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Jake Lee
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(just a silly progress report with no particular point...)
On a lark, I decided to do a nice 15 miler today on my old marathon training stomping grounds,...A
change of scenery is always a good thing, plus I thought it would be nice to strap on the HR monitor
for this course (for the first time) and establish some kind of benchmark for later.
Well, even though I have had 4 consecutive running days prior to today, 2 of them 'hard days', my
competitive nature got to me and today's run turned into a time-trial on this somewhat hilly 15 mile
measured course.
I was afraid for the first few miles that I was setting myself up for major dissapointment, as I
(for some reason) just felt like I was going to end up running pretty much the same speed that I was
doing before on a typical training run months ago.
However, when I hit the 1/2 way turnaround point in 56:30 (7:32 avg pace) feeling a bit tired but
still strong, I was feeling quite pleased!(I actually did a double-take looking at my watch)...I
stuck to it and finished in just a hair over 1:52 for an average pace of 7:28 overall, including a
8:30 first mile, and stopping for traffic/water/gu a few times along the way.
That pace turns out to be :12 faster than the good 1/2 marathon race I ran in late January, which
was on a significantly easier (and less warm!) course compared to today's.
It would seem that the weekly soccer and treadmill tempo sessions are doing some good!
That's gotta be one the best feelings a runner can get, when he/she pushes themselves for a
race/time-trial and finishes *way* better than expected...realizing that your hard work is really
paying off...My only 2 previous races were both completed pretty much in the time I expected, so
this is a first for me, so please excuse my newbie excitement.
average HR: 156, 82%HRmax, Max HR: 167, 88%HRmax,...sound about right for a 15 mile "race"? Temps
were in the high 60's, low 70's so the HR may be a bit higher, compared to a regular morning race.
I feel great after the run today, but I sense an easy week coming on next week...That SF Chronicle
marathon (tough course) in late July is looking more and more likely now.
(end of silly progress report with no particular point)
On a lark, I decided to do a nice 15 miler today on my old marathon training stomping grounds,...A
change of scenery is always a good thing, plus I thought it would be nice to strap on the HR monitor
for this course (for the first time) and establish some kind of benchmark for later.
Well, even though I have had 4 consecutive running days prior to today, 2 of them 'hard days', my
competitive nature got to me and today's run turned into a time-trial on this somewhat hilly 15 mile
measured course.
I was afraid for the first few miles that I was setting myself up for major dissapointment, as I
(for some reason) just felt like I was going to end up running pretty much the same speed that I was
doing before on a typical training run months ago.
However, when I hit the 1/2 way turnaround point in 56:30 (7:32 avg pace) feeling a bit tired but
still strong, I was feeling quite pleased!(I actually did a double-take looking at my watch)...I
stuck to it and finished in just a hair over 1:52 for an average pace of 7:28 overall, including a
8:30 first mile, and stopping for traffic/water/gu a few times along the way.
That pace turns out to be :12 faster than the good 1/2 marathon race I ran in late January, which
was on a significantly easier (and less warm!) course compared to today's.
It would seem that the weekly soccer and treadmill tempo sessions are doing some good!
That's gotta be one the best feelings a runner can get, when he/she pushes themselves for a
race/time-trial and finishes *way* better than expected...realizing that your hard work is really
paying off...My only 2 previous races were both completed pretty much in the time I expected, so
this is a first for me, so please excuse my newbie excitement.
average HR: 156, 82%HRmax, Max HR: 167, 88%HRmax,...sound about right for a 15 mile "race"? Temps
were in the high 60's, low 70's so the HR may be a bit higher, compared to a regular morning race.
I feel great after the run today, but I sense an easy week coming on next week...That SF Chronicle
marathon (tough course) in late July is looking more and more likely now.
(end of silly progress report with no particular point)
