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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.

(Please note that Strava links might contain blog inappropriate langauge)

 

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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
72.600.000.000.0072.60
Altra One 2.5 Miles: 12.40Altra One 2.5 Black Miles: 26.40Altra One V3 Blue Miles: 7.10Miles With Megan Miles: 4.00Nike Zoom Streak LT2 White/Orange Miles: 10.00Brooks Launch 3 Red Miles: 8.30Cross Training Minutes 2018 Miles: 173.50Specialized Diverge Pro Miles: 45.80Altra Escalante Miles: 8.40
Weight: 171.07
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.800.000.000.0012.80

Lunch: 6.6 miles, averaged 9:52. HR 129.

PM: 6.2 miles, averaged 9:42. HR 130.

Altra One 2.5 Miles: 6.20Altra One 2.5 Black Miles: 6.60
Weight: 171.80
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.500.000.000.0013.50

Lunch: 7.1 miles on the treadmill in 65'. HR 146.

     Did a easy progression of light to moderate hills.

     10' each @ 1.5%, 2.5%, 3.5%, 4.5%, 5.5%

     5' @ 6%

     10' @ 6.5% (or were the 6%s reversed?)

PM: 6.4 miles, averaged 9:25. HR 128?

Evening: AIS and light PT routine

Altra One 2.5 Black Miles: 6.40Altra One V3 Blue Miles: 7.10
Weight: 172.80
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

AM: 10 miles, averaged 8:51. HR 137.

Stridlek Workout: 2 (8 x 45")

Shorter workout with a race this weekend. 30' up with some light accelerations, the workout with jog back recoveries and 5' jog between sets. Cooled down to make it 10 miles. Felt pretty strong and decent overall.

PM: 4 miles w/ Megan, averaged 10:11. HR 122.

Miles With Megan Miles: 4.00Nike Zoom Streak LT2 White/Orange Miles: 10.00Brooks Launch 3 Red Miles: 4.00
Weight: 171.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.100.000.000.007.10

Lunch: 7.1 miles, averaged 9:11. HR 135.

Looks like when the fall air is here I might be out of 10'+ pace purgatory for sensible recovery runs!

PM: Off. We did happy hour and appetizers with Megan’s colleagues. I had insane heartburn after doing that last week and wasn’t in the mood for that even though I wanted to run.

Altra One 2.5 Black Miles: 7.10
Weight: 170.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.200.000.000.006.20

AM: 6.2 miles, averaged 8:50. HR 131.

Evening: 37.2-mile ride. HR 135.

It rained quite a bit today and I wasn't sure about the ride as I hadn't heard anything about my bike or if people were riding. Turned out a few were and I got a call that my bike was all built up and ready. I made it in time to put a few final accessories back on and do some test pedaling around the parking lot, and we went out. Cooler but humid. We did a combined ride as there only 6 of us, so the pace was decent but not fast. My HR stayed quite low. We slowed here and there to wait for people. The new bike is incredible.

 

Cross Training Minutes 2018 Miles: 128.50Altra One 2.5 Miles: 6.20Specialized Diverge Pro Miles: 37.20
Weight: 169.70
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.700.000.000.0014.70

AM: 8.4 miles, averaged 8:24. HR 146.

     30’ up, 6 x 20” strides, 30’ down

PM: 6.4 miles, averaged ~8:43. HR 135.

     Humid and windy this morning. Really windy and drier this afternoon. Summer turned                     -    to fall. Misfired the stop on my watch on evening run. 

       Power flickered off and on all day. Currently without power. I put my bike headlight       -     on to read. Still trying to finish the last Dark Tower book.

 

Altra One 2.5 Black Miles: 6.30Altra Escalante Miles: 8.40
Weight: 170.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.300.000.000.004.30

Noon: 4.3 miles, averaged 9:26. HR 126.

Pre-race shakeout. Very fallish out there.

PM: 8.6-mile ride. HR 120.

Decided to do a very short ride to do a cyclocross skills session. Probably wish I hadn’t done any new movements tomorrow morning, but it was fun. Practiced dismounts and remounts and running with the bike. Then I set up some logs to hurdle over. It’s all quite technical. I finished with a hot lap around the lake to take the Strava segment. I now have both the running and cycling KOM.

Evening: AIS, light PT routine, and situps

Brooks Launch 3 Red Miles: 4.30Cross Training Minutes 2018 Miles: 45.00Specialized Diverge Pro Miles: 8.60
Weight: 170.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
72.600.000.000.0072.60
Altra One 2.5 Miles: 12.40Altra One 2.5 Black Miles: 26.40Altra One V3 Blue Miles: 7.10Miles With Megan Miles: 4.00Nike Zoom Streak LT2 White/Orange Miles: 10.00Brooks Launch 3 Red Miles: 8.30Cross Training Minutes 2018 Miles: 173.50Specialized Diverge Pro Miles: 45.80Altra Escalante Miles: 8.40
Weight: 171.07
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