan to race, I went out and ran 5 miles the night before (I normally took 1-2 days off before the race). I also got to the race late and had only about 5 minutes warm up. I was thinking of running about 7:50"-8:00" pace as a training run. Since I did not have my watch so I just ran base on how I feel.

Now I start wondering what if the course was flat, and what if I taper properly, how much faster could I have done?

One bad thing: I decided to sprint the last 50 meters just to pass a guy who was in between me and the photographer at the finish line! I did pass him on the last 2 yards but it sure hurts my knee.

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