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Location:

St Louis,Mo,

Member Since:

Dec 16, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs 1986-1989

800m-1:53

1600m 4:19

3200m-9:36

5k-15:45 

I stopped running for 15 years and picked it back up again in July of 2007. PRs since then ...

1 Mile - 5:09 (Hockey Team Timed Mile 08)

5k - 18:59 (Christian Family Services Fun Run 08)

5 miles-30:31 (Glendale Firehouse Run 08) 

6 miles-38:30 (Webster/Kirkwood Turkey Day Run 07)

10k - 40:17 (Reeds Lake 2009)

15k - 1:01:21 (Meijer Festival of Races 2009)

1/2 Marathon 1:24:55 (St. Louis Track Club Half Marathon 2008)

Marathon 3:06:07 (Boston Marathon 2009 -- Only 2nd Marathon to date)

Short-Term Running Goals:

• Build back to 6 days/week consistently

• Build mileage up to 40-45 mpw consistently

Long-Term Running Goals:

 • Sub 3:00:00 Marathon

• Sub 1:20:00 1/2 Marathon

• Sub 39:00 10k

• Sub 18:00 5k

• Sub 4:45 Mile

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Asics Gel Speedstar II Lifetime Miles: 93.35
Pro Grid Ride #3 Lifetime Miles: 400.95
Asics Cumulus #5 Lifetime Miles: 398.15
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0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.2029.450.000.0037.65
Asics Cumulus #1 Miles: 29.80
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0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.007.850.000.007.85

Cold this morning, 18 degrees. Luckily not much wind. Tried to keep the miles consistant throughout the run. 7.85 in 56:34 (7:13s). Hit the 3.05 mile mark in 22:10 (7:16s), so it looks like it was fairly consistent.

Cumulus - 198.75

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5pm, 38 degrees and a touch of a winter breeze. Did 9.4 miles at a fairly consistent pace. 1:06:45 (7:06s).

Asics Cumulus #1 Miles: 9.40
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12pm, 43 degrees and a slight breeze. 8.2 mile run today with 10 100-300 yard hills built in. Hills ranged from what I would consider slight to significant. Running time was 56:49 (6:56s). I'm having trouble figuring a few things out. The pace I'm running seems to be quick, perhaps too quick, considering 2-3 months ago my base pace was in the 7:20 range. It seems now that its around the 7:05 range. The workouts are not easy, but I've also put a few pounds on and surely lost some degree of fitness having only ran about 10 times in the last 5 weeks. I guess it seems that the pace is faster than I should be going, and it doesn't feel easy, but then its certainly not 'difficult either'. Somewhere in between. I just don't know if I should go with this and assume that my body has made a jump, or if I should back off for fear of crashing later in the training cycle. It honestly 'feels' about where I should be for a base run, but the actual ppm seems too fast.

Asics Cumulus #1 Miles: 8.20
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3pm, 45 degrees and very windy. The wind was terribly inconsistent -- stiff and swirling. Battling it was tough, having it at my back was great, but I could never tell when it was going to hit and from where. First Saturday Long Run on the road to Boston today, 12.2 miles in 1:27:58 (7:13s). Pace felt very good, comfortable, yet not slow by any means.

Asics Cumulus #1 Miles: 12.20
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Asics Cumulus #1 Miles: 29.80
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