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Presque Isle Marathon in Erie PA

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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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Saucony Mirage - Black And Red Miles: 27.20Brooks Ghost 4 - Blue Miles: 23.94
Weight: 149.25
Race: Presque Isle Marathon in Erie PA (26.2 Miles) 03:09:30, Place overall: 20, Place in age division: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.0026.200.000.0027.20

1 mi. warmup - it was a little chilly before the race/warmup. 

Perfect conditions for a good run once it did start - Very flat 2 lap course around Presque Isle on the shore of Lake Erie, 50 degrees throughout, and well shaded even when the sun did come out.  Goal before the race was to run 7:10s for 20 mi. and then 7:40s for last 10k.  I'm glad I didn't stick to the plan from the beginning.  Went out at 6:50 for first mile and felt like I was holding back.  Up through mile 20, I hovered somewhere between 6:50 and 7:05, with random three miles between 7:10 and 7:15. 

Passed through the half (lap 1) at 1:31:30, 16 mi. in 1:52:00, 20 mi. in 2:20:20,

It got ugly after that - 7:24, 7:44, 7:50, 7:55, 8:05, 8:05, last 0.2 in 2:05

26.2 mi. - 3:09:30 - Boston Qualifier!!

 

Saucony Mirage - Black And Red Miles: 27.20
Weight: 150.00
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Off Running - Still sore from Erie

Weight: 150.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 mi. easy with dog and alone - still very sore from Erie Mar.

Brooks Ghost 4 - Blue Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Soreness Subsiding -

Brooks Ghost 4's are awesome!

Easy 1.2 mi. with dog - 12:50, 3.8 mi. moderate alone - 29:33

5 mi. - 42:23

Brooks Ghost 4 - Blue Miles: 5.00
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Off Running - Reverse Taper?

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.441.000.000.003.44

AM - Easy 1.73 w/ dog, 1 mi. MP - 6:47, 0.71 jog cooldown

End of "Reverse Taper" - Mill Race 15k tomorrow - goal -- 62:00 (6:40s)


Brooks Ghost 4 - Blue Miles: 3.44
Weight: 150.00
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Race: Mill Race Race (9.3 Miles) 00:00:00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.200.009.300.0011.50

Mill Race Race - Columbus, IN

PR for 4 mi., 5 mi., 10k and 15k today in this race.

Clearly, these distances have been neglected with the marathon training and not actually running races at those distances for a while, so the PRs were not surprising.  Nonetheless, a good day on legs that still feel like they are recovering from the Erie Marathon on Sunday.  This race is a race held in my home town, and is always a fun one.  Tiff ran the 5k, also.  It started pouring rain in the last half mile, which made it a fun finish, though my mile split did not reflect that.

6:18, 6:34, 6:30, 6:40, 6:40, 6:50, 6:50, 6:50, 7:06, 1:56

Think I was top ten overall-results pending...

Brooks Ghost 4 - Blue Miles: 11.50
Weight: 147.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.6427.209.300.0051.14
Saucony Mirage - Black And Red Miles: 27.20Brooks Ghost 4 - Blue Miles: 23.94
Weight: 149.25
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