re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

Saturday long run was 14 at 8:53 avg pace

2 miles comfortably fast this afternoon. Didn't wear any tech so I ran by feel.

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Thanks, I may check out the trial offer and see if it offers any data I can’t get through Polar/TP/Strava. I’ve morphed into a data geek.

4 miles this morning at 545am. Nice cool 69 degrees with high humidity and mugginess. Better than 74 with high humidity and mugginess.

On another note, I might be getting a used Phoenix 3 for $50.

my daughter has soccer practice on Tuesdays now and the park it is located has a 400m track

so I'll be doing 400m repeats today

800m warmup
8x400m sprints @ 80% with 1 min rest
800m cool down

Super Dad of the year. Banging out sprints at your daughters soccer practice, ha.

Was on vacation last week, but proud of myself as I got in my 3 scheduled runs. My eating was not the best though..oh well back to normal eating this week.

2.5 miles
4 miles
7 miles

Did the 7 miles half on the beach, felt great running right by the water and with a breeze. 7 miles is the longest I have ever run, so was a good accomplishment for me.

Yeah I don’t see the need of sitting there watching a bunch of 5 year olds chase a soccer ball around. I do that at the games already

Part of being a parent is managing your free time to the fullest.

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Part of being a parent is managing your free time to the fullest.

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my wife thinks i spend too much time running. anytime that comes up, i ask her " can you name the last full waking hour i missed being with our family because of running?"

and her answer is 0. because i am done running before they're awake or within 20 minutes of them waking up, running during practices where my kid doesn't even know i'm there, or when i travel and wouldn't be around them anyways. shuts that talk down pretty quickly. i wake up at 5 AM so I can do my hobby and NOT miss a minute with y'all.

I specifically chose this year to do my biggest undertaking due to wife having an "off season" with her job and my industry being very slow. I could get off work at 3 pm (or earlier) pretty regularly and my wife did not have events for work on the weekend during the winter. If I wasn't in sales (a lot of freedom) or had more than one kid, I don't know how I could do it. I regularly go swim for a 2 hour lunch. Or head out at 2:30 to get a run in before the family gets home. Only time I really see the huge affect is long runs/rides on the weekend. A 3-6 hour workout is hard to get done completely during time that doesn't affect family.

But now I plan to do half ironman events or less and my max workout is around 3 hours. Start at 5 on a weekend and family is just getting started when I'm done.