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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

Sat, Jan 26, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
14.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.00

Well I got outside today for the long run. It was around 30 degrees but pretty windy. I felt good but just took it easy the whole way. Around half of the run was into the wind and it had a bigger impact on me than I thought. It was blowing pretty hard and steady. Also, I ran out of the Body Glide a few days ago and this was not a good thing. I will have to replace that soon if you know what I mean. Overall, this was a good week. I feel like I have established a pretty good base to start building on. I plan on trying to increase my mileage over the next few weeks. I know it will be tough because of time commitments and possible business travel. I would like to get up around 70 mpw by summer but I am not sure if I can manage the time to do it. I have to keep the balance between family, work and running so we will see what happens. This is the most that I have ever run consistently so I am happy with that but I hope I can still take it up another level.

1:54:21, 8:10 avg

Comments

From jtshad on Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 09:29:05

Great run today and your base running is doing great as you mention. Good luck with the mileage increase, I know the time commitment pressures you are feeling. I bumped up to 70+ miles last year and it was a struggle at times. Mostly I do two-a-days to get the mileage in (early morning runs and lunch runs). You can do it, but it does take some work.

From Jim on Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 10:38:28

Thanks for the encouragement! Did you see a significant improvement when you increased the mileage? I am impressed by how quickly your times have come down.

From jtshad on Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 10:48:46

Yes I did. As I started to increase my base mileage and integrating a better mix of speed/tempo work along with more long runs (12+ miles) my pace really improved.

My mileage per year since I started running marathons/competitively:

2005: 1555 miles

2006: 2322 miles

2007: 2963 miles

This past year I trained much more specifically for races as well (lots of hill training, both up and down, since most of my races were all hilly!).

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