| Location: Austin,TX,USA Member Since: Jun 07, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments:
2006 – London Marathon – 3:42
2007 – London Marathon – 3:49
2008 –Austin Marathon – 3:19.20
2009 – 3M Half Marathon – 1:29.20
2009 – Austin Marathon – 3:23
2009 – San Antonio Marathon – 3:36
2010 – Steamtown Marathon – 3:17:56 (PR)
2011 - Austin Marathon - 3:27
2012 - London - 3:27 Short-Term Running Goals: Break all my PRs during the Austin FIT Distance Challenge:
10K - 40:41
10 miles - 68:02
1/2 Maration - Decker - 1:30:30
1/2 Marathon - 3M - 1:29:25
30K - 2:30
Marathon - 3:17 Long-Term Running Goals: Break 3 hours for the marathon Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 83.50 | 18.60 | 17.10 | 0.80 | 120.00 |
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| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #2 Miles: 53.10 | Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #3 Miles: 63.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| First run after arriving home yesterday evening. Legs feel pretty beaten up, but glad I did it! |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #2 Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 19.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 |
| Wonderful morning for a run. A couple of degrees above freezing, slight breeze, low-ish humidity. I opted to do my long run today to give myself a little extra time to get over jet lag/general travel tiredness. I felt good for about 15 miles, but then the tiredness really hit. I think it was a combo of not enough training, but also travel stuff....that's what I am telling myself anyway ;o). |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #2 Miles: 19.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| The worst I have ever felt on such a short run ;o( |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #3 Miles: 1.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Legs felt awful, but at least I made the distance. |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #3 Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.80 | 2.50 |
| First time I'd been able to stretch my legs all week. Warm up and then I did 1,000 meters hard. I looked down at my watch and thought it said 6:59 pace, which seemed good on the one hand, but bad in that I was really pushing. I realized when I finished the lap that it must have said 5:59 as I did the 1,000 in about 3:30 hehe. |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #3 Miles: 2.50 |
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3M Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:31:23, Place overall: 238, Place in age division: 31 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 16.10 |
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Great morning for a run. Cool, tailwind, and a largely downhill course. Alas I wasn't in peak shape due to lack of training, and being ill for much of the previous week. However, I figured I'd give it a go, and see what I could do. I started out with the 1:30 group, and hung onto them until around mile 5. About mile 6, a couple of Gazelles (Jesse and Ivi) caught up to me. I tried to stay with them however they slowly pulled away down Great Northern. I got a little down at this point. However, I was able to hold it together and finished in 1:31:23. My slowest time on this course. However, I stayed relaxed and didn't "drop the hammer" so to speak so my legs should be in good shape for the last 5 weeks, which features a 20 mile next weekend, followed by a 30K race, and then the taper/peaking phase. Why do I do this again?
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| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #2 Miles: 16.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.90 |
| easy does it! |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #3 Miles: 8.90 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Warm up then 6 x 800s, and then a cool down. 800s averaged 3:02. |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #3 Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
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| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #2 Miles: 14.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| easy run on the trail |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #3 Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| This was supposed to be a 2K repeats workout, but legs felt very tired so cut it short. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.90 |
| Easy does it! |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #3 Miles: 8.90 |
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Rogue 30K (18.6 Miles) 02:22:52, Place overall: 56, Place in age division: 9 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 18.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.60 |
| Not a great morning for a race...60 degrees, 100% humidity, and breezy.windy conditions. Fortunately it was a twisting turning course so we were never heading into the wind for too long, and in a strange way it helped as it kept us cool. I never do well in these conditions, so I decided to focus on staying calm and relaxed, running by feel, and not worrying about the time. This really helped me. What also helped is that I ran much of the race with "Ivi" who is a bit of a local celebrity on the running scene. She is as tough as nails, and can lock in a pace like nobody else I know. Ivi and I ran side-by-side for the first 8 miles. I then found myself about 50-100 yards in front of her for the next 8 miles. I think I pulled away on a slight incline, and kept thinking she'd catch me up. Well she came past me at mile 16. We ran together for just under a mile, and then she started to pull away. For a few moments I started to panic and think I'm going to crash and burn. However, I managed to remind myself that I was so close to the finish, I just had to keep going. (I also knew that I was still in front of a one of the coaching from Rogue...another running club in Austin...and wanted to hang on as he'd beaten me in the previous 2 races, and was about 5 minutes in front of me in the distance challenge). So I dug deep, and when I saw mile 18, i.e .6 miles to go I thought....go with with everything you have...and I started to close the gap on Ivi, and a guy running near her. When I got to about 300 yards from the end I could hear the finish line announcer, and I also thought of David willing me on at the end of the Run For The Water in October, and kicked as hard as I could. It wasn't anything special, but it took me past Ivi and the guy in the green top. I also beat the coach from Rogue by about 2 minutes 20 seconds. So the gap is now under 3 minutes with just the marathon to go in the 6 race series that is the Austin Distance Challenge. I have no idea what I'll do on race day. If I had to guess, I'd say about 3:20. I'm certainly capable of more, but I simply haven't trained hard enough. After the marathon I have decided to take 6 months off from hard training. I'll be limiting myself to 3 easy runs per week for 6 months. Famous last words I am sure ;o). |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #3 Miles: 18.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Super easy stuff! |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #3 Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 83.50 | 18.60 | 17.10 | 0.80 | 120.00 |
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| Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #2 Miles: 53.10 | Mizuno Elixir 7 - Yellow #3 Miles: 63.40 |
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