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Beach to Beacon

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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
40.400.006.700.0047.10
Cross Training Minutes 2018 Miles: 122.00Specialized Diverge (Gravel Bike) Miles: 43.40Altra One V3 Blue 2 Miles: 7.00Miles With Megan Miles: 9.95Altra One V3 Blue Miles: 8.00Altra One 2.5 Miles: 5.30Altra One 2.5 Black Miles: 8.40Nike Zoom Streak LT2 White/Orange Miles: 6.90
Weight: 171.68
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

AM: 36-mile ride. HR 145.

Got up at a decent hour and drove to Oxford to meet up with some of the guys to do the Dirt Road Derby route. It was beautiful and quite hilly. Good pace through 50k (18+ MPH) then another guy and I went back to where we linked with the group. Lots of farms with horses. Very beautiful.

PM: 6.5 miles, averaged 10:04. HR 128.

Cross Training Minutes 2018 Miles: 122.00Specialized Diverge (Gravel Bike) Miles: 36.00
Weight: 173.80
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

PM: 7 miles, averaged 9:20. HR 137.

Night: AIS and push-ups 

Altra One V3 Blue 2 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 172.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.500.008.00

Lunch: 7.4-mile ride to get Oliver's prescription food. Got Pip's as well. I strapped Pip’s to the front of me with my backpack straps.

PM: 8 miles, averaged 9:06. HR 143.

First few w/ Megan.

Last Chance Workout

3’ @ 10k effort, 3’ jog, 4 x 45” @ 5k

Felt okay. 3’ ended up right around 6:00 pace. Strides were fairly fast. 

We start our drive to Maine tomorrow.

Late: AIS, PT routine, and pushups

 

Miles With Megan Miles: 3.25Specialized Diverge (Gravel Bike) Miles: 7.40Altra One V3 Blue Miles: 8.00
Weight: 170.80
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.300.000.000.005.30

AM: 5.3 miles, averaged 10:17. HR 129.

Got up early to get a run in before driving to Maine. I got stung by a bee. It tried to get me again when I came back around. It’s hard to imagine a nest given I was there 12 hours before and it rained all night.

We are about halfway to Maine at 6:00PM. I drove almost 8 hours before handed the wheel over to Megan.

Altra One 2.5 Miles: 5.30
Weight: 169.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Lunch: 5 miles, averaged 9:56. HR 141. Did some strides.

Ran w/ Megan for the first few. It was pretty warm. Mid-80s and 74 dew point. Uncomfortable for Maine.

Miles With Megan Miles: 3.50Altra One 2.5 Black Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.400.000.000.003.40

Lunch: 3.4 miles w/ Megan, averaged 10:20. HR 132.

Miles With Megan Miles: 3.20Altra One 2.5 Black Miles: 3.40
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Beach to Beacon (6.214 Miles) 00:38:58, Place overall: 230, Place in age division: 34
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.700.006.200.0011.90

AM: Beach to Beaon 10k in 38:58

I haven't run this race since 2015, even though I was signed up in 2016. It was my first 10k since running Beach to Beacon in 2015 (other than a 10k time trial I paced with some buddies in spring 2016)I had a pretty tough race and blew up pretty bad. It was extremely humid and it has been a fairly dry summer in Detroit. I wasn't much in the racing mood as the day before my brother and I got into a serious fight with my dad about his behavior. Trying to figure out what to do going forward preoccupied me and I haven't sleep well for several days

We stayed in a motel in Old Orchard Beach and my family dropped me off toward the starting line. I could tell I was going to need to hit the woods, which made me more anxious as things of that nature are pretty good on race day. I warmed up 2.7 miles with some strides and felt pretty good.

The first mile is a decent, gradual downhill and I was hoping to run around 6-minute pace or faster. The first mile was 5:51. I felt decent, but after the second mile I knew it was going to be rough. The humidity was around 100% and the dew point was 69. The air temp was in the lower 70s. From there I lost concentration and had a hard time being motivated. I really felt like I was going through the ups and downs of a marathon. At 3 miles, I really wanted to jog it in as nothing was really working. I tried to fight back, but the hills had me feeling like I was barely moving. I did manage to garner strength for a strong kick for the partial as I have been able to do every year I have run this race. I finished feeling spent even though the splits don't reflect that. Cooled down 3 miles barefoot on the grass

Splits: 5:51, 6:09, 6:16, 6:19, 6:27, 6:45, (4:57 pace for the partial). HR 177

It was a rough race. Some things could have been better. I think I just mentally gave up and I wasn't prepared for the humidity or the hills given that I run completely flat routes. Mostly an easy recovery week this week before gearing up for fall and the Detroit half

Nike Zoom Streak LT2 White/Orange Miles: 6.90
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.400.006.700.0047.10
Cross Training Minutes 2018 Miles: 122.00Specialized Diverge (Gravel Bike) Miles: 43.40Altra One V3 Blue 2 Miles: 7.00Miles With Megan Miles: 9.95Altra One V3 Blue Miles: 8.00Altra One 2.5 Miles: 5.30Altra One 2.5 Black Miles: 8.40Nike Zoom Streak LT2 White/Orange Miles: 6.90
Weight: 171.68
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