Jeff Banks

June 2008

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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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245.0030.005.000.00280.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

All I wanted to do today was run some speed but they closed track and locked it up. Instead I got lost on the Pleasanton ridge trails and went longer than I wanted ... oh well.

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Foothill loop at a really nice pace. My legs felt great and overall it was a really nice run.

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6.000.005.000.0011.00

My first speed workout in quite a while. 5 x mile with a strict 2 minute recovery.

1 - 5:55

2 - 5:50

3 - 5:44

4 - 5:30

5 - 5:29 

All in all I felt great and could have done more but starting small seems to be the wiser path. 

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Foothill loop. I had to fast last night for a cholesterol test and it completely threw me off ... hopefully the test comes out well.

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7.000.000.000.007.00

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6.000.000.000.006.00

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6.000.000.000.006.00

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Over the last weekend I missed ~6 meals and ~20 hours of sleep so today I was running on empty. Still it felt good to do more than a short run again.

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5.005.000.000.0010.00

Foothill loop again ... feeling a little better now.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

New route after eating ... 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Foothill loop but found a new way to get there. Its too stinking hot around here now!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Another loop around foothill. I had a breakthrough today figuring out that my hands have been way too hight typically. It will take a while to get used to running with them lower but I think it should help.

 

Also I was wondering if anyone knew anything about a relay across the US. The idea came to me today while running and I figure with 15 or so high mileage runners and some support staff I think it could be done in just about 2 weeks. Any ideas from the BLOG? 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

Up to foothill and then found my way onto the trails. Great run and my legs felt awesome the whole time. This gives me confidence about my level of conditioning going into the next few months.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Longview loop ...

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0.008.000.000.008.00

Bad day at work and that ALWAYS makes for mileage too fast! Oh well, I feel a bit better now.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Foothill loop. It was pretty hot today and my weight dropped ~3 lbs!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Foothill loop plus some.

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Foothill loop again ... That run is getting too much use these days but it is way to hot to go much longer.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Foothill and a bit. Over 100 degrees the whole time and it made the whole thing pretty stinking hard!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.000.000.000.0019.00

Out to Longview and then hit the trails for a few hours. The heat is oppressive but all in all a pretty productive run.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Foothill loop and a new way home with Cara. The air feels like there is some smoke from wildfires ... hopefully that doesn't come back to haunt me tomorrow.

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

Foothill loop again and I'm worried about the smoke in the air.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Valley loop. The smoke was really bad but I wanted to run a few miles.

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

Foothill loop even though the smoke is probably not healthy. Hopefully this will break soon and we can get back to normal.

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0.008.000.000.008.00

The smoke is horrible! I'd love to run longer, but its probably not healthy to run at all so I'll settle for what I can get.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

Knee trouble after water skiing 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

More knee trouble

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
245.0030.005.000.00280.00
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