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2013 Providence RI Marathon

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Location:

Acton,MA,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K (PR) - 18:02 

10 mile - 1:06:01

Half-Marathon (PR) - 1:30:36

2016 Gate City Marathon (PR) - 3:09:44

Short-Term Running Goals:

BQ! - Got that monkey off my back.

Join a competitive running club

Long-Term Running Goals:

SUB 3 Marathon

Keep setting PR's as a middle of the pack Master.

Personal:

I am married with 2 daughters 12 & 14. 

 

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Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 98.07Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 116.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 116.50Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.000.007.00

7 miles

Same as yesterday..... except slower. 

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.170.003.17

3.17 miles - lunchtime @ work

 Exploration run.  I ran around a pond and found a cool little trail that skirted the edge of the water for almost the entire perimeter.  Sunny Day!

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 3.17
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.510.006.51

6.51 miles

Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary46:17.36.517:07
17:31.21.007:31
27:10.91.007:11
37:03.91.007:04
47:11.11.007:11
57:03.41.007:03
66:49.81.006:50
73:27.00.516:46

 

 

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 6.51
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.240.003.24

3.24 miles - Track

I ran on the track with my wife.  We averaged a 10:30 pace for the run.  I'm impressed with her running lately.

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 3.24
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.100.003.10

3.1 miles

Around Fort Devens @ lunch.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev..... suspect # 2 is being held in the military hospital on the base.  It's about a 1.5 mile jog to the hospital.  CNN is permanently parked outside the entrance..... it's a weird feeling working so close to such a scumbag.  I'll never understand what would make someone do the awful things those brothers did.  

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 3.10
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.420.002.42

2.42 miles @ lunch

I saw a break in the rain and I went for it.  2 miles later it was a downpour..... I cut it short, but I don't feel bad considering it's a taper week & I'm running a marathon on Sunday :)

I wanted to do some miles at MP (7:15) but went out too fast. Then the rain came and I was trying to get back to work fast.

6:48, 7:02, (last .42) 5:58

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 2.42
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.100.003.10

3.1 miles

One of my last runs before Providence RI Marathon on Sunday.  I picked up my bib tonight #968! 

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 3.10
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Race: 2013 Providence RI Marathon (26.39 Miles) 03:16:35
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
26.390.0026.39

26.39 miles - 3:16:35 

A 21 second PR..... woo hoo stop the presses.  I'm happy that I came across the finish line feeling better than my first marathon, but not particularly pleased with the time.

My goal for this marathon was a 3:10 BQ.  I figured with my prior & first marathon ending up in a total collapse for the last 10k, I would try and stick to a 7:15 pace and push if I had anything left near the end.  I would also be running with Jim, a co-worker and the head of our IT department.  At 54 yrs old, Jim has run twenty five marathons with a personal best of 2:37 in his twenties.  Lately Jim has been running right around a 3:15 or so and I figured his similar pace and experience could only help.  Pre-race Jim and I discussed running together until one of us inevitably sped up or fell off.  Of course, being the newbie, I started talking to some guys around mile (8) who had intentions of running 3:10 and by mile (9) I was running a 7:07 pace and had left Jim.  The next couple of miles stayed under my MP and I started to feel crappy at mile (16).  What really sucks is not being able to pull it together and get back to your goal pace.  At mile (18) I was in damage control mode and couldn't believe that I was blowing up with 8+ miles to go.  Right around mile (23) the 3:15 pacer blew by me with some words of encouragement.  At this point I was feeling weird twinges in my left hamstring and thought "that's strange" and kept running..... 10 seconds later I had a deep muscle cramping/charlie horse that made me stop mid stride.  I immediately and instinctively grabbed the muscle and dug my fingers deeply into the hamstring.  It released after a skip/shuffle 15 seconds later.  At mile (24) and feeling like a total bag of crap, Jim my co-worker pulled up on my shoulder.  He told me the last 4 miles for him had been a serious struggle.  We ran together for the next 1.5 miles cursing the day when all of a sudden my right hamstring locked up...... WTF! I said out loud and Jim replied "I gotta go".  I watched him gain about thirty yards on me as I repeated the process of bear clawing my other hamstring.  Luckily it released and I started to reel Jim back in.  This time I pulled up on his shoulder and as I did, he said "Aww your the man!"  This little bit of encouragement got me going and I picked it up and separated from Jim.  With 26 miles on my tired legs, I pushed around the final turn and saw the clock at the finish..... It was going to be a squeeker!  I summoned all I had for the final push and came in 21 seconds faster than my previous & first marathon.  

Obviously the good news is the PR. No matter how small it was in conjunction with the fact that I came across the line not feeling like I was going to die.  I'm bummed that I didn't BQ, but that will happen another day..... I'm sure of it! 

Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary3:16:34.726.397:27
17:08.11.007:08
27:15.11.007:15
37:24.71.007:25
47:11.91.007:12
57:15.91.007:16
67:16.81.007:17
77:15.21.007:15
87:11.81.007:12
97:07.21.007:07
107:07.01.007:07
117:05.11.007:05
127:07.71.007:08
137:14.91.007:15
147:10.21.007:10
157:15.61.007:16
167:21.41.007:21
177:19.61.007:20
187:31.11.007:31
197:29.91.007:30
207:26.61.007:27
217:45.81.007:46
228:05.11.008:05
237:55.61.007:56
248:02.01.008:02
258:17.51.008:17
268:25.81.008:26
272:47.30.397:04

 

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 26.39
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Comments(10)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.000.000.00

Recovery

Very sore. 

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Recovery & a side by side look (splits) at the two marathons I have run.

Green indicating my faster miles out of the two..... comparatively.  Or you could call them the "money miles".

1st    vs    2nd

 

7:28

7:27

7:13

7:08

7:09

7:15

7:04

7:25

7:03

7:12

7:03

7:16

7:13

7:17

7:05

7:15

7:11

7:12

7:02

7:07

7:06

7:07

7:00

7:05

7:04

7:08

7:08

7:15

7:08

7:10

7:09

7:16

7:18

7:21

7:24

7:20

7:19

7:31

7:18

7:30

7:24

7:27

7:52

7:46

7:54

8:05

8:21

7:56

8:46

8:02

8:31

8:17

8:57

8:26

9:02

7:04

 

3:16:56 = 1st

3:16:35 = 2nd 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.000.000.00

Rest.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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0.000.000.00

Rest & 2013 Cox Providence RI Marathon - Photos

 

 

 

 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.000.002.00

2 miles

My first run post Marathon.  My legs have felt good the past two days, so I thought that I would go for a run with no issues tonight.

 Wow!  My running legs don't agree with my resting legs...... I felt pretty sore on this 2 mile jaunt.  I'll have to ease back into it slowly.

plit
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary14:57.52.007:29
17:44.91.007:45
27:11.81.007:12

 

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5 miles 

7:45 pm & 81' degrees out.  Humidity to boot.  That's a cool day for Floridians though.


Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary36:10.05.007:14
17:38.91.007:39
27:15.51.007:16
37:13.11.007:13
47:06.11.007:06
56:56.31.006:56

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.730.008.73

2 miles @ work

Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary14:40.72.007:20
17:22.41.007:22
27:17.41.007:17

 6.73 @ home

Right ITB bugging a bit.  I'll have to get back to the strengthening routine.

Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary50:01.06.737:26
17:30.61.007:31
27:34.01.007:34
37:29.81.007:30
47:25.71.007:26
57:26.51.007:26
67:19.11.007:19
75:15.30.737:13

 

Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 2.00Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 6.73
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.100.003.10

3.1 miles 

Slowing things down.  The knee felt fine, so we'll see.....

Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary24:19.93.107:50
17:54.31.007:54
27:48.51.007:49
37:46.91.007:47
4:50.10.107:58
Weather
72°
Feels like 72°
9 mph SSW wind

Humidity 83% 

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 3.10
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.000.007.00

7 miles 

Slowish run about town.  

On a different note, my wife works very close to a used book store.  A couple of weeks ago I went into the store and as always went to the Sports section.  Any of the running books that I have ever come across are labeled under "Other Sports".  In this section I came across a book that I had never heard of before called "Running with the Buffaloes".  Needless to say I didn't purchase it at that time.  I guess I wanted to hold on to the $2.99 they were asking for the nearly perfect copy.  A couple of days later I went on the old Interweb and read some reviews for the book...... damn it all to hell, all rave reviews!  I mentioned it to my wife and in between clients she went to the book store and purchased it for me!  She rules.

Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary53:50.47.007:41
18:03.31.008:03
27:58.71.007:59
37:57.81.007:58
47:30.51.007:31
57:30.81.007:31
67:28.51.007:28
77:20.21.007:20

 Weather

61°
Feels like 61°
8 mph NNE wind
Humidity 100%
Source: KOWD

Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.540.004.54

4.54 miles

I wore my heart rate monitor for this run.  At the end of the first mile I was at 148 and then fluctuated between 148-149 for the next 2 miles.  For the fourth mile I stayed at 149, but hit 151 by the end of the run climbing back into my neighborhood.  I'd like to wear the monitor more to see if over time I can drop my heart rate.

 

Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary34:57.14.547:42
17:28.01.007:28
27:45.01.007:45
37:44.01.007:44
47:53.11.007:53
54:06.90.547:34
Weather
54°
Feels like 54°
13 mph WNW wind
Humidity 58%
Source: KOWD

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 4.54
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.580.006.58

6.58 miles

Wearing the heart rate monitor again & trying to keep it aerobic.

Heart Rate
Avg HR:153 bpm
Max HR:166 bpm
Zones
% of Max
bpm
Laps7
Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary52:52.46.588:02
18:25.31.008:25
27:52.71.007:53
37:48.81.007:49
47:48.91.007:49
57:57.21.007:57
68:08.21.008:08
74:51.40.588:24
Weather
72°
Feels like 72°
11 mph WNW wind
Humidity 22%

Source: KOWD 

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 6.58
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.400.006.40

6.4 miles

Ditched the heart rate monitor for this one...... I felt like running faster than the previous two days.

Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary45:26.66.407:06
17:21.11.007:21
27:26.61.007:27
37:14.71.007:15
47:10.81.007:11
57:08.81.007:09
66:30.31.006:30
72:34.40.406:26
Weather
73°
Feels like 73°
6 mph NE wind
Humidity 38%

Source: KOWD 

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 6.40
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.790.008.79

(2 miles) - lunch time

Trail around Mirror Lake in Devens MA.  Some good climbs & descents.

Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary13:38.82.006:49
16:58.91.006:59
26:39.81.006:40
Weather
81°
Feels like 81°
7 mph NW wind
Humidity 51%

Source: KVSF

Avg HR:166 bpmMax HR:185 bpm

(6.79 miles) - Acton & Concord

Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary53:19.16.797:51
17:55.51.007:55
27:45.91.007:46
37:43.01.007:43
47:51.21.007:51
57:53.91.007:54
67:46.61.007:47
76:23.00.798:03

 Weather

82°
Feels like 85°
0 mph N wind
Humidity 62%

Source: KOWD

Avg HR:157 bpmMax HR:174 bpm

 

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 8.79
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
107.070.00107.07
Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 98.07Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 116.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 116.50Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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