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Rock n Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon

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Member Since:

Jan 29, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

List of PRs:

5k -18:24- 3/23/19
10k - 37:12 - 3/31/18
10 miler - 1:02:34 - 5/5/19
Half Marathon - 1:22:43 - 3/25/18
Marathon - 2:59:17 - 5/21/17

Short-Term Running Goals:

2020 Goals

Sub 2:50 Marathon at the Boston Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

~~- Qualify for the Boston Marathon before age 35 - done - 11/18/12 Philadelphia Marathon, 10/13/13 Chicago Marathon~~

~~- Run in the Boston (4/20/15), Chicago (10/13/13), and New York City (11/3/19)Marathons~~

- Sub 17 min 5k

- Sub 36 min 10k

- Sub 1 hr Broad Street Run 10 miler

- Sub 1:20 half marathon

- Sub 2:45 marathon

~~- Place top 3 overall in a race - done Teal Wings of Hope 5k 8/31/13 - 1st place overall~~

~~- Win my age group in another race - done - washington crossing 15k - 8/18/12~~

Personal:

I live in Philadelphia with my son (Russell - 7), and daughter (Jane - 5). I work in finance/accounting for an insurance company.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Brooks Glycerin Lifetime Miles:						169.50
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles:						80.75
Saucony Fastwitch 5 Lifetime Miles:						303.45
Saucony Guide 4 Lifetime Miles:						330.05
Saucony Guide 5 Lifetime Miles:						477.25
Saucony Guide 5 (orange/yellow) Lifetime Miles:						380.81
Saucony Guide 5 (orange/white) Lifetime Miles:						380.35
Saucony Fastwitch 5 (blue/orange) Lifetime Miles:						346.50
Saucony Guide 6 (lime/silver) Lifetime Miles:						432.20
Saucony Guide 6 (red/silver) Lifetime Miles:						372.00
Saucony Guide 6 (white/orange) Lifetime Miles:						280.00
Saucony Guide 6 2014 (1) Lifetime Miles:						274.00
Saucony Guide 6 2014 - 2 Lifetime Miles:						327.80
Saucony Fastwitch 6 (Red) Lifetime Miles:						213.58
Saucony Guide 7 (Blue/Slime) Lifetime Miles:						324.75
Saucony Guide 8 (Blue/Purple) Lifetime Miles:						266.57
Saucony ISO Triumph Lifetime Miles:						307.25
Saucony Ride 7 Lifetime Miles:						213.25
Saucony Cortina 4 Lifetime Miles:						380.75
Saucony Ride 7 (green) Lifetime Miles:						312.25
Saucony Guide 8 (green) Lifetime Miles:						155.00
Saucony Ride 8 (slime 1) Lifetime Miles:						401.00
Saucony Ride 8 (slime 2) Lifetime Miles:						466.72
Saucony Ride 9 Lifetime Miles:						385.37
Saucony Ride 9 (Red/Silver) Lifetime Miles:						413.25
Saucony Cortana 4 (blue/silver) Lifetime Miles:						225.19
Saucony Ride 9 (Red/ Silver - 2) Lifetime Miles:						333.25
Saucony Ride 9 (Red/ Silver - 3) Lifetime Miles:						305.50
Brooks Launch 4 - Lobster Lifetime Miles:						354.50
Nike Pegasus 34 (black) Lifetime Miles:						30.00
Saucony Breakthru 3 (red) Lifetime Miles:						272.00
Saucony Ride 10 (white/aqua) Lifetime Miles:						299.00
Saucony Ride 10 (blue/grey) Lifetime Miles:						347.75
Brooks Launch 5 - Blue/neon Lifetime Miles:						250.10
Brooks Launch 6 (blue) Lifetime Miles:						188.50
Launch 6 (blue/gold) Lifetime Miles:						172.75
Launch 6 (burgundy) Lifetime Miles:						150.25
Saucony Fastwich 9 (white/blue) Lifetime Miles:						6.00

Sun, Sep 16, 2012

Race: Rock n Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:28:23, Place overall: 407, Place in age division: 54

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.90	0.00	13.10	0.00	14.00

Perfect race conditions today. Cool with a little breeze. I got a late start out of my house this morning so I didn't get in the warm up that I wanted. I jogged to my corral just in time for the national anthem.

I wanted to break 1:30 today. I started out the first few miles a little bit faster than goal pace, but it felt good so I just went with it. I was able to keep a pretty consistant pace throughout the whole race which felt really good. I ran in my flats and my foot held up well with only slight discomfort during the last 4 miles. My final time was 1:28:23, over 90 seconds faster than my goal pace and over 9 minutes faster than last years time of 1:37:44.

My Garmin read the course at 13.2 miles (6:42 avg pace). Splits were as follows:

6:39, 6:34, 6:43 (20:41 5k), 6:40, 6:47, 6:35 (41:51 10k), 6:46, 6:44, 6:58, 6:50 (1:07:39 10 miles), 6:41, 6:39, 6:40, 6:05 pace (final .2 per Garmin)

Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 14.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Kam on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:27:00 from 68.66.163.179

Wow! This looks like a breakthrough-type race for you. Nicely done!

From Andrea on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 12:18:16 from 72.37.171.52

Congrats on the new PR!! I hear that course is really nice.

From JS7781 on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 18:32:31 from 68.162.68.16

Thanks! The course is really nice. It gives you a good mix of downtown/historic Philly and a scenic route along the river, plus it is almost completely flat.

This definately felt like a breakthrough and is a huge confidence builder for a BQ attempt at the Philly Marathon in November. Looking back at the gains over the last month since the 15k (6:52 vs 6:45 pace) and that I have two more months until the race, I think I have a good shot if I can continue to train hard without being sidelined by injury.

From Jake K on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:41:33 from 155.100.226.191

Great job. I think this says that 3:05 is definitely within your reach. Keep the momentum rolling!

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