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Location:

Eatonville,WA,USA

Member Since:

Nov 01, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Short-Term Running Goals:

Regain consistency.

Build up slowly and come out strong.

Regain "speed" (relative)

Finish WR50 again.

Improve at Cascade Crest. 

2013 Races:

  • Capital Peak Mega Fat Ass 17M (1/19) - 2:48:48
  • Yakima Skyline Rim 50K (4/21) - 7:16:20
  • Grey Rock 50K (5/13)
  • White River 50M (7/27)
  • Cascade Crest 100M (8/24-25)

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find my true running potential, then exceed it.

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24 miles in 3:01:24, 7:33/mi, HR 153.

Ran 3 out and back 8 mile laps on my road, 4 uphill 4 downhill. Had Powerade available every 2.67 miles (carried out the bottle with me on the first lap and back on the last).

  • 1st lap. Felt sluggish and kept things nice and easy: 1:01:16, 7:40/mi, HR 148.
  • 2nd lap. Still felt low on energy but settled in: 1:00:52, 7:37/mi, HR 151.
  • 3rd lap. Tired and legs sore but pushed the effort a bit more. Took accelerade gel at mi 16 and felt a bit more energy: 59:17, 7:25/mi, HR 159.

This is the first of two 24 milers I plan on running before May 18th. Each lap starts at about 1250' and crests at about 1750', so the total elevation gain/loss here is more than the marathon I'm planning to run. This run felt hard and was a good reminder of what it feels like towards the end of a marathon. I'm pretty sure the lack of energy was due to the pizza feast I had last night in celebration of the return of Battlestar Galactica, Season 4. Yes, I'm a BSG nut and now I must rest.

Asics GT 2120 - 247.68 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00
Comments
From Kelly on Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 08:57:39

Pacing looks pretty good and no huge leap in HR either. With a full month left to train you definitely look to have the sub-3 mark within reach.

Definitely sounds like there is a nice advantage to your home training grounds. Plenty of diversity.

From Ian on Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 11:39:13

Strong long run Dale, and good effort on the last lap. Not surprised it felt hard, you're only a couple of miles off running the full distance just short of 3 hours. After eating healthy all week Fri night was our pizza night too, deep crust carbo load, yum yum.

From Tom on Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 10:30:20

Nice run Dale. I think you're right on track for sub-3.

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