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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Yesterday's Awesome Run

This is directly cut from my running log:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/69841551


Target: base x 2, 10:13 x 2, base




Split
Avg Pace
Target
Avg HR
Max HR
1
11:06
11:35
124
138
2
11:28
11:35
132
140
3
10:19
10:13
145
150
4
10:18
10:13
147
154
5
11:08
11:35
144
154
Tempo
10:18
146
154
Base
11:14
133
154
5-Mi Avg!
10:51







11°F clear Feels Like: - Wind: NW 5 m/h


toque, glove inserts
Sweat shirt, turtleneck, t-shirt
track pantsx2, thermal socks


I ran with music and a water belt with one shot blok. There is something to be said in running knowing that you don’t have enough time to finish your run. I left the front door at 10:22 p.m. last night because of a very very long business meeting until 10 p.m. I ran the entire time with a mentality of “I’m late!”


I’m having trouble finding a meaningful race. There are a lot of these non-certified 5k fun run/walks for local charities, but I’m worried about human pylon dodging and distance measurement.


I’ve stretched out the search to May 1 and found a Road Runners Association Organized race weekend event (3k/5k/10k/half) about 3 hours from here. http://www.krra.org/

I think I need to announce it here. My goal for the Kingston May 1st race will be a sub 30-min final.


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36 comments:

  1. bobbiFebruary 24, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    Nice! That is exactly the kind of run I had yesterday - an "I'm late!" run.

    Sub-30 5k is all yours!

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  2. Lucas R. TuckerFebruary 24, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Great run. train hard and you'll hit that goal.

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  3. BabyWeightMyFatAssFebruary 24, 2011 at 9:26 AM

    My new theory is the faster I run, the faster I'm done! Good job!

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  4. ShutUpandRunFebruary 24, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    The goal is all yours for the taking. Nice run yesterday!

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  5. misszippyFebruary 24, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    11 degrees? Yikes. You've got your goal, I'm sure. Happy training!

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  6. Teri S.February 24, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    Love it!! Great work - you are making such great progress. You've got the sub 30.

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  7. JohannFebruary 24, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    Great run you had! I love that goal for May! We have hundreds of 5km fun runs but only one official 5km race I know of. I have never run a (the) km race.

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  8. Georgia SnailFebruary 24, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    Great splits! It's those "awesome" run that come along and help pull you through the not so awesome runs...

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  9. trailturtleFebruary 24, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    I haven't seen everything of yours (yet :)) but, from what I HAVE seen, your efforts will definitely be sub-30...no matter what the external factors that you can't control do to influence that. So, train hard and then just go out with a plan that includes having fun and enjoying the moment AND the accomplishment of just being at the start :). But, man, are you a "numbers guy!" -- guess that means that all that number crunching and analytical thinking is fun to you, so, no wonder you are progressing well :).

    For some reason, one of your sentences reminded me of "Alice in Wonderland:"
    [I ran the entire time with a mentality of “I’m late!”]
    ...Glad you didn't go down the rabbit hole!"
    Shine on. Ann

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  10. AndreaFebruary 24, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    Great job, Andrew! Isn't it fun to see times coming down!

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  11. Evolving Through RunningFebruary 24, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    Nice work with the run! I have a terrible time hitting my time targets - clearly not a problem you're having.

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  12. JenniferFebruary 24, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    You really are working hard and clearly you are loving it too! Good job on the tempo.

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  13. RainaFebruary 24, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    You can do sub 30! Nice that you were staying consistently under the goal pace.

    Do you use screen shots to do your tables- or is there another way? I noticed in your last post and would like to put some tables in mine from time to time.

    Great effort, Andrew!

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  14. NitmosFebruary 24, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    SOlid run...above target! Soon temperatures will climb, clothing will shed, and even more seconds will decrease.

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  15. Kate GeisenFebruary 24, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    Nice job! It's such a good feeling to be seeing--and feeling--progress, isn't it?

    Hope you can find more good races to put on the calendar.

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  16. JillFebruary 24, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    Maybe you should run all your runs at 10:30p.m. Do you think there's a race that late you can do?? :)

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  17. Rose @ Eat, Drink, and Be MeiriFebruary 24, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    I think your goal is reasonable and achievable! Good luck finding the right race!

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  18. NattyBumpoFebruary 24, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    5 miles at 10:30 at night!!! Dang now THAT is dedication. Great job on getting out there and getting it done.

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  19. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2011 at 2:33 PM

    keep it up, cool daddy! :D

    xo

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  20. TeamarciaFebruary 24, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    Today's run was an "I'd better be back before the pump guy comes to fix our sump that's spewing waster all over the basement."
    Nice job getting out there so late!!

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  21. AdrienneFebruary 24, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    10:30 pm! Props to you. Sub 30 minutes sounds awesome to me--go get it!

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  22. HeatherFebruary 24, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    Way to go! You can definitely run a sub 30!

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  23. AlisonFebruary 24, 2011 at 5:18 PM

    Hey Andrew, thanks for stopping by. And reminding me that thesis and beer ain't all bad.. I love the fact that you profited from an "I'm late" mentality. Maybe starting at the back of a run-walk charity event would have the same effect!? Good luck going for the sub-30 5k!

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  24. NellyFebruary 24, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    Thanks for all the heart rate info that you posted on my blog, that does help. I've been reading a lot of running books recently, and to me it seems like heartrate is a major key to race success because that way you never run either above or below your abilities, because you run at the heartrate range you should be at. I realize that I likely run my races at too high a heartrate, normally I'm at 180 in races, and my max is around 200 it seems like (90% of max). I'll try to gather more info from other people to see what their ranges look like...

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  25. MichaelFebruary 24, 2011 at 7:16 PM

    Good luck with the 5k goal! You can do it!

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  26. SpikeFebruary 24, 2011 at 8:59 PM

    Excellent run. I hate those late runs on a weekday night.

    Sub 30 set up, now work hard to knock it down.

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  27. EwaFebruary 25, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    So how can we motivate you?
    Carrot? Stick?

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  28. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    You can do it Andrew!!!!

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  29. Chris KFebruary 28, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    11 deg at 10:20 p.m. You are an animal. Will you please change your Blog to: The Studliest Runner? Please. Two reasons; 1) it would be a great joke on Marcia; 2) you are. Pretty plase.

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  30. PennyFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    Great run Andrew. You can do it.

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  32. MollyMarch 1, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    that is awesome, you'll do it, I know it.

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  33. JennMarch 1, 2011 at 11:37 PM

    Cheers to sub 30!! 11 degrees. -23 here today. When is 50 degrees gonna be here!!! Great job on knockin' off the run at almost 10:30! Determined:)

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  34. The Boring RunnerMarch 3, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    If you can run two miles at 10 pace after running two miles at 11 pace, then I think that you should be able to string together 3 9:30 miles in a race setting. 29 min or bust!!!

    (Btw, I'm feeling the lack of meaning full races too. I sort of have a case of the running 'blahs')

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  35. 2 Slow 4 BostonMarch 7, 2011 at 8:23 PM

    What could you be late for at 10:22 PM? Bedtime perhaps? If you train smart enough and hard enough, you can get that sub 30 min 5k!

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  36. mjcaronMarch 8, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    I wonder how you get to sleep after such a late run. Hope the running is still going strong. :)

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