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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

16:52 Phillies Charities 5k (2016)

35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

58:10 Broad Street 10 Mile (2016)

1:16:02 Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (2015)

2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

Personal:

I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

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Miles:This week: 17.80 Month: 188.40 Year: 510.50
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles: 613.75
Nike Zoom Streak LT2 White/Orange Lifetime Miles: 189.95
Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Lifetime Miles: 530.45
Kinvara 10 Lifetime Miles: 186.30
Kinvara 10 II Lifetime Miles: 137.80
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles: 99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles: 21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 Lifetime Miles: 609.15
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles: 154.30
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles: 337.95
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles: 121.50
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe) Lifetime Miles: 263.15
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe II) Lifetime Miles: 228.00
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles: 188.90
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles: 170.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles: 43.70
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles: 20.30
Race: Run for Jake 5k (3.03 Miles) 00:16:57, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.300.000.003.0014.30

AM: Run for Jake 5k in 16:57. A little short on the Garmin at 3.03 but still a PR given that my posted 5k is for a 3.05

Warmed up 2.8, which wasn't enough but better than I have been doing. Did a few brief strides. Weather was dry and fairly cool with some decent sun.

I found Leo and Jonathan at the start line and introduced myself (they are two of the Wissahickon Wanderers, an informal running club I am a part of).

A slight uphill start and I got through some young, overzelous high schoolers. There was a pack of 4 or 5 that I passed and we hit some slight downhills as I tried to keep Jonathan in range, knowing he is faster than I am. The course flattened out and I could see the first mile marker ticking sub-5:00 and crossed somewhere around 5:10-5:15 but it was definitely short, Garmin believer or not. Mile 1 split later at 5:22. That seemed about right.

I realized about this point I was in 3rd and feeling really good. I maintained perhaps 15-20 seconds on Jonathan. Leader was pretty much gone after the turn around, which was probably 1.5 miles. I slowed quite a bit but tried to grind it out. Two miles was under 11 minutes and 11:03 on my watch. Mile 2 5:41. There was a slight winding grade and I started to lose time. I still felt pretty good but my legs were firing on all cylinders, probably complacent 3rd place mode. Someome coming the other way shouted some encouragement. Something like "you don't even look tired!"

Crested the small hill and got a nice bit of downhill. Jonathan is lost at this point. I can see the course flatten out but can't see the finish. I should have pushed harder here. I did push but I should have sooner as I crested the hill because I had another few gears. I got a nice response from the crowd and started to dig. Saw 16:42 on the clock and immediately grabbed another gear. Mile 3: 5:45. 9 seconds for .03. On closer inspection the last ~.25 was around 5:00 flat or a bit under. I recovered pretty quickly so the effort wasn't all there but it wasn't easy.

Jonathan got me by about 30 seconds and Leo came in about 18 seconds behind me. The winner ran 15:low.

2.8 cool down with Leo and Jonathan.

I got shafted during the awards. They were supposed to award to top 3, but they only did top 2 then they didn't count me for the first age group award. I put in a mild complaint, not really caring about the medal but that's just silly logic.

PM: 5.7 easy. Stretching and core.

Newton Gravity LE Miles: 5.70Saucony A6 Miles: 5.80Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 2.80
Weight: 174.70
Comments
From Bret on Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 18:52:59 from 99.1.220.106

Nice race Jason - and a PR as well - congrats!

From Tom K on Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 20:06:36 from 174.58.54.215

Great race and great report. And, you've got me ticked off about the awards!

From Matt Schreiber on Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 20:38:11 from 66.17.102.175

You did get the shaft on that one. Especially for a PR! Nice run!

From jtshad on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 07:42:46 from 141.221.191.225

Congrats on a great race.

From SlowJoe on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 09:06:42 from 12.182.148.249

Still pretty cool to see the 16:xx there, even if it was short. Sounds like a PR effort for sure, congrats.

From joebell1981 on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 14:59:01 from 99.39.133.24

Wow! Congrats, Jason!

From Jason D on Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 18:45:36 from 68.80.27.222

Thanks, everyone. I'm hoping to get as many 5ks this summer as the budget allows and do a block of mile/3k/5k training leading up to Beach to Beacon to see if I can get this 170 lb frame to float a little faster.

From Jake K on Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 13:33:57 from 198.134.92.173

Nice run... And thanks for supporting the Run for Jake. All proceeds go to... skiing.

Who does top 2 awards??

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