Bret

March 29, 2024

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Location:

Milton,GA,USA

Member Since:

Jul 27, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PR's -

Mile - 4:38    (High School)

2 Mile - 10:12 (High School) 

3 mile - 15:51 (High School)

10k - 35:19 (High School)

Marathon - 2:59 marathon (London -2013)

Half marathon - 1:25:18 (Deseret News 2013)

Completed all 6 of the World Marathon Majors 2024

Completed each of the 5 majors (NY, Chicago, Boston, London & Berlin) at least twice.

8 x Boston Marathon (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2020 (virtual due to covid) 2021, 2022)

13 x NYC Marathon (1997, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3 hour marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue to enjoy running and racing as long as my body permits me.  

Personal:

Old guy - (grandfather even) been running for 40+ years.  

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Miles:This week: 23.75 Month: 113.20 Year: 382.05
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.500.000.000.0013.50

AM - 5.5 very relaxed miles through the neighborhoods this morning before work.  Thought I would feel the same stiffness and fatigue in my legs today as yesterday evening, but was pleasantly surprised to have things nearly back to normal.

 

PM - 8.0 miles on the treadmill on a late lunch.  Wore the HR monitor to assure that I did not get out of aerobic zone and also just out of curiosity.  Interestingly my HR was slightly elevated from what it has been in the month or so at a recovery pace.   All other influences on HR being the same,  I assume that has to do with the impact of the VO2 max workout from yesterday.  So, I kept it aerobic and ran at a pace about 10-15 seconds slower per mile than I had been doing at that HR - Hopefully this trend will reverse itself with recovery runs.  

Comments
From Bam on Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 05:36:36 from 213.191.239.242

I don't want to spoil the party but:), your blood volume is still high from the workout - give it a few hours...

If you have recovered that quickly, then that's a great sign of how fit you are at the moment and bodes well for the next few weeks.

What's your next planned killer session?

From Bret on Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 07:10:18 from 64.128.133.66

Give it a few hours and I will feel awful? Great... ;)

Debating on the next workout and the timing. I have thought about doing a local 5k race on Saturday morning. However I am conflicted about that for a couple of reasons: 1. It actually conflicts in time with Delaney's first cross country meet of the season; and 2. It may be better for my training to do a long run with a fast finish instead. 3. it would be a full 3 days of recovery runs before the race - and perhaps not a good use of training opportunities.

Conversely, the race would certainly test my fitness, give me some race specific running, and act as a short hard tempo/VO2 max effort.

Thoughts?

From Bam on Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 07:37:01 from 213.191.239.242

If it conflicts with Delaney's race, then you're best to skip your race and do a long run with something added in.

If you can work around Delaney's race, then the 5k would be a great option. It's the same as doing the 4x1mile efforts, only you'd get more out of the race. I'm not a fan of racing for the sake of it but if it can be justified then I'm all for it.

You could do a 16-18 the folowing day (just to get some miles in) and not put in a fast finish, but do a decent tempo (10 miles @ mp) later in the week. This way you will have managed 2 good speed sessions, a long run that wasn't too taxing and a hard 10 miler.

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