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Location:

St. Petersburg,FL,

Member Since:

Dec 30, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 3/8/14 - Armadillo Run - 15:58
10k - 2/7/15 - BDR, Safety Harbor - 33:17
15k - 2/21/15 - Gasparilla - 51:05
1/2 - 12/14/14 - Holiday Halfathon - 1:13:31
Marathon - 10/04/15 - Twin Cities - 2:38:46

Short-Term Running Goals:

2016 Races

Clearwater Halfathon - Jan 11
Donna Hicken Marathon - Feb 14
Gasparilla 15k - Feb 20
Florida Beach Halfathon - Mar 6
??? Chicago Marathon ???

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find balance. Run with my girls. Break 15 in the 5k.

Personal:

Born in 1973 in Southern California.

Ran in high school for Arcadia. They have a famous cross-country team now. In my day, we were famous for dodging our coach during runs.

Over the next 15 years I ran very little, but life was awesome. I lived mostly in Northern California, where I met my wife. We moved back to her native state of Florida in 2005, where I gradually started running more seriously.

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Fri, Sep 04, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.70	16.30	0.00	0.00	19.00

I did the only-slightly-famous marathon Simulator workout today, 16.3 miles at target MP. I did a warmup of just under 3 miles.

Normally this would be a weekend long run, but since I'm wrapping up work in Glen Burnie, MD (just south of Baltimore) it made sense to do it here. My loop had some minor roll, to better simulate the Twin Cities course. And selfishly, my start temps today were 72 F / 69 DP. Not comfortable running weather, but after 3 months where the morning baseline is about 78 F / 75 DP, these conditions felt a whole lot better.

I'm relieved to say it went really well. I held up on the ups & downs, and the pace felt manageable. I did notice a decent uptick in level of effort around mile 14, so I was glad to stop when I did. Probably the hardest thing with this workout is maintaining focus - I found my mind drifting and pace slowing pretty frequently. Time was 1:36:29 for 16.3 miles, right about my 5:55 target.

Thankfully, now I can go to the airport now and look for someplace to sleep.

Comments

From Mike on Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 18:30:53 from 24.73.33.200

Your little girls are gonna be so stoked to see you! Hopefully they are still up!

From Jason D on Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 18:56:45 from 68.80.27.222

Fantastic. I imagine the conditions will be much cooler at Twin Cities.

From Rob Murphy on Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 19:15:23 from 24.10.247.181

Nice work. Having lived in Minneapolis for a couple years, I can tell you that it can be anywhere between 30 and 90 in early October.

From Bret on Sat, Sep 05, 2015 at 09:26:57 from 99.1.220.106

Great to hear the workout went well Drew. You've consistently hit the majority of your big workouts it seems in this cycle. Great confidence should be building with how well you have been running.

From Drew on Sat, Sep 05, 2015 at 17:38:30 from 173.171.218.92

Thanks guys.

Rob - so it sounds like I can count on total uncertainty. Excellent! Minneapolis seems like a nice place to live for a couple years.

Bret - so far so good. I've got a couple workouts I'd like another swing at in the next two weeks, we'll see. I do feel confident that I can get to the starting line with the potential to hit my goal, which is about all you can hope for.

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