Of Mice and Marathons

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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:	34.90	Month:	79.10	Year:	627.50
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:						626.75
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						154.30
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles:						337.95
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						129.10
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe) Lifetime Miles:						263.15
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe II) Lifetime Miles:						235.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						211.00
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						193.50
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						51.70
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						27.70

Sun, May 15, 2016

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.40

PM: 137'. 60' on my own then picked Megan.

I pulled a biff and roll on some gravel. Glad it wasn't the rocky trail I was on.

Rough day. Hungover and found out that I won't be getting any summer hours from an (unnamed) educational company. It's basically the Wal-Martification of tutoring. It wouldn't have floated me but I've never felt more dispensable. This coupled with an extraordinarily rough year of teaching and as no job in Michigan has me feeling pretty down. People think you can just walk in somewhere and get a job. I'm overqualified and under-qualified at the same time.

Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 11.40

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From jtshad on Mon, May 16, 2016 at 09:36:36 from 141.221.191.225

Sorry about the job/work issues.

From RileyCook on Mon, May 16, 2016 at 09:47:01 from 172.56.17.220

Rough day man. Hang in there!

From Bret on Mon, May 16, 2016 at 14:44:51 from 216.234.133.229

Sorry to hear about the rough day/year, Jason. Whenever that happens - I go for an easy run - and most of the time - it seems better.

From Jason D on Mon, May 16, 2016 at 16:16:46 from 68.80.27.222

Thanks, guys. Maybe a little personal, but that's me. Running is helping. I've been out running the trails. Or as I like to calling it "playing in the woods."

From Jake K on Mon, May 16, 2016 at 16:38:35 from 159.212.71.25

This is the time of the year when "playing in the woods" at the horsepark is really starting to pick up in the afternoons and weekends. Except its a bunch of weirdos with foam swords and capes.

Hope you catch a break w/ the job search.

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