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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
21.350.000.000.0021.35
Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 16.25Miles With Megan Miles: 4.00Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 5.10
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.250.000.000.007.25

Lunch: Treadmill - 7.25 miles

Megan, Chas, and I went to the Y. Didn't feel like running but I did. It felt good. Did some captain's chair stuff and some adduction work in an effort to make sure my hip is strong. It's been here and there for about 2 years or more. A fairly serious imbalance on the right side. It's time to get proactive so it doesn't cause a hernia, which would suck given that we don't have insurance until August 15. Back to southeastern Michigan tomorrow to look for apartments.

Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 7.25
Weight: 0.00
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Off. Apartment hunting. I think this was the day we looked at places closer to Detroit. Lots of big places for cheap. Nothing endearing about the area. Hard to persuade me after living in Chestnut Hill, which has a ton of character.

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Off.

We looked at a few more places and looked a few more again because we looked at so many we got confused. Tired of driving 90 minutes to then drive around all day. Weird traffic light patterns here. We are settling in Rochester Hills. It's a niceish area and it's closer to campus.

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Off. 

Drove back to Philadelphia. Walked around on Google maps, scouting out possible routes, parks, and tempo loops. I might have to drive to places to run at times in addition to getting another car, which doesn't thrill me.

The area is, predictably, flat. Our area of Philadelphia is very hilly in places. I'll miss my hills and trails. I think I'll need to do some fairly serious incline runs on the treadmill. I don't think running some many hills the last 2 years has made me a better hill runner but I think it has done a lot for my aerobic capacity.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

PM: 4 miles with Megan. Enjoyed the run and the warm but tolerable weather.

Miles With Megan Miles: 4.00Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.100.000.000.005.10

PM: Treadmill - 5.1 miles with some automatic hill intervals

Our application went through on a townhouse lease, which is good. You know you've been living in apartments for too long (about 12 years now I guess) when in-unit washer/dryer and stairs get you excited. The upfront cost was drastically reduced with Megan's job. We saved $400-500 with that.

Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 5.10
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PM: 5 miles

Megan and I walked with Remy (a dog I am walking for two weeks, walked him last year) for 50 minutes or so. He was better today than he was yesterday. He's very sweet but doesn't do well with other dogs and although he likes me he has a bit of separation anxiety since his owners are in Italy.

Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
21.350.000.000.0021.35
Saucony ISO Triumph Miles: 16.25Miles With Megan Miles: 4.00Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 5.10
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