Jeff Banks

Kaiser Permanente half marathon

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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
329.0020.109.000.00358.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Out alone on the creek. Today I was incredibly tired but my body felt pretty good ... go figure.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.005.000.0013.00

3 x 9 minutes with 2 minutes rest. I was super tired again today but had a really good workout. Covered much more distance than last time I did this workout so that is a good thing.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.007.000.000.0013.00

Did a run for relief to benefit Haiti today. Managed 28 laps in the 40 minutes ... more than I wanted but its for a good cause. Ended up at $516 so thats a good thing.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.002.000.0011.00

8 x 300 meters on the track plus warm up and cool down. I haven't run that kind of speed for a while so it was tough but my legs recovered really quickly. I'm starting to look forward to the race this weekend.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

Ran just under an hour today. Race day on Sunday but this isn't really the focus race. Hopefully I can shake the rust off a bit.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Short run just to get the blood flowing. We will see tomorrow how things are going.

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Race: Kaiser Permanente half marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:16:47
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.0013.100.000.0017.10

Pretty good shake out race and I managed my PR by just over 3 minutes

1- 6:08

2- 5:41

3- 5:39

4- 5:56

5- 5:52

6- 5:28 

7- 5:41

8- 5:47

9- 6:06 (9 and 10 must have been off somehow)

10- 5:33

11- 6:08 (turned around into the wind)

12- 6:05 (still into a hard headwind)

13.1- 6:37 

 

All told I was pretty happy with it and feel pretty good. I'm not sure I could keep it up for another 13.1 miles but I guess my goal pace for a full is a little slower. Tomorrow we will see how the legs feel. In the end  I'll call it a success. Also we were 3 for 3 PRs today ... Ozzie ran 1:12 (1 minute PR) on a bad calf and Cara ran 1:35 (8 minute PR). 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Recovery run today. My feet hurt a lot but my legs feel just fine.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Feet are still quite bad. I got a huge blood blister on Sunday and have been walking/running odd which has made another part of my foot hurt. There was only a little blood on my sock today and in general my run was less painful than yesterday so this is good. My legs still feel fine but are definitely tired.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Nice easy run ...

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Easy on the creek again. I'm still somewhat tired and I think a little tiny bit sick. Still its good that I've been able to make my way back upward in mileage quickly after a relatively hard race.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Just 11 on the creek. My hamstring was a little tight today so I took it kind of easy. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.000.000.000.0016.00

Led the new vaulters doing 2 x 4 x 200m on the track. Then in the afternoon I went for a slow 14.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

My hamstring was a little tight but I really wanted to get in a little mileage today. I just kept the cadence high but the pace low and had no trouble at all. We will see tomorrow how it feels ... 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.002.000.0016.00

Led the workout for the vaulters this morning 3 x (250 150 100), actually did a lifting day with them, and then went out for 13. My goodness I have lost all of my strength ... my arms are going to be very tired!!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Pretty sore today ... just a slow run on the creek.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Had horrible sleep last night and a stressful day. My run was pretty bad today but at least I got it in. I wanted to go 12 but only ended up at 11.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Felt much better today but still somewhat out of it. I've got to get back to the speed soon but today was not the right time for it. Perhaps next Tuesday I'll get back on track.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

What a stressful week!!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Finished up the week with an easy run on the creek. Its trying to rain but I don't think its actually going to do it.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

Managed to stay mostly dry the entire run!! Did one loop on the creek with Ozzie and then one loop with Cara. Nice and easy the whole time and my stride felt pretty smooth.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Creek run in the evening starting with Cara. My hamstring is a little tight again and I'm going to have to get that figured out before too long. Other than that nothing notable.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Out in the rain and it was relatively miserable. Oh well I got the run in and thats what counts.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Out on snow ... kind of a different feeling from what I'm used to.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Started out on the lakeline trail but it was a super muddy mess so I ended up exploring SLC a bit. I'll be glad to get back to Cali! 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Out on the creek. It feels good to be back in Cali.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.000.000.000.0019.00

Out along the creek, a bunch of loops around the sports park, back out on the creek, and back along Santa Rita ... felt good the whole way.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
329.0020.109.000.00358.10
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