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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
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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
62.700.003.600.0066.30
Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 28.75Kinvara 5 Black/White 2 Miles: 11.30Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 10.25Saucony Fastwitch 7 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Off. Sick.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

PM: 10 miles slow.

Pre-bed: stretching

Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.300.000.000.0011.30

PM: 11.3 miles.

Kinvara 5 Black/White 2 Miles: 11.30
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.250.000.000.0014.25

Lunch: 10.25 miles slow. Still do not feel great.

PM: 4 miles on the treadmill. Did some stretching, light weights, pushups and situps

I was going to cross train because I am mostly doing long singles this spring, but the ellipticals were all taken up and I didn't feel like biking. They were all taken and all three treadmills were open. Figured I would just run.

Great first day of teaching. However, I don't meet with them again until next Wednesday and La Salle doesn't start until Tuesday. Nothing like starting in the middle of the week with a Monday holiday the next week. My classroom is really nice. It's in this building.

Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 10.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.500.000.000.0011.50

AM/Lunch: 10.5 miles easy. Did a few strides. Finished up with 10 x 10 second hill sprints (which I am counting in my mileage)

Still pretty sluggish but I am getting there. Had an unleashed German Shepherd come after me a little bit. She was definitely barking and not far from jumping/biting. I gave those two folks some words of advice. I don't think they expected me to freak out and were set aback and completely unapologetic. I run in the park to avoid idiots, not to seek them out.

Pre-bed: Stretching and pushups

Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 11.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.400.003.600.0012.00

Lunch: 12 miles total. 40 minute fartlek with 28 minutes up and 26 minutes down

20 x 1 minute hard/1 minute easy

When I checked the split times after they varied a lot, which makes sense on rolling dirt with tree cover. My sense was that I was moving around 5:25-5:35 but with the short time and tree cover the lap time and moving time was off by as much as 4 seconds. Reflected pace was just under 6:00 to start and as fast as 5:25, but my avg moving pace was 5:15-5:45. That sounds about right. It is a much harder workout than I thought. Felt good about it as I get my mileage up, recover from the plague, and get into some faster stuff.

I could have done this one the track and done 400s and probably got through it will sensible pacing but I am going to stick with old school fartleks as long as the snow continues to hold off. 50 degrees today.

Saucony Fastwitch 7 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.250.000.000.007.25

PM: 7.25 miles slow.

Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 7.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
62.700.003.600.0066.30
Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 28.75Kinvara 5 Black/White 2 Miles: 11.30Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 10.25Saucony Fastwitch 7 Miles: 12.00
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