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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, Jan 23, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.006.000.0017.00

AM: 12 miles, with 3x2 miles around 10k pace, 5 minute jog recoveries in between. Subjectively, at least, the best workout of the year. Compared to last week, I felt in much better control of the pace.

  1. 10:43 (5:22, 5:21)
  2. 10:38 (5:20, 5:18)
  3. 10:39 (5:22, 5:17)

One thing I seem to keep forgetting and needing to relearn is that when I'm trying to run a 10k, it's best for me to start above target pace and work down. I've probably imploded in the 10k more than any other distance, and running even a few seconds too fast in the first mile or two is a bad, bad idea.

My race is in two weeks, and I can feel it starting to come together. On a good day, I think I can run a PR (a little under 33:30). I'd love to break 33, but that's going to be a stretch.

PM: 5 miles at lunch with Quint.

Comments
From Bret on Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 16:23:01 from 99.1.220.106

Really solid workout there Drew. Which race are you doing in two weeks?

From Drew on Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 17:10:36 from 24.92.19.68

Thanks Bret - getting there. First off is Best Damn Race 10k in Safety Harbor on Feb 7th. Not sure if that violates the language rules on the site, but that's what the race is called.

Third year going, it's picked up quite a bit up steam. Last year the organization was iffy, but the marketing/branding seems to be effective, which I don't quite get. But I don't get the marketing in most running events, come to think of it.

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