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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.

(Please note that Strava links might contain blog inappropriate langauge)

 

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Miles:This week: 42.20 Month: 86.40 Year: 634.80
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: 129.10
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe) Lifetime Miles: 263.15
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe II) Lifetime Miles: 243.10
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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.500.000.000.008.50

Lunch: Treadmill - 8.5 miles in 60:30. Did 30 minutes @ 9 MPH and a few strides in the last 10 minutes. Core (ab bench) + stretching.

I keep trying to talk myself out of a spring marathon, but then I watch this: Philly 2014 Finish

Saucony A5 Miles: 8.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 19:43:16 from 98.202.128.218

Man, you looked strong at that finish. It's such a good feeling to come through the line and have enough in the tank for a fist pump. And hold off the wheelchair!

From Jason D on Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 20:18:03 from 166.216.165.94

I didn't take the partial but Strava had it at 6:00 pace, which seemed about right. I tried to really crush the last half mile or so but my legs would start to lock every time I got the crowd going and tried to sprint. Not as fast as my Sugarloaf finish (5:44ish). I recovered fairly quickly except for the coughing.

Oh, I'm pointing at the clock :-)

Still super happy about that race. Working on getting my shorter distance and weight down for now. Maybe a Sugarloaf if I'm feeling frisky. It's just on the side of too aided even though it's not crazy (the downhill is just sweetly placed). Maybe 3-5 minutes faster than a dead flat course.

From Jason D on Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 20:28:40 from 166.216.165.94

She almost hit me! Or maybe I was the jerk for cutting her off.

From Jake K on Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 09:15:15 from 159.212.71.199

It would be good to keep that option open... that's mid-May(ish)? So no need to make a decision too early... you could decide 6-8 weeks out and do enough marathon work to be ready.

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