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PR for All Race distances - simple enough - right?

Improve VDOT from 42 and get to 43 as proven by Race Result(s) or Time Trial(s).

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
43.850.000.000.0043.85
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.400.000.000.005.40

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685D187 LL

Sun, Dec 30, 2012 10:48 AM

Distance:

5.40 mi

Time:

50:05

Avg Pace:

9:16 min/mi

Elevation Gain:

84 ft

Calories:

719 C

The plan was a fifty minute run.  I ran 5.4 miles in 50:05 at 9:16/mile.  I was planning on doing ten minute miles today and thought I was hitting tens.  It felt about the same as what I have been running all week (about 9:45s).  But I switched up on the routes and minimal elevation with this route.  Also, it was very icy today as snowed yesterday.  But not a problem running as ran Easy pace. 

So today ends the first week of running after 16 day break.  Got through it with no problem and put in 35 miles this week.  Did not overdo it and did Easy miles the entire week.  

 

Split

Time

Distance

Elevation Gain

Elevation Loss

Avg Pace

1

0:09:50

1

0

74

9:50

2

0:09:12

1

17

14

9:12

3

0:08:59

1

31

25

8:59

4

0:09:08

1

25

22

9:08

5

0:09:17

1

0

11

9:17

6

0:03:40

0.4

11

0

9:11

 Summary

0:50:05

5.4

84

145

9:16

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

MONTH RACE NAME 2009 2010 2011 2012














Jan Chilly Chilli 5K
25:17 (8:08 pace)


Feb Colchester Half Marathon 2:15:17 (10:19 pace) 1:59:36 (9:07 pace) 1:53:26 (8:39 pace) 1:58:56 (9:06 pace)
Mar WPLR Shamrock 5K
24:55 (8:01 pace)



Savin Rock Half Marathon

1:53:12 (8:38 pace) 1:48:42 (8:19 pace)  
Apr Danbury Half Marathon
1:48:33 (8:17 pace) 1:51:49 (8:33 pace)


Cheshire Half Marathon


1:48:56 (8:19 pace)  
May Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon 2:00:29 (9:11 pace) 




Cox Sports Marathon
4:17:43 (9:50 pace) 3:54:20 (8:57 pace) 3:58:49 (9:07 pace)

Hamden Hills Half Marathon


1:58:33 (9:02 pace)
Jun Fairfield Half Marathon 1:58:31 (9:02 pace) 1:58:50 (9:04 pace) 2:02:17 (9:20 pace)


Sprint for Monroe 5K


24:28 (7:54 pace) 
Jul Courtney Honda Indep Day 5K 26:12 (8:25 pace)




Citizen Bank 5K 26:47 (8:37 pace)




Mount Snow, VT Tough Mudder, 10 Mile


4:57 (5:17) 
Aug Run for the Warriors 10K


54:07 (8:42 pace) 
Sep New Haven Road Race, 20K 1:41:00 (8:07  pace)  1:42:25 (8:14 pace) 1:55:34 (9:17 pace) 1:44:32 (8:24 pace) 

Niantic Bay Half Marathon 1:46:54 (8:09 pace) 1:49:14 (8:20 pace) 1:57:49 (8:59 pace) 1:52:00 (8:33 pace) 
Oct Hartford Marathon  4:22:10 (10:00 pace)      




Marine Corps Marathon 4:03:42 (9:18 pace)




Chicago Marathon
4:04:47 (9:20 pace)         



Run for the Penguins 5K

31:57 (10:18 pace)  24:49 (8:00 pace) 

Tommy K Fund 5K


24:40 (7:57 pace) 
Nov Hot Coco 5K
25:14 (8:08 pace) 23:58 (7:43 pace)


Turkey Trot, 5 Miles
39:42 (7:56 pace) 39:15 (7:51 pace) 38:56 (7:47 pace)  

Manchester Road Race, 4.748 Miles 39:06 (8:14 pace) 37:23 (7:52 pace) 36:57 (7:47 pace) 37:09 (7:50 pace)

Reservoir Run Half Marathon


1:51:27 (8:29 pace)
Dec Pearl Harbor 5.2 Miles 41:57 (8:04 pace) 41:33 (7:59 pace)



Santa Scramble 5K


24:50 (8:01/mile)

Christopher Martins 5K 24:31 (7:53 pace) 25:29 (8:12 pace) 24:00 (7:43 pace) 24:19 (7:50/mile)

Mile


6:51 Mile
















2009: 12 Races 2010: 14 Races 2011: 12 Races 2012: 17 Races Races: 55


Race Miles: 136 Race Miles: 145 Race Miles: 124 Race Miles: 159 Race Miles: 564


Total Miles: 1,040 Total Miles: 1,085 Total Miles: 1,204 Total Miles: 1171 Total Miles: 4,500


% Race Miles: 0.13 % Race Miles: 0.13 % Race Miles: 0.10 % Race Miles: 0.14 % Race Miles:0.13
















Marathons 6




Half Marathons 19




20K 4




Tough Mudder 1




10K 1




5.2 Miles 2




5 Miles 3




4.748 Miles 4




5K 15




Mile



 

Personal Records by Year with All Time Personal Records Highlighted in Red. 2012: Off PR by
RACE DISTANCE 2009 2010 2011 2012






Tough Mudder


5:17:00
Marathon 4:03:42 (9:18/mile) 4:04:47 (9:20/mile) 3:54:20 (8:56/mile) VDOT 39.03 3:58:49 (9:06/mile) VDOT 38.14 + 4:29
Half Marathon 1:46:54 (8:09/mile) VDOT 41.76 1:48:33 (8:17/mile) 1:51:49 (8:32/mile) 1:48:42 (8:17/mile) VDOT 40.95 + 1:48
20K 1:41:00 (8:07/mile) VDOT 41.79 1:42:25 (8:14/mile) 1:55:42 (9:18/mile) 1:44:32 (8:24/mile) + 3:32
10K


54:07 (8:44/mile)
5.2 Miles 41:57 (8:04/mile) 41:33 (7:59/mile)


5.0 Miles
39:42 (7:56/mile) 39:15 (7:51/mile) 38:56 (7:47/mile) VDOT 41 - 0:19
4.75 Miles 39:06 (8:14/mile) 37:23 (7:52/mile) 36:57 (7:47/mile) VDOT 40.87 37:09 (7:50/mile) VDOT 40.61 + 0:12
5K 24:31 (7:53/mile) 24:55 (8:01/mile) 23:58 (7:42/mile) VDOT 40.32 24:19 (7:50/mile) VDOT 39.64 + 0:21
Mile 


6:51 (6:51/mile) VDOT 41.74 - 0:33

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.030.000.000.0010.03

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686E001 To Calal Trail and Back

Tue, Jan 1, 2013 12:03 PM

Distance:

10.03 mi

Time:

1:37:34

Avg Pace:

9:44 min/mi

Elevation Gain:

557 ft

Calories:

1,338 C

A ten miler at slower than Easy pace (8:30-9:30/mile) getting them done at 9:44/mile average pace.  Sticking with the really easy pace for maybe another 1-2 weeks and then the speedwork. 

Need to slowly build up the pace and the mileage after the two week break.  Besides, I have to learn to run slower.  Over the next 16 weeks, there will be six training runs being done in the 20-31 mile range.  Running those at 9:00/mile not the best idea (not all the miles anyway!).

Road conditions – 5.5 miles of this run done on the canal trail which was icy throughout.  That was fun.  I negative split the run.  The tenth mile was the fastest split (9:11) – not really fast – but the purpose of this run is EASY.  Part of me has to prove I still have gas in the tank though.  Plus, I love going faster at the end.  Why waste that opportunity!

 

Split

Time

Moving Time

Distance

Elevation Gain

Elevation Loss

Avg Pace

1

0:10:24

10:17

1

60

25

10:24

2

0:09:52

9:52

1

66

160

9:52

3

0:10:16

10:16

1

52

0

10:16

4

0:09:29

9:29

1

32

43

9:29

5

0:09:32

9:31

1

130

105

9:32

6

0:09:33

9:33

1

40

58

9:33

7

0:09:24

9:26

1

34

29

9:24

8

0:09:28

9:26

1

10

63

9:28

9

0:10:13

10:14

1

133

40

10:13

10

0:09:11

9:10

1

0

49

9:11

11

:13.2

:13

0.03

0

0

7:41

 Summary

1:37:34

37:27.0

10.03

557

572

9:44

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.100.000.000.005.10

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687E002

Wed, Jan 2, 2013 5:45 PM

Distance:

5.10 mi

Time:

48:11

Avg Pace:

9:27 min/mi

Elevation Gain:

223 ft

Calories:

675 C

A quick 5.1 miles @ 9:27/mile pace in 48:11.  Easy miles post work.

 

Split

Time

Distance

Elevation Gain

Elevation Loss

Avg Pace

1

0:09:34

1

121

79

9:34

2

0:09:31

1

33

56

9:31

3

0:09:30

1

30

23

9:31

4

0:09:28

1

20

13

9:29

5

0:09:10

1

13

20

9:10

6

:56.8

0.1

0

--

9:30

 Summary

0:48:11

5.1

223

190

9:27

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.310.000.000.006.31

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688E003 RH

Thu, Jan 3, 2013 1:02 PM

Distance:

6.31 mi

Time:

59:20

Avg Pace:

9:24 min/mi

Elevation Gain:

347 ft

Calories:

839 C

I ran 6.31 miles at 9:24/mile.  I was running at the Easy pace that I have been maintaining for the past nine days.  At least I thought I was doing around 10:00/miles.  Very surprising to me was that I put these miles together at 9:24/mile pace.  These splits, with this amount of vertical, is pretty amazing given I thought I was just on a very relaxing run with no concerns about pace.  I actually may be building up Endurance here!

 

Split

Time

Distance

Elevation Gain

Elevation Loss

Avg Pace

1

0:10:08

1

97

0

10:08

2

0:08:49

1

0

94

8:49

3

0:09:16

1

55

84

9:16

4

0:09:21

1

22

12

9:21

5

0:10:13

1

134

51

10:14

6

0:09:08

1

39

26

9:08

7

0:02:25

0.31

0

80

7:54

 Summary

0:59:20

6.31

347

347

9:24

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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689E004 Canal Trail Marc

Sat, Jan 5, 2013 6:58 AM

Distance:

17.01 mi

Time:

2:47:53

Avg Pace:

9:52 min/mi

Elevation Gain:

1,054 ft

Calories:

2,257 C

I ran the Canal Trail at 7am.  Did 17 miles at 9:52/mile pace in 2:47:53.  This is within the appropriate Long Run pace range.  Very Easy miles.  You think not.  Well I sometimes must prove this to myself.  Mile 15 done at 9:14/mile.  Mile 16 done at 8:29/mile.  Mile 17 done at 8:15/mile.  These are faster splits than the first 14 miles.  Again, like ACorn, I love running faster at the tail end of the run.  It’s kind of a good way to get in the habit of “finishing kick” mode for races as well!

I ran the first 6 miles alone and then Marc ran the last 11 miles with me.  He is actually considering running the Ultra with me in April which kind of shocked me.  But hey, I am game if he is wanting to do that!

Middle of this Canal Trail run had massive amounts of snow/ice.  Limited running space.  Looking at the splits, you’ll see where.

Power Gel Mile 5 and 12. Gatorade Mile 5, 8, 12, 14.  32 ounces and plenty left over.  So, take less next time.    

I like the long runs.  But I am desperate to do a cutdown!  Recently read about those and wanting to get back to them.  Maybe Tuesday.  Want to know what mile 18 or 20 feels like in a marathon?  Do a six, eight or ten mile cutdown run!  No need to run the 20 miles at race pace to feel that effort. 

RULE: Negative split all your training runs and Races.  If you are not doing that, then you are going out to fast up front!  Simple concept.  Don’t exhaust the fuel source early in the run.  You’ll pay on the tail end. 

RULE: Many people run there Easy runs too fast and there hard runs to slow.  Remember this.  Always keep in mind the purpose of the run and stay within the correct paces.  

New idea: Adding rules to the entries so that I remember the concepts.  At some point, I’ll copy and paste into one area. 

 

Split

Time

Distance

Elevation Gain

Elevation Loss

Avg Pace

1

0:10:34

1

184

125

10:34

2

0:09:57

1

282

319

9:57

3

0:09:56

1

61

35

9:56

4

0:09:56

1

25

23

9:56

5

0:09:46

1

48

39

9:46

6

0:10:06

1

0

52

10:07

7

0:10:16

1

40

8

10:16

8

0:09:33

1

16

33

9:33

9

0:09:42

1

46

20

9:42

10

0:09:50

1

102

136

9:50

11

0:10:30

1

133

97

10:30

12

0:11:58

1

6

9

11:58

13

0:10:04

1

0

9

10:05

14

0:09:41

1

44

45

9:41

15

0:09:14

1

17

0

9:14

16

0:08:29

1

42

43

8:29

17

0:08:15

1

8

53

8:15

18

:04.9

0.01

0

0

8:08

 Summary

2:47:53

17.01

1,054

1,047

9:52

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