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SIA Track Attack

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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: 47.00 Month: 141.40 Year: 689.80
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: 631.45
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles: 154.30
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles: 337.95
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles: 129.10
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe) Lifetime Miles: 263.15
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe II) Lifetime Miles: 250.70
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles: 238.90
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles: 193.50
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles: 59.30
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles: 35.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
81.308.006.340.0095.64
Newton Trainer 5 Miles: 27.55Newton Trainer 4 Miles: 18.25Saucony Kinvara 2 Miles: 15.00Saucony Kinvara 2 (2) Miles: 5.50Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 14.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.00Loose Dogs Miles: 1.00Newton MV2 (3) Miles: 9.34
Weight: 170.54
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Met Brandon in the alleyway by my house, did about 6.5 with him and turned around for 11 total (7:38 average). Planned on 7-8, but I could have gone longer than I did. I felt fantastic and I really needed the run/company after doing job market materials this morning. I think I will write a cultural history of running instead, but I need Jake or a Sasha to fill in the tremendous historical gaps in my knoweldge.

My weight is all over the place. I ate a ridicuous amount of food yesterday, but I felt a bit faint on my shakeout run yesterday.

 

Newton Trainer 5 Miles: 11.00
Weight: 172.10
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.750.000.000.0015.75

AM: Heritage Trail south to West Lafayette - 10.25 miles, averaged 7:58. Did some uphill efforts and pickups on the way back. As Joe Bell said about this morning, crisp!

PM: North side - 5.5 miles, averaged 7:57. Did some strides. One school-to-school @ 5:05. Kept it fairly reserved

Newton Trainer 4 Miles: 10.25Saucony Kinvara 2 Miles: 5.50
Weight: 170.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.800.000.000.0015.80

AM: Fink Cemetery/Fire Cracker loop - 10.3 miles, averaged 7:45

PM: North side - 5.5 miles, averaged 7:56. Did a few strides.

To save time, I tried to shave and foam roll. Although I use an electric razor, this isn't easy. It's like patting your head and rubbing your stomach.

Newton Trainer 5 Miles: 10.30Saucony Kinvara 2 (2) Miles: 5.50
Weight: 169.90
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.008.000.000.0018.00

AM: Aerobic Builder - 14 miles, averaged 7:03. 8 mile AT tempo, averaged a tick under 6:30: 6:37, 6:36, 6:33, 6:32, 6:28, 6:25, 6:26, 6:21. Mostly flat with a few very gentle inclines mixed in. Not too shabby on tired legs. Maybe a day off next week. Almost 50 days on right now.

PM: North side - 4 miles, averaged 8:04

Newton Trainer 4 Miles: 4.00Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 14.00
Weight: 169.80
Comments(6)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.500.000.000.0013.50

AM: 7.5 miles, averaged 8:08. Got chased by a poodle, which incidentally can be pretty aggressive. But they scare like small dogs when you yell at them. Sorry for the colorful language old lady; Jason is tired of being chased by dogs and sheilding kids from cars because of their irresponsible parents (yesterday afternooon). There. I feel better.

PM: North side - 6 miles, averaged 7:57

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.00Loose Dogs Miles: 1.00Saucony Kinvara 2 Miles: 7.50
Weight: 169.80
Comments(6)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.250.000.000.006.25

AM: Off. Walked about a mile to pick up a rental car. Legs are a bit heavy. To be expected.

PM: North side - 6.25 miles, averaged 7:32. Angry running. One of those days. On the grand scheme of 1 to war-torn and poverty stricken not so bad, I guess. Headed out for some sushi and beer, while I watch a small, bald Japanese man yell and cuss at people. He refers to himself as "crazy Tony" or, alternatively, "the sushi Nazi."

Newton Trainer 5 Miles: 6.25
Weight: 168.20
Comments(1)
Race: SIA Track Attack (6.34 Miles) 00:37:47, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.006.340.0015.34

AM: Rest Haven - 4 miles, averaged 8:23

PM: SIA Track Attack 10k. Mini report to follow. A win, but not really competitive. Still, a hard effort and a good time with some wonderful folks in the community. On the Subaru test track. In the dark. Small mileage PR for the week by about 1.5 miles

I've never run a race later than maybe 9:00AM, so prepping for an 8:00PM race was interesting (I was worried about a decent sized brunch I had with some colleagues). Portions of the race were run on the 2-mile test track at the local Subaru plant. I expected it to be pretty bland, but there is a pond in the middle and some vegetation, making for pleasant scenary during a hard tempo run. I ran the course to get the layout of the first part of the coure (a right-hand turn, turn at a stop sign and then a u-turn after some cones in the parking lot, then back to and around the test track). 3 miles with a half mile at marathon pace.

I went out sensibly but hard, hard enough to deter anyone from following me. I also planned to run around HMP, which would give me a harder effort (about 1-2 notches on the effort scale below half marathon effort) given temps in the 70s and running with 87 miles in my legs before I started the race. I'm pleased overall because even though I knew I was winning I still ran hard.

5:54, 5:53, 5:58, 6:05, 6:01, 5:59, 5:44 pace for (.34)

On the second loop things were getting pretty dark and I couldn't see the ground well in a few places. The lights were on but pretty poor.

I cooled down 2 miles and called it good. Ate some pizza and did awards. I won by 11 minutes I think. Again, nothing mind-blowing, but it feels pretty good and I ran hard even though I didn't "need" to. I think this was pretty close to time trial effort if it wasn't at that effort. Received a $50 gift certificate for my efforts, but managed to lose my right CEP compression sock. I'm hoping someone finds that otherwise I lost a net of $10 for the race :) Got a pizza too. I won't be weighing in for a few days, until I can get back into my routine of fruit grazing

Newton Trainer 4 Miles: 4.00Newton MV2 (3) Miles: 9.34Saucony Kinvara 2 Miles: 2.00
Weight: 173.50
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
81.308.006.340.0095.64
Newton Trainer 5 Miles: 27.55Newton Trainer 4 Miles: 18.25Saucony Kinvara 2 Miles: 15.00Saucony Kinvara 2 (2) Miles: 5.50Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 14.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.00Loose Dogs Miles: 1.00Newton MV2 (3) Miles: 9.34
Weight: 170.54
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