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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
Tue, Sep 16, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.003.000.000.0014.00

It was a beautiful morning to run (57) and I did a medium long run today. I felt good this morning and started off easy the first few miles. The legs felt good so I gradually picked up the pace as I went along. After 10 miles, since I was feeling good I decided to pick it up some more and ran 3 miles at MP. It was good to be able to run faster at the end and I was glad the legs felt good after yesterday's workout. It is strange how the body goes through ups and downs. After running hard yesterday I was expecting the legs to be a little stiff/tired this morning and it is actually just the opposite. I guess I shouldn't try to figure it out but just flow with it.

1:50:12 (7:52 avg)

Comments
From wheakory on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 17:35:23

Nice medium long run. That's a great run after the hard miles yesterday. Your impressive on your runs, and the dedication your putting in will allow you to succeed fair above what you think you can do.

From Tom on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 17:39:36

Good job on the run. You seem to be reaching a peak and just at the right time. Should be interesting to see what happens at CM.

From jtshad on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 17:44:36

Man, you are running well and looks like your hitting your peak just in time for Chicago.

From rockness18 on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 19:09:26

Man, strong follow-up to a speed day. Looking good!

From JimF on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 21:07:43

Wow, you guys are good for my confidence! Now if I could just start believing it myself. I am starting to feel better so I guess the miles are starting to pay off.

From wheakory on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 22:56:11

Jim - With a marathon you have to go in knowing you have confidence, and your going to succeed. Because this is what gets you through the tough miles. You have to have confidence in the hard training you've done and know that you've done it, accomplished it, and it will take over in the marathon. This is what I've learned.

Being nervous is perfectly normal and it gives you energy.

From JimF on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:11:39

Thanks Kory that is very good advice. I am new to this marathon thing but you are right about the mental aspect. To me it is such an unknown going into the race. I am finding it hard to properly set my expectations and decide on pace for the race. I feel like I have made big improvements fitness wise but then when I have tired some longer faster runs they have been much harder/slower than I expected. At this point I am leaning toward being more conservative in the marathon but it will be disappointing if at the end I feel like I had more in the tank. Any advice is appreciated!

Thanks

From jtshad on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:42:07

Jim, I have found it useful to go into a marathon with 3 goals: 1) If everything goes absolute perfect; 2) What you think you are realistically trained up for; 3) What you would settle for and still be happy. Ideally, this should be about a 10-15 window between the 3 goals, but you have to work the goals of for you and your expectations.

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