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Bountiful,UT,USA

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Sep 24, 2007

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Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

8 marathons and a few triathlons. Marathon PR: 3:26:20 (Ogden Marathon 2006)

This years races (2010) planned so far:

February 13th - SLC Track Club Winter Series 10-k

April 3rd - Striders 1/2 Marathon

May 15th - Ogden Marathon

June 12th - Cache Valley Classic Triathlon (Olympic)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3:20 Marathon
Stay injury free!

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Mon, Nov 12, 2007

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.00

Finally! I got the long elusive 20 miler I needed. About as uneventful as they come...which is a good thing. No knee or achilles problems. Wore my garmin but kept it in time of day mode during the run and ran just on feel. What I thought was going to be a 8:30 min mile pace was faster. I maintained a conversational pace the whole way and consciously would slow down if I thought that I was going too quick. Very flat. Happy with the results. Lets see how the body recovers in the coming days. I'm trying to ward off as much stiffness as possible and even walk and jog 1.5 miles after the run to loosen up and stretch.

Total time: 2:33:50

Av. Pace: 7:42

Comments

From Michael on Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 09:32:42

Way to get a long run in at a great pace

From jtshad on Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 10:00:07

Great run...way to get a jump on the mileage for the week!

From Mark on Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 11:18:08

Way to go!

With this as your easy pace for 20 miles you should have no problem breaking 3:20. You'll probably do much better than that.

From Lyman on Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 18:18:00

Mark - I have a way of falling apart around mile 22. I won't feel to confident about hitting a 3:20 until my 20 mile training runs are around 2:20. I want to get some fast finish (last 5 miles) long runs in and see if that gives me the kick to end a marathon without falling apart.

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 22:55:41

Lyman - the falling apart will eventually go away as you keep training consistently over the years. You cannot force-fix it with long runs, in fact pushing the long runs too hard before your body is ready can make it worse - I've had it happen to me. However, running the last 5 miles of a 20 mile run hard is a good idea.

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