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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
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Day off. Taper.

Weight: 171.00
Comments
From Matt Schreiber on Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 12:05:50 from 66.17.102.175

You still got a fair number of miles in this week. Have a good last week!

From Jason D on Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 14:59:08 from 68.80.27.222

I planned on about 80, which admittedly was too much, such is why I scraped my afternoon run on Thursday and yesterday. I did about 62 going into the final week before Sugarloaf and I have a lot more experience under my belt. I think it should be fine as long as I do all the right things this week.

But I am trying to stay above the 70 miles per week average for the year. Next week and a week off is going to cut into that a bit!

From SlowJoe on Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 15:33:09 from 107.77.80.87

Any specific goal for philly, or just see what the day gives you?

From Jason D on Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 16:39:14 from 68.80.27.222

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a goal in mind, but I half thought about being secretive :-)

It's pretty clear that I am in PR shape and likely a bit more, but the marathon, as you know, is a tricky beast.

Workouts suggest that I should be able to run 2:46 high to 2:49 low. I'll probably start around PR pace (6:35) and just let the splits roll, trying to go through the half not much slower than 1:24, but feeling good and running 1:23:30 is preferable. Hopefully I am feeling good and try to hit the last 3-5 miles hard like I did at Sugarloaf (where I finished running 6:18-6:22 for the last 5k) and try to chase 2:45.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 16:46:38 from 107.77.80.87

Love the plan. I've decided I'm tired of bonkathons and will negative split the next one at all costs. Anyway it'll be nice to see you bust the 2:50 barrier! You're more than ready.

From Jason D on Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 18:45:12 from 68.80.27.222

Yes. Goal is to avoid to bonk. A training buddy asked me, "[at Sugarloaf] do you think you should have started faster given that you had energy at the end?" No absolutely not. It was still really hard in the final miles, I was just able to run through it. I had that energy because I didn't squander it going out on or below pace.

So I think I will revise my plan from what I said and try to run a ~1:24/~1:22, but not worry too much about the first 8-10 miles, trying to run not much faster than 6:30, but no 6:40s.

You saw how well Joe Bell was able to close by running a smart race recently.

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