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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

Mon, Nov 01, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	9.00

It was a chilly morning (32) but luckily just a light wind. Today I went to the track to run some 800's. I am trying to work on my speed some so I can run a couple of shorter races (5k or 10k) this fall. I did a 2 mile warmup and felt pretty good. It was still very dark out when I started the 800's so it was hard to see the watch and judge my pace. It didn't get light until about the sixth one. The goal today was 8 x 800 at 3:00 with a 400 jog recovery. Here are my splits:

1st - 2:59

2nd - 2:58

3rd - 2:57

4th - 2:58

5th - 2:59

6th - 2:59

7th - 3:00

8th - 2:58

These went pretty good. I started feeling my legs going around the 6th one. On the 7th I started to feel like I had to push it harder just to maintain pace and really focus on relaxing. Glad to get in some speedwork to start the week and happy with the splits.

1:10:01 (7:47 avg)

Saucony Tangent 3 Miles: 9.00

Comments

From Tom on Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 11:01:58 from 137.65.56.16

Great job on the 800's. Looks like you're very close to being in sub-3 marathon shape. It will be interesting to see what you can do in a 5k/10k race.

From JimF on Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 12:25:05 from 68.46.211.156

Thanks Tom. It seems the speed is coming back but I have a long way to go on my strength/endurance. Maybe next year I can finally crack that elusive 3 hour barrier. How about you? Any races coming up?

From Tom on Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 12:29:37 from 137.65.56.16

I'm signed up for the Utah Valley Marathon in June next year but that's it at the moment. I doubt I'll be ready to get the sub-3 then but a sub 3:10 and PR should be within reach if I can just stay injury-free and keep a good base until then.

From JimF on Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 08:36:23 from 68.46.211.156

You have done a great job of building back up after your injury and that should pay off for you next year. June is a good time for a marathon as you will have some time after winter to fine tune before the race. I think I will skip a spring marathon and try to get in better shape for one in the fall.

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