Doing What I Can

March 28, 2024

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Location:

Thornton,CO,USA

Member Since:

Jan 22, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

5k- 16:23 (2011)

8k- 27:33 (2008)

10k - 35:12 (2021)

Half Marathon- 1:16:48 (2018)

Marathon - 2:41:52 (2019)

 

Half Marathon Count: 22

Marathon Count - 9

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run and enjoy it!

Long-Term Running Goals:

  • Get back to Boston!

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 4.50 Year: 130.50
Nike Vaporfly Next% Pink Lifetime Miles: 136.91
Cumulus 24 Black Lifetime Miles: 423.60
Cumulus 24 White Lifetime Miles: 270.00
Asics 24 Black/Yellow Lifetime Miles: 153.60
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.003.000.007.50

Back in Germany today finally, long evening of train rides yesterday as we traversed from Geneva back to Freiburg. Got some good rest last night and decided to get out and get some race pace work for this weekend as is typical for me 4 days out from a big race. 3 miles at GHMP. I was absolutely amazed at how good it felt, i tried to hold 6:00 pace but ended up way faster, just felt too easy to run quickly. My splits were as follows for the tempo portion:

1- 5:49.2

2- 5:56.8

3- 5:52.0

TOTAL-- 17:38, 5:53 avg pace

warmup was 3, cooldown was 1.5, total was 7.5. I really am shocked at how easy I perceived the pace to be, i was sure I was 6:00-6:10 and I was just takin it easy...definitely a good sign and hopefully this weekend's half will be a good one. My new goal for the race is sub 6:00 avg pace, so right near 1:18:30. We'll see how it goes, that is 3:43 per K pace. I'll try to get some pictures up from the weekend as per Jake K's request!

 


Above is me in Annecy, France with the lake and mountains in the background. Below is the house we stayed at with some friends and the road i took on my runs every day

road i ran down every day

More scenery pics!


A pic from the town of Annecy...notice the white capped mountains in the distance!

 


 and of course my wife and I:


Asics DS Trainers Miles: 7.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From ACorn on Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:41:11 from 68.66.168.22

You're in great shape right now! I'm stoked for you to kill the half marathon.

From Jacob Flaws on Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 13:07:00 from 91.19.152.202

Thanks man!!

From Jake K on Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 13:08:42 from 155.100.226.54

Very cool pics. The alps are awesome!

Great run today as well!

From ACorn on Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:38:57 from 68.66.168.22

Cool pics, thanks for posting those. I have made it to Europe a couple of times but no extended stays. It's fun seeing little bits of what I missed.

From Jacob Flaws on Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:45:52 from 91.19.152.231

Thanks! I love it over here, such a different way of life...plus I think walking everywhere is helping my training!

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