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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
10.0010.000.000.0020.00

Flourtown Tempo Loop - 20 miles, averaged 6:48 w/ 10 mile aerobic tempo

Final Big Workout: Warmed up about an hour easy moderate (7:14 pace), then 10-mile tempo in 1:03:48 (6:23 average), then cooled down to 20. I ended up walking for a bit because I was feeling really good and worried I might try to continue. I finished feeling better than I ever have. I got the effort I needed and 20 miles. No sense to keep pushing 3 weeks out. I've done that and you get burned. Saved it for the race.

Weather was ideal . . . for character building. 44 degrees with rain and windy (feels like 38 degrees). It was cold and soggy but manageable and my breathing was really solid during the tempo. Legs weren't snappy but they moved. A perfect way to be at this point. Very pleased with my fitness.

Splits: 6:26, 6:28, 6:25, 6:24, 6:22, 6:21, 6:20, 6:21, 6:21, 6:19

I resisted the urge to really push in the second half. Kept the effort right while still runningn the paces I wanted. A very good workout today.

 

 

Kinvara 5 Miles: 20.00
Weight: 172.30
Comments
From allie on Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 14:33:41 from 24.30.41.119

wowawesome. putting in a big effort like that and feeling like you had more to give -- that has to feel good. smart to save some juice for race day (because, yeah, you get burned! grrr...). great workout. you're ready!

From Jake K on Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 15:40:55 from 98.202.128.218

Smart workout. Nailed the pace. You got exactly what you needed out of this.

From Jason D on Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 16:29:02 from 68.80.27.222

I kept this conversation in mind this week (it's from mid-week just after my tuneup half before Boston):

http://jasondodge.fastrunningblog.com/blog-AEROBIC-BUILDER-12-miles-averaged-6-5/03-26-2014.html

From Jake K on Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 17:09:38 from 98.202.128.218

Glad you bookmarked that. Lots of intelligent discussion there! :-)

From Matt Schreiber on Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 18:45:50 from 66.17.102.175

Great workout Jason. That's awesome to see how good you felt for your last big workout. Looks like you're ready!

From SlowJoe on Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 13:33:45 from 104.51.208.13

Perfect! You're in for a really good race, you seem to be peaking at the perfect time.

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