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Location:

Falls Church,VA,USA

Member Since:

Mar 02, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2010 Ocean City Half Marathon: 1:41:49

2008 Marine Corps Marathon - 3:40:59

2009 Clarksburg 5k - 20:05

2008 Jingle all the way 10k - 42:36

2009 Cherry Blossoms 10 Miler - 1:14:43

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a sub 3:20 Marathon

Run a 1:30 half marathon

Ensure my heart doesn't explode while running, biking, hiking, and exercising. Live long and prosper.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep on running and not become a lard-a$$.

Personal:

Pepper is my dog, thus my namesake. Used to run quite fast in the USMC (15:30 3 miles was my best) but stopped running when I got out. Now, it's much tougher and I generally cycle more than I run. However, I still compete in races because it's run and I can be a wee bit competitive.

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Ok, working from home today and that gives me the liberty to take time during the day to run. No excuses, so I decided to hit the W&OD trail for some speed.

1 mile 7:08 Warmup Felt pretty good 
.5 miles 4:00 Slowed down to catch breath 
.5 miles 2:44 First speed...hurt at .4
.75 miles 4.52 Caught my breath back
.5 miles 2:50  Second speed...hurt again, .4 
.75 miles 5:00  Caught my breath back 
.5 miles 4:00  Cooldown 
.5 miles 3:45  Cooldown 
.5 miles 3:50  Cooldown 
.5 miles 3:28  Cooldown 
Total: 6 miles  Total Time: 40:57  Felt beaten down after, but good overall 

Total mileage was decent and I really only pushed it really hard on two .5 mile sets. My cooldown mileage at the end of the running felt good and I was able to move pretty quickly. Overall, I feel that I needed to start doing some type of speedwork to increase my overall speed. Running at a 7:30-7:45 pace feels really good at this point, but I know I can do better in the future. Good hard running today...hitting the gym tonight to round out the day.

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Went to the gym tonight and did back and bi's. I'm a little dismayed with the fact that my Pull-ups are down to only 20 from about 24 a month ago. It may be the fact that I had a good hard run earlier, but it's still bothers me. I will be sore tomorrow since I took last week off from the gym. Afterwards, came home to Pepper and we took a nice 2 mile walk/trot around the neighborhood. Besides wanting to eat a Pug, he's just a pleasure to wander with. Oh, it's also great when he's sitting on the couch next to me and being a good boy. I wonder if I need to get new shoes anytime soon...hmmmm...more money to spend.

(Brooks Infinitis 341.5 miles)

Comments
From Dale on Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 21:06:56

Yes, you probably need 2 pair minimum in your rotation, especially if you're running every day. Plus, if you stagger then, it's easier to tell when one needs replaced. I can tell my high-mileage ones are about shot when my legs come back beat up after a run in them but feel great after a run in fairly new shoes. Plus, you're close enough to the marathon that you'll want to get your "marathon shoes" soon anyway.....

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