Samarui Smith

January 2011

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Member Since:

Jul 06, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

PB Half Marathon 1:18:55 Japan (2001)

First Marathon 2009 Tokyo.  3/04.38 (my watch).Official 3:07:21

2nd Marathon Ehime Japan Jan 2010 Official 2h 59.00

Training half marathon time 1:23 (2009) Training

Race: 1:24:30 2009) PB 1:18:50 (2001)

Recent 10k time. 38:52 November 2009

Short-Term Running Goals:

Compete in another Half Marathon  and get a decent time - under 1:20 would be great!

Step up to 5 days a week running.


 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running with as little injury as possible and achieve the sub-3 dream (Accomplished!!! 2010). Next dream is to improve my half-marathon and 10km time.


Personal:

I am 40 years old and married with two young children. I have been training on and off for the last 10 years.   I have been training three times a week for the most part but hoping to step that up to 5-times a week and see if I can avoid injuries, although 3 seems to be about as much as I can manage with work and family. 

"Run less, run faster" is my running bible that has helped my do just that. 1 steady, 1 quick and 1 long seems to keep my fast enough for my input.


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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Nike Zoom Lifetime Miles: 283.00
Addidas CX Lifetime Miles: 92.00
Adidas Adizero Lifetime Miles: 205.52
Asics GT Lifetime Miles: 112.02
Nike Zoom Silver Lifetime Miles: 320.00
Nike Free 5.0 Lifetime Miles: 30.50
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
72.0011.0010.003.000.0096.00
Adidas Adizero Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 15.00Nap Time: 7.00Total Sleep Time: 22.00Weight: 68.50
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
11.000.000.000.000.0011.00

11 miles easyish pace 7-25 av. per mile.

Felt a bit heavy legged but no problem apart from fatigue.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
13.000.000.000.000.0013.00

13 miles slow and steady.  8min. pace.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.000.005.000.000.005.00

5 miles at around 6-50-7.00 pace.  Night run 8pm  Felt great.

Adidas Adizero Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 68.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
2.000.000.003.000.005.00

3x 1 mile

5:59

6:20 (very windy)

6:01

 

Not bad as my first speed session in a few months.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
15.000.000.000.000.0015.00

Slow and steady pre-marathon training.  around 7.45-8.00 per mile.  Felt fine and no pains at all anywhere!  Can't complain with that.

Rained most of the run with a little wind on one straight.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
2.000.005.000.000.007.00

I mile jog, 5 miles at around 7 min. pace.  Felt nice to be moving at relatively fast pace.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Was going to do a 10 miler but at mile 6 after a big steep bridge climb I had a pain in my calf which felt painful so I stopped and walked a mile and caught a bus home.  This is the first time to have that problem and five days later I am still feeling a slight pain so I am going to rest a whole week before I run again.  I have iced it every day and hoping for the best.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

40:19

1: 7:47  2/3 13:45  4: 5:19 (downhill)    5:  6:40  6:  6:39

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.006.000.000.000.006.00

 

 

1: 7:47  2/3: 13:45   4: 5:19  5: 6:40 6:  6:49

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 7.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

5 miles

1: 8.29  2/3:14:48  3/4: 14:19 5:  7:20  

  Felt fine didn't push just ran easy.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Easy run around the roads near aparttment around Matsue. Nothing xspecial just ran around waiting for laundry to dry.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.005.000.000.000.005.00

New course around back of Uni.  through paddy fields and mountains.

Felt on fire.  2 miles (uphill) 14:12  Mile 3: 7:29 uphill  Mile 4: 6.29 :)   Mile 5: 6:35 down and up/

Time 34:49

Felt light and agile, really good feel.  Cool condt. 7pm

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

Hot conditions - 25degress C 59 minutes. Felt very slow anddidn'tpush things at all. A combination of hot, earlyish just kept me slow, but i love this route around paddy fields and mountains in Shimane - beautiful. very hilly and zen-like.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 69.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
72.0011.0010.003.000.0096.00
Adidas Adizero Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 15.00Nap Time: 7.00Total Sleep Time: 22.00Weight: 68.50
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