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Location:

Austin,TX,USA

Member Since:

Jun 07, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2006 – London Marathon – 3:42

2007 – London Marathon – 3:49

2008 –Austin Marathon – 3:19.20

2009 – 3M Half Marathon – 1:29.20

2009 – Austin Marathon – 3:23

2009 – San Antonio Marathon – 3:36

2010 – Steamtown Marathon – 3:17:56 (PR)

2011 - Austin Marathon - 3:27

2012 - London - 3:27 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break all my PRs during the Austin FIT Distance Challenge:

10K - 40:41

10 miles - 68:02

1/2 Maration - Decker - 1:30:30

1/2 Marathon - 3M - 1:29:25

30K - 2:30

Marathon - 3:17

Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 3 hours for the marathon

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
VFF Spyridon Green Lifetime Miles: 125.41
Saucony Kinvara TR2 Lifetime Miles: 22.85
Newton Motion III - #1 Lifetime Miles: 125.05
Newton Distance III S - #1 Lifetime Miles: 87.15
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
28.558.005.500.0042.05
Mizuno Wave Elixir 6 - White/Yellow II Miles: 18.25Mizuno WaveElixir 7 #1 (White/Orange) Miles: 23.80
Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy miles - 8:45 average pace.

Mizuno Wave Elixir 6 - White/Yellow II Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.800.004.000.007.80

Great run afterwork today.  1 1/2 mile warm up then 4 x 2,000 meters with 2 minutes rest between each repeat.  Started out slow, and then each one was progressively faster with the last one being a bit of a lung buster.  Long story short is that I was doing 2 x 1,000 meter loops and shortly after starting the second loop of the final 2,000 I was coming up on  a group of about 30 people doing a core class.  Their instructor told them to do one lap as fast as they could.  Luckily I was able to pass most folks within a short distance (20-30 yards), but there was one guy who tried to race me.  The race instinct must be back, as I found another gear and was able to pull away.  The last 200 yards were agony, the cool down was more of a stagger down, but I was pleased with the effort level today!

 Ok here are the splits: 7:55, 7:43, 7:34, 7:13 (as I said a bit of a lung buster).

Mizuno WaveElixir 7 #1 (White/Orange) Miles: 7.80
Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.050.000.000.007.05

Recovery run!

Mizuno Wave Elixir 6 - White/Yellow II Miles: 7.05
Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.700.001.500.005.20

This run started well.  I headed to the track for some 800 repeats.  However, about 100 yards into the fourth one I felt a twinge in my right knee.  I stopped for a few moments, and tried to carry on, but it just didn't feel quite right so decided to jog home, and also to take Friday off.  Probably being overly cautious, but better safe than sorry.

Mizuno Wave Elixir 6 - White/Yellow II Miles: 5.20
Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.008.000.000.0016.00

GREAT RUN!  The old legs started to fade in the last few miles, but I didn't have a meltdown.  I just put my head down, and kept pushing forward.  

 I felt good when I started so I thought I'd see what i could do.  Probably my best long run for nearly 2 years.  Here are the splits: 7:41, 7:28, 7:30, 7:15, 7:19, 7:01, 7:00, 7:11, 6:59, 6:56, 7:11, 7:17, 7:14, 7:17, 7:15, 7:03.

 Average pace 7:13 ;o). 

 

 

Mizuno WaveElixir 7 #1 (White/Orange) Miles: 16.00
Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
28.558.005.500.0042.05
Mizuno Wave Elixir 6 - White/Yellow II Miles: 18.25Mizuno WaveElixir 7 #1 (White/Orange) Miles: 23.80
Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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