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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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PM: 22 miles, averaged 7:16. HR 155.

16-Mile Light Tempo/Moderate Tempo

The plan was slightly longer than last week and to stick with the prescribed effort. It was quite windy out of the west at 18MPH+ and icy in places, so everything went well overall. Warmed up 3 miles and hit my winter tempo loop, which is mostly concrete for some marathon leg prep. Wanted to stay aroun 7' pace or a touch faster and not press. I was getting tired toward the end but that was partially because it was getting late and I hadn't eaten anything.

Started around 7:08 and just ran most of the first half around 7 flat. Ran some in the 6:40s and 6:50s and those felt not exactly easy but like I could run that pace for a very long time. Longer than a marathon for sure. Even though the wind was zapping me I just kept the effort and didn't fight it. I am glad I wasn't doing a full-fledged tempo. The wind would have hurt a lot more. Averaged about 6:55 for the 16 miles. HR started to creep into marathon effort a bit, but I never felt like I was quite at marathon effort. Cooled down 3 miles.

Nice to get this one in early. We are headed to Toledo to see Megan's parents and watch a basketball game. I wanted to make sure I got this in in case running is light tomorrow.

 

Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault) Miles: 22.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Bret on Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 15:30:16 from 99.1.220.106

Really nice effort - and you are obviously seeing the benefits of such a good training cycle and volume.

From Jason D on Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 10:13:41 from 108.245.7.232

Thanks. Things are starting to come together. Still have 10 weeks to go, so these runs build structure for faster marathon pace sessions and sessions slightly faster than marathon pace. At least I imagine that’s where things are going.

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