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Oakhurst Art Run 5K

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Member Since:

Feb 19, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

2:43 Marathon

1:17:45 Half Marathon

59:09 10 miles

17:15 5k

Still Running (again) after all these years

Short-Term Running Goals:

get back to it and not be a fat blob

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running my whole life

Personal:

Married 21 years- - two kids - 18 year old boy and  15 year old girl

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
68.050.004.960.0073.01
Weight: 140.17
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Had a nice little break there this weekend.  My son and I went camping with the cub scouts.  Now I have my final push in my training before the 1/2 on the 30th.  

6 at lunch @ 7:26 ave pace.  nothing to report except the audio book I'm listening to is ok. 

6 before supper - @ 7:12 ave pace - same route as earlier - felt much better this time

Weight: 142.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.200.001.860.0010.06

Got out at lunch for a little stretch out of the legs.  

4 @ 7:26 ave pace

later this afternoon my speed interval session didn't go well - on the 4th 1K, my right hamstring got really tight and felt like it was going to go.  So I stopped and jogged it directly home - didn't even take the long way home.  argh - very upset about this.  Otherwise things were going fine 3:33, 3:38 (got lazy), 3:28

could have pushed it maybe but I have a 5K this weekend that will be some speedwork and I don't want to be a DNS for that - paid my $22 for it already...

argh!

on the other hand, it is my sons 10th birthday!!! I can't believe i have a 10 year old. crazy


Weight: 140.00
Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.100.000.000.0013.10

Ran before work.  This is the first time for long sleeves and I even cracked out the lightweight gloves.  I hope for weather like this for my upcoming races.  My hamstring i still super tight.  I'm not sure if I should try to stretch it or leave it go and hope it eases up on its own.

4.6 @ 7:21 ave pace

after work - 8.5 around town - I actually enjoyed this run - not sure why but some days the runs feel good.

85. @ 6:58 ave pace

Weight: 140.00
Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.500.000.000.0012.50

Felt ok today - got in 8 at lunchtime.  Hamstring isn't too bad

8 @ 7:19 ave pace

4.5 after work - 7:07 ave pace - felt fine - just getting in a few more miles

Weight: 140.00
Comments(6)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Got out before lunch for a quick 4.  I really didn't want to go out.  

4 @ 7:05 ave pace

8 @ 7:39 ave pace  my legs are tired

Weight: 140.00
Comments(5)
Race: Oakhurst Art Run 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:17:15, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.250.003.100.0013.35

My neighborhood 5K was this morning.  It was to kick of our arts festival.  I haven't done this one since 2003 or 2004, when I was happy to run a 22:something.  These races get like 150-200 people and there isn't too much competition, but there is always a guy cherry picking for the win.  So usually somebody gets right around 16:30-17:30 for the win.  I just wanted to get in some speed work and racing so I didn't get too uptight about it.  I just lined up in the front row.  Of course we started 10 or so minutes late, which messed up my warmup. 

I started in 3rd place but I picked off one guy in the first mile on a BIG steep uphill.  He fell off pretty quickly and I didn't hear his feet slapping at all or cheering behind me.  So from there, I just chased the leader.  He was faster.  I made up a few feet on some of the hills, but he had faster turnover and gapped me even more in the last mile.  I finished pretty well redlined, which is good.  Actually, I was pretty well redlined from the start.  I'm a lot happier with this race than the last two I've done. I'm not sure if it is me or the conditions but I don't care.  I'm very happy and surprised with this result.  My hamstring didn't give me any trouble at all - yea!

I was about 20 sec behind the first place guy.  I am tired of finishing in 2nd, but I just need to get faster. 

mile 1 - 5:34

mile 2 and 3- ?  I didn't want to take the time to focus on the watch

finish 17:15 - A 16 second PR!!!  It is great to run in cool weather with low humidity. 

ave pace 5:34 (I can't believe I didn't slow at all. I did map the run on mapmyrun and it comes out right, so it wasn't short - yea!)

 

 

 


Weight: 139.00
Comments(13)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
68.050.004.960.0073.01
Weight: 140.17
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