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El Scorcho

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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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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
38.5512.200.000.0050.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

Nice & easy today.  Short run, then some strides followed by a 20 minute swim.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.501.500.000.009.00

3 mile warm up, then 3 miles of rolling hills (1 ½ @ MGP), and 3 miles cool down.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 miles today.  2 ½ warm up, then core work, and then 1 ½ mile cool down.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 miles nice and easy today.  It was the usual U-Loop.  Decided to ride to the meeting point today to give my legs a chance to warm up.  Fllowed the run up with a paddle at Barton Springs…marvelous!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.254.500.000.008.75

Tough workout this morning. Warm up, then 7 x 1,000s with a 300 meter job between each one...well maybe a quick splash of water/gatorade too. I ran the repeats between 4:15-20, which is slower than I would have liked, but better than I had feared. Desicded to skip number 8 as my legs were toast. After that excitment it was a jog back to RunTex, and then the usual 2 mile bike ride home.

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Race: El Scorcho (15.5 Miles) 02:04:04, Place overall: 13, Place in age division: 11
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.306.200.000.0015.50

I see now why its called El Scorcho!  However, it was a very well organized run in Trinity Park, Fort Worth.  I ran 25K, which consisted of 5 x 5K loops.  There were 2 water stops, and another stop giving out cold towels.  I decided to mirror the long run proposal in my training plan, e.g. easy for the first 9 miles, and then MGP for the final 6 miles.  I managed to do this although by the end I felt pretty tired as it was very humid last last.  However, it could have been a lot worse so I count my blessings.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
38.5512.200.000.0050.75
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