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Location:

Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Personal bests since 2009:

5K - 18:31 (Freedom Run, 2021)
10K - 38:52 (Dana Point, 2009)
Half marathon - 1:25:54 (SLC, 2012)
Marathon - 3:02:40 (St. George, 2009)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 3:00 in a marathon
Run at least 5 days a week

Long-Term Running Goals:

Lifetime fitness
Run the Boston Marathon
Do an Ironman triathlon (someday)

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Air Pegasus 25 Lifetime Miles:						1220.37
Asics Equation 2 Lifetime Miles:						1198.81
Asics Blue And Silver Lifetime Miles:						930.43
Pearl Izumi Orange Streaks Lifetime Miles:						194.77
Treadmill Lifetime Miles:						2381.47
New Balance 690 Lifetime Miles:						313.68
New Balance 310 Lifetime Miles:						1120.96

Tue, Sep 22, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
3.00	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

Tempo run on the treadmill. First mile at 8:00 pace. Second mile at 7:00 pace. Miles 3-5 at 6:30 pace. Mile 5-5.5 at 6:15 pace. Mile 5.5-6 at 6:00 pace. Cooldown mile at 8:00 pace.

Wasn't necessarily easy to keep these paces, but I wasn't breathing super hard. This was a good wokout to maintain sharpness but not strain myself too intensely.

Today was my lowest weight of the year by a small margin.

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 7.00

Weight: 166.00

Comments

From Dustin on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 15:10:17 from 204.113.48.77

Good job Steve. How much weight have you lost? Just for fun I am going to use my STG marathon time/weight predictor. This is not based on anything scientific and has no real data to back it up.

Anyway this is how it works.

In 2004 my first marathon I was probably weighing between 155 to 157 on race day. Time was 3:07, but should have been 2:55-2:57, but I took it really easy since it was my first marathon.

In 2006 I weighed 146 going into the St. George marathon time 2:46

In 2007 I weighed 144- time 2:44 barely

In 2008 I weighed 148- crashed and burned. 3:07

May 2009 Ogden weight was 146 add 8 since Ogden is about 8 minutes slower than St. George based on Sasha's predictor. My time was a high 2:53 almost 2:54

Right now I'm weight around 147, 148 hoping to run low 2:40's

Sorry about all this rambling.

With your weight being 166. I'm predicting a 3:06 marathon for you. Which would mean qualifying for Boston with room to spare.

From Steve Piccolo on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 21:36:36 from 66.60.123.63

Hi Dustin, I think I've lost 20-22 pounds now. But I'm not exactly sure what I was when I started, so I don't know for sure. Your numbers seem pretty predictable. I read in runner's world that losing 5 pounds equated to a 5-6 minute improvement in the marathon. So that seems similar to what you have experienced. A 3:06 would be great for me.

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