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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)

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2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016

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Sun, Oct 13, 2013

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
27.00	0.00	0.00

AM - 23 miles. Long Run with 10 mile AT Tempo in 54:54 (5:29/mi avg). Started from Liberty Park w/ Fritz, Nate, Josh, Steve, and Collin. We ran up through Memory Grove / City Creek / 11th Ave. Looped back to the park a little after 10 miles, then Nate and I started the tempo - lots of loops around the park. He wanted 6 at ~5:25-5:30, and then I kept going for 4 more. Bryce (who had shown up at the beginning of the tempo) jumped in at the end and finished the last half-mile with me, then we cooled down on the grass for another couple miles. Good run.

Tempo splits were: 5:29, 5:34, 5:32, 5:27, 5:32, 5:32, 5:27, 5:27, 5:28, 5:26.
Nate's splits were: 5:23, 5:25, 5:25, 5:22, 5:27, 5:27. And that's why I don't trust Garmins. We were running shoulder to shoulder for those first six miles and wearing the same watch.

PM - 4 miles.

Fast times at Chicago! Kimetto's splits were 61:52 / 61:53. Perfect pacing. Not bad for a farmer who has only been running for 4 years.

Comments

From allie on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 13:34:42 from 97.117.87.43

off by 5-9 seconds?! wow.

great long run/workout. i thought i would see you guys in the park, but i must have just missed you. i was waving my candy corns around like crazy.

From Fritz on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 13:59:37 from 50.198.178.113

Nice workout Jake and solid LR. Nate's Garmin was showing a 16 minute pace earlier so his might have some issues.

From Jake K on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 14:08:24 from 174.232.129.220

Yeah so in that respect, he got like 1000X more accurate as the run went on!

Allie, candy corn gloves wouldn't even have cracked the Top 50 weird things going on in the park this morning.

From allie on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 14:23:55 from 97.117.87.43

it's sunday, aka 24 hour LP circus.

i'm going over there later for walk-on-stilts-while-covered-in-slime club.

From Jake K on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 15:19:02 from 67.177.11.154

elderly rollerbladers! It was like looking 50 years into my future.

From Andrea on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 18:54:09 from 64.134.176.137

Great workout! It doesn't take you long to get from shorter distance workouts to 23 miles w/10 at MP.

From Jake K on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 19:41:12 from 67.177.11.154

Well, i did 26 miles w/ 26 at MP 3 weeks ago :-)

Basically I'm just thrilled to be back doing marathon training.

I forgot to mention that during my horsepark run yesterday, the people who do the live-action dungeons and dragons role playing / sword-fighting were out in full force. It gave the HP somewhat of a Liberty Park-ish feel.

From Jason D on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 20:14:18 from 24.1.80.94

8 weeks out. You're in for a darn good race if you keep throwing in adult workouts like this.

What's the pace usually like for the 10? I often find I need 1-2 miles pretty close to the tempo pace, otherwise the first mile after 10 moderate feels HARD.

I was thinking today how it's amazing a Garmin is off more than it is given arm swing. I do love when mine tells me my best pace is something like 2:47 (an error of course)

From Jake K on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 20:19:07 from 67.177.11.154

I think we averaged around 7:15 for the "warmup", but that was with a big (~600') climb.

I go into my tempos off a slower warmup most of the time. Sometimes I'll just jog around for 3-4 mi @ 8:00+ pace and then get right to business. Its like practicing the morning of a marathon... jog around a little, 1-2 strides, then right to marathon pace!

From CollinAnderson on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 21:43:04 from 70.196.195.161

I doubt the Garmins were actually that far off. As I recall, you were running on the inside of Nate correct? When you turn the corners on the inside, the change in distance is absolutely non-negligible. When I did the same thing with Kevin, my miles in Liberty while running on the inside were something like 5 seconds long every time as well.

From CollinAnderson on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 21:43:55 from 70.196.195.161

Also, by the way, did you see that Kimetto just recovered from malaria 6 weeks ago? That guy is literally out of control. I would love to know how fast he could have run in Berlin last year if he didn't just stay one step behind Mutai the entire way.

From Jake K on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 22:03:52 from 67.177.11.154

Too much mental energy to figure it out with the turns and all... I'd have to multiply by pi probably. I think its safe to say I definitely wasn't running any faster than 5:30 pace. That felt about right. I still don't trust Garmins beyond +/- 5 seconds/mile.

Kimetto is very good. Malaria definitely doesn't help aerobic capacity! That was an impressive run. Regardless of what he did in Berlin, he knocked out the 4th fastest time ever today. E Mutai broke 2:04 and LOST the race!

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