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Location:

Bend,OR,

Member Since:

Sep 21, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Whalepark 10K race 46:10 (2007)

USCG 7 mile run- 55:55 (2008)

5K treadmill 21:27  (2007)

5K road race 22:52 (22:28 actual 5K) (2008)

5K road race  21:47  (2011)

 

 

Klondike Relay Race Leg 9 11.1 miles 1:33:00 - 36 hours without sleep before my leg. (2007)

Klondike 2008 Leg 5 14 miles 2:02 (2008)

Seattle Half 1:48:30 (2007)

Avenue of the Giants Half (2008) 1:50

Surf City Half  1:44:37 (2011)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Half Marathon 1:40:00 or less-tempo ran a 1:44 WHAT IS THE LIMIT?

5k under 21:20

 Marathon 3:25

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Another PR before I turn 60.

Continue running and avoid knee surgery.

Personal:

I got back into running in January 2007. Lost 35 pounds and keep trying to follow my high school track/cc son around. Soon found out that coaching was a better choice. Ran semi seriously in high school ( 4:30 ish mile), but had done no running in 29 years. I think I'm back and complain heavily when not allowed to run.

Take Shape for Life helped me lose 25 pounds after I had been a runner for a number of years and my half marathon time clearly reflected that.....I must add that I feel and look way more like a runner.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.903.000.000.0011.90

Got up early and stumbled into the boat for a 0:dark:30 trip to town.  It is getting to the point that I can't justify being out of the office for the time it takes to get in 9 or 10 miles during lunch "hour".  I will try to do two a days two or three days a week and change the off day from Sunday to a weekday.  So:

A.M.   Got to the gym just after 6:30 and there was no one about!  Of course five minutes into the run the place filled up. Enough so that the 30 minute rule was in effect, fortunately after 30 minutes I moved to the machine everyone thinks is broken because it reads  in metric, and finished up my run.

32 minutes @ 6.8 mph for a 8:49 pace and 3.6 miles

23 minutes @ 11 kph(6.8)  for a 5:27(8:49) pace and 4.2 (2.6) kilometers

Total 6.2 miles

P.M.

Did the park loops 2.7 miles at 9:00 and 3 miles at 8:05. Nice day temp almost 40 and partial sunshine.  Felt a little slow on the up tempo miles.

Comments
From Benn on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 17:50:00

Haha! Way to go! Aren't you glad us real runners know how to convert metrics to American measurement? haha that made me laugh that everyone thinks it's broken.

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