Boston Quest

January 08, 2009

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8 Men

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Location:

New Port Richey,FL,USA

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PR's:

1 mile : 5:55 (during 5K 02/2008)
5K : 19:35 (12/2008)
10K : 43:29 (03/2008)
11K: 46:47 (July 2008)
Half Marathon : 1:37:50 (12/2007)
Marathon : 3:19:21 (10/2008)

Marathons:

Niagara Falls Marathon - 3:19:21, Oct 2008
San Diego RnR Marathon - 3:24:18, Jun 2008
Jacksonville Marathon -3:21:24, Dec 2007
Chicago Marathon - 3:35:08, Oct 2007
Disney Marathon - 3:52:34, Jan 2007

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~BQ in 2008~~
~~Sub 20:00 5K~~
Sub 40:00 10K
Sub 1:30:00 Half Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Maintain my health and continuosly seek to improve my fitness. Maybe someday get under 3:00 for marathon. More importantly, I'd like to figure out what my maximum ability is and reach that.

Would like to complete ultra marathon some day also as well as a triathlon. I'd mention Badwater but that might get some people close to me worried :)

I've made a list of marathons around the country and world that I'd like to complete (there are 18 so far)

Personal:

Married with two kids. Our whole family trys to stay active. My kids have done great in Tae Kwon Do along with my wife who has her black belt. She is a very healthy cook and has recently been cooking lots of vegan and vegetarian recipes.

http://tryoutvegan.blogspot.com

Love living in Florida but love to travel and see the country and rest of the world.

Favorite Blogs:

Miles:	This week:	24.11	Month:	49.96	Year:	49.96
Brooks Glycerin 6 Lifetime Miles:						405.58
Asics Gel Equation Lifetime Miles:						345.00
New Balance 825 Lifetime Miles:						323.51
Glycerin 6 (new) Lifetime Miles:						72.20

Mon, Nov 17, 2008

Easy Miles Marathon Pace Miles Threshold Miles VO2 Max Miles Trainer 1 Miles Trainer 2 Miles Racer Miles Total Distance

3.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.60

The flight last night was delayed almost one hour, so it was pretty late when we arrived back home. Feeling a little bit run down this morning and slightly pressed for time I thought about sleeping in a little bit longer. But finally, I decided that something was better than nothing so I went to the Y for some core work, stretching and 3.6 miles on the treadmill (that's when my time ran out). I didn't feel great immediately afterwards, but in the end I think it was helpful and am feeling better now.

Hopefully I am setting myself up for better things tomorrow morning.

Asics Gel Equation Miles: 3.60

Comments

From trace on Nov 17, 2008 at 20:43:38

so what was your training like to get you qualified for Boston??

Tracy A

From Mark on Nov 18, 2008 at 11:57:44

Tracy, that's a good question. Basically it was a lot of base miles run between a little bit slower and a lot slower than goal marathon pace, a tempo run almost every week, and a few sessions of speed work at the track. I'm not sure how much good the speed work was but it at least gave me a psychological boost to show me how fast I could run if needed.

Running was typically 5 days a week. I put together a training plan using Runner's world SmartCoach which I used as a basic guide. It was helpful as a guide although there isn't much unique about SmartCoach it's pretty basic. I suppose I liked it because I could see it all printed out in front of me.

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