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Location:

Eugene,OR,USA

Member Since:

Nov 09, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

  • 5k PR - 18:48 (7/04/08)
  • 8K PR - 33:46 (5/19/07, on trails)
  • 10k PR - I have not run a competitive 10K yet.
  • 12K PR - 50:10 (8/09/08)
  • 15K PR - 1:04:52 (3/22/08)
  • Marathon - Have run 1 trail marathon, (Grand Island) 3:55 (July 2007)
  • Ultra Marathons -
  • Farmdale 33.5 miles, 10/08 - 6:08
  • Riddle Run 28 Miles, 01/09 - 5:35 (run in 2-3 inches of snow)
  • Devil's Lake 50k, 07/09 - 6:22
  • Howl at the Moon 8 hour, 08/09 - 39.98 miles
  • North Country Trail Run 50 miles, 09/09 - 9:44
  • Farmdale 32 miles, 10/09 - 5:45
  • McNotAgain 30 Miles, 10/09 - 5:50
  • Red Rock Canyon Half, Las Vegas, 06/12 - 2:15


Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running in the winter - 1st year in Eugene - fun!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep on Keeping on..

Personal:

Moved to Eugene in Autumn, 2012 - Track city USA!

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
53.000.000.000.0053.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.007.50

Weather - 72 degrees, sunny.

Another great autumn day. Rachel and I went to Homer Lake, I ran, and she hiked. I did a full loop of the forest paths, the trees were spectacular. I ate too much before running, and it felt like a basketball was dribbling inside my stomach, but I still managed 7.5 miles.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Weather - 74 degrees, sunny.

It felt like summer, looked like autumn, a good combination for training, so I ran to the South Farms and looped back through MBK to the arboretum.

After the run 3 sets of strength exercises, stretching, and 30 minute walk home.

#353

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

Weather - 73 degrees, sunny.

My allergies are lessening, and since it is still warm, I am able to run at close to normal speed. 

The last few days I have had good running energy, most likely caused by long, deep sleep. Today ran 10.50 miles  on the South Farms/MBK loop. After mile 5 I picked up the pace, but still was able to breathe easy. The final mile was the fastest, it felt really good.

I voted this morning.....

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

Weather - 74 degrees, sunny.

Felt a bit of muscle soreness in my quads, so just an easy 3 miles today, then 2 sets of strength exercises, stretching, and 30 minute walk home. 

#355

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.500.000.000.0012.50

Weather - 58 degrees, raining.

 I felt good on my run today. I was hoping to run in the rain, and the weather cooperated. The temp was 62 when I started, but dropped to 58 with some moderate wind when I finished. I was planning to run 3 hours, and I ran the South Farms/MBK loop 12 minutes faster than last weeks 3 hour run. I have been getting good sleep, and my lungs are returning to normal, and on my run today I had to keep slowing myself down because there is no need to run 8:00 minute miles for 3 hours. I think I averaged 8:30 miles, which is 30-45 seconds faster for my long runs during the last 2 months.

I stopped to refuel at Strawberry Fields, ate a hummus sandwich, banana, and some blue juice in about 6 minutes. When I restarted my run I could feel the chill of the wind and rain and decided 12 miles was good enough, so I ran a half mile back home and called it a day.

I am having a good week of training, so my confidence is beginning to return.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

Weather - 42 degrees, cloudy, windy.

November weather has finally arrived. I felt a strange tightness in my chest at the beginning of my run, so I decided to take it easy and run only 3.5 miles.

After the run 3 sets of strength exercises, stretching, and 30 minute walk home.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Weather - 35 degrees, cloudy, windy.

Ahhh, cold, windy weather with gray skies -  a perfect day for running with an iPod.

I have been training on feel for the past couple of months, no set plans for any day. Today I found myself heading once again to the South Farms. It has such a lonely, melancholic beauty which interacts well with a solitary runner. I did a modified loop for 8 miles.

My iPod was perceptive of the mood of the day, the shuffle chose some appropriate music for such a blustery afternoon - Les Yeux Fermes : II Happy Ending, by Terry Riley; Philip Glass' Koyaanisqatsi; Death is a Disease and Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell - that is some heavy-hearted sound.

I have ended up with weekly mileage in the low 50's recently, and I am taking it easy, so I must still have some good fitness left over from the summer.

This morning I went photographing at the railyard, and while tramping around with my tripod and camera equipment discovered that carrying a heavy backpack yesterday morning was the cause of my peculiar chest tightness. Today the tightness was gone, so maybe it was a muscle spasm in the pecs.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
53.000.000.000.0053.00
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