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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
82.008.000.000.0090.00
Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 33.00Newton Gravity LE Miles: 5.00Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 29.75Newton Gravity III Miles: 7.25Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 10.00Kinvara 2 White/Blue Miles: 5.00Miles With Megan Miles: 5.00
Weight: 173.25
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.000.000.000.0020.00

AM/Lunch: 20 miles, averaged 7:54

Just under 80 degrees or so when I started and 88 degrees when I finished. No wonder I bonked so hard a mile 18. I decided to run back and forth on Forbidden Drive on the dirt and under the shade. It was a good move today. Averaged about 7:45 through 18 and lost a lot of time climbing up the hill and dragging my carcass the last two miles. Felt better than last week and clicked of some moderatish miles around 7:30-7:15 once I got going without consciously picking up the pace.

Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 20.00
Weight: 173.30
Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.250.000.000.0012.25

AM: 7.25 miles slow. RHR 42.

PM: 5 miles slow.

+ Stretching (late)

Newton Gravity LE Miles: 5.00Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 7.25
Weight: 174.90
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Day off. 25 days on. Unless I get anxious later and go out for a shorty.

Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.008.000.000.0019.00

AM: Flourtown Tempo Loop - 14 miles, averaged 7:38 w/ 8-mile MP tempo

Warmed up 3 slowly and my face was already covered in sweat. Temp spanned 70-80 degrees and the humidity went from 90-75%. Needless to say, I just wanted to get in my 8 miles at roughly the correct effort and not try to hit 6:20-6:30 because that is what MP usually is.

It took a bit to swallow my pride for my slowest 8 mile tempo in probably 2.5 years and I felt like pulling it pretty much every mile and during every mile I would tell myself to shut up and just maintain; you still get the stimulus by running at the correct effort. Fall is coming, just not today and probably not next week.

8 miles in 53:53

6:44, 6:47, 6:46, 6:47, 6:41, 6:43, 6:44, 6:41 (6:44 average)

The sock liner on my Rides folded around tempo mile 4, which was a pleasant feeling for the next 4 miles. Need to glue it in or chuck the liners.

PM: 5 miles. Felt good. Stride felt smooth and running felt effortless

Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 5.00Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 14.00
Weight: 174.90
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.250.000.000.0012.25

AM: 7.25 miles.

PM: 5 miles.

+ stretching and core (late)

Newton Gravity III Miles: 7.25Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 5.00
Weight: 172.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.500.000.000.0013.50

AM: 8.5 miles. Did a bunch of strides in the middle. One faster mile downhill ~6:30 pace.

PM: 5 miles.

+ light stretching (late)

Kinvara 2 White/Blue Miles: 5.00Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 8.50
Weight: 171.50
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

AM/Lunch: 8 miles.

PM: 5 miles with Megan.

Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 8.00Miles With Megan Miles: 5.00Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 5.00
Weight: 172.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
82.008.000.000.0090.00
Kinvara 5 Green Miles: 33.00Newton Gravity LE Miles: 5.00Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 29.75Newton Gravity III Miles: 7.25Kinvara 5 White/Black Miles: 10.00Kinvara 2 White/Blue Miles: 5.00Miles With Megan Miles: 5.00
Weight: 173.25
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