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January 2011

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Location:

FL,United States

Member Since:

May 11, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2000 Walt Disney World Marathon: 3:58:02

2000 Jacksonville Bank Marathon; 3:59:26

2005 Jacksonville Bank Marathon; 3:57:48

2009 Snickers Marathon Bar Marathon: 3:52:58

2010 Frankenfooter Half Marathon, 1:33:10 (PR)

2010 Spacecoast Marathon;  3:30:56 (PR, BQ)

2011 RAP River Run; 5K - 20:11 (PR)

Short-Term Running Goals:

  • Run injury free
  • Run higher milage (40-60/wk) (50 - 70/wk)
  • See my daughters (16 & 18) run the Disney Princess 1/2 Marathon 
  • Qualify for Boston in next three attempts
  • Break 3:30
  • Get Registered for Boston 2012 before it closes!!!

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

  • Still running at 80
  • One Ultra
  • One Iron Man
  • More running friends
  • More life lessons while running, from running

Personal:

  • Married 21 years
  • Four childeren 2 girls, 2 boys
  • Two Daughters at University of Florida
  • Thinking Conservative Christian
  • Guiness over anything I can see through
  • Zac Brown Band
  • Chick flicks with my wife & daughters
  • Man movies with my sons

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Lifetime Miles: 1226.18
Brooks Glycerin 7 Lifetime Miles: 394.79
Brooks Adrenaline GTS 7 Lifetime Miles: 709.55
New Balance Lifetime Miles: 267.34
Ascics Speedstar Lifetime Miles: 374.56
New Balance 1063 Red Lifetime Miles: 148.76
Ascics Speedstar II Lifetime Miles: 41.23
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
125.313.0010.000.000.000.000.00138.31
Brooks Adrenaline GTS 7 Miles: 13.09Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 8.65Brooks Glycerin 7 Miles: 43.45New Balance 1063 Red Miles: 21.79Ascics Speedstar Miles: 51.33
Night Sleep Time: 78.75Nap Time: 4.00Total Sleep Time: 82.75Weight: 173.31
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
13.090.000.000.000.000.000.0013.09

What a great way to start a new year. I got to sleep in till after 6:00 am and then met Keith B. at Starkey Park. We went out on the trails and just kept running. It was a beautiful day, perfect temp, and great company. I've forgotten how much I enjoyed running off road. What a pleasure. So much to see. So much harder in some ways and so much easier in others.

Happy New Year.

Time: 7:29 am  Total Time: 1:53:52 (8:42 avg)

Temp: 58º  Humidity: 89%

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 7 Miles: 13.09
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 2.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 172.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.650.000.000.000.000.000.008.65

Very unusual for me to run on a Sunday. This is usually a rest day for me but today I finished with a run. I met Raj and we went on a run through Chestnut park. Saw lots of deer tonight and enjoyed great views of Lake Tarpon. I enjoyed hearing about his new life as a father and husband of almost 2 years. The highs & lows. Mostly highs and mostly blessings. He's off to a good start and has a great foundation on which to build. It was a good night to run.

Temp was actually warm enough to go shirtless. It's good to live in Florida!!!

Time: 5:02 pm  Total Time: 1:12:35 (8:23 avg)

Temp: 69º  Humidity: 86%

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 8.65
Night Sleep Time: 7.25Nap Time: 2.00Total Sleep Time: 9.25Weight: 174.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.370.000.000.000.000.000.006.37

Met with Mark this morning. He's still sick from some upper respiratory thing he caught last week. We just took it slow this morning and talked of the coming year. There's a lot to do in 2011. Looking forward to it.

Today we went North on East Lake up to the hilly neighborhood. We only did two laps today but that was enough. Today marked my 8th day in a row running. I'm going to try to hit 60 this week and see how I feel. I may try to sharpen up and run a fast half in February OR if I feel good enough I may just run the Tallahassee full and try to stick another 3:30 or better. We'll see. No hurry.

Time: 6:05 am Total Time: 58:26 (9:11 avg)

Temp: 57º  Humidity: 89%

Brooks Glycerin 7 Miles: 6.37
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 172.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.000.000.000.004.40

Time: 6:15 am  Total Time: 35.48 (8:08 avg)

Got up early but began doing work. Got out the door late and realized I had just cost myself 30 minutes of run time. I will try to get out again tonight and bang out 5 or 6 miles.

New Balance 1063 Red Miles: 4.40
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 173.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Ran 10, 1:26 (8:36)

This makes 10 days in a row. 

New Balance 1063 Red Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 175.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.600.000.000.000.000.000.009.60

Mark and I ran around Landsbrook. 

 Time: 6:00 am  Total Time: 1:23 (8:40 avg)

Temp: 34º  

Brooks Glycerin 7 Miles: 9.60
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.000.000.000.0014.00

Ran Clearwater Bridges with Raj, Mark, and a new guy Mike (2:53 marathon). Started out very comfortably finished very strong. Highlights were seeing Clw. Bay from Sand Key bridge at around 6:30 am. What a beautiful sight. Ran into a group of runners and a guy I almost didn't recognize. His name is Patrick Sweeny and he's the guy I did most of my long runs with for my first marathon back in 2000. Wow how time flies. Mark left us at 9.?? and went on to finish 20. I did a pick up the last 3 miles to finish:

  • 7:40
  • 7:07
  • 6:41

Time: 6:09 am  Total Time: 1:56:18 (8:19 avg)

Temp: 55 º  Humidity: 80%

 

Ascics Speedstar Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 174.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.020.000.000.000.000.000.008.02

Easy run to the micro hills with 10x100m strides on the way back. Rained most of the way back but we were already warmed up so it felt kind of nice.

Temp:

 Time: 6:07 am  Total Time: 1:10:15 (8:46 avg)

Ascics Speedstar Miles: 8.02
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 174.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
7.390.000.000.000.000.000.007.39

Time: 6:03 am  Total Time: 57:56 (7:51 avg)

Last mile @7:21

My legs felt really tired and sluggish most of the run. I need to get back to doing tempo and intervals soon!

New Balance 1063 Red Miles: 7.39
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.040.004.000.000.000.000.007.04

Ran with Raj from the LB YMCA. The plan was 2 mile warm up, 4 miles @ 6:55. I couldn't read the Garmin consistantly enough so our splits were way too fast and we pulled up at two miles and took a breather. We then did a couple hundred yards recovery job and back to the remaining 2 miles.Too hard a pace for where I am conditioning wise. Had we run the planned time we would have been fine.

 Splits were:

  1. 6:39
  2. 6:42
  3. 7:00
  4. 6:10

Time: 5:34 am  Total Time: 51:50 ( 7:22 avg)

Temp: 52  Humidity: 85%


Ascics Speedstar Miles: 7.04
Night Sleep Time: 4.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.50Weight: 175.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
12.450.000.000.000.000.000.0012.45

Raj and I went off road and ran the trails in Starkey. Beautiful run. 

Time: 7:08 am Total Time: 1:43:12 (8:17 avg)

 Temp: 54

Last three miles:

  • 8:10
  • 8:02
  • 7:47

Brooks Glycerin 7 Miles: 12.45
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 174.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
1.200.006.000.000.000.000.007.20

First tempo run in over a month. Did 1 mile warm up and then off to the races:

  1. 6:59
  2. 6:37
  3. 7:23
  4. 7:20 
  5. 7:00
  6. 7:11

Time: 6:06 am  Total Time: 52:57 (7:21 avg)

Rained on me after I got warmed up. The day was warm enough that I didn't get cold after getting wet. Nice run.

Ascics Speedstar Miles: 7.20
Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50Weight: 173.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.030.000.000.000.000.000.008.03

Ran easy. Felt wonderful.

Time: 6:00 am  Total Time: 1:03:50  (7:57 avg)

Brooks Glycerin 7 Miles: 8.03
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 173.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
12.073.000.000.000.000.000.0015.07

Ran with Katie & Matt. Ran the beach bridges loop. Once again it was absolutely stunning scenery. The weather was in the mid 50's. We were supposed to keep our pace above 8 something. We didn't. The last four miles felt incredible. Even the cool down was great.

  • 11 - 8:05
  • 12 - 7:45
  • 13 - 7:01
  • 14 - 6:58
  • 15 - 7:48 Cool down 

Time: 6:45 am  Total Time: 2:01:05 (8:02 avg)

Temp: 54º   Humidity: 92%

Ascics Speedstar Miles: 15.07
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 172.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.000.000.000.007.00

Ran with Mark. Did a loop in Landsbrook. Real easy!!!

Time: 6:00 am  Total Time:  1:05 ( 9:17 avg)

Brooks Glycerin 7 Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 172.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
125.313.0010.000.000.000.000.00138.31
Brooks Adrenaline GTS 7 Miles: 13.09Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 8.65Brooks Glycerin 7 Miles: 43.45New Balance 1063 Red Miles: 21.79Ascics Speedstar Miles: 51.33
Night Sleep Time: 78.75Nap Time: 4.00Total Sleep Time: 82.75Weight: 173.31
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