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Marathon: 2:21:12 (Chicago); 2:20:41 (CIM)
Half Marathon: 1:05:45 (Long Beach)
10K: 30:03 (Portland)

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AM - 5 miles.

PM - 8 miles.

Noticeable hamstring improvement every day last week, then a little regression after taking a bad step in the dark on Monday morning. Better today. I figure I have about one more week and then I need to make the call, one way or the other, on CIM. And give sub-8 minute pace a crack.

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From Jason D on Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 20:27:22 from 68.80.27.222

What would the purpose be of running CIM? Put another way that doesn't sound so sharp, what would the goal of it be? Not tempted by Houston? Just thinking from the comment you made to Paul that you've go a teammate (Davis) going for it. But maybe you are going to regroup/rebuild for something down the road.

From Jake K on Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 20:41:02 from 98.202.128.218

All along (when I started building towards Chicago) my plan was: conservative run at PR there, then go for the OT standard at CIM. But then the hamstring injury and running way over my head at Chicago sort of jumbled all that up. So if I ran CIM, the goal would be a PR / finally break 2:20. It's a fast course if you catch it with the right conditions.

But - I'm not going to wreck myself and force this. Right now I feel like it's maybe a 30% chance I'll run. If I feel like I'm not getting anywhere in another week, I'll shut it down for a few weeks. I don't really want to run Houston... especially since I don't get my holiday training camp in Arizona anymore. I'd rather just start a long base phase for a spring marathon.

From Jason D on Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 21:16:16 from 68.80.27.222

Fair enough. Makes sense to me. Just curious what the plan was. Couldn't remember if you had mentioned it or not.

Where did mom and dad move again? Had they not, I would have showed up after the first snow. It gets much snowier here than in Indiana, but I grew up in Maine. I might start logging "snow shoe mileage."

From Jake K on Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 21:45:07 from 98.202.128.218

I didn't say anything about CIM before Chicago b/c I was trying to avoid putting the cart before the horse, something I tend to do!

Parents are in Maryland now... Northwest of Baltimore.

From Bret on Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 09:35:39 from 216.234.133.229

Just curious -- do you read Ryan Vail's blog? http://ryanvail.blogspot.com/

I just happened to be reading it as he heads to NYC this weekend. He posts his blood work labs - and it made me think of your blood work posts. (Yours are more impressive.) :) Except for the Ferritin...holy cow!

From Jake K on Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 09:55:32 from 199.190.170.30

Dang... he's got some borderline hemochromatosis going on!

I do read his blog from time to time, being that he is one of the few elites who actually shares what he is doing - his training isn't flashy... he's just very, very consistent - which I really like. Hope he runs well this weekend at NYC.

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