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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
9.000.000.000.009.00

PM: 9 miles. Felt good after yesterday's long effort.

+ Stretching (very late)

Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 14:57:49 from 24.99.46.55

that was a great effort yesterday...a good sign when you bounce right back like it's nothing. you are putting in some intense stuff these days and it's clearly working!

From Jason D on Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 22:54:13 from 68.80.27.222

I'm learning to run my recovery runs even slower. It used to be that if I ran much slower than 8:30 for a recovery run I would wonder what happened. Even though today I ran 8:40 I just went with whatever pace felt comfortable. The last time I did a steady long run I was dead the next day. I ran about 9:45-9:50 pace, which is fine with me. Somehow a 20 miler with 8-10 MP miles beats me up less!

From allie on Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 16:20:58 from 24.99.46.55

that's the reason i stopped using a garmin -- i wouldn't keep my easy days easy because i would get too caught up in the pace. it definitely hurt my recovery.

i don't time my easy runs anymore -- whatever pace my body wants to go, that's what i run. that means plenty of 9:00+ miles. :)

From Jason D on Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 21:41:13 from 68.80.27.222

I've been running a bit faster than 9 overall the last 2 weeks because the weather is cooler, but from June to the end of September I had many runs that were 9:15-9:45.

"Whatever pace my body wants to go" is the way to go. I turned my autosplit back on but I don't speed up accordingly. I'll often use it to make sure I am running slow enough. One bit of feedback every 8-10 minutes is okay for me. Having my pace displayed all the time for easy runs isn't.

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