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SLC,UT,

Member Since:

Apr 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

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Other

Running Accomplishments:

PR Table and Notable Races

Marathon:
2:21:12 (Chicago); 2:20:41 (CIM)

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

All race results:
2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016

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AM - 13 miles. 8 mile AT Tempo in 41:59 (5:15/mile avg). Splits - 5:23, 5:19, 5:22, 5:14, 5:12, 5:19, 5:10, 5:00. 3 up, 2 down. AZ Tempo loop (which is 3 miles around!). Felt a little flat/tired at the beginning but got into a rhythm after 2-3 miles. The faster last mile was all due to letting myself open it up in the last quarter-mile.

After thinking about it quite a bit, looking over my training objectively, and talking with some smart people, I'm sticking w/ Sub-2:20 as the "A" goal next Sunday in Sacramento. I want to get a fast marathon under my belt and this is a great opportunity to make that happen. Since I'm seeded 28th and definitely not in contention for the win, there's no harm in sharing my specific race strategy for this one beforehand. Ideally - robotic 5:20 pace and then finish strong.

Tomorrow will be an off day, and then I'll do one more short tempo on Wednesday. I'm actually looking forward to the cut-back week for once as I'm very confident in my fitness at this point.

Comments
From Andrea on Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 11:39:57 from 70.209.64.22

With A- and A+ goals too, right??

From Fritz on Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 12:08:09 from 173.8.89.205

Solid workout once again. It's time now to absorb all of that hard work.

From Jason D on Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 13:14:16 from 24.1.80.94

As Paul said before Indy, something like, "I don't understand why people hate tapering. I could do this every day." Enjoy the taper, Jake.

From Matt Poulsen on Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 08:17:08 from 174.52.216.185

Another great workout. Yep, you have every reason to be confident.

From Rachelle on Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 11:48:00 from 159.212.71.69

Great workout Jake. You are ready!

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