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Seymour Half Marathon

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Location:

Columbus,IN,US

Member Since:

Jun 13, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

37 Marathons -- PR - 2:48:53 (Fall 2014)

A bunch of Half Marathons -- PR - 1:19:20 (Aug. 2015 - Converted)

10k - 36:30 Unaided // 35:25 (July 2014 - Aided)

5k - 17:28 (Aug. 2015)

1mi. - 4:58 (July 2014 - Track)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

10k and 5k's to get back into the swing of thing this summer

Sept. 21:  Mill Race Marathon - Under 3:00.  LET's GO!  

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

R2R2R in Grand Canyon  5/18/19 

Marathon < 2:45

Half Marathon < 1:18

Top 10 in Bluegrass 10k

5k < 17

Personal:

400m/800m competitively in track in high school.  Took 15 years off. Started running again in 2010.  Married to my beautiful wife, Tiffany, with 2 little boys, now 4 and 6.  I'm a civil engineer working for the Indiana DOT in Seymour, IN.   I live in a slightly larger town about 20 miles north - Columbus, IN.  Originally from Lexington, KY.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
45.1726.661.300.0073.13
Saucony Guide 7 Miles: 27.23Saucony Kinvara 5 Miles: 33.9016 - Saucony Kinvara 3 - Black/Red/Neon Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.230.000.000.0015.23

5:45 PM easy hour - 8mi. in 1:01:56

8 PM easy hour - 7.23 mi. in 59:40

Time to get serious

Saucony Guide 7 Miles: 15.23
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.669.000.000.0017.66

Off work again today for doc appts for Jude and Tiff.

11:30AM - ~hr. run w/ 4mi. AT - about 6:30 pace. Sunny and about 65 deg.

3:10 PM - ~ hr. run w/ 5mi. AT - about 6:30 pace.  Very windy.
 

Saucony Kinvara 5 Miles: 17.66
Weight: 152.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

AM: easy 4 miles TM - 31:45

PM: easy 4 miles outside - fairgrounds - 31:00.  65 degrees and sunny.  Very nice.

10 min. of core and legs.

 

Saucony Guide 7 Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.204.501.300.0012.00

AM - TM run - 20min. buildup, 20 mi. Tempo: 9.2mph up to 10.5mph, CD

6.5 miles total - 45min.

PM: stroller push - Jude and I around the neighborhood.  65 degrees and a little windy.  Almost run over 3 times by the stupid school bus driver. ended at about threshold effort.  5.5 miles total in 42:46.

16 - Saucony Kinvara 3 - Black/Red/Neon Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

easy 4 miles to golf course and back- lunch at work.  Grounds Keeper Willy (actually he looked like Bill Murray from Caddy Shack) stopped his mower, got off, and told me that they did not allow runners on the course - insurance purposes.  

Saucony Guide 7 Miles: 4.00
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Race: Seymour Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:24:12, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.0813.160.000.0016.24

Seymour Half Marathon.  65 degrees with some windy spots and high humidity.  Everybody suffered today, but, I really sucked!

Set out at goal pace (6:07) and felt comfortable around there for first 5k.  Then, this funny thing that happens with my knee sometimes started happening again.  It feels like its giving out and then it will stiffen up suddenly and my leg will go straight.  Mostly it stays in this very uncomfortable loose state that really has my body and other leg flailing all over the place.  This continued off and on from about mile 4 to mile 8 before I just stopped at the aid station.  I did some quick stretching and chugged some gatorade.  That problem stoppped and did not come back.  This was probably only because I could not manage to get pace back below 6:20 for the remainder of the race.

6:03, 6:05, 04, 15, 07, 21, 20, 38, 7:19, 6:19, 27, 44, 32

Yikes - 1:24:12 

Saucony Kinvara 5 Miles: 16.24
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
45.1726.661.300.0073.13
Saucony Guide 7 Miles: 27.23Saucony Kinvara 5 Miles: 33.9016 - Saucony Kinvara 3 - Black/Red/Neon Miles: 12.00
Weight: 152.00
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