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Location:

FL,United States

Member Since:

Feb 08, 2015

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Certified course PR's:

Mile: 4:28.0 (Florida, Jan 2020)

5K: 15:12 (FL, Jan. 2020)

10K: 31:44 (FL, Feb. 2020)

15K: 49:03 (FL, Feb. 2020)

1/2 Marathon: 1:10:34 (FL, Feb. 2020)

Marathon: 2:26:57 (WA, July 2019)

100k (63.7 miles, trail): 9:11:00 (FL, Jan. 2019)

Personal:

I started running in 2010 and have (mostly) kept it a habit ever since!  

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
88.302.0090.30
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
22.000.0022.00

AM: 22 miles in St. Pete.  Felt fine throughout and was a  little tired at the end.  Anthony and Elia sped up, however I just stuck with Alan to keep him company.  

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.600.0012.60

PM: 12.6 miles solo, 7:27/mile average.  I felt great.

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
15.302.0017.30

AM: Striders, a 400, then a mile baseline test, then a 400, followed by striders.  Added a bunch of mileage before and after to reach 9.7 total.  I ran the mile in 5:02.  I suppose I did have a little left in me, but not much.  I am okay with that for now, and I know it will improve quickly once I start speedwork and weight loss.

PM: 7.6 solo.

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.200.007.20

PM: 7.2 with Natalie.

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
16.100.0016.10

PM: Completely unintentionally ran 16 miles.  I ran into Brooker Creek Preserve assuming it would be fine (sometimes when it rains it turns into a literal Louisiana-style swamp), but it was NOT fine.  I love a good, serious cross country run, but this was a different world.

The 5 miles of trails were flooded three feet deep at points, mostly in the 1/2 to 1 foot range, dark, murky water.  This would not be so bad if it was up north in New England, but down here... let me tell you... there are some scary animals down here that love this type of environment: snakes, alligator, spiders, et cetera.  I was not pleased, but figured it would get better so I kept running- and it kept getting worse.  Anyway, decided to go back the way I came which extended my run a bit, but it was a belated good decision. 

I wish I had made the choice four miles sooner however...

In the end, I (fortunately/knock on wood) only had a spray of spider bites around the ankles and what I hope are mosquito bites.  I did get one cut, but it did not seem to be deep, but I definitely am worried about infection- there are some nasty infections from swampy, still water.  

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.000.000.00

No running

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
15.100.0015.10

Noon: 15.1 miles solo.  Felt easy.

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
88.302.0090.30
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