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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
6.900.000.000.006.90

PM: 6.9 miles, averaged 9:33. HR 132.

Nice afternoon out. I was quite tired last night and this morning. Snuck in a quick nap before class while the boys were napping. Felt a good bit better after. I didn't get out this morning as the boys are on spring break, so doubling is a little tricky. 

Saucony ISO Freedom 3 Miles: 6.90
Weight: 188.90
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.900.000.000.0010.90

AM: 10.9 miles, averaged 8:14. HR 146.

30' @ Half Marathon Effort

I was quite hungover, so I wasn't sure how the workout was going to go. I figured on a good day the effort would be in the 6:20s or slightly slower to start, so I might have been overly conservative, but I ran pretty much right at 6:35 or a bit faster for two miles and slowly increased the pace and ratcheted it down the last 10' or so. Finished feeling like I could have pushed harder, but my legs weren't turning over. Averaged 6:30 @ 167 BPM. The last mile was around 6:17 according to Strava, though I didn't take any mile splits.

This week on the treadmill 20' @ that pace was too much and I barely hung on today outside it felt like strong marathon effort. I will be anxious to see how the 20' effort @ 10-mile effort goes this week. Next weekend I will do 35' @ half marathon effort, so I am hoping to be roughly 5-8 seconds faster than this week and I won't be drinking the night before.

A solid running week. I didn't ride as much as I have been, but I did get a 1-hour ride and a high quality three-hour ride, so that was good. Boys are home this week, so I will have to figure out how to get my doubles in. I really don't want to get up at 5:00AM.

Saucony Endorphin Pro Miles: 10.90
Weight: 186.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.800.000.000.0017.80
Saucony Endorphin Pro Miles: 10.90Saucony ISO Freedom 3 Miles: 6.90
Weight: 187.65
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