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Location:

AZ,

Member Since:

Mar 10, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Records:

5k: 15:38 2014 Carlsbad 5000

10k: 33:06 2012 Mesa Turkey Trot

Half Marathon: 1:11:40 2013 Eugene Half Marathon

Marathon 2:32:14 2012 Tucson Marathon

Short-Term Running Goals:

Eugene Half Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 15:30 5k

Sub 1:10 Half Marathon

Sub 2:30 Marathon

Personal:

Husband to speedy wife Allison and father to Camryn (7) and Brandon (5). Graduate of Weber State University where I played on the tennis team. I love to run, help others get faster, and always learn about the sport I love. My wife Allison and I have a blog called AZ Parents on the Run about our running lives with kids.

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Wed, Oct 03, 2012

Total Distance

10.00

10 miles: Last workout before race this weekend. I was excited for this one because I haven't done a lot of half marathon pace stuff and I wanted to see how the pace felt. I've done a lot of faster (5k pace) and marathon pace stuff lately. Anyway workout was 6 x 1200 w/400 jogs. Splits were 4:05,4:06,4:10,4:10,4:09,4:09. Kept jogs to two minutes. First two were too fast then I settled in to the correct pace. This was harder than I wanted it to be. Maybe I was just expecting too much. Good workout. Just need good weather this weekend.

Comments

From Jake K on Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 14:59:17 from 155.100.226.191

Half-Marathon pace never feels easy!

You've had a great block of workouts in the past 1-2 months... trust in that, go out and deliver a PR!

From Derek D on Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 15:47:51 from 68.99.236.178

Thanks Jake! After I read your recaps from last year I was pretty pumped. Then the run nerd in me came out and I looked at all your training leading in to the race and then after leading up to Philly. Interesting stuff. I'm looking forward to see how you do with the some lower mileage/higher quality stuff.

From Jake K on Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 15:56:01 from 155.100.226.191

Its kind of funny to look back at the training last fall - nothing I did in workouts would have predicted 1:05:45 (but it happened!), and everything was pointing towards sub 2:20, and I didn't even come close. Goes to show what a tricky beast the marathon is. I'm still not 100% sure how I pulled off two sub 66s last fall, but I need to find a little of that magic and do it again!

The advice I'll give you about the LGB course is to just know that you have to stay super-focused on that out&back section along the beach once you get past 10K. There are no spectators, and its an easy place to let the pace slip. Stay focused there and you'll run a great time.

From Andrea on Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 18:32:33 from 67.177.11.154

Nice last workout! Hoping for great weather for you on Sunday!

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