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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Sat, Oct 14, 2006
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.508.500.000.0010.00

S5H.

T=68-72 degrees. So nice!

Ran 10 miles. Started first 1.5 mile real slowly to warm up, about 10-11:00" pace. Right knee seems uneasy but not hurting. Ran at medium/decent effort while carrying short conversations, 83%-85%. Stop 2x1 minutes for water at mile 4th & 6th. Total time was 1:26:00". Average pace the last 8.75 miles is about 8:05"-8:10" pace. Thanks to the cooler temperature. Great training run. Felt strong the whole way. Catched Angel and Andy at the end. It looks like all the 100 degrees plus summer training runs start paying off. 8:00" pace now seems much easier compares to last year. Very encouraging.

Mistakenly took and ran in wife's new shoes, 1/2 sizes maller. Toes got jammed and hurt the whole 10 miles run. Removed insole at mile 6th. Still got blister afterward. Took 1 hour nap at noon. Felt great.

Comments
From MikeBro on Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 16:54:19

Tam--Thanks for the comments on my blog. Remember that you have an extra 59 seconds about the BQ times to make the cutoff, so 3:30:59 will do it for you. Already having one or more marathons under your belt should help you, as the Flying Pig was my first and I lost it around mile 22. Good luck! --MikeBro

From Tam Hoang on Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 19:36:26

Thanks Mike. I'll probably need every single second that I can get. They just changed the Austin Marathon course this year and it's really hilly!

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