Mike's Marathon Training Blog

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Location:

Tucson,AZ,USA

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

2008 Ragnar Relay Del Sol, 1st Public Service Male Team, Marathon PR 2:58:39, PR Half Marathon 1:25:47, 10K PR 40:04, PR 5K 17:26  PR mile 4:57 Lots of races all over the world!

Short-Term Running Goals:

1. Qualify for Boston 2. Complete the Run for the Red in under 3:00 3. Run a 1:20 Half Marathon 4. Run a 2:49 or better at the AF Marathon in Sept 5. Run a 2:37 in Tucson in Dec.

Long-Term Running Goals:

1. Run hard, have fun, improve myself and help improve others

2. Help Cynthia get back under a sub 40 10K (and set a good PR for myself)

3. Help Becca qualify for the 2012 Olympic Trials

4. Help Fuzzy and Degrooteness prepare for a Half Marathon

5.  Get faster and stay healthy!

Personal:

2 Dogs, Active Duty US Air Force

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.955.1018.05
Night Sleep Time: 19.50Nap Time: 3.50Total Sleep Time: 23.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.503.104.60

One mile warm up at the track, Dynamic stretching (logging .25) for all of those.

5x 1000 We ran about 6:40-7:15 pace, I ran with Stacey. First time I met her, very nice girl and pretty quick.  We kept our conversation most of the night. As for the run, I am still recovering from my marathon and I feel pretty good.

.25 cooldown and went back and talked to Laszlo about some of the team stuff.

 

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 1.50Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.850.004.85

BPR workout at Reid Park.  4.85 miles with Jeff, plus 5 sets of 40 Pushups and Situps.  They got tough, I need to get better on them.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.102.008.10

8.1 Miles with Jeff along the River Path. We ran the first 3/4 mile with everyone, Amanda, Joe and Lauren.  Our first mile was 8:21 we maintained sub 7's for a bit, then backed down since I am still recovering from the marathon. Jeff had an emergency pit-stop around 3.5 miles, then caught back up with me.  We finished fairly strong, but slower due to the winds and the darkness. It was dark for the last 2 miles.  All in all, I felt great, legs were a little more tired than a normal 8 miler, which shows my recovery is not done.  Overall pace was 7:21/mile.  Not bad at all especially with an 8:21 first mile.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 2.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.000.000.00

Nice hour long hike with the dogs. 36th St. Park

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.500.000.50

.5 runnig around at the catalina trail race.  Did timing with Laszlo

4 miles on the bike to and from LnL's

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.955.1018.05
Night Sleep Time: 19.50Nap Time: 3.50Total Sleep Time: 23.00


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