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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
63.300.003.000.0066.30
Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 10.50Altra The One Miles: 8.25Mizuno Musha Miles: 11.30Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 26.00Saucony A5 Miles: 10.25
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

Forbidden Drive (SE) 10.5 miles, averaged 7:23. Did some strides at the end.

Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 10.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.250.000.000.008.25

AM/Lunch: Treadmill - 8.25 miles in 61 minutes.

Did 20 minutes @ 9 MPH, but felt tired so I didn't continue what I had planned. Did some strides at the end. Followed up the run with core (ab bench) and stretching.

 

Altra The One Miles: 8.25
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Lunch - Treadmill - 4 miles in 28:22. Didn't leave myself enough time between not wanting to get out of bed on the first day of classes and printing syllabi. I'll get something in before dinner, either a run or some time on the bike. Weather looks glorious in the 10-day forecast (35-45). Time to get serious about base building.

PM: 60 minutes on the bike. The treadmill walkers were out in force pre-dinner. Serves me right for being lazy this morning. First day of classes was fine.

Mizuno Musha Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

North West Philly LR Loop - 17 miles, averaged 7:43

Felt pretty good today, but I really didn't want to run. Explored some new areas, including the Manayunk Tow Path (take a left instead of a right on the Schuykill River Trail toward Valley Forge), which I quite liked and enjoyed the ruins and grafftti. Forbidden Drive was pretty icy but I still kept an honest pace through there (7:30-7:50).

Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 17.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.300.000.000.0011.30

AM: Treadmill - very easy hour + strides. Then a set of bench, incline, and shoulder presses.

PM: Treadmill - 4 miles in 30:22 + core (ab bench) and stretching

Mizuno Musha Miles: 7.30Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.250.003.000.0010.25

AM: 10.25 miles.

40 minutes out and back to Forbidden Drive (still too icy), and immediately hopped on the treadmill for an improvised workout of 6 x 3 minute farlek with long (2 minute) recovery jogs. 5.25 miles in 35:30.

I was warm in my baselayer, but I had to break up a run with too much time in beween a warm up and workout, so I didn't change. Planned to do 1-2-3-2-1 after 5-6 miles on Forbidden Drive but it looked icy even in the non-shady spots and even though it is almost 40 out. The fast treadmill was taken up by a walker (not a zombie), so I went as fast as the treadmill would allow and just shook some of the cobwebs out.

Had a sandwhich and did some stretching.

I'll be doing a lot more farlek style stuff during base building to take the pressure off before doing my more typical workouts. Plan is to run purely by effort over some uneven dirt and focus on staying tall and relaxed. I think that's traditionally how this running business is supposed to work.
 

Saucony A5 Miles: 10.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Wrench Loop w/ Megan - 5 miles, averaged 9:23

We looked at all the houses we will never be able to afford.

Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
63.300.003.000.0066.30
Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 10.50Altra The One Miles: 8.25Mizuno Musha Miles: 11.30Kinvara 5 Blue Miles: 26.00Saucony A5 Miles: 10.25
Weight: 0.00
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