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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: 27.30 Month: 71.50 Year: 619.90
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: 121.50
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
Wed, Mar 11, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.250.005.000.0016.25

AM: Flourtown Tempo Loop - 12 miles, averaged 7:13 w/ 5-mile tempo

I kept changing the workout so that I couldn't get nerved up about it. I decided on a 4-5 mile tempo as I was headed down the hill. The workout went well, even if I wanted it to be a bit closer to half PR pace of ~5:55 or faster. Can't complain though (I'm not quite there). The real idea was to build confidence and regain focus. Think I achieved that. Started out slow, but I knew it was slow.

Feeling better today thanks to a number of excellent FRB coaches.

4 up/3 down

Splits were: 6:09, 6:03, 6:03, 6:01 5:53 (~6:02 average)

PM: 4.25 miles easy with Megan. I was very loopy around mile 2 until the conclusion of our run. Lack of calories or dehydrated or both. Trying to tighten up on food intake.

Newton MV3 Miles: 12.00Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 4.25
Weight: 174.00
Comments
From RileyCook on Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 09:37:31 from 73.52.134.194

Awesome! I saw your strava post before this and deducted it was a 5-mile tempo around 6:00-flat. But you can't always tell for sure the way Strava records it. Nice run.

From Jason D on Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 10:48:49 from 166.216.165.63

Strata automatically does mile splits, even if you lap the watch or if you have the auto turned off like I do. I started at 4 miles just in case I didn't want to take splits and just check them later. Strava also rounds pretty seriously (13.1 is 13.0 and so on).

I don't tend to run 4-5 mile tempos on the road because they are hard. Last fall (late in a buildup) I ran 5 @ 5:48. That was after 3-4 months of 340-370 miles. But I guess I don't have to tell you how fitness comes and goes. Onward and upward!

From SlowJoe on Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 19:33:02 from 104.51.208.13

That's how you do it - nice run Jason. The times will come down, as I'm sure you know, as long as the effort is good.

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