| Location: Windsor,Ontario Member Since: Jan 22, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: Detroit Marathon....October 2008...3:48:16
Half Marathon...Tecumseh Run From Cancer....July 2009....1:30:13 Detroit Free Pree/Flagstar Marathon...October 2009...3:30:24. Qualified for Boston!!
Short-Term Running Goals: Maintain weekly mileage at 80 or more....
Long-Term Running Goals: train and run a 30 mile ultra-marathon.
Personal: I am a 52 yr. old single father of four children. I am retired after injuring my back in 2000. I had back surgery, stopped running, and gained about 80 pounds. Decided to take my health into my own hands....lost 100 pounds, went to Nepal and trekked for two months in the Himalayas...climbed almost 18,000 ft.....felt so proud of myself....began running again. I qualified for Boston in Oct. 2009. I have shifted my focus now on ultra-marathons with the hope to run my first this year.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 29.40 | 29.10 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 64.50 |
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| Strength training at the gym......back Pool.....50 laps front crawl
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.25 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
| Tread Mill....6.0 miles....45 minutes...average pace 7.30 minutes and .25 mile cool down. Legs felt excellent today....first time since the marathon....nice feeling! strength training at the gym.......chest and shoulders. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| Mostly cloudy, 59 F and winds out of the SW @ 11 mph. 14 miles in a time of 1 hour, 57 minutes......average pace of 8.22 minutes. legs felt good throughout this run, but I started to feel very weak the last 4 miles....needed gu or something. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Mostly sunny, 68 F and winds out if the SW @ 12 mph. 7.0 miles in a time of 51 minutes.....average pace of 7.17 minutes. Legs felt very heavy and tight today....hard run. Strength training at the gym......arms and legs |
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| strength training at the gym....back |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
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Sunny, 62 F and winds out of the SE @ 8 mph. A.M.....11.0 miles in a time of 1 hour, 28 minutes.....average pace of 8 min. Legs feel very tired....tough run. Afternoon....8 mile bike ride to enjoy the last beautiful indian summer day....tomorrow will get cooler and rain possible. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 3.50 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Tread mill.....speed work..7 repeats of .50 miles consisting of .25 miles @ 6.40 minute pace, then .25 miles @ 8.25 minute pace with 5 % incline, and .10 mile rest between repeats, then .70 mile cool down. Strength training at the gym....back. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 8.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.10 |
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Cloudy skies, 32 F and calm winds. 8.10 miles in a time of 61 minutes....average pace of 7.32 minutes. Strength training at the gym.....arms.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.25 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
| TM....10 repeats of .50 miles @ 6.55 minute mile with .10 mile rest in between repeats and .35 mile cool down. Strength training at the gym.....back. |
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| Strength training at the gym.....chest, shoulders and legs. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.15 | 0.00 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 3.65 |
| TM....10 repeats of .25 miles @ 6.30 minute pace with .10 mile rest in between repeats and .25 mile cool down. Strength training at the gym....arms Pool...50 laps of front crawl. |
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| rest day. |
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Today I start my preparation for a 7 day water fast, which starts on Tuesday Nov. 18th, then I will break it on the 8th day.....Nov. 25th... and then I attend a 10 day meditation retreat in Barrie....Nov 26 till Dec 07. During this time I will not run....which is going to be so hard in itself, but this is something I really want to do. Strength training at the gym.....back and legs. |
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| Strength training at the gym....chest and shoulders 7 day fast begins after my dinner tonight!! |
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| First day of a 7 day water fast...some mild headaches of and on, probably due to the caffeine withdrawal, but hunger pains are minimal. nothing to do...cannot run, strength train, swim...a real void in my day! Tonight I am going to a meditation session for an hour and a half, so that will help...I think. I will not be able to run till after the meditation retreat on Dec. 07, so I will loose much of my conditioning, but in the long run I think it will benefit me to do this cleansing...just glad it is the start of the winter season. |
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| Second day of a 7 day water fast. Last night I had quite bad headaches throughout the night...had a hard time sleeping. Today, the headaches are almost gone....just mild. A few hunger pains developing, but nothing unbareable! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.25 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.25 |
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Third day of fast....felt energetic, so I went to the gym....probably not a good idea though. Its so difficult to overcome the boredom.....thats the hardest thing so far. So far, I have not lost any weight....still 158 lbs.
TM....3.25 miles....3 miles @ 7.30 minute pace and .25 mile cool down. Strength training......arms. |
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Total rest day...going to end my fast today....to much going on right now and I decided that I want to be best prepared....physically...for the meditation retreat on Wednesday....although I set out to do a 7 day fast, a 4 day fast was good too, and maybe in the new year I can re-attempt the 7 day. Boredom was my greatest obstical this time.
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| Strength training at the gym.....arms. Tomorrow I leave for Barrie to attend a Vipassana meditation retreat for 12 days....very intense! This will be my 5th one that I attended. I will not be able to blog anything for 12 days...Nov. 26 till Dec. 07. Cannot wait till Dec. 08 when I can start running again! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 29.40 | 29.10 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 64.50 |
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