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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

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Other

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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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AM: Flourtown Tempo Loop - 14 miles, averaged 7:38 w/ 8-mile MP tempo

Warmed up 3 slowly and my face was already covered in sweat. Temp spanned 70-80 degrees and the humidity went from 90-75%. Needless to say, I just wanted to get in my 8 miles at roughly the correct effort and not try to hit 6:20-6:30 because that is what MP usually is.

It took a bit to swallow my pride for my slowest 8 mile tempo in probably 2.5 years and I felt like pulling it pretty much every mile and during every mile I would tell myself to shut up and just maintain; you still get the stimulus by running at the correct effort. Fall is coming, just not today and probably not next week.

8 miles in 53:53

6:44, 6:47, 6:46, 6:47, 6:41, 6:43, 6:44, 6:41 (6:44 average)

The sock liner on my Rides folded around tempo mile 4, which was a pleasant feeling for the next 4 miles. Need to glue it in or chuck the liners.

PM: 5 miles. Felt good. Stride felt smooth and running felt effortless

Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 5.00Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 14.00
Weight: 174.90
Comments
From Jake K on Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 09:48:11 from 199.190.170.29

Chalk this up as a poor man's altitude tempo run. It's a good stimulus aerobically, and it doesn't beat up your legs as much.

From Jason D on Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 11:02:29 from 139.84.48.251

I did notice my afternoon run was surprisingly springy.

I have at least 2-3 more 8 mile tempos scheduled in addition to some big workouts with 8-10 at marathon pace (the 4-3-2-1 I did last fall, probably two long run combinations of 10 + 10). Plenty of time.

From Jake K on Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 11:22:59 from 199.190.170.29

There's rarely anything wrong with doing the marathon effort runs a touch slower (esp due to icky weather) - marathon "effort" doesn't become marathon "pace" until the very end anyways. You have a couple months.

From Jason D on Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 11:28:43 from 139.84.48.251

Exactly. For now I am content to picture myself, several pounds lighter, moving @ 6:10-6:15 pace with aplomb and grace (to use a phrase Bam once used) :-)

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