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Paper Mill 5k

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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
73.856.255.002.9088.00
Mizuno Musha Miles: 15.00Altra The One Miles: 14.25Saucony Kinvara 2 Miles: 5.00Kinvara 5 Miles: 22.25Saucony Kinvara 4 Miles: 4.50Newton Gravity III Miles: 8.25Trail Falls/Fails Miles: 1.00Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 6.70Newton MV3 Miles: 9.40
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.005.000.0016.00

Lunch - Treadmill - 8 miles in just under 60 minutes

Supposed to be a long run day but it was way too warm outside. Tried to do an hour honest plus an hour AT tempo (with the 60 minute shutoff), but the machine kept stopping for no reason and I was yelling and swearing like an idiot and my face and hands were burning from cutting jalapenos last night. Might do a workout on the treadmill this afternoon and try to get a decent long run in sometime mid-week. As usual, I've been lazy about them.

PM: Treadmill - 8 miles in 53:XX w/ 30 minute LT tempo @ 10 MPH

Needed this one. I generally do this one a handful of weeks before a half and it is served me well. I decided mid-tempo to name it the "Philly Buster."

Mizuno Musha Miles: 8.00Altra The One Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Lunch: Treadmill - 7 miles in 54:33. Squishy shoes and slippery belt.

Jason's Ultimate PB&J:

2 slices of toast, 1-2 T peanut butter, 1 T jam or jelly, 1/3-1/2 banana sliced (1/3 for large, 1/2 for small), small drizzle of honey, muesli (or granola or favorite cereal), a dusting of cinnamon

PM: Treadmill - 5 miles in 39 minutes. Did a set of weights.

 

Saucony Kinvara 2 Miles: 5.00Kinvara 5 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.656.250.000.008.90

AM: Off

PM: Treadmill - 8.9 miles in 60 minutes

5 minutes @ 7.5

5 minutes @ 8.0

5 minutes @ 8.5

10 minutes @ 9.0

30 minutes @ 9.5; Total of 6.25 @ 6:25 average

5 minutes @ 8.0

 

Altra The One Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.750.000.000.0012.75

AM: Houston Meadow - 8.25 miles, averaged 8:26

PM: Neighborhood loop - 4.5 miles, averaged 7:58

Amazingly facsinating headline from Maine: The North Pound Hermit

Saucony Kinvara 4 Miles: 4.50Newton Gravity III Miles: 8.25Trail Falls/Fails Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.250.000.000.0015.25

Forbidden Drive - 15.25 miles, averaged 7:58. Warm and humid to start. Hot and dry to finish.

Kinvara 5 Miles: 15.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Treadmill - 7 miles in 53:33. Did some ~quarters @ 10 w/ 3-3.5 incline in place of strides because that particular treadmill maxes out at 10.

Mizuno Musha Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Paper Mill 5k (2.91 Miles) 00:17:42, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.200.000.002.9016.10

AM: Paper Mill 5k Race - 9.4 miles total.

Warmed up 4.25 with Megan to the race. It was already into the upper 70s, high humidity (90%) and 73 dew point so I knew a really fast race would hurt. Race got under way and I stayed behind some guys to see what they would do (definitely a local low-key race). Took the lead going into about 1/2 mile mark and had it until maybe 2.5-2.7 and a young guy passed me. I let him go through a slight uphill and started to bring him back but ran out of real estate due to a short course, but I kicked pretty hard. He turned 17 today so he was pretty pleased. I didn't bother to tell him I had 76 miles in my legs before the horn :-) I'm just not a fierce competitor, but I shouldn't have let that him do that.

I can't make heads or tails of the splits because I was running hard [On closer inspection the Garmin had me running off into the woods, etc]. I'll blame it on the heavy tree cover and covered bridge. The heat would make sense but it's still too slow for how I felt. 5:50, 6:17, 6:09 pace for the short mile.

$20 gift card for my efforts and a fun morning with Megan. I'll take it.

Need to race more 5ks. In cooler weather on a course free of rocks, horses, bikers, etc. I should be in the low 17s or just under given other race performances.

1 mile cool down, some walking with Megan and then another 1.3 miles to finish off. Very uncomfortable outside.

PM: Treadmill - 6.7 miles in 51:40. Felt good. Megan and I are headed to a restaurant called Goat Hollow. It looks intriguing. I'm going to go with a burger probably.

Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 6.70Newton MV3 Miles: 9.40
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
73.856.255.002.9088.00
Mizuno Musha Miles: 15.00Altra The One Miles: 14.25Saucony Kinvara 2 Miles: 5.00Kinvara 5 Miles: 22.25Saucony Kinvara 4 Miles: 4.50Newton Gravity III Miles: 8.25Trail Falls/Fails Miles: 1.00Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 6.70Newton MV3 Miles: 9.40
Weight: 0.00
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