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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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Asics 2170 Grey/Green Lifetime Miles: 448.80
Asics 2170 Grey/Green 2 Lifetime Miles: 25.10
Sat, May 19, 2007
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
16.000.0016.00

So much for the 20 mile long run.  Managed 16 today and felt pretty good for the first 12 or 13 then the legs started to get fatigued.  Took some power gel but it didn't seem to do much for me.  I really need to contnue to do more of these longer runs to build up my endurance if I am going to turn in a respectable marathon time.  Still have a little twinge in the the right calf area that I hope to run through next week.  Will try for six days next week at easy pace days.

Time: 8:52/mile

Comments
From Andy on Sat, May 19, 2007 at 15:40:19

Nice run. You probably don't need a 20 miler this early in the season, anyway.

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, May 19, 2007 at 19:39:30

I agree. My rule for the long run is that it should not be longer than what you are fit to do. If you start losing form, you've gone too long. This run shows you should keep your long run down to 13 for now but make about 6 of it fast. Do not worry about not going close to race distance - consistent daily runs overtime tend to build a racing range that is about 2-3 times their average length.

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