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Location:

Naples,FL,

Member Since:

Mar 29, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

400m - ATC:  1:08   May '11

800m - ATC:  2:32   May '11

1600m - self-timed:  5:?? 

5k- Vinings Downhill 5k:  18:34  Sept, '11

10.k - Mardis Gras 10k:  39:15   Feb '12

Half - The Scream:  1:23:59  Jul '11

Marathon - Ridge to Bridge:  3:06:23   Oct '11

Completed 13 Marathons & 2 50k & 1 Century ride

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run injury free

Upcoming Races:

Sept. 14: - Erie Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sprint down Boylston Street once per year

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ST-6 Racer Lifetime Miles: 223.50
Boston Adizero Red Lifetime Miles: 607.00
Boston Adizero White Lifetime Miles: 430.00
Nike Free Lifetime Miles: 362.00
Nike Trail Lifetime Miles: 327.20
Boston Classic Lifetime Miles: 362.50
Adidas Marathon TR Lifetime Miles: 155.90
Vertical Feet Climbed - 2011 Lifetime Miles: 75701.00
Kinvara 2 Lifetime Miles: 31.80
Adios Lifetime Miles: 277.90
Ghost GTX Lifetime Miles: 328.00
Karhu Flow Formula One Lifetime Miles: 166.30
Brooks PureFlow 2 Lifetime Miles: 153.70
Adios II Lifetime Miles: 147.40
Adios 2 Lifetime Miles: 150.20
Wed, Nov 02, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.001.000.007.00

Speed play workout: 4 flat intervals about 240 meters each, 3 uphill about 120 meters, and 2 downhill about 120 meters ... comfortable pace in between.

 An interesting article ... 'Essential Lydiard'

http://runningtimes.com/Print.aspx?articleID=18121

My last post should not be mistaken for 'not trying to continually improve' ... I am simply going to trust my 'inner coach', and in that process I am turning off the pace feature on my Garmin.  I will still wear it, but I have set the display to show only 'total time'.

I have achieved the time goals that are important to me ... in fact I have far exceeded them ... in a years time.  The focus of training now is to improve my performance on the soccer field ... and get back to playing soccer!  Fartlek runs and building base mileage will be most beneficial to me ... pace per mile does not matter on the soccer field.

Oh and the new profile picture is a personally signed poster by Bill Rodgers, who I met last fall at a local 10k race ... the quote at the bottom by him ... which you probably cannot read ... is:

"To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month, or even one year -but for a lifetime."

I guess to summarize  ... I believe if I decide I want to run a 2:48 marathon ... I can and will ... but there are other things that are more important to me right now.  That is the time standard for elite athletes in my age group to be invited to the USA Masters Marathon championships.  That would be pretty cool, but I would still get crushed by the competition at that time.  So a more meaningful and realistic goal would be to place top 3 in the 50+ age group ... time will tell if that is something I pursue ... but for now I just want to enjoy running.  I think that fits in best with my 5 to 15 year running goals!  :)

Ghost GTX Miles: 7.00
Comments
From flatlander on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 13:43:20 from 198.207.244.102

Love this post (and the article). You have really thought this through and I think you will get out of it exactly what you want.

From Dan on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 15:18:41 from 24.209.83.20

well spoken JG. I am with you, and *will be* training the same sooner than later I hope. Love the signed poster and the quote goes with 'Relentless'.

From derhammer on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 16:51:52 from 192.156.110.34

JG - I too strongly believe in some "no watch" days - mostly recovery days where I can actually go out and enjoy running without worrying about pace.

As for Lydiard training I suggest reading the articles below - because even Lydiard was all about running base miles at a good enough clip - at least 70% of aerobic capacity - to constantly improve and raise the level of steady state. (I still believe running a lot of slow miles will only make one really good at running slow. But hey, that is just my experience.)

http://www.hillrunner.com/articles/article.php/lydiard_misconceptions

This is the real deal:

http://www.lydiardfoundation.org/pdfs/al_training_eng.pdf

But you are right about running goals vs. other things in life, too. I believe I can run sub 2:50, as well. But at what cost to my family and job? I mean, I think that would take a serious commitment to reach that. Maybe 75-80 mile weeks with hard workouts. I just don't have the time at this point. There was a runner in our group who trained very hard and ran 2:46 and 2:47 - something like that - and after his last marathon he was so burnt out he took a year off. I have only seen him recently and just doing a few miles on the trail. So like everything in life, we must decide what we want and what we want to give up in order to obtain our goal.

From JG on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 17:11:08 from 71.59.27.33

Thanks Flat, let's hope so!

Thx Dan,That poster is framed on my wall, I look at it several times a day! :)

Appreciate the links DH ... I was not suggesting I will just run slow, in fact I do no not enjoy running slow ... but I am going to run whatever pace my body feels like, and not worry about what that pace is. There were great runners long before there were stopwatches. I probably ran faster short intervals today than I have run in months, don't know what my pace was ... and don't care! :) I am pretty sure if I was on a soccer field I would have gotten to the ball first.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 20:03:59 from 75.109.104.60

Interesting turn of events. I change my mind with my training all the time, runner's prerogative. Although I would not be able to stand not knowing my pace. Good luck!

From I Just Run on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 22:42:54 from 166.205.13.47

Great perspective from you guys. As you have probably figured out I'm very goal driven and have gone from one goal to the next in my life. I grew up competing in the arena and continue to do that but with the realization of my abilities. Running has become a good distraction to my previous obsession but I'm sure I will peak in a year or two and then my body will tell me it's time to quit. In other words...I'll run until I run out of goals :-)

From JG on Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 09:18:16 from 71.59.27.33

SJ, I am am sure at some point, I will utilize the pace info again, but for a while I am just going to run for the purity of the sport.

iJR - I am no less competitive, the same blood still runs through my veins! ;)

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