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Location:

Spring,TX,USA

Member Since:

Nov 17, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

After a 24-year hiatus from running, I started back again at age 40 in March 2007.

PERSONAL RECORDS

5K - 20:13 (3/22/08 Run The Woodlands #197)

10K - 44:58 (3/15/08 Lookin' Good Shamrock Strut)

HLF - 1:46:09 (5/19/07 Ogden Half Marathon)

MAR - 3:40:18 (10/6/07 St. George Marathon)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2008 Ogden Marathon - 3:30 (Blew up big time!  IT band = 4:24 finish!) 

2008 St. George Marathon - 3:20 (*BQ)  Might need to revise based on injury but I'm not giving it up quite yet.

2009 Spend Patriots Day on course in Boston.

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Mon, Nov 19, 2007
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.100.000.003.100.007.20

1.5 mile warmup over to the Klein High track this moring at 4:30.

WORKOUT: 5 x 1000 meters @ 3:55 w/ 400 meter rest interval

3:59

3:45 * pretty sure the Garmin fired early on this interval ???

3:47

3:57

3:56

1.6 mile cool down back home

Lately I've enjoyed my weekly interval workouts. But today I think I came back too soon from Saturday's long run. My legs felt heavy. ITB's flared a bit but I found that by going clockwise on the track they weren't so bad. 1000 meters somehow seems to offend my left brain concept of wanting everything symmetrical.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 12:11:14

Welcome to the blog!

On the track, or any other course measured with a precise instrument, using a GPS to measure distance is pointless. To run 1000 on a 400 meter track, you just need to start at the 200 meter start, and run 2.5 laps to the common finish (or start at the common finish, and finish at the 200 meter mark).

I have a Garmin, but I never use it for speedwork because 5 seconds per mile is a critical difference for me. I use road marks instead. Interestingly enough, Ryan Hall seems to be doing the same, see

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=e593f8eba239bada1a0c

I would go as far as to say that it is better to run a random distance from the same pole to the same bush or a crack in the asphalt time and again, and not even bother with how far it actually is than to use Garmin for your intervals.

From Sasha on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 13:33:24

Thank you for the blog and thank you for your comments.

I watched the Ryan Hall video last week. I suppose it's no revelation that he is amazing but he truly is AMAZING! I watched the last 5 miles of the OT a couple weeks ago after my long run and just couldn't believe what he was doing.

Your point about the timing of intervals is right on the money. I was actually thinking about it last week. There's no assurance of accuracy when using GPS while on the track. The technology availabe to civilians just isn't that precise. However, I was pleasantly surprised that the Garmin seemed to hit the distances very, very close last week. My second interval this morning was a different story. The interval ended about 50 meters too short.

I'll use my Ironman at the track from now on. (Actually, I wear it opposite my Garmin anyway [... is this why I run early so no one can see my dualing watches?] and set it to count down my fractional splits and give me an audible warning. Since I lack a sense of pace, this seems to help.)

I'm "married" to my Garmin. I effectively use it as my training log so I've worn it for every run since I got it 6 months ago. ... neurotic, I know.

Thanks again, Sasha. I look forward to the camaraderie of the blog and look forward to being a member of the community!

From CBirt on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 13:34:46

The last entry was from me .... Not sure how I messed it up!

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