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Oy Vey 5k

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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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Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles: 20.30
Race: Oy Vey 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:17:58, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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AM: 9 miles. Oy Vey 5k in 17:58. Oy Vey, it was hot.

My running buddy asked if I wanted to a 5k today, so I decided last night I would do this in place of a long run. It ended up being warmer than I expected and I tanked pretty hard, but pretty much everyone did.

3 mile warm up with the guys. A few strides. I started out somewhat slow, working into the pace and trying not to kill any kids who jumped out in front. Settled into my pace and broke away from Leo, keeping Jonathan somewhat in sight and picking off some young guns. First mile was 5:23 and I felt great. I was sure I would break 17 despite the heat and on a certified course. I still felt good but started to slow some but always felt like I had another gear if necessary. Mile 2 was 5:43. 11 and change for the 2 mile split. I figured if I could maintain my average pace I could pour it on into the finish. Then I just tanked. Bad. I felt like I couldn't move my legs.

Leo came back and another guy (who was running the 10k) were just behind me. Leo passed me, but in the final minute and a half I dropped from 5:15 pace to 4:45 still feeling like I had another gear if necessary. Mile 3 was 6:10.

A very strange race. Not quite sure what to make of it other than it was hot and affected everyone and I was dehydrated.

Splits/HR: 5:23 (155?), 5:43 (182), 6:10 (182), 41 (185). Average HR was 174, which seems quite low. I've had workouts where I ran continuous miles with a similar heart rate. It took about 5 minutes to get into the upper 170s and to 180.

On to the next one. Lots of racing leading into B2B (one per week), so hopefully that gets me tough and ready.

 

PM: Treadmill - 4 miles. HR 133. Some light stretching and the usual pushups before and after.

Mizuno Musha Miles: 4.00Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From SlowJoe on Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 14:29:22 from 45.18.50.53

Yeah, that sounds like the heat...everything clicking along fine then your legs turn to goo.

That is definitely a busy racing schedule!

From steve ash on Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 16:44:30 from 67.2.66.39

Sounds like a good race especially when you factor in the heat and humidity.. I always get mixed results with events done in the heat.

From steve ash on Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 16:45:09 from 67.2.66.39

My best marathon was in 70 plus degree weather go figure..

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 17:09:29 from 24.10.247.181

It only gets a little better than second place.

From Bret on Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 08:18:01 from 216.234.133.229

I wouldn't dwell on the time or the "tanking" too much (doesn't seem like you are) - the heat and humidity clearly impact race times. Your racing performance is what you should focus on when conditions are poor. As Rob said, only gets a little better than 2nd place. Well done!

From jtshad on Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 13:18:58 from 141.221.191.225

Strong race. Keep up the training/racing and B2B will be great.

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