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The Ripple Effect

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Location:

New Palestine,IN,USA

Member Since:

Oct 23, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 18:59 (3/09)
4M - 25:06 (9/09)
10k - 41:01 (11/07)

Half - 1:25:58 (11/09)

Marathon - 3:06:33 (12/09)

Short-Term Running Goals:

1:25 for the half marathon
Sub 39:00 for the 10k.
3:07 marathon
18:30 5k

Upcoming Races



Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 3:00 for the marathon.

Personal:

Married, two daughters (18 and 15).  Masters runner trying to get competitive in my age group.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Lifetime Miles: 372.70
ASICS Excel 33 Lifetime Miles: 152.00
Saucony Ride 7 Lifetime Miles: 249.00
ASICS DS Trainer Lifetime Miles: 212.20
Asics Cumulus 16 Lifetime Miles: 241.30
Race: The Ripple Effect (4 Miles) 00:25:23, Place overall: 12, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.004.009.00

Pretty good morning for a race. It was warm (72) and humid but at least it was overcast and only a light wind.  Ran a two mile warm up before the race and felt ok.  For some reason it always takes me a while to get going after a day off.  Goal for today was something around 6:20 pace.  So tried to not get crazy at the start and keep it reasonable.  Got started cleanly and settled into a good pace.  The race strung out pretty quickly so was running by myself after about a 1/2.  Came through the first mile in 6:19 so was pretty much where I wanted to be.  The second mile I kind of settled in and then realized that I was slowly down more so started trying to pick off some runners ahead. This helped me get back closer to pace but still slowed to a 6:25.  I was catching some runners so that kept me moviated but I still was a little off from where I wanted to be.  In hindsight I think I could have pushed this mile more but was holding too much back.  Third mile was 6:25.  Since I had held back some I was able to pick it up the last mile and passed a couple of more runners and was happy to come through in 6:13.  Overall I felt OK with the race.  The time was about what I expected but pretty much on par with my last race so no real improvement.  I ran this same race in 2009 and was only 17 seconds slower this year so pretty good considering I am still building back up my mileage and I am 4 years older.  I still have a ways to go to get ready to run a decent half in Nov but I think these shorter races are helping me get back into the racing mode and creating a foundation to build some speed on.

 

Saucony Kinvara 3 (Green) Miles: 9.00
Comments
From Jason D on Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 17:49:17 from 24.1.80.94

I thought I had a grip on all the current Indiana bloggers. I guess not! It was a fun morning. That's a strong finish!

From JimF on Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 19:33:22 from 98.222.218.178

Thanks Jason! There are a few of us on here from IN. Nice to connect with another one.

From rockness18 on Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 17:58:23 from 24.191.233.12

Great run...you look to be getting back on track.

From Bob on Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 19:26:20 from 67.176.195.62

Nice job hitting your pace.

From Tom on Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 16:08:01 from 137.65.228.254

Great job, looks like you're putting yourself in a nice position to get that 18:50 5K and sub-3 marathon soon.

From jtshad on Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 16:26:43 from 141.221.191.225

Great race! Nice pace you are hitting. Glad you are feeling better.

From JimF on Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 20:29:21 from 64.134.188.139

Thanks guys! It's nice to be racing again after a long break.

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