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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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Tue, Jan 20, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.003.0014.00

AM: 4 miles. I'm making it to track tonight no matter what.

PM: 10 miles. Here was the workout for tonight: 4 X 400 WITH 200 REST, 5 X 400 WITH 200 REST, 4 X 400 WITH 200 REST; 400 REST BETWEEN THE THREE SETS

It was a struggle tonight. I was worn down, and things were about to get real ugly when Lee jumped in and started each rep a few seconds ahead to pull me in. Considering he ran a marathon on Sunday, he definitely got in his good deed for the day.

  1.  1:09, 1:13, 1:12, 1:13
  2. 1:13, 1:12, 1:14, 1:11, 1:14
  3. 1:13, 1:12, 1:12, 1:10

Recovery pace averaged about 8:20. Not the sharpest, but I was glad to get through it.

Comments
From Bret on Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 07:05:07 from 216.234.133.229

Pretty consistent Drew. Curious - Was your goal to hit these paces or just run as quickly as you could for those reps/sets and see what you could do?

From Drew on Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 16:34:14 from 24.92.19.68

Hey Bret - I was hoping to average 1:10 (as my first split hinted). On my second split, I thought maybe I wasn't focused...but it was clear quickly I didn't have much.

So to answer your question - I was hoping for better, but downshifted to just running as well as I could. It was discouraging to work so hard for 1:13s and 1:14s, but that's how it goes sometimes. Also, I think I'm going to avoid the cookie from Starbucks at 2pm next time. :)

It wasn't all that terrible. I think the best I've averaged on this workout is 1:11.

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