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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.003.008.00

Nice day this morning with light wind and around 60.  I went to the track today to do some 800s.  I haven't been to the track in probably around 6 months so didn't know what to expect.  Today I planned to do 6 x 800 with 400 jog recovery.  I thought I would target 3:00 to see if I could hold that pace.  I did a 2 mile warmup and felt pretty good.  My achilles was still a little twingy but felt ok after the warmup.  After that I started the 800's.  Here are my splits:

1st - 3:02

2nd - 2:58

3rd - 2:58

4th - 2:57

5th - 2:56

6th - 2:56

These turned out a lot better than I expected.  I felt pretty good throughout but my legs were getting heavy on the last two and I could tell my form was starting to break.  Otherwise, it was a good workout and a good surprise concerning my fitness.  Did a 1 1/2 warm down.

61:33 (7:42 avg)


Saucony Tangent 3 Miles: 8.00
Comments
From Tom on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 10:31:18 from 137.65.56.16

Great job on the 800's. Always nice to get pleasant surprises during these kind of workouts.

From Bob on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 19:21:19 from 70.58.141.75

Those are darn good times my friend!

From JimF on Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 22:31:53 from 68.46.211.156

Thanks guys!

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