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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
72.404.000.000.0076.40
Saucony ISO Triumph 2 Miles: 14.00Brooks Launch Miles: 29.40Saucony Kinvara 7 Miles: 10.00Altra The One Miles: 5.00Nike Lunar Racer Miles: 18.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.004.000.000.0014.00

AM/Lunch: 10 miles, averaged 7:27. HR 161.

High aerobic run for 8 miles (7:20-6:36) then 2 miles easy.

PM: 4 miles, averaged 9:44. HR 130. Beautiful evening.

Megan's parents came for lunch. We had a nice time.

Saucony ISO Triumph 2 Miles: 4.00Brooks Launch Miles: 10.00
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Day off. About 20 days on, which is far from normal but it's much more consistent than I've been recently. Feeling tired and that sinking depression feeling.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

PM: 10 miles, averaged 8:15. HR 155.

I've started posting average paces again since it's nice to look at even though I can find it on Garmin and Strava. I think it's useful for others reading too. Too often people get stuck on easy pace. I run what I run most of the time. That said, I've tried to pick up my pace lately as I've been running a lot from 9-10' pace. At my fittest and lightest most days if I'm doubling I don't think I ever ran consistently faster than 8' average.

Spent most of the day in bed or on the couch. Wanted to get my long run in but was in a funk. I wasn't going to run, but got out late and felt good despite sticky air. I was pleased a planned zero turned to a 10.

Saucony Kinvara 7 Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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PM: 10 miles, averaged 8:16. HR 151.

A little sticky again today. Still very mild or the Midwest and definitely what I ran in in Philadelphia for two years.

Saucony ISO Triumph 2 Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

AM/Lunch: 9 miles, averaged 8:07. HR 158.

Humid and muggy but breeezy and not too hot. Just not as dry at it has been.

PM/Night: 5 miles in 36:30 on the treadmill after work. A few harder pickups because my chafing was chaffing. #ouchies.

Altra The One Miles: 5.00Brooks Launch Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

PM: 18 miles, averaged 8:24

Rough run. Bonked good at 15. Ran on the Paint Creek Trail from Rochester to Lake Orion.

Nike Lunar Racer Miles: 18.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.400.000.000.0010.40

PM: 10.4 miles, averaged 9:13. HR 140.

It was a gorgeous run. Dry air is back.

I tried to start several fights on this run. A family kept moving back and forth on the path as I was trying to move around them. Pick a side and give me my two feet or so. After meeting you 4-5 times on a loop I think you should get the pattern. After going back through the neighborhood a guy was talking to his wife over a running lawn mower. He was speaking loud enough for her to hear but the sound carried because I was not also next to the mower. He said "there the guy who runs funny." I let him know I heard him. I circled back around the block because I was prepared to say something less nice, but they had gone inside. All the better. Best to ignore people anyway. But I find it very hard. You're a complete weird if you run in the Midwest. True most places I suppose.

Brooks Launch Miles: 10.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
72.404.000.000.0076.40
Saucony ISO Triumph 2 Miles: 14.00Brooks Launch Miles: 29.40Saucony Kinvara 7 Miles: 10.00Altra The One Miles: 5.00Nike Lunar Racer Miles: 18.00
Weight: 0.00
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