Jeff Banks

January 2010

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Member Since:

Oct 17, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

4.70 m pole vault

2:41:54 marathon

2:41:15 marathon (aided) 

1:16 half 

Short-Term Running Goals:

< 1:15 half

< 2:40 full

Long-Term Running Goals:

Give an honest effort to find my fastest marathon and half.

Personal:

Married, one kid, one cat

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
410.000.0011.002.00423.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Great day for a run again. I started with Cara but finished alone. Full outer loop as well as a loop around the sports park.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Long loop with Ozzie. I was hoping the sun would come out but it never did.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.000.000.000.0016.00

Went to the hospital to visit Ozzie and then off for a longish run. Ran two loops around the sports park and ran the whole creek loop.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Out with Ozzie. I can't believe he was in the hospital yesterday to monitor his heart ... whats up with that?

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11.000.000.000.0011.00

Just the outside loop with Ozzie and a bit with Cara.

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11.000.000.000.0011.00

Just another day on the creek with Ozzie. We went a bit faster than usual.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Took the creek as well as a loop around the corporate park.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Outside loop with one loop around the corporate park. This is turning out to be a pretty good week and my legs still feel pretty good.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Finished the week with a freeway loop and a loop around the sports park. The legs feel good but definitely tired. Next week I'll have to drop back a bit on mileage but all in all this has been a successful few weeks with only minor aches and pains.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

Long with Ozzie. We went out on the creek, did a sports park loop, around the cement factory lakes, and did a really short loop on the creek and past the school. My legs felt pretty good the whole time but I was too full from breakfast at the start.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Slow loop to recover from yesterday. I felt good but my hamstring was a bit tight near the start. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

I did a run that I'm pretty sure is 12 miles but the time didn't seem right ... perhaps I forgot to push my watch button at some point?

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Long loop and also around the sports park. Felt really good and had a nice slow pace.

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6.500.006.500.0013.00

Warm up, 5 x 7 minutes with 2 minute jog, and a short cool down.We will see how the legs feel tomorrow but all in all a pretty good run.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Out on the creek with Ozzie.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Out on the creek and around the sports park to finish out the week.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

Long run with Ozzie. We started on the creek but then went on a loop I've not done before. Only barely beat the rain so the timing was perfect.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Creek loop in the rain and I felt sick. I'm glad that its done!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.500.004.500.0013.00

Ran 3x9 minutes with 2 minutes rest. We just made it without any rain so the timing was perfect!!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Long with Ozzie.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.002.0013.00

A farlek with Ozzie.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

We had an interview candidate in at work so I only had time for 11. My legs felt fine so thats is good but I did want to go a bit more.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Ran easy with Ozzie on the creek. His calf is a little tight from the intervals the other day so hopefully that will clear up.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.000.000.000.0019.00

Managed to not get too wet today which I will declare is a win! Pretty good run and I still felt relatively good near the end.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Managed to get in 13 on the creek before going to the spring sports meeting.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Did 5x7 minutes again today and felt really good. We started in the same place as last time but I ran the 2 minute recoveries backward and changed the cool down a bit. I started with Ozzie but he had to drop because of a tight calf so I finished alone. Its definitely harder on your own but I still got it done.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Bad news on the Amador Valley track and field team ... they named an incompetent head coach. I was pretty upset so I ran a bit harder than I should have but oh well.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Fartlek run today ... 1,2,3,2,1 min with equal rest. I felt pretty bad starting into it but the actual workout went quite well. Ozzie is still out for at least today resting his calf.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Easy run on the creek. Cara came with for 20 minutes or so but other than that it was quiet, wet, and cold.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

A beautiful day at last and I was going to take advantage of it! Got in a good slow run with Ozzie. This weekend I'm breaking the work into two medium runs instead of a long run because we are running the Kaiser half next weekend.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

Made it two pretty long runs this weekend and am quite pleased with the way my legs feel. I'm going to keep up the mileage through Wednesday and then come down a bit for the race next Sunday. Hopefully I can shake off the rust and get a nice feel for how the training is actually going.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
410.000.0011.002.00423.00
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