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Half Marathon: 1:05:45 (Long Beach)
10K: 30:03 (Portland)

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AM - 11.5 miles. My streak of not exercising indoors for the past decade had ended... winter decided to finally make an appearance on a day that I had mile repeats on the calendar. Normally I would be flexible w/ the workout schedule, but I needed to get this one in at least 9-10 days before the 15K. So I drove out to the Olympic Oval this morning. It was my first time there - quite a facility! I justified running in the perfect indoor conditions as good training for racing in perfect conditions in Arizona next weekend.

Workout was 6 x 1600m in 4:56. Reps - 4:56.5, 4:56.4, 4:55.7, 4:56.2, 4:55.9, 4:56.2. Nice and consistent. Kept the recovery to ~1:50 of walking/light jogging. Felt like I could have done 8 reps, but pulled the plug at 6 because I don't think I am completely recovered from Tuesday yet and wanted to play it a little conservative.

The cooldown was the best part of the morning. An older guy decked out in Hansons-Brooks Distance Project gear started talking to me - turns out he is 63 years old and trying to break 3 hours for the marathon in Madrid this spring. First off - who wears Hanson's gear like regular people wear NFL/NBA team gear? Answer = people I get along with very well! :-) We ran about 3 miles together chatting about all things running.

Then it took me over an hour to drive up to work from the oval. Fun. 

PM - 7.5 miles really easy.  

Groupon deal today for hot springs up near Logan - we can all head here after the TOU 1/2 marathon this summer!

Comments
From Adam RW on Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 08:53:37 from 155.101.152.123

Wow! The splits are amazing. Very controlled and even. Looking forward to next weekends results!

From Jake K on Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 08:56:48 from 155.100.226.54

The track is my treadmill. If I'm not really pressing too hard, I can lock into a good rhythm.

I liked running on the oversized track. It made the repeats seem to go by quicker.

From scottkeate on Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 09:13:05 from 216.49.181.254

Solid work! Great splits and even better that you didn't feel spent at the end of the workout.

Good call on running indoors at the Oval. Much better than taking the risk with the ice. You're going to smash the race next week.

From Rachelle on Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 09:22:27 from 199.190.170.24

Awesome workout Jake! That is freaking awesome that a 63 year old guy is trying to break 3 hours. Wow very inspirational.

From MarkP on Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 10:17:14 from 97.117.96.90

That's Lloyd Hansen. I run with him regularly on Saturday long runs. His age grade is off the charts. Nice work out today.

From Jake K on Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 10:25:21 from 155.100.226.54

Yep, that was him. I blanked on his name afterwards. Amazing runner for his age - I am really impressed by him!

From Bonnie on Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 10:35:04 from 150.135.115.154

Such an inspiration!

The Olympic Oval is an awesome alternative to running outdoors. Sure beats a 100-200 meter track!! Good job Jake! I am still hoping to come up to Phoenix for the race!!

From Superfly on Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 11:05:25 from 74.211.21.81

Nice job!

From allie on Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 11:30:14 from 161.38.218.168

nice work. quite the drive to the oval, eh?

From Jake K on Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 11:33:20 from 155.100.226.54

Yeah... that's the only part that kinda stinks - its not really a bad drive over there at 5am, but the drive to HCI from the oval is brutal. Only on very rare occasions do things work out this way, though, and I'm definitely glad I took the extra time to go there and get a good workout in today.

From allie on Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 13:47:34 from 161.38.218.168

it's such a nice facility -- about as good as you can get when you have to exercise indoors. if only we could drop the oval where highland high is...

From Jake K on Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 13:49:14 from 155.100.226.54

exactly - keep the outdoor track at highland, but demolish the high school and put in an indoor track facility. the kids can chose to either 1) be home schooled or 2) be distance runners

From prlman on Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 00:17:29 from 96.25.110.207

Very impressive work Jake!! you are in such a good place with your training

From Paul on Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 07:41:52 from 207.224.39.118

Regarding the groupon, save your $6. Crystal Hot Springs is ghetto. Water is very mineral-laden, and you may as well be in a swimming pool, not to mention hundreds of little kids running around doing who-knows-what in the water.

Instead, go northeast of Preston to Maple Grove Hot Springs. Nice and secluded, right along the Bear River, above the Narrows. Regular price is $8.

http://maplegrovehotsprings.com/

From Jake K on Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 08:15:53 from 155.100.226.54

Thanks for the insider tip Paul! I'm probably going to pick your brain about another semi-pressing matter (your thoughts on the boston course and pacing on it) at some time in the near future as well. You are my go-to guy when it comes to hot springs and marathon strategy!

From Paul on Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 08:32:00 from 207.224.39.118

I focus more on leisure activities these days...

The other nice thing about Maple Grove is that you can bring in beer or wine, as long as it's not in a glass bottle.

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