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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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Barefoot Running Lifetime Miles: 4.00
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Vilano Road Bike Lifetime Miles: 1216.95
Vilano Bike On Mag Trainer Lifetime Miles: 277.85
Red Peregrine Velcro Lifetime Miles: 314.94
Red Peregrine NO Velcro Lifetime Miles: 171.83
Saucony Kinvara 11 Lifetime Miles: 237.33
Blue Arahi 4.2 Lifetime Miles: 662.17
Nordictrack TM Lifetime Miles: 358.98
Hoka Bondi 7 Lifetime Miles: 325.22
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.8726.209.620.0047.69
Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 27.20Brooks Ravenna 3 - Orange Miles: 20.49Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 14.08
Weight: 145.00
Race: Fox Valley Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:01:36, Place overall: 20, Place in age division: 5
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.7526.200.250.0027.20

Start off with saying that I am pleased with this result.  Dissappointed with not hitting anywhere near the expected time, but, I have nailed down the reasons - mostly due to lack of proper training.  Looking back at my 3-4 months of training a couple weeks ago, I realized that I lacked the quantity of true long runs and longer tempo runs needed to endure those final miles at pace.  The volume of mileage was great during those 3-4 months (300 for August) time, but, I didn't have the quantity of individual 2-3 hr runs needed.   

Also, the course played its part: The race that claims it is a top 30 qualifier for Boston... hmm.  It is flat enough, but I'm not so sure that the they ran the same course this year as the first 2 years?  There were about 5 or 6 construction areas, and or fenced off areas through parking lots that the course ran through.  It may sound like whining (it is :)), but that number of hairpin turns and having to negotiate the 90-180 degree turns and very short, but very steep grades on gravel 10-12 times wears on the legs and momentum.  In the later miles its mentally taxing, also...

Course and training deficiencies are demonstrated through the odd, fluctuating splits and awful splits for the last 5-7 miles on this "flat course". 

6:41, 6:32, 6:43, 6:44, 6:35, 6:39, 6:36, 6:46, 6:44, 6:41, 6:40, 6:34, 6:44, 6:41, 6:33, 6:39, 6:37, 6:40, 6:52, 6:54, 6:59, 7:09, 7:25, 7:44, 8:07, 8:08, 2:16 - 0.29 mi. ?

Picked up an extra 0.1 somewhere...

Don't recommend this race to peers and you fast 2:20-2:30 guys, unfortunately.  Its over $100 for entry, and no prize money for you faster guys.  It is a smaller race (~1000 people total) so running what I thought I was capable of today would've put me in top five.

Chicago will def. be a training run, 1 or 2 halfs in October, and really shoot for the moon at Indy Monumental in November.

On a lighter note, I really did well icing and working on recovery yesterday and my soreness isn't horrible today :)

 

Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 27.20
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.100.000.000.001.10

Got official email - I'm in Boston!!  1 mi. easy jogging... recovery time in the new shoes - orange and black Ravenna 3's - Ravenna 3' are my favorite :)

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Orange Miles: 1.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.450.000.000.002.45

AM: easy jog - 1.24 mi. -10:46 -- with the dog in the new kicks.  Maybe a little more tonight.

PM: easy 12:15 bike - 2.88 mi.,  easy 1.21 mi. with the dog - 10:42, 10 minutes core work

Icing legs again during the nightly PE class 

Time to get back to the good diet... :)

Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 2.88Brooks Ravenna 3 - Orange Miles: 2.45
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.700.000.000.003.70

easy 3.7 - 31:20.  still hurting from marathon.

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Orange Miles: 3.70
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

off\xt today  _ 11.2mi bike - pushed alittle harder than i should about 40 min

Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 11.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.220.000.000.002.22

2.22mi with some strides. race tomorrow against my better judgement 

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Orange Miles: 2.22
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Race: Mill Race 15k (9.37 Miles) 00:59:26, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.650.009.370.0011.02

This race was a game time decision.  I was being a little wary of running a 15k on some shaky legs.  I almost just ran the 5k option, but decided the night before at the reg. table to go big :)

About a mile for WU, the legs felt fine... Race starts very much similar to most races I run in in this series.  There's a couple guys always in the front and anywhere between 2-5 youngsters who sprint out.  One little guy made it 1.5 mi. before dying :)  

First mile feels a little strained and I already slowed it down at 0.75 (otherwise, it would've been about 5:45 :(  )  Maintain a consistent comfortable 6:25 pace and then start with legs feeling tight /tired after about 10k.  Probably could've managed a little quicker pace on fresh legs?  I was struggling to maintain 6:25's 10k-finish, but had a good finish for last 0.5 mi. or so.  

6:02, 6:18, 6:17, 6:23, 6:28, 6:26, 6:25, 6:26, 6:28, 2:10 for 0.37 (picked up some extra again) 

Final time -- 59:36

Winner was 55:xx, 2nd - 56:xx, 3rd - 58:xx, fourth was about 10 seconds ahead of me.  Fresh legs would've put me in the hunt for 3rd I think.  

No scheduled races for this next weekend, but there are a couple I could run :) 

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Orange Miles: 11.02
Weight: 145.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.8726.209.620.0047.69
Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 27.20Brooks Ravenna 3 - Orange Miles: 20.49Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 14.08
Weight: 145.00
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