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Harvest Hustle 5k

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Location:

Venice,FL,USA

Member Since:

Oct 31, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5k:
21:01, (6:46 pace) 11-19-11.
20:08, (6:29 pace) 9-1-12 (Part of a Mini-Triathlon Relay).
19:17, (6:12 pace) 11-17-12.
19:19, (6:13 pace) 11-23-13.
19:30, (6:17 pace) 1-4-14.
20:34, (6:34 pace) 9-13-14
19:49, (6:23 pace) 10-25-14
19:32, (6:17 pace) 11-22-14
19:40, (6:19 pace) 12-19-14
19:49, (6:23 pace) 1-31-16

8k:
34:42, (6:57 pace) 3-17-12.
32:11, (6:28 pace) 3-16-13.
32:32, (6:33 pace) 3-15-14. 

34:00, (6:50 pace) 3-14-15.

33:09, (6:40 pace) 3-11-17.

32:56, (6:38 pace) 3-17-18.

10k:
44:18, (7:08 pace) 4-14-12.
41:22, (6:39 pace) 12-15-12.
42:11, (6:47 pace) 4-13-13.
41:06, (6:37 pace) 12-8-13.

42:03, (6:46 pace) 3-5-16

44:35, (7:11 pace) 8-26-17
12k:
53:53, (7:14 pace) 3-24-12.
49:20, (6:37 pace) 3-1-14
15k:
1:18:16, (8:24 pace) 2-26-11.

1:04:37. (6:56 pace) 2-20-16

1:08:25 (7:18 pace) 2/22/20

Half Marathons:

1:37:57 (7:28 pace) 1-26-20. Fort Lauderdale - A1A 
14 Marathons:
1.  4:12:08, (9:37 pace) 1-9-11. Disney.
2.  4:18:18, (9:51 pace) 10-30-11. MCM.
3.  3:42:26, (8:29 pace) 1-14-12. Charleston.
4.  3:13:15, (7:22 pace) 10-7-12. Steamtown.
5*.  3:12:26, (7:20 pace) 1-19-14. Louisiana.
6*.  3:14:06, (7:24 pace) 4-21-14. Boston.
7*.  3:19:38, (7:37 pace) 7-19-14. U. of Okoboji.
8*.  3:16:27, (7:30 pace) 2-22-15. Mercedes-Benz
9*. 3:30:38 (8:03 pace) 5-15-16 Sugarloaf

10. 3:24:21 (7:48 pace) 11-5-16 Savannah RNR

11. 3:27:37 (7:56 pace) 5-12-18 Brookings

12. 3:46:02 (8:38 pace) 10-7-18 Towpath

13. 3:35:11 (8:13 pace) 9-12-21 Med City

14. 3:45:45 (8:37 pace) 4-16-23 Coastal Delaware

* = These 5 races were run at 67.9 seconds per pound. If I want a PR, I need to weigh less than 170 pounds.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2024 GOALS:

to not get fat

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue running as often as I can, as far as I can, as fast as I can. Teaching my kids (by example) the rewards that come from putting in the work. Very slowly get to 50 states.

Personal:

I'm married, with two sons, 18, and 19.

I started running because someone dared me to.

I ran my first race 3 days after my 40th birthday. (Disney)

My profile picture story: http://www.melissajill.com/blog.cfm?postID=1492&boston-marathon

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 51.70 Year: 773.95
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21.806.1127.91
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Sun, Nov 11, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.003.009.00

The goal for today was to see if I could get more total miles out of running 3 lap intervals (in 4:45), as opposed to 4 laps (in 6:20). The 3 lap experiment:

3.5 miles warm up to track: 27:48. 4 minutes rest.

3 laps: 4:37. 4 minutes rest.

3 laps: 4:40. 4 minutes rest.

3 laps: 4:47. 4 minutes rest.

3 laps: 4:47. 4 minutes rest.

2.5 mile run home. 20:25.

So I got 3 miles of intervals in. I would have liked to run 6 total for 4.5 miles, but I'll take what I get. Would it have been better to run (3) 1 mile intervals?

Could I have done that? There's no way of knowing, I guess.

I think 4:45 may be too fast for me right now. Next go around, I think I'll try for 3 laps under 5 minutes. I should be able to get 6 of those, I think.

All in all, I am pleased at the results of today. Thanks to those on this blog that contributed to the idea.

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Mon, Nov 12, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.600.004.60

4.6 Miles. 34:35. 7:31 Pace.

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Tue, Nov 13, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.600.004.60

4.6 Miles. 34:26. 7:29 Pace.

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Wed, Nov 14, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.600.004.60

4.6 Miles. 36:33. 7:56 Pace.

course{Ringling Bridge Short Run}

Lack of sleep, and the wonderful lunch of Hot dogs, refried beans, mac n cheese, taco, enchillada, rice, chips and salsa got the better of me! 

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Sat, Nov 17, 2012
Race: Harvest Hustle 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:19:17, Place in age division: 1
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.003.115.11

http://www.harvesthustle5k.com/

I didn't have high hopes going into this race. A box of ceramic tile fell on my left pinky toe on Wednesday night, so I couldn't run Thursday or Friday. Since most of the swelling and blue color had gone away, my plan was to go out there and warm up, and see how things felt. Warm up felt okay. I was aware of the toe, for sure, but not really in pain. I didn't start my watch at the start of the race, so I was lost for pace. The kids they had at the "1" and "2" mile stations were saying some ridiculously fast numbers (5:55, 11:40). I knew they were incorrect in the times they were calling out. I passed people for the first half mile, then pretty much locked into my pace for the rest of the race. I was passed by a guy with @ 70 yards to go. I was really surprised about my time. 19:17, 6:13 pace. I ran this race last year and got 21:01. So the improvements this year have been huge. My family is pretty excited about me winning a plaque, instead of a medal. Masters division winner? Totally unexpected.

I have a 10k next month, that I am considering breaking my right pinky toe for.

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21.806.1127.91
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