Slowly moving to a sub-3

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Location:

Puyallup,WA,USA

Member Since:

Apr 15, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

I've been running since I was a 7th grader in 1988. At Washington High School (Parkland, WA), I ran on the cross country team and did the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m in track and field.

In college, a hamstring injury and IT band pain ended my college competitive racing almost before it began. With the help of my cousin, Preston, who was in Physical Therapy School, my injuries healed and I began running again.

In the 2000's my goals shifted to attaining a BQ. After making nearly every mistake possible in the marathon, I finally BQ'd and then ran Boston in 2010.

Personal Records:

1600m: 4:31 (1992)

Marathon: 3:09:41 (2012)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get my body weight below 180 lbs

Race a sub-40 10k

Consistently run 40+ miles/week

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3 hour marathon PR

Race a sub 5 minute mile... one more time! (Last time I did it was when I was a teenager.)

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Ghost 6 Lifetime Miles:						4.68

Thu, Sep 20, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
5.00	1.75	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.75

1:01:48 (7:58/mi)

Ran around Seatac Airport

It's Mastertrack weekend again! Four times a year, I meet with a group of dentists from the Academy of General Dentistry for a 4-day session of continuing dental education. We meet at a hotel near the Seatac Airport. Instead of driving back home during rush hour, I've found that it's more efficient if I just run and drive home later.

The first half of the run is a net downhill and the second half is a net uphill. I picked up the pace for the last few miles. Based on effort, I probably did 3-4 miles at M effort or faster, but based on time, only the last 2 miles were at M pace.

My left patellar tendon occasionally let out a very dull ache. Could be taper madness.

Flame Nimbus 13 Miles: 7.75

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From DLTheo on Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 15:17:28 from 155.130.107.41

Let's hope so. You might want to wrap everything up with duct tape for a couple weeks so nothing falls apart right before the race.

From Carl on Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 11:00:39 from 24.19.78.45

The added benefit would be that all my leg hair would be pulled out after I take off the duct tape... so I'll be more aerodynamic!

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