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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
80.250.000.003.0083.25
Newton Gravity III Miles: 9.25Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 18.25Mizuno Musha Miles: 8.00Kinvara 2 White/Blue Miles: 19.25Miles With Megan Miles: 6.00Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 10.00Newton Gravity LE Miles: 8.25Inov-8 Roclite 295 Miles: 10.25
Weight: 175.33
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.500.000.000.0012.50

Lunch: 8.25 miles.

Atypically sore today. Hamstrings and glutes. I could feel them already yesterday afternoon. Felt fine running. One of the best recovery runs I've had in some time. Just watched people, zoned out, and ran slow.

PM: 4.25 miles. HR 142.

+ Stretching and core (very late)

Newton Gravity III Miles: 4.25Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 8.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Lunch: Treadmill - 8 miles. HR 148.

Did some 10k pace pickups and I can still feel the soreness from Saturday, so I will jog while the guys run at the track tomorrow. I will do my workout when the soreness leaves. No sense getting stupid 16 weeks from a marathon. ("Vacation weight, oh why, you punish me . . .")

PM: 5 miles.

Figured out I got a nice extra chunk of change coming to me for a new course I'm teaching. It won't solve all financial woes, but it's a pretty huge relief. Summers are tough for non-full-time academics.
 

Mizuno Musha Miles: 8.00Kinvara 2 White/Blue Miles: 5.00
Weight: 175.30
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM: Off.

PM: 6 miles with Megan.

Late: rolling, stretching, and core

Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 6.00Miles With Megan Miles: 6.00
Weight: 174.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.250.000.000.0014.25

AM: 9.25 miles. Did a good set of strides in the middle. RHR 44.

PM: 5 miles. HR 140.

Late: Stretching and core.

Newton Gravity III Miles: 5.00Kinvara 2 White/Blue Miles: 9.25
Weight: 175.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.003.0014.00

AM: Track Workout - 10 miles total. 

Had a good workout today with a decent break in the weather. Favorable conditions in the mid to upper 70s but nice and dry with a dew point just under 60 (heavenly).

I planned on a mile breakdown workout, then I thought a version of the Michigan might be "fun" (with the tempo miles closer to fast marathon pace or steady state), then I thought I should be getting into more LT stuff, but I told myself just 2-3 more faster track sessions given that I have ~11 weeks until my half. I definitely want to be more into marathon training but I think working on my speed for just a few more sessions might be helpful as I begin to mix in aerobic tempos, long runs, and LT workouts.

Anyway . . .

1600 (400), 2 x 800 (200), 4 x 400 (200)

5:24.4, 2:40.8, 2:40.7, 76.5, 76.7, 76.6, 74.2

Cooled down to 10 miles

PM: 4 miles easy with Megan. HR 131.

+ Stretching (late)

 

Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 4.00Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 176.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.250.000.000.0013.25

AM: Trails - 8.25 miles. HR 133. Pleasant run.

PM: 5 miles.

Newton Gravity LE Miles: 8.25Kinvara 2 White/Blue Miles: 5.00
Weight: 175.30
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.250.000.000.0010.25

PM: Trails - 10.25 miles. HR 146. 1000+ feet of gain.

Hot, dry, and dusty. Around 90 degrees.

Evening: Stretching and core

Inov-8 Roclite 295 Miles: 10.25
Weight: 175.30
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
80.250.000.003.0083.25
Newton Gravity III Miles: 9.25Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 18.25Mizuno Musha Miles: 8.00Kinvara 2 White/Blue Miles: 19.25Miles With Megan Miles: 6.00Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 10.00Newton Gravity LE Miles: 8.25Inov-8 Roclite 295 Miles: 10.25
Weight: 175.33
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