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October 2015

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Location:

Oak Park,IL,

Member Since:

Oct 05, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Used to run track in high school (and played soccer and basketball) - best mile was 4:42. 

Naperville Sprint Triathlon (2013): 1:07 with a 20:47 5K split.

Naperville Sprint Triathlon (2014): 1:09 with a 21:52 5K split.

Chicago Hot Chocolate 5K (2014): 21:03

OP Good Life Race 5K (April 2015): 19:58 PR

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

April

  • Good Life 5K

August

  • Chicago Triathlon

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

2015 Running Goals:

  • run 2 triathlons
  • run a 5K, 10K, and half-marathon
  • begin marathon training by putting in heavier miles over winter

Personal:


 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Nike Free 5.0 Lifetime Miles: 411.60
Asics Gel-Nimbus Lifetime Miles: 125.50
Nike Pegasus 30 Lifetime Miles: 306.75
Nike Pegasus 31 (9/15) Lifetime Miles: 610.20
Nike Pegasus 33 (9/16) Lifetime Miles: 0.00
Nike Pegasus 33 (9/16) Lifetime Miles: 35.39
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
56.802.505.501.1065.90
Nike Free 5.0 Miles: 4.00Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 35.10Nike Pegasus 31 (9/15) Miles: 26.80
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Easy run. 4 miles in 40 mins. A bit of stretching at halfway point. No pain again! Feeling good! 

Nike Free 5.0 Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.800.000.000.002.80

Easy Run. 2.8 miles. 28:00 or so. No watch.
No pain again. Let the running begin for reals now! Hello 5:30 am wake-up calls. Sad face emoji.
Next step is to find a race to run in December and March. Maybe a 5K or 10K in Dec and a half in March.

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 2.80
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

Easy run. 3 miles in ~ 30 mins. No watch. No run this morning due to a sick baby up at 4:15. Ran at 9pm.

Nike Pegasus 31 (9/15) Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.001.000.000.004.00

"Tempo" run. 4 miles in ~ 38 mins. No watch.
2 miles easy. Probably 10:00, 9:30, then 7:30 for the "tempo." 10:00 to finish up.

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.750.500.000.004.25

Easy run. 4.25 miles. 1.25 miles easy. Picked up kids and drove home. Another 2 with the baby in the stroller. 

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 4.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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31.5 mile bike ride. About 2 hours of riding. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.251.000.000.004.25

Easy-ish run. 4.25 miles. With the baby in the stroller.

1 mile easy, 1 mile at tempo effort cuz the baby was crying. Then he fell asleep, so I ran another 2 miles.

 

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 4.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Easy run. 4 miles slow. ~40 mins. Pushed the big kid in the stroller to the track and played soccer for half an hour. 

Legs and breathing felt sluggish and heavy.


 

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.200.000.600.005.80

Hill Run. 5.8 total. Around 60 mins total time out, maybe 50 mins of running. No watch.
4.7 miles easy. 10 min pace to start, maybe got as low as 8:30 for a while.
7 x hill. Hill is about 140 m long, about 25-30 seconds to run it.
Then another .5 mile to home.

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 5.80
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Long run. 6 miles. Probably 9:30 average with 2 short stops for water and stretches. Strides for the last 1/4 mile. 

Nike Pegasus 31 (9/15) Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.800.001.900.005.70

Tempo Run. 5.7 miles total. No watch, but it was around 52:00.
Mile 1-3 was around 9-9:30 pace. Mile 4 and 5 were tempo pace, around 7-8 pace. Mile .7 was easy.

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 5.70
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.001.000.006.00

Longish fartlek run. 6 miles even in about 57 mins. Heavy rain for a good 20 minutes, which made for a great experience due to the warmish 65 deg temp.

Mile 1-2: easy, 8:30-9:30 pace.
Mile 3-4: one block on, one block off.
Mile 5-6: easy, 9:30 pace.

Nike Pegasus 31 (9/15) Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.100.000.000.007.10

Long run. 7.1 miles or so. Maybe around 9:30-10:00 pace. At start of mile 6, I started to feel fatigued and aches in my calves. 3 short water breaks.

Nike Pegasus 31 (9/15) Miles: 7.10
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Easy Trainer Ride in the basement before school. 32 mins or so. Watched Breaking Bad.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.600.000.001.104.70

Hills. 4.71 miles total. 42 mins total.

2.95 miles easy in 26:15.

8 x hill. Hill was about 0.07 mile in about 30 second. Two sets of 4, with the last one of each set fast on the downhill.

.75 easy home.

Nike Pegasus 31 (9/15) Miles: 4.70
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.300.002.000.004.30

AM: Bike trainer in the morning before work. 35 minutes. Catching up on Breaking Bad season 3!

PM: Tempo Run. 4.3 miles total in 35:40. 8:17 AP.
1 mile easy in 9:30.
2 miles Tempo Effort around 7:00-7:10 min pace/mile
1.3 miles easy in 11 minutes.

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 4.30
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Bike Trainer ride. 28 mins. Baby woke up, so I had to stop. My plan was 7 miles of running, so I'm kinda bummed I didn't get out.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
56.802.505.501.1065.90
Nike Free 5.0 Miles: 4.00Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 35.10Nike Pegasus 31 (9/15) Miles: 26.80
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