| 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
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 107.07 | 0.00 | 107.07 |
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Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 98.07 | Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 116.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 116.50 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 | |
| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 7 miles Same as yesterday..... except slower. |
Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 7.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 3.17 | 0.00 | 3.17 |
| 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 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 6.51 | 0.00 | 6.51 |
| 6.51 miles 1 | 7:31.2 | 1.00 | 7:31 | 2 | 7:10.9 | 1.00 | 7:11 | 3 | 7:03.9 | 1.00 | 7:04 | 4 | 7:11.1 | 1.00 | 7:11 | 5 | 7:03.4 | 1.00 | 7:03 | 6 | 6:49.8 | 1.00 | 6:50 | 7 | 3:27.0 | 0.51 | 6:46 |
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Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 6.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 3.24 | 0.00 | 3.24 |
| 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 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 3.10 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| 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 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 2.42 | 0.00 | 2.42 |
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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
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Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 2.42 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 3.10 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| 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 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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2013 Providence RI Marathon (26.39 Miles) 03:16:35 | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 26.39 | 0.00 | 26.39 |
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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! 1 | 7:08.1 | 1.00 | 7:08 | 2 | 7:15.1 | 1.00 | 7:15 | 3 | 7:24.7 | 1.00 | 7:25 | 4 | 7:11.9 | 1.00 | 7:12 | 5 | 7:15.9 | 1.00 | 7:16 | 6 | 7:16.8 | 1.00 | 7:17 | 7 | 7:15.2 | 1.00 | 7:15 | 8 | 7:11.8 | 1.00 | 7:12 | 9 | 7:07.2 | 1.00 | 7:07 | 10 | 7:07.0 | 1.00 | 7:07 | 11 | 7:05.1 | 1.00 | 7:05 | 12 | 7:07.7 | 1.00 | 7:08 | 13 | 7:14.9 | 1.00 | 7:15 | 14 | 7:10.2 | 1.00 | 7:10 | 15 | 7:15.6 | 1.00 | 7:16 | 16 | 7:21.4 | 1.00 | 7:21 | 17 | 7:19.6 | 1.00 | 7:20 | 18 | 7:31.1 | 1.00 | 7:31 | 19 | 7:29.9 | 1.00 | 7:30 | 20 | 7:26.6 | 1.00 | 7:27 | 21 | 7:45.8 | 1.00 | 7:46 | 22 | 8:05.1 | 1.00 | 8:05 | 23 | 7:55.6 | 1.00 | 7:56 | 24 | 8:02.0 | 1.00 | 8:02 | 25 | 8:17.5 | 1.00 | 8:17 | 26 | 8:25.8 | 1.00 | 8:26 | 27 | 2:47.3 | 0.39 | 7:04 |
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Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 26.39 |
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Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| 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
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Rest & 2013 Cox Providence RI Marathon - Photos
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| 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. 1 | 7:44.9 | 1.00 | 7:45 | 2 | 7:11.8 | 1.00 | 7:12 |
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Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 2.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles 7:45 pm & 81' degrees out. Humidity to boot. That's a cool day for Floridians though.
1 | 7:38.9 | 1.00 | 7:39 | 2 | 7:15.5 | 1.00 | 7:16 | 3 | 7:13.1 | 1.00 | 7:13 | 4 | 7:06.1 | 1.00 | 7:06 | 5 | 6:56.3 | 1.00 | 6:56 |
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Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 5.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 8.73 | 0.00 | 8.73 |
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2 miles @ work 1 | 7:22.4 | 1.00 | 7:22 | 2 | 7:17.4 | 1.00 | 7:17 |
6.73 @ home Right ITB bugging a bit. I'll have to get back to the strengthening routine. 1 | 7:30.6 | 1.00 | 7:31 | 2 | 7:34.0 | 1.00 | 7:34 | 3 | 7:29.8 | 1.00 | 7:30 | 4 | 7:25.7 | 1.00 | 7:26 | 5 | 7:26.5 | 1.00 | 7:26 | 6 | 7:19.1 | 1.00 | 7:19 | 7 | 5:15.3 | 0.73 | 7:13 |
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Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 2.00 | Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 6.73 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 3.10 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| 3.1 miles Slowing things down. The knee felt fine, so we'll see..... Weather 72° Feels like 72° 9 mph SSW wind Humidity 83% |
Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 3.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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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. 1 | 8:03.3 | 1.00 | 8:03 | 2 | 7:58.7 | 1.00 | 7:59 | 3 | 7:57.8 | 1.00 | 7:58 | 4 | 7:30.5 | 1.00 | 7:31 | 5 | 7:30.8 | 1.00 | 7:31 | 6 | 7:28.5 | 1.00 | 7:28 | 7 | 7:20.2 | 1.00 | 7:20 |
Weather 61° Feels like 61° 8 mph NNE wind Humidity 100% Source: KOWD
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Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 7.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 4.54 | 0.00 | 4.54 |
| 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. Weather 54° Feels like 54° 13 mph WNW wind Humidity 58% Source: KOWD |
Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 4.54 |
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 6.58 | 0.00 | 6.58 |
| 6.58 miles Wearing the heart rate monitor again & trying to keep it aerobic. Heart Rate Avg HR: | 153 bpm | Max HR: | 166 bpm |
Weather 72° Feels like 72° 11 mph WNW wind Humidity 22% Source: KOWD |
Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 6.58 |
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Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 6.40 | 0.00 | 6.40 |
| 6.4 miles Ditched the heart rate monitor for this one...... I felt like running faster than the previous two days. Weather 73° Feels like 73° 6 mph NE wind Humidity 38% Source: KOWD |
Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 6.40 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 8.79 | 0.00 | 8.79 |
| (2 miles) - lunch time Trail around Mirror Lake in Devens MA. Some good climbs & descents. 1 | 6:58.9 | 1.00 | 6:59 | 2 | 6:39.8 | 1.00 | 6:40 |
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 1 | 7:55.5 | 1.00 | 7:55 | 2 | 7:45.9 | 1.00 | 7:46 | 3 | 7:43.0 | 1.00 | 7:43 | 4 | 7:51.2 | 1.00 | 7:51 | 5 | 7:53.9 | 1.00 | 7:54 | 6 | 7:46.6 | 1.00 | 7:47 | 7 | 6:23.0 | 0.79 | 8:03 |
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 |
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Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 107.07 | 0.00 | 107.07 |
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Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 98.07 | Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 9.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 116.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 116.50 | Weight: 170.00 | Calories: 0.00 | |
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