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March 2008

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Location:

Chicago,IL,USA

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Distance runner for 32 years with over 30,000 miles. Marathon PR of 3:02 (Boston, unofficial time, 1982, age 23), 3:07 (Monticello, IL, official time, 1984), and 3:19 (Lake Geneva, WI, official time, 2001, age 42).

Short-Term Running Goals:

2008 is the year I want to break 3:00!

Long-Term Running Goals:

50,000 miles, 3:00 marathon, 50-mile run, 100-mile run, and an Iron Man

Personal:

I work at Northwestern University as a website/software designer; have been an architect, medical illustrator, graphic designer, art director and record store owner. I have a 23-year old daughter, with whom I ran the AIDS Marathon in Hawaii in 2005

Miles:This week: 4.00 Month: 16.00 Year: 1036.85
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
44.5043.7517.002.00107.25
Night Sleep Time: 34.50Nap Time: 1.50Total Sleep Time: 36.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

60 minutes. Still feeling the flu/cold/rickets/beri beri/bronchitis/whatever-it-was i had for the last week. ran along lak michigan through crunchy, melting snow. last mile was at about 6:45 pace

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

2:08

Finally recovering from flu. Through Humboldt Park. Grand Ave. to NW corner of Loop. Wacker Drive to Michigan to Millenium Park to lakefront. North to Lincoln Park Zoo (including a stop in the Big Cat House). Back west on Webster to Western. Back to Humboldt Park

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.004.500.000.004.50

Humboldt Park. 33:45

Night Sleep Time: 3.00Nap Time: 0.50Total Sleep Time: 3.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.500.000.000.002.50

Humboldt Park. All x-country. 23:00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.0015.000.0015.00

Humboldt Park to downtown to lakefront to river walk (green river!) to Wacker Drive to Milwaukee to Division to Humboldt Park. 1:52

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.002.002.000.004.00

2 mi. on treadmill in 13:36 + 2 mi. track in 15 + weight training. Max heart rate: 191

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Humboldt Park. 31:00. Fatigued!

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Great XC run in Humboldt Park. 37:30

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.003.500.000.003.50

Humboldt Park. 24:30. Snow-clumping: the snow kept sticking to the back of my shoes! had to shake it loose every 50 feet or so. i felt like a mutant antelope with palsy. Must have looked hilarious to the squirrels

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.008.250.000.008.25

1 hour. Union Pier, Michigan on hilly road. Felt really fast, light. Not bad for a 49th birthday run - but wait a few more months when i'm stringing 6:00 miles together!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.007.500.000.007.50

Humboldt Park 3 circuits - 20/?/55/57 (hill/hill/hill/home)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.001.000.002.004.00

1 mile at 7:30

3 miles with:

4 x 660 @ 6:40/mi pace and 90 sec recovery at 8:30/mi pace + 1 x 880  @ 6:40/mi pace

Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00
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0.000.000.000.000.00

Bike 15 miles

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.005.000.000.005.00

Treadmill at SPAC. 36.10 (7:30/7:24/7:18/7:05/?). All your fault, Eric Stiles: the thought of you whipping through 9 miles at 5:56 pace - well, Ican at least do a scrawny 7:15 for 5 miles, right?!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0012.000.000.0012.00

Malibu (Zuma Beach)! No shirt! Wheeeeee! GREAT run

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Ran reservoir area near Burbank & Sepulveda. 56min

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
44.5043.7517.002.00107.25
Night Sleep Time: 34.50Nap Time: 1.50Total Sleep Time: 36.00


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