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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.250.000.000.0016.25

Lunch: 5.25 miles. Did some strides.

PM: 11 miles total, about 6 on the trails.

2 miles or so to Valley Green around 7:15 pace because I thought I was going to be late, but we waited a few minutes for the group trail run and ran just under 9 total with my warm up. The regular guys were there and kept the pace pretty honest, which felt good. I've been running 10:00-8:30 for my easy stuff and 5:00-5:30 for my fast stuff with nothing in between.

They had a beer tasting at Valley Green Inn, so we did that and had a few beers and some really good (if very small) smoked pork sliders. Hung out a while and then ran 2.25 home in the dark. Rather than feeling like crap (as I should have), I felt great even though my legs were stiff from sitting. Had a fun time, and the weather is perfect. Felt like I could have run for hours on the way home. Legs will likely be stiff in the morning from bombing some of the hills. It's a fun group and I feel like I am becoming more a part of Philadelphia (I don't really have any friends here, other than a few social events with colleages).

+ stretching and core (very late)

Kinvara 2 White/Blue Miles: 5.25Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 11.00
Weight: 171.10
Comments
From SlowJoe on Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 16:39:04 from 45.18.50.53

Anytime you can mix beer and running, it's a good time.

From allie on Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 16:54:56 from 24.99.46.55

it sounds like very small but good pork sliders and a beer or two or three is the perfect fuel for running. i might have to try this.

glad to hear you are enjoying the group runs and making friends. it's hard starting from scratch. i just wear my 'i heart ATL' t-shirt everday to try and fit in. so far i've made one friend and she is 68 years old.

From Jason D on Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 09:30:17 from 68.80.27.222

When I first started running I had this watch that was way off and I thought I was running 7:15-7:30 pace all the time. I borrowed a friend's Garmin, strapped both watches on and went on after several beers. The results were 1) I was nowhere near as fast as I thought 2) I fell only about a half mile into the run. But other than that, the mix is usually good :-)

I was thinking that those sliders would be good ultra running food. I started watching a documentary in which a woman eats lots of bacon for this epic Long Trail course record attempt. Her "chef" said it was easy to digest, but I the "second tasting" of bacon belches would probably do me in.

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