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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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Sun, Dec 13, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.500.000.000.0018.50

AM: 18.5 miles on the trails. 2000+ feet of gain.

Went with the Wanderers. We dropped some guys off after 10 miles. Went with Preston as long as I could manage. He had a pretty good supply of fuel and water. I went depletion-style (no breakfast, no gels, no water) and even though it was only 18 miles I spent 2:50 running and 2:58 on my feet. I turned around at ~15 miles because I was worried finishing the 3rd corner would leave me not able to get back (the run is called a 4 corners run because it uses all 4 corners of the park and is about 24 miles).

I think this convinced me a technical 50k is not on my bucket list anytime soon.

I saw a black squirrel close up.

Inov-8 Roclite 295 Miles: 18.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 17:50:55 from 24.99.46.55

that's a solid run.

interesting about the black squirrel...i didn't even know that was a thing. now i'm looking through all sorts of pics...i think if i saw one live, my first thought would be that it was a small skunk. :)

From Jason D on Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 19:09:53 from 68.80.27.222

That's what it looks like! I saw one last year during a long run but thought I might have been hallucinating. Ealier this fall I saw one on one of the campuses I teach at but I couldn't get a picture. They all seem to be in a certain cluster of neighborhoods in Philadelphia, which sounds crazy I know!

From Jon on Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 05:12:26 from 96.33.87.148

50ks are a lot easier with water and calories. Just saying.

From Jason D on Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 15:57:25 from 45.46.20.59

I typically run unfueled for marathon training with run up to 2:45. On race day I eat two bananas and two pieces of toast with jam. 3 gels during the first 30k. I can definitely see that a 50k would require a good deal of fuel.

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