Journey from 238.5 lbs to 2:38:30

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Location:

Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 26, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Mt. Nebo Half 2011 - 1st Overall 1:10:17

St. George Marathon 2011 - 38th overall - 2:47:25

Speedy Spaniard 10k 2011 - 6th Overall - 35:55 6.1

Hale Freezes Over 10k 2011 - 3rd Overall - 35:56 5.97

St. George Marathon 2010 2:56:35

Hobble Creek Half 2010 4th in age 1:21:19

Highway to Hale 2010 3rd overall 37:25

5k in Lindon 2010 17:16

Utah Valley Marathon 2010, 3:01:26

Lehi 5k, 18:24

Timpanogos Half Marathon, 2010 1:54:29

Speedy Spaniard 10k (2009) 40:15

Hale Freezes Over 10k (2010) 40:16

Freedom 10k (2009) 41:34

Provo River Half (2009) 1:30:59

Symantec (Lindon) 5k (2009) 19:16

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 17: 5k, sub 36 10k, sub 1:15 half, sub 2:40 full

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a lot, stay healthy

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Brooks Cascadia Lifetime Miles:						114.00
Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles:						761.94
Five Fingers KSO Lifetime Miles:						14.00
Asics Nimbus 10 (13) Lifetime Miles:						496.00
Brooks Launch 2 Lifetime Miles:						33.00

Wed, Jan 11, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
20.00	0.00	20.00

Went out this morning with Scott with the intention of doing some speed work. Did a five mile warmup around a 7-7:30 pace. Then off to the races, for about 20 seconds. Then the death march commenced.

Headed back out for 9.25 meandering through Lindon with Wes. A comfortable 7:44 pace. Pace has been getting slower as the week goes on. gee, wonder why. I thought today was thursday for most of the morning, guess I was wishing it was thursday.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Andrea on Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:35:09 from 72.37.244.100

0.05 fast miles? :o)

From Dragonvulture on Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 15:54:39 from 65.44.116.4

Slightly more than .05 I guess, maybe .1 at a 6:00 pace. I guess I did get a 6:33 and a 6:39 mile in (felt like my legs were sand), Looks like I had a quarter at a 6:08 pace.

From Jake K on Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 19:35:20 from 155.100.226.54

Big miles lately!

Don't worry about slowing the pace as you are adding in more volume - its probably the best thing you can do to stay healthy. You get all the same aerobic benefits at 8:15 pace that you do at 6:45 pace... and if it keeps you healthier and therefore you are able to keep the miles up, the payoffs are huge. I pride myself in my ability to jog around at 8:30 pace when I am doing hard training! :-)

From Dragonvulture on Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 19:51:39 from 65.44.116.4

Thanks for the advice. There are so many unknowns when breaking new ground. When I get this fatigued I wonder if/when I will ever feel "recovered" enough to do a long temp run at a speed I know I should be able to run, but just through fatigue, or weariness, just don't have it in me to push to that pace. I imagine that doing big daily mileage gets easier, eventually, I guess just like it did when I started a few years ago. Would be nice to get the brain cloud to clear up a bit. Have been surprised at how well my legs end up feeling towards the 2nd half of my 2nd run.

From JPark on Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 00:19:48 from 67.177.59.66

Nice miles man. I may have missed it in a previous post, but why all the miles now? Are you targeting a particular race? Or just gearing up for an awesome season?

From Dragonvulture on Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:57:47 from 65.44.116.4

JPark - I thought I'd give actual training a try this week, well, at least the long miles part of it, haven't been able to add the tempo miles in as much as I'd like. I am hoping to break some new ground for myself at Utah Valley marathon this year. I started running 3 years ago at 238.5 pounds, and want to run a 2:38:30 marathon, and hoping to do that this year as a master's runner.

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