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January 2020

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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: 21.75 Month: 111.20 Year: 380.05
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
178.4518.0017.103.00216.55
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

PM - 7 hilly miles with Finn to start off the new year.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.100.000.000.003.10

AM - 5k on the treadmill as it was cold and rainy outside.  Did 10 miles in an indoor bike at the gym at lunch too. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM - really epic rainfall in the last couple of days - and cold - so another day on the treadmill - easy effort.  6 miles.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM - 6 easy miles with Riley and Finn.  Still a little bit of rain but not too bad.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.003.000.007.50

PM - 7.5 miles with Finn - last 3 or so at a sort of tempo effort.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.500.000.000.008.50

AM - 5 cold, slow miles with Finn before work. 

PM - 3.5 miles on the treadmill at lunch.  My new Garmin provides "training guidance" - the last couple of days it said my run was "unproductive."   And today it advised me that I was "overreaching".   Hmm..

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.003.000.006.00

AM - treadmill workout in the early morning because it was raining, I have a cold and my work schedule won't permit for a lunchtime run.   2 mile warm up then 2 miles at HM pace, with a 400 rest, then 1 mile at HM pace.   I originally planned to do 2 x 2 miles but was feeling a little depleted and thought better of it.  All in all, a decent effort and a solid amount of time with my HR at just below threshold pace.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.250.000.000.007.25

PM - 7.25 miles on the treadmill at lunchtime easy. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.004.500.000.009.50

AM - 3 miles very easy and slow in the cold with Finn before work.   Planning a workout later today if time permits. 

PM - treadmill tempo workout.  15 min warm-up - 30 mins at tempo HR ~150 (around MP effort) and then a 5 mins cool down - for just around 6.5 miles. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

AM - 4.25 miles or so with Finn - slow easy - legs felt tired and heavy from yesterday. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.007.50

AM - a little over 7.5 hilly miles with Finn on a breezy, somewhat rainy morning.  Legs still a little fatigued but felt ok by the last few miles. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

PM - 11 miles on the treadmill whilst watching the NFL playoffs. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM - a little over 4 miles very slowly with Finn in a light rain.  Reasonably fatigued - no pain or discomfort, but feeling the load from the last week of training.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.750.003.100.0010.85

AM - 5.75 miles with Finn on a foggy, misty, rainy, but warm morning before work.  
 

PM - treadmill workout after work.  5 x1000 @ 10k pace with a 200 rest.  Good effort. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

AM - 3.5 miles in a cool fog with Finn.  Very slow active recovery.  Legs were fatigued and one of my toenails bruised from the treadmill yesterday evening.  Travel to Philly today.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.004.000.000.008.00

AM - in Philadelphia for business - did an early morning run from the Old City section of town out to the Schulkill River trail  - picked it up to tempo pace after the 3 mile split and then slowed to recovery effort at just before 7 miles.  Good effort. Got have dinner last night with my youngest who lives here.   So that was a nice bonus   

 

 

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

PM - 5 miles on the treadmill recovery effort. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

AM - a little over 8 miles with Finn on a cloudy raw morning.  Good run though. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

PM - 14 miles on the treadmill after church.  Watched the first half of the AFC championship game.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

PM - 5 miles with Finn on Brittle and Summit roads - mostly dirt roads next to horse farms.   Cold even in the late afternoon.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.004.000.007.00

PM - treadmill workout 4 x 1 mile at HM pace with a 200 rest; warm up and cool down.   Tough but good effort.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM - very cold this morning - but Finn had not gotten out for a run yesterday - so I did an  easy - recovery effort 3 miles - which was really not very therapeutic because of the cold weather.   Also in the last mile my left foot gave me some discomfort - on the top of the foot.  Odd, because it was fine yesterday and up to that point in the run, no discomfort at all.   Will keep an eye on it.  

PM - ran 3 more at lunchtime on the treadmill.  No pain or discomfort at all on the treadmill.   Noticed some discomfort when climbing stairs.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.255.000.000.0011.25

AM - about 3.5 miles with Finn before work in some freezing rain/snow flurries.   Foot is ok, but a little tender - think it may be extensor tendinitis.   May consider some cross training if it continues or gets worse.   

PM - lunchtime treadmill tempo - 5 miles at MP after a 2 mile warm up and just slightly less than a 1 mile cool down.  No real issue or discomfort with the foot - this was a solid effort - on the upper edge of manageable.  Most of the workout was at or just below 7 min pace on a 1% grade.   Quite depleted now, about 3 hours later as I write this.  Need a couple of easy aerobic days for recovery. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.250.000.000.003.25

PM - 3.25 active recovery effort miles with Finn on a cool damp and dreary late January afternoon.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.004.500.000.009.50

PM - great flow run this afternoon with Finn.  Ended up running quite a bit faster and a little longer than I planned - but I felt really comfortable and was really enjoying it.  

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No running today.  Got up late then headed to church, then brunch with friends, then a neighborhood HOA meeting and the next thing I knew it was 6 pm and it was getting ready to start raining.   Began to head to the treadmill, but just not movitated enough to run so I took the day off.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

AM - 3 recovery effort miles with Finn before work.  He had no exercise yesterday and even though it had rained most of the night - I felt like he needed to stretch his legs.   I was short on time, so did not go too many miles this morning.  May get a few more in at the end of the day.  
 

PM - 5 more on the treadmill after work. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.003.0010.50

AM - 4 miles with Finn on a frosty cold morning before work. 

PM - lunchtime - treadmill workout.  Yasso's 800's.   Did 6 x 800 at around ~3:08-3:10 per rep with equal time rest.   It was a solid workout - I probably could have gone slightly faster but was good with the pocket I was in.   Slightly concerned with the left foot - which seemed to have resolved - and is likely tendinitis - but the harder effort on the treadmill elicited some discomfort.   I was reading an article from Dathan Ritzenhein that he has an arthritic condition in one of his feet that essentially requires that he can no longer do speed work.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.100.000.000.003.10

AM - slow active recovery 5k with Finn.  Still pretty cold outside.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.004.000.0010.00

AM - 3 miles on the treadmill this morning.  Finn went to the vet yesterday and had some routine injections - but it resulted in him being a little woobly a few hours later in the evening and he kinda took a tumble down our stairs last night - I think he's ok - but did not want to run outside with him today.   

PM - treadmill tempo workout.  4 miles at HM pace which was 6:31 per mile.  Warm up and cool down. Very good effort.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM - 6 miles very easy with Finn. He seems to be feeling better.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
178.4518.0017.103.00216.55
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