Bret

April 18, 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:	21.00	Month:	87.50	Year:	480.55

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.25	16.00	0.00	0.00	22.25

AM - on the treadmill in the hotel in Orlando - 11 miles at MP effort. Decent effort. Workout #1 for today.

PM - Workout #2 - 2 mile warm up then 10 x 2 min on/off; 8 x 1 min on/off - 2 mile cool down with Richie in St. Pete. I drove over from Orlando after my meetings concluded and did this workout in the rain. On the 2 min reps we averaged well under 6:40 pace (a couple being under 6:20); but I slowed a bit on the 1 min reps for and average closer to 7:10. Completely depleted all glycogen in my muscles and completely shrived from the rain and humidity.

Comments

From Drew on Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 07:55:04 from 24.73.66.122

Hey Bret - I'm interested in your approach, if you don't mind me prying.

If you're doing MP effort, does that mean you have a target heart rate for marathon distance, and MP effort means running the pace corresponding to keeping your HR in the right zone? Or is it more a matter of perceived effort, or something else?

From Bret on Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 08:11:40 from 107.72.162.76

Sure Drew. Actually quite perceptive of you to pick up on that. When on a "foreign" treadmill - if I don't know if the calibration is correct and suspect it may be off - I use a combination of HR and perceived effort to determine MP effort. I use the combination because sometimes HR is inaccurate. So if I am struggling to hit a pace on the treadmill - I work off of effort and HR and ignore the pace on the display - likewise if I am "flying" on the treadmill pace - I apply the same approach and work off of perceived effort and HR. I generally know what my HR needs to be for MP.

From Drew on Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:40:07 from 24.73.66.122

Thanks for the insight, Bret. Sometime I need to really hit you up for info on heart rate zones related to race & training paces.

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