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Member Since:

Oct 19, 2010

Gender:

Male

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Running Accomplishments:

Arkansas Traveller 100: 1st Place; October 7, 2017

Arkansas Traveller 100: 1st Place; October 1, 2016

Arkansas Traveller 100: 15:36:33, 1st Place (Course Record);  October 3, 2015

Arkansas Traveller 100: 15:59:12, 1st Place; October 4, 2014 

War Eagle Tail Twister 50K: 4:07:12, 2nd Place; June 3, 2017

2017 New York City Marathon: 2:53:59; November 5, 2017

2013 Boston Marathon: 2:59:11; April 1, 2013

PR, Sleeping Bear Marathon: 2:45:41, 1st Place; October 7, 2012

PR, Soaring Wings Half Marathon: 1:20:33, 8th Place; October 29, 2011

Personal:

Pride necessarily sprouts and grows; a pride that can only come from relentless kneading of unwilling flesh, painful months of grinding and burning away all that is heavy, all that is strength-sapping and useless to the body as a projectile. --John L. Parker, Jr., runner/author

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
122.750.000.001.25124.00
Night Sleep Time: 48.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 48.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
31.000.000.000.0031.00

31 miles in 4:46:32 (9:15) on the driveway-north ridge one-mile loop, changing directions every five miles. It was 37 degrees with a wind chill closer to 30, and there was a steady to hard rain for most of the run.

Despite the conditions, I felt good for much of the run, logging sub-9 min miles for Miles 1-13, sub-10 min miles for Miles 14-22, sub-11 min miles for Miles 23-28 (with the exception of Mile 26, which appears to have been an aberration), and I finished strong with sub-9:30 miles for Miles 29-31. In fact, I had planned to run only 30, but there was still light left in the day:)

As for fuel, I had one pedialyte (50 calories, lots of sodium) mixed in a 20oz water bottle at Mile 10 and 22, as well as five crackers and a few more ounces of water at Mile 18. I took one bio break in our cabin, which was the only time I stopped watch (probably about 90 seconds).

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Noon: 8 miles out-and-back north past Pinnacle Mt. and back.

PM:5 miles on JTR track.

Total: 13 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

AM: 8.5 miles on a cold morning around 27 degrees in Little Rock. I held a voluntary workout for our distance runners, and we ran 4X200m and 3X800m. I managed 2:42 and 2:44 for the second and third 800m repeat, respectively. The 8.5 also includes 4.5 miles solo after the team workout.

PM: 4.5 miles easy during lunch, and it was still cold, around 32 degrees with light precipitation.

Total:  13 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.500.000.000.5015.00

AM: 8.5 miles, including 4X200m, on JTR track.

PM: 5 miles on JTR track.

Total: 15 miles, including 1.5 mile walk during lunch.

Thoughts: This week and next are all about "load management" and seeing whether I can hold my body together. Like King James, I'm trying to get to the playoffs healthy and peak at the right time.

Mind: Olympian 

Heart: Collegiate

Legs: Varsity

Everything else: Bush League 

 

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.250.000.000.7513.00

AM: 8 miles, including 6X200m during voluntary XC workout, on the JTR track on another cold morning (but a pretty sunrise after a couple overcast days).

PM: 4 miles easy on Chenal Loop during lunch.

Total: 13 miles, including one-mile walk.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

AM: 8-mile out-and-back on Hwy. 300 past Pinnacle Mt., turning around after crossing over old Big Maumelle River Truss Bridge that is part of Ouachita National Recreation Trail.

PM:5 miles on JTR track.

Total: 13 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
26.000.000.000.0026.00

25 miles in 3:35 on another misty morning. This included 14 miles at Magnet Cove track, five of which I ran with my Dad at sub-8:00 (his tempo pace), and eleven miles back home.

26 Total Miles, including one-mile commute.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
122.750.000.001.25124.00
Night Sleep Time: 48.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 48.00
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