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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: 17.80 Month: 188.40 Year: 510.50
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: 609.15
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles: 154.30
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles: 337.95
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles: 121.50
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe) Lifetime Miles: 263.15
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe II) Lifetime Miles: 228.00
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles: 188.90
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles: 170.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles: 43.70
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles: 20.30
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.308.000.000.0014.30

PM: 14.3 miles, averaged 8:05.

8-Mile Tempo

First day of teaching, which went well particularly given that it means I am getting paid again and contributing to society. Students were great.

Came home and took a nap, you know because working from 8-12 is exhausting. Slept quite a while. Still felt tired when I got up, but needed to get in a workout. Scheduled called for 45' tempo @ marathon effort. Good conditions, and I figured 7:30 pace was probably going to end up being the right effort, which is frustrating given the number of hours I have been exercising, but it's where I am at (officially my slowest since probably 2011). But I know things will start clicking from here.

Felt strong throughout the tempo and could have pushed to 10 or 12 miles. I got tired but breathing and legs were good.

Splits: 7:30, 7:29, 7:27, 7:30, 7:28, 7:30, 7:25, 7:18 (7:28 average)

4 up/2.3 down

Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 14.30
Weight: 177.00
Comments
From Tom K on Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 06:50:04 from 47.206.60.114

It's about time you contributed to society again!

8 miles is a big tempo! Well done!

From Bret on Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 11:43:00 from 216.234.133.229

Solid effort on a stressful day. Well done Jason.

From Jason D on Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 14:41:36 from 73.144.88.57

8 miles isn't bad with the right effort. 10-12 can be challenging if you are running closer to aerobic threshold.

Then you have this one, for which you need your big boy undies :-)

http://jasondodge.fastrunningblog.com/blog-PM-23-miles-averaged-7-08-HR-164-/03-02-2019.html

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