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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Hoka Stinson B Lifetime Miles: 982.34
Hoka Stinson Evo Lifetime Miles: 452.95
Altra Provision Lifetime Miles: 139.73
Altra Torin Lifetime Miles: 380.08
Hoka Bondi 2 Lifetime Miles: 706.15
Hoka Mafate 3 Lifetime Miles: 81.12
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.760.000.005.0015.76

15.76 in 1:57:27, 7:27/mi, HR 154. 30 minutes warmup, 3.87 mi, 7:45/mi, HR 143. 10 x Yasso 800s with 2:50 rest. 30 minutes cooldown, 3.78, 7:55/mi, HR 147.

Repeat Time
Avg HR
Max HR
12:53
174
182
22:51
174
183
3 2:50
175
183
42:53
173
182
5 2:55
172
181
6
2:55
170
179
7
2:54
171
180
8
2:54
170
179
9
2:56
169
180
10
2:56
169
180

Woke up with no pain in the calves. A rest day well spent. Set goal of keeping all repeats in the 2:50-2:55 range. Averaged just under 2:55 but missed my target on the last two. First four felt very hard. Five and beyond felt like my body had adjusted but looking at the splits I see that I adjusted.....slower. Leg turnover felt like it was the sticking point for running these faster but that doesn't necessarily make it so. I am having more success mentally focusing on the extreme short term instead of thinking about the rest of the repeats or even the remainder of the lap. Now I just need to not fade so much towards the end.

Adrenaline 8 - 101.84 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50
Comments
From Tom on Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 18:39:45

Killer workout Dale! Good to hear the calves were fine. Interesting how your heart rate came down as you got further into the workout. Looks like perhaps you'll be doing a sub-2:55 marathon in the spring.

From Dale on Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 18:56:47

Thanks. The calves thing was really strange....I went to sleep thinking I was going to have to abort today because I was hobbling around right up until bedtime. This morning the first thing out of bed and no pain at all. Bizarre.

I attribute the HR fall to two things. First, my rest between repeats went from quick jogs to slow slogs with a few walk breaks. Second, my later sets got slower than they should've. Somehow I need to do better at staying focused.

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