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Nice run. Hey is this eating 1/2 as much pizza another fast running secret!

Go figure, Mt Dew and pizza! I gotta try some of this before I get too old!

tyi

Hey Jake, your ready to do great things at Boston....I think it's time to leave every ounce of get up and go go on the course. You should run a top 10 race at Boston!!!!!

You're gonna die of starvation if you only eat half the food.

Not half the food in general - just half the food at that specific restaurant! Too much salt and grease - ice cream is a perfect health food compared to that pizza! :-)

Thanks for this morning, I appreciated the later start time. Your tempo run yesterday was brutal and for you to feel like your legs aren't trashed is awesome. You've got this training business figured out.

It takes serious will power to only eat half as much at the pie.

Got to love still having some spring left after yesterday s awesome workout

Mmmmmmm. The Pie is great. They have one up here by Weber State, but it's just not the same.

Jake,

Glad to see you got a run in with ACorn. You have already put in about 400 more miles this year than I will be putting in for the entire year. I had no idea the Boston Marathon was right around the corner on 4/16/12...just looked it up. Hope you do well in Boston and also hoping the taper period is not too uncomfortable.

Jake, I like the way you look at situations. Like not doing that 5k next weekend if no fast guys show up. You have a very competitive spirit!

I just hate driving Dale :-) Seriously, its probably the worst thing I can do for my legs, especially in Provo traffic. Worth it though, if I can get some help being pulled along to a fast time. If not, I can always race my stopwatch at the local high school track.

Thanks PRE - I think I know what to expect during the taper. As long as I continue to run the harder efforts, my legs hopefully won't get that "stale" feeling.

What is most impressive to me is how well your body is recovering from these workouts. You couldn't ask for a better confidence boost for Boston than fresh legs after a tough workout.

I'll be curious to know what you're putting out there for the big race. How fast do you feel you can go? Sometimes it's best to put the conservative plan out there to the public while having your "smoking-hot" goal fixed in your head.

Your hard work is getting putting a fire in a lot of us following you. Keep up the good work!

Scott I have no problem putting my thoughts/goals out there... it adds to the pressure for sure, but I like the accountability...

I think I'd have to mess up something to not run under 2:20. My PR (2:21:47) needs to go down, but shooting only for that would be selling myself short.

I believe I'm capable of running 2:17. I'll probably go out a little conservative (but not TOO conservative), at least that is my plan right now. Race dynamics obviously will play a factor as well.

Do yourself right and stay in the Boston bubble Jake. :) But should you come down this way on friday, I want to come watch!

Jake I work with two guys on the team, you want me to ask about an entry list/ plans for the race? or do you already have access to info?

So based on the conversation between Scott and you I'm guessing 2:15 is the number in your head!!

Did you write it on the bottom of your shoe yet?

Cam - yeah ask if anyone good is running the 5K. The entry lists are posted online, but so far there are only 4 people listed in the 5K! Upon re-evaluating how I'd like the next 10-12 days to go, I'm leaning towards not going down and just running a time trial the following week, but we'll see.

Rob - You know, I really believe that 2:15 is something I am capable of in the future if I stay healthy and continue to work hard for several years. But I'm not going to start off Boston at a pace that would even allow me to touch that kind of time. It would require so much risk of blowing up really bad, and I've invested too much in this to let that happen.

I'm years away from running that fast, and no one is more confident in me than me :-) That kind of time requires me to get A LOT faster at 5k/10k first.

I love the long term outlook that you have for running. Consistent effort/training over a long period of time = faster.

To be completely honest though - my #1 goal is to race hard, run smart, and finish feeling like I gave it everything I had. It sounds totally cheesy but if I do those things, rather than chase a specific time, I feel like I'll be happy with the outcome.

Focus on Boston. Focus on Boston. Forget a dinky 5k.

Jon - you are right on. In an ideal world, if I were to race a 5K, it would be 8-10 days out, not 2+ weeks. And since I am the master of my own domain, I get to make my race schedule. I already decided to skip it, and it allows to get in 2 much more important workouts later this week.

I agree with Jon--and 'dinky' is the perfect word for that race. When I raced at the UVU meet when I was in college, they combined the men and women into one field for the 5k (and that still only made 6 or 7 of us!). Brutal. Just brutal.

they actually have a pretty good team now - last week they had several guys run 14:40s and 3:50s... but I think anyone good is racing in california over the next couple weekends

Seems like your minds made up. many of the guys have not been told yet what distances they will be doing by their coach. I've seen some pretty good times out of them, so I for one think it would be cool if you raced. I'd come watch. If I were as fit as you, I would hop in a 5k like this in two seconds flat! Haha, maybe that's why you're a 2:20 guy and I'm a 3:00 guy. : )

Its just not gonna work - I'd have to leave work at noon to make it down there, and that really isn't gonna fly. Who has a meet at 1pm on a Friday anyways? Wouldn't a twilight under the lights make more sense? Oh well, I don't think I'm missing much by skipping this one.