| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 151.20 | 34.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 186.05 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Ran a slow steady hill course to check out the hamstrings. Tight but no problem. Rain, sleet and hail seemed to slow me down. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Prerace taper day. No issues. | | Add Comment |
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Sitka Whalefest (6.2 Miles) 00:46:10, Place overall: 15, Place in age division: 2 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| Finally made it to a race with my 16 year old son. I promised in March 2007 weeks after I started running after a 25 year gap, that I would run in the next local race. Today was the day. He did 38:28 I did 46:18. Never has losing felt so good | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Finally got out three days of meetings. Too late to run outside. Five treadmill miles at 8:00. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.50 |
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Ran the hill workout course at 1:22. Cold but no wind. Heard a bear in the park but didn't see it. Legs hurt more than I would like.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.10 |
| After the rolled ankle incident yesturday, I thought it wise to run on the treadmill even though it was a sunny day. "Easy" days are hard on the treadmill due to bordom. Ended up with 9.1 miles @ 8:45/mile. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.10 |
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Last long run before Seattle. Did 13.1 road miles in the rain and snow with an air temp around 36. Felt good most of the way. Hope the hills in Seattle aren't too much worse than today. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 |
| Was out in the field the last week and truely had nowhere I could run. Walked a lot and tried to keep busy. Interesting how hard it was not to run. Anyway back in town and ran 12.5 at a little slower than marathon pace. Was struggling at the end but made it through. Seattle is now only a week away for me and my son. The bet is if he beats me by more or less than 20 minutes. ( He beat me by 7:45 in a 10K a couple of weeks ago.) | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Now I remember why I usually take a day off after 12 or more miles. Legs felt weak today and struggled to get in a little more than an hour. It's OK I know my legs were tired. One more speed day tomorrow and then taper to Sunday. Current odds are 3:2 in my favor. Fortunately the bet is in name only. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| Just ran long enough to warm up and stretch. Hamstrings tight and complaining. With a race in less than a week I forced myself not to run and did an hour on the eliptical machine. Feel good tonight, so hope to do a mile interval day tomorrow as the last hard workout before Sunday. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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Last hard day before the race on Sunday. Warm up, cool down with 4 mile intervals at:
1: 7:25
2: 7:15
3: 7:05
4: 7:00
Felt good to run, ready as we will ever be to fly 900 miles to race on a new course. The half seems no problem. The Seattle hills might be trouble for those of us hill adverse. This will be a test also for training modes. I went with distance and tempo. My son went with tempo and interval with little or no distance. I guess this weekend we will find out who was right. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
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Waiting in the hotel for the race on Sunday. Should not have run so hard but did 2 easy and 4.5 tempo miles. Well rest day tomorrow.
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Seattle half marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:48:30, Place overall: 802, Place in age division: 44 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.10 |
| Back home after running the Seattle half. Satisfied with 1:48+. Ran very conservatively not being sure about the hills. As a result I had a good time on the first half viewing the scenery. The second half hills were not as bad as advertised, quite reasonable actually, but it was hard to pick up the pace very much on hills. I managed to keep my son within 20 minutes, ( by seconds!), so that was a win too. All in all a great race on a better than reported, abet a little slow, course. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Today was time to hit the road after a couple of post race rest days. Mostly slow pace with a couple of tempo miles mixed in. Still feel a little tired legwise but all in a good solid run. Plan to tone down distance to try and average about 40 miles a week through the winter, picking up the pace late February to start training for a race in the late May early June timeframe. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 6.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.55 |
| Just for laughs ran the first half of the half without looking at my watch, just going by feel not race pace but a good tempo run. Ran it in 50:30 leading me to believe I ran a wee bit too conservatively last Sunday. The good part of this leads me to find a race in the next few months to try again. See there is value in a slow race. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Just an absolutely beautiful day. Clear sky and 28-30 degrees. A rare perfect day in southeast Alaska. Ran the half park half road run for 7 easy miles. One hour and one minute and had a great time looking around at the snow capped mountains and other sights. I love runs that are fun just because they are. Long run tomorrow will be a little more work. Hope for fifteen but may not have time. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 151.20 | 34.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 186.05 |
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