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View Profile: richardsimkiss
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richardsimkiss 
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Mile-O-Meter
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Additional Information
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Biography:
Started running to get in shape, now I want to see how far I progress! More about me on my website.
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Location:
Warwickshire
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Interests:
Sports, Cars, Technology (inc. Computers & Gadgets/Gizmos etc), Food, Drink & Sleep.
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5k Personal Best:
0:15:56
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10k Personal Best:
0:32:41 (awaiting official confirmation)
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10 Mile Personal Best:
0:58:44 (unofficial - 10mile marker on Half Marathon Course)
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Half Marathon Personal Best:
1:12:30
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Marathon Personal Best:
2:42:24
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Sex:
Male
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Blog Entries For April 2009
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Wednesday 29th April 2009
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Training Session
Wednesday 29th April 2009, 16:37
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Hot And Sunny
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Type Of Session
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Running - Recovery Run
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Route
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GT2130 Red (1)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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39m 10s
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Distance
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5.46 Miles
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7:10/mi, 139bpm
Felt a little more relaxed today and after a very slow start, felt able to run almost back at normal 'easy run' pace. Recovery seems to be on track, lets hope everything is back to normal in time for Saturdays long run!
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Training Session
Tuesday 28th April 2009, 16:51
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How I Felt
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Heavy Legged
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Weather
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Raining
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Type Of Session
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Running - Recovery Run
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Route
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GT2130 Red (1)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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41m 25s
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Distance
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5.39 Miles
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7:41/mi, 134bpm
Didn't feel as tight and uncomfortable as I'd expected, though it really did feel incredibly slow 
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Race
Sunday 26th April 2009, 11:00
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Hot And Sunny
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 19m 13s
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Distance
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13.1 Miles
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Shakespeare Half Marathon 2009
9th Place out of 1800 odd. Felt I paced it well, but had hoped for a slightly better time. Splits as follows:
Dist (mi) - Pace
1 - 05:38.7
2 - 05:56.6
3 - 05:55.1
4 - 06:07.2
5 - 05:54.8
6 - 06:15.3
7 - 06:16.8
8 - 06:30.4
9 - 05:47.9
10 - 06:07.4
11 - 06:04.9
13.1 - 06:01.1
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Training Session
Thursday 23rd April 2009, 16:49
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How I Felt
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Good
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Weather
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Hot And Sunny
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Type Of Session
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Running - Easy Run
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Route
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GT2130 Red (1)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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38m 33s
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Distance
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5.35 Miles
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Easy run with a good few strides in there... almost to the point of it being a fartlek!
Ave: 7:12/mi, 143bpm
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Training Session
Tuesday 21st April 2009, 11:00
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Hot And Sunny
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Type Of Session
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Running - Easy Run
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Route
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GT2130 Red (1)
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Surface
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Mixed
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Duration
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58m 00s
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Distance
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8 Miles
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Club run... first in a long time!
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Race
Sunday 19th April 2009, 12:00
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How I Felt
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Good
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Weather
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Hot And Sunny
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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43m 49s
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Distance
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7.25 Miles
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Club Race - Barford Super Belter - 6miles
0.93mi Warm-up
6.01mi @ 5:46/mi, 167bpm
0.31mi cool down
Felt fine throughout the race, started strong but certainly not all out. Glute was a tiny bit tight on the climb around 2miles, but was fine after that. Took it steady for the first 5.5miles averaging 5:50mi and decided to blast the final 1/2mile and averaged around 5:05/mi... plenty happy with finishing that strong 
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Training Session
Friday 17th April 2009, 16:35
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How I Felt
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Injured
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Recovery Run
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Route
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GT2130 Red (1)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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41m 04s
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Distance
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5.36 Miles
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7:40/mi, 139bpm
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Training Session
Thursday 16th April 2009, 17:01
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How I Felt
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Injured
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Weather
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Raining
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Type Of Session
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Running - Intervals
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Route
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GT2130 Red (1)
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Surface
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Mixed
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Duration
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1h 00m 24s
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Distance
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8.51 Miles
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Original schedule was for 6x1mi @ 10k pace... though feeling a little stiff in the right leg after tuesdays run I thought I'd just cover the 8.5miles at a normal/easy pace. After 1mi warm up I felt good and started to push on with the 1mile reps, though not as fast as 10k pace.
End of rep3 and my right quad suddenly tightened... that put an end to the speedwork so I just slowly jogged back home.
1.11mi Warm Up
1mi @ 5:37/mi - 162bpm
0.2mi recovery (91secs) - 160bpm
1.02mi @ 5:48/mi -164bpm
0.19mi recovery (91secs) - 153bpm
1.01mi @ 5:49/mi - 163bpm
3.98mi @ 7:54/mi -140bpm
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Training Session
Tuesday 14th April 2009, 15:37
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Hot And Sunny
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Type Of Session
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Running - Tempo Run
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Route
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Saucony Fastwitch 3 (White)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 49m 29s
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Distance
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17.02 Miles
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0.99mi Warm-up
16.03mi @ 6:22/mi, 162bpm
Struggled to hit the target of 6:17/mi, with pace dropping significantly on any ascents and pace not being strong enough on descents to fully counteract the climbs. Placing drinks around the route certainly helped though the lack of sleep from the night before (circa 3 hours) I felt played a part. I think without the hills on the course, 6:17/mi average would've been do-able.
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Training Session
Monday 13th April 2009, 17:18
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Easy Run
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Route
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GT2130 Red (1)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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37m 22s
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Distance
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5.38 Miles
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6:57/mi, 141bpm
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Training Session
Saturday 11th April 2009, 15:49
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Long Run
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Route
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GT2130 Red (1)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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2h 46m 59s
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Distance
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22.33 Miles
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7:28/mi, 138bpm
500ml water + 1 Lucozade Gel @ 18miles... bad idea 
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Training Session
Friday 10th April 2009, 12:04
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Easy Run
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Route
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Asics 2130 Blue (Old)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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39m 48s
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Distance
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5.36 Miles
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7:25/mi, 140bpm
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Training Session
Wednesday 8th April 2009, 17:27
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How I Felt
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Tired
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Weather
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Hot And Sunny
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Type Of Session
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Running - Tempo Run
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Route
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 36m 59s
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Distance
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15.38 Miles
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0.34mi Warm-Up
15.04mi @ 6:16/mi, 168bpm
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Training Session
Tuesday 7th April 2009, 16:35
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Fair
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Type Of Session
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Running - Recovery Run
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Route
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GT2130 Red (1)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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37m 08s
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Distance
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5.31 Miles
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6:59/mi @ 146bpm
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Race
Sunday 5th April 2009, 08:00
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How I Felt
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Flying
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Weather
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Hot And Sunny
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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35m 05s
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Distance
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10 KM
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Leamington Regency 10k
Cracking race, finished 6th outta 1714... very happy
Pace- 5:39/mi
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Training Session
Friday 3rd April 2009, 15:00
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How I Felt
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OK
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Weather
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Hot And Sunny
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Type Of Session
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Running - Easy Run
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Route
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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38m 00s
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Distance
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5.31 Miles
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6:56/mi, 146bpm
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Training Session
Wednesday 1st April 2009, 16:53
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How I Felt
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Heavy Legged
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Weather
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Warm
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Type Of Session
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Running - Tempo Run
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Route
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Saucony Fastwitch 3 (White)
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Surface
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Road
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Duration
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1h 12m 42s
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Distance
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11.36 Miles
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0.99mi Warm Up
10.0mi @ 6:15/mi, 160bpm
0.37mi Cool Down
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