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Location:

Las Vegas,NV,USA

Member Since:

Jan 13, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

1600M - 5:51 (Corp Challenge 2009)

5K - 19:38 (Tule Springs Stake 2009)

10K - 42:30 (Spectrum 2008)

Half-Marathon - 1:28:23 (Fontana 2009)

Marathon - 3:29:28 (St. George 2008, Monsoon)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train well enough to run a BQ 3:15 marathon.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue to train well stay healthy and enjoy running for many years to come.

Personal:

Married with 4 children ages 8-14.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asics 2170 Grey/Green Lifetime Miles:						448.80
Asics 2170 Grey/Green 2 Lifetime Miles:						25.10

Mon, Jul 21, 2008

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

Kept the pace fairly slow today and it all felt good after last Saturday's long run and hike with the scouts. The hike may have even helped with some of the recovery. Legs only felt slightly fatigued today and I felt like I could have easily gone faster but resisted the urge. Tomorrow I am going to make an attempt at adding some 800 intervals into the mix. The plan is to have Tuesdays be the interval day and Thursday's be the tempo run day. I plan to start out running the intervals and tempos slower than I think I could in order to let the body slowly get used to the work out over the next 2-3 weeks. If things go well I will try to increase the pace and go from there. If I am going to make a serious attempt at a BQ (3:15) at SGM then I am going to need the extra speed and tempo training to get me there.

Time: 50:54 8:29/mile

NB768 348.51 NB768(new) 29.0 Saucony A2 11.9

Comments

From Clay on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 15:52:52

Nice job this morning Jeffery! Speed work is always good, and it breaks up the monotony...

Keep working hard!

From huans32 on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 16:10:13

Sounds like a great plan man. Keep it up I really see you getting that goal at BQ. I find the interval speed work harder to recovery from then the tempo runs.

From JeffC on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 17:56:48

Thanks for checking in Clay and Mark. It helps me to get out and run when I know I have someone holding me accountable. Hopefully this faster running doesn't do me in like it has in the past. Maybe I can listen to the body for once and ease off if I need to.

From Tom on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 18:11:25

I think your plan sounds great too. Just remember to listen to your body first and if certain days it just doesn't want to do the speedwork you have planned then it's ok to punt and try another day.

I've also noticed after Saturday long runs my legs seem a lot happier come Monday if I keep moving around alot over the weekend with walking, hiking, biking, yardwork, etc.

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