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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Inov-8 Roclite 295 Lifetime Miles: 121.92
Saucony Grid Type A2 Lifetime Miles: 156.64
Barefootski Lifetime Miles: 3.00
Mizuno Wave Rider (2) Lifetime Miles: 173.01
Saucony Mirage 2 Lifetime Miles: 978.82
Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Lifetime Miles: 622.75
Saucony Kinvara 3 (blue) Lifetime Miles: 706.04
Saucony Kinvara 4 (red) Lifetime Miles: 631.89
Sketchers Go Run 2 Lifetime Miles: 236.30
Saucony Kinvara 4 (oj) Lifetime Miles: 680.17
Saucony Kinvara 5 (blue) Lifetime Miles: 683.21
Mirage 4 - Blk Wit Green Soul Lifetime Miles: 479.05
Saucony Fastwitch 6 - Red Lifetime Miles: 124.17
Saucony Kinvara 5 (green) Lifetime Miles: 414.96
Saucony Ride 7 - (blue) Lifetime Miles: 205.07
NB Boracay Lifetime Miles: 622.40
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
204.840.00204.84
Saucony Kinvara 4 (oj) Miles: 24.16Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 61.94Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 28.16Saucony Kinvara 5 (blue) Miles: 65.40
Night Sleep Time: 166.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 166.00Weight: 169.75Calories: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.130.007.13

7.13 miles

7:21 avg.

Saucony Kinvara 4 (oj) Miles: 7.13
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 167.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.770.007.77

7.77 miles

7:05 avg.

Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 7.77
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 167.00Calories: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

4 miles

At the gym with my wife. 4am wake up for this one.... ouch.

4 miles

At the gym across the street from work.

Saucony Kinvara 4 (oj) Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.860.006.86

6.86 miles@ lunch

I forgot the watch for this one.  Effort was there.

Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 6.86
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.550.008.55

8.55 miles @ lunch

About 5 miles into this run I saw about 7 or 8 turkeys...... turkey. 7:26 avg.

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 8.55
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5 miles

Combination of rain & cold prompted me to hit the gym treadmill.

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.330.007.33

7.33 miles @ lunch

19 degrees out with a feels like 12 degree side note. Very chilly, but there were actually some defiant folk out on the roads. Good to see. 7:21 avg.

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 7.33
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.030.005.03

5.03 miles - treadmill

7:24 avg.

Saucony Kinvara 4 (oj) Miles: 5.03
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.470.007.47

7.47 miles @ lunch

Rain run. I actually ran up on a Blue Heron and a Hawk taking off at the same time. Cool birds. 7:26 avg.

Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 7.47
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.280.007.28

7.28 miles @ lunch

Snow flurries..... something different.  7:24 avg.

Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 7.28
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.800.007.80

7.8 miles @ lunch

Pretty good run for how awful I felt for the first 3 miles or so.  After seeing my brother in law in a hole in the road (he works for an excavating company) and stopping to harass him, the second half of the run was much better.  7:13 avg.

On a side note, one of the Massachussetts State Police barracks is a stones throw from my work.  They have been out training their attack German Sheperds for the past few days.  Of course, I have run up on these training sessions which have been in three different locations on my past three runs.  I slow down to a snails pace to make sure that the Police trainers see me and corral their dogs/killers before I feel comfortable running by them.  You should hear those dogs bark in anger as I run by...... frightening.

Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 7.80
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
11.040.0011.04

11.04 miles

Legs were tired today.  7:22 avg.

Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 11.04
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

4 miles

Gym treadmill.

Saucony Kinvara 4 (oj) Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.000.009.00

9 miles - 1st workout of Boston Training

7:45, 7:34, (6:42, 6:39, 6:30, 6:13) 7:36, 7:21, 7:01

Since this is the first time I'll be following a marathon training program, I hope to get more consistent and even with my tempo miles.  Time will tell.

Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
16.700.0016.70

16.7 miles

3:30am - Grinding it out. 7:33 avg.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.480.008.48

8.48 miles @ lunch

7:16 avg. - On a side note, I've done my past two runs in the Kinvara 5. As Tony the Tiger would say, "They're Great!"

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5 miles - easy

On the treadmill.

Saucony Kinvara 5 (blue) Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
15.010.0015.01

15.01 miles

I felt good. 7:24 avg.

Saucony Kinvara 5 (blue) Miles: 15.01
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.030.008.03

8.03 miles

Treadmill. 7:30 avg.

Saucony Kinvara 5 (blue) Miles: 8.03
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.000.0012.00

12 miles

Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary 1:26:56.9 12.00 7:15
1 8:12.8 1.00 8:13
2 7:43.9 1.00 7:44
3 7:34.9 1.00 7:35
4 7:23.1 1.00 7:23
5 7:20.4 1.00 7:20
6 7:17.6 1.00 7:18
7 7:07.9 1.00 7:08
8 7:08.4 1.00 7:08
9 6:57.2 1.00 6:57
10 6:52.5 1.00 6:52
11 6:47.8 1.00 6:48
12 6:30.4 1.00 6:30

Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.700.009.70

9.7 miles

7:16 avg.

Saucony Kinvara 5 (blue) Miles: 9.70
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.610.005.61

5.61 miles

Sweating out a couple of IPA's.  7:22 avg.

Saucony Kinvara 5 (blue) Miles: 5.61
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
16.000.0016.00

Sunday "Funday" - 16 miles

I ran this one with my buddy Kris.  I would have run this slower on my own, but Kris is fast and keeps the pace honest.

Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary 1:56:36.3 16.00 7:17
1 7:36.1 1.00 7:36
2 7:30.2 1.00 7:30
3 7:14.8 1.00 7:15
4 7:17.0 1.00 7:17
5 7:31.5 1.00 7:31
6 7:09.8 1.00 7:10
7 7:10.5 1.00 7:11
8 7:15.7 1.00 7:16
9 7:03.6 1.00 7:04
10 7:21.7 1.00 7:22
11 7:15.1 1.00 7:15
12 8:12.6 1.00 8:13
13 7:19.5 1.00 7:19
14 7:00.9 1.00 7:01
15 7:02.8 1.00 7:03
16 6:33.5 1.00 6:34
17 :01.1 0.00 4:36

Saucony Kinvara 5 (blue) Miles: 16.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.050.006.05

6.05 miles

7:34 avg.

Saucony Kinvara 5 (blue) Miles: 6.05
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 170.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
204.840.00204.84
Saucony Kinvara 4 (oj) Miles: 24.16Saucony Mirage 2 Miles: 61.94Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Miles: 28.16Saucony Kinvara 5 (blue) Miles: 65.40
Night Sleep Time: 166.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 166.00Weight: 169.75Calories: 0.00
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