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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

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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

Fri, Oct 10, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00

Nice morning (52) to run an easy 4 miles. I felt good and did some strides to stretch the legs out. I feel ready to go. I will be heading up to Chicago in the morning and hopefully be ready on Sunday. Since I probably won't have much time tomorrow for an entry I will lay out my plan today.

Here is my plan...

I thought that I might be capable on a good day of a 3:10 but with the weather and humidity going up I think I better revise my goal. Since I need a 3:20 to qualify for Boston that will be my main goal. I think it will be good if I can be a BQ in the bag and then come back again in the spring or next fall and shoot for a better time. What I don't want to do this weekend is go out too hard and then drag in the last few miles and miss out on the BQ. I think that if I go out around 3:20 pace then I can see how I am feeling around 18 miles or so and if I feel good pick it up from there. So based on this I am hoping for something around 3:15 to 3:20 range. Now I am just ready to get going and see what happens.

31:40

Comments

From rockness18 on Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 13:53:22

Good luck...looks like a good plan! So are you looking to do an even split (1:40 half) or are you leaving a few minutes of "wiggle room" for the end?

From JimF on Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 14:12:22

I will definitely try to leave some wiggle room. Chicago is very flat so it should be easy to keep a pretty consistent pace. I will probably try to go through the half around 1:38 but am going to see how I feel after 7 or 8 miles and adjust accordingly. I don't want to get to locked into a pace so if I am feeling good I might try to push it a little. I just don't want to get too carried away.

From will on Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 17:09:06

Jim - Good luck on Sunday! You have put in a great summer of training, you are definitely ready to give it 100%.

From Tom on Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 18:40:36

Good luck Jim. I think your plan is a good one and I'm confident barring really nasty weather or a last minute illness that you'll get that BQ.

From JimF on Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 19:08:53

Thanks Will and Tom! I appreciate the words of confidence.

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