Half Marathon, Baby

May 2010

Previous MonthRecent EntriesHomeJoin Fast Running Blog Community!PredictorHealthy RecipesHenry's RacesFind BlogsMileage BoardTop Ten Excuses for Missing a RunTop Ten Training MistakesDiscussion ForumRace Reports Send A Private MessageWeek ViewYear View
Graph View
Next Month
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2010
15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

Member Since:

May 10, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

800: 2:13, Junior year high school

Mile: 4:54, Junior year high school

2-mile: 10:48, Senior year high school

5k: 17:12, CVS Downtown 5k, Fall 2009 16:58, Proud to Run 5k, 6/26/2010

8k: 29:32, Red Rooster Ramble, Spring 2009

10k: 37:30, Chicago Proud to Run, Summer 2009

Half Marathon: 1:26:50, Hog's Back Half, November 2009

Short-Term Running Goals:

Summer:

build to up 70+ miles per week, occasional core and races, follow Jake's school's summer training plan until about August when I'll focus more on the half marathon; new goal: under 17 for 5k. 16:30 for 5k by the end of the summer


 Fall:

By next October I'm shooting to be under 1:20 for an Albany, NY half marathon.

Otherwise, just keeping up the miles so that I'm healthy, and possibly competitive, for a long time to come.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Eventually I would like to run a marathon, hopefully going under 3 hours, maybe significantly so. I'll think about that one when it's more in sight. I hope to continue improving my 5k time in the meantime.

Personal:

I'm an undergraduate at Brown University and part of the running club there. I'm told I should read Once a Runner, especially now that it's in print again... We'll see if that happens. Ok, so I read it, haha. It's awesome.

Favorite Blogs:

Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Total Distance
143.10
Total Distance
8.10

Comments(6)
Total Distance
8.10

Add Comment
Total Distance
8.10

Add Comment
Total Distance
8.10

Add Comment
Total Distance
8.10

feeling better than yesterday! yesterday was rough

Add Comment
Total Distance
8.10

Add Comment
Total Distance
10.00

6 fast with Jake. Went out about 7:04? Came back around 6:30... Looking into doing the Quinnepiac summer training plan but with slower easy runs, more miles, and no lifting.

4 easy after Jake left. Felt good.

Add Comment
Total Distance
7.00

Haynes, you won't be happy with me, but I'm gonna try to keep it up! I might scratch the extra miles on harder days like today... This was "7 steady," which is supposed to be 6:15-6:30 pace. We meant to do 6:30 or 6:40, but went out fast and stayed fast, like 6:20ish pace... Final time was 43:58 for 7, I'm told that's 6:17 pace. It was rough, but aerobic. Hard towards the end, but not impossible or race pace. Felt like a tempo I guess. We were very even apparently, only had a fast mile towards the start and picked it up the last mile.

Tomorrow on his schedule is easy 5. I'll probably add on a few more there. The rest of the week is easy runs.

Comments(2)
Total Distance
8.00

Slow, recovery. Probably like 7:30-8 min pace.

This one's for you Haynes lol.

Comments(1)
Total Distance
7.50

6 easy with the guys (Jake and Derek)

1.5 home from Derek's house

Add Comment
Total Distance
0.00


Comments(1)
Total Distance
10.00

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww it's SO HOT OUT today.. Jake and I left at like 12:45, too.. so hot.. we stopped some on the way back, for water twice and at street lights close to the end.. when we were running averaged a very inconsistent 7:10 (apparently three seconds above 7:10 exactly).. i lost 3-4 pounds of water weight on the run.. weather, for reference: 86, feels like 90

Comments(1)
Total Distance
7.00

two stops, kept running into friends. but otherwise felt good, decent pace while running, probably 7:10-30 but wasn't overexerting or anything

Add Comment
Total Distance
6.00

7:05 out, 6:50 back (averages, not that consistent though)

 

workout tomorrow!

Comments(1)
Total Distance
8.00

supposed to be an 8 mile continuous run with the tempo in it, but it was more like 2 mile warmup, 3 mile tempo, 3 mile cooldown (mostly because my bowels went south about a mile into the cooldown). but we did pretty good. the watch said 17:25 for 3 miles, but two of those miles were long (they were the same mile repeated because it was the turnaround for the 8 mile) so we think the actual time is closer to 17:15, which would be the 5:45 pace we were shooting for. it was tough, i was tired, but it woulda been easier without a full large intestine...

Comments(1)
Total Distance
7.00

taking it easy. tomorrow's tough again.. gonna be 8 miles, prolly 6:30 pace

Add Comment
Total Distance
8.00

steady run

overall: 50:58

each half: 25:29

average pace: 6:22

feel gooddd

we started at 6:30, pulled down by accident, slowed some at the turnaround but picked back up again. it wasn't thattt consistent but it was still a good run. i think we unconsciously pick up to test our abilities, then sometimes overshoot and pull back, kinda oscillating till we get a feeling of what we can do. running a 5k next weekend the day after a long run... this sub-17 is lookin gooddd haha

Comments(1)
Total Distance
11.00

i measured this off time. it was super hot again (why always hot on the long days??? bah). i was out for about 1:22:30, figured i'd call it 7:30 pace and i'd get in at least the 11. but it sucked, i ended up doing 3 out and 3 back for 6, stopping the watch, getting water and cooling off for a bit, and then going out to do the remaining 5, starting the watch from where i left off. Oh! and the worst part was i had spent the day throwing a frisbee and hardcore tubing behind a jetski in the sun, so i was tired.. my friends napped, i ran 11 miles lol

Comments(1)
Total Distance
5.00

5 easy, no watch

Add Comment
Total Distance
143.10
Debt Reduction Calculator
Featured Announcements
Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):
Recent Comments: