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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
64.0012.000.004.0080.00
Newton Trainer 5 Miles: 15.50Newton Trainer 4 Miles: 18.75Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 28.00Newton MV2 (Black) Miles: 11.50Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

Fink Cemetery/Fire Cracker loop - 10.5 miles, averaged 7:38

Tweaked my ankle coming home down the hill. Folded over pretty good. Feels fine, but it was one of those movements that makes you sick to your stomach. 

Newton Trainer 5 Miles: 10.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.508.000.000.0012.50

Similar loop to yesterday but I extended it a bit - 12.5 miles, averaged 7:02 w/ 8 mile tempo in 53:53/:54 (6:44 average). 6:59, 6:47, 6:46: 6:47, 6:44, 6:36, 6:37, 6:39

I still remember the day I broke 1 hour for 8 miles. I thought I was going to die.

7 inches of snow last night. Worked from home and waited for the roads to melt a bit. Planed on 10 or so because I didn't have time to run twice. Got going and legs wanted something faster, so I said why not. 

Newton Trainer 4 Miles: 12.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.254.000.000.0015.25

AM: North side - 5 miles, averaged 8:00

PM: Fink Cemetery loop - 10.25 miles, averaged 7:06? I'm starting to think my watch needs calibration, but it did feel like I was moving along I guess. 4 miles @ MP with some honest strides after mile 9 (well under 5-minute pace). 

Newton Trainer 5 Miles: 5.00Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 10.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.004.0011.50

AM: Took the morning off. Should have got my glutes out of bed. Beautiful sunny day. I'll make up for it this afternoon. I'm thinking a 5k pace workout. Either 3 x 1 mile or 4 x 1 mile in an effort to test my fitness a bit leading into my April races and to make lower 6-minute range feel comfortable . . . ish. Hope the trail is cleared by now. It looks like they cleared the section under the bridge, which is encouraging because the town rarely plows my alleyway (only access for most houses on my road). 

PM: 11.5 miles. 4 mile warmup, then 4 x 1 mile w/ 90ish seconds rest (~91-92), 3.5 mile cool down. Splits were 5:40.2, 5:38.9, 5:44.1, 5:42.6 or 5:41 average.

Trail was in pretty good shape. A bit wet, but it kept me on my toes.

Newton MV2 (Black) Miles: 11.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.500.000.000.0016.50

AM: North side - 6.25 miles, averaged 8:39. Legs weren't sore, but they were definitely heavy as was expected. 

PM: 18th street to Fink Cemetery and back - 10.25 miles, averaged 7:47

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.25Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 10.25
Weight: 0.00
Comments(9)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.250.000.000.006.25

North side - 6.25 miles, averaged 8:06

Setup my new 610 for racing and pace specific runs, leaving my 410 with just minutes, the time of day, and distance so I won't know the pace, unless I do math (which I am good at when I am not running at the same time).

Found something perplexing about how the blog displays information. Even though the blog counts Sunday to Saturday as I look at the graph option for the blog in "week view" it appears to count in a different fashion because it appears I have some serious spikes (most weeks in the 70s and two 90 mile weeks, which just isn't how I've been counting). January I was 70ish, February 70-80, March 78-86 with the exception of last week at 94.


Newton Trainer 4 Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.007.50

Jefferson High School - 7.5 miles, averaged 7:34. Threw in some strides on the way back. 

Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 7.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
64.0012.000.004.0080.00
Newton Trainer 5 Miles: 15.50Newton Trainer 4 Miles: 18.75Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 28.00Newton MV2 (Black) Miles: 11.50Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
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