Paul Hafen

March 28, 2024

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Location:

Provo,UT,

Member Since:

Aug 14, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Recent Bests:

1500m - 4:25

5k - 16:32

10k - 36:08

1/2 Marathon - 1:19:18

Short-Term Running Goals:

- maintain 50-70 mpw

- Spring: dip under the U.S. masters all-american 1500m time - 4:20

- Fall: half-marathon under 1:17:00

Personal:

B.S. Exercise Science

M.S. Exercise Physiology

Doctoral Student: Exercise Sciences, Exercise Physiology

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.005.000.000.008.00

1.5 mile warm-up

5 miles @ HR 150 bpm

1.5 mile cool-down

Comments
From Kam on Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 09:40:12 from 68.66.163.179

If this blog becomes a place where you record a lot of your research related thoughts and findings, then watch out...you'll be much followed. Sound like you have synchronized your career with a proclivity.

From Luke Parks on Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 02:02:45 from 75.142.4.155

Do you usually do workouts based on HR? If so, do you think it works and do you recommend giving it a try?

From Bam on Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 08:59:53 from 89.126.28.24

Hey 'coach' - I was reading your profile and thought, this guy sounds great. Love the sobriquet, Hobby Jogger Elite.

Anyway, decided to check out your 'work' and was surprised when I saw your facebook page, especially when I saw your picture.

You seem to have shrunk and your hair has changed colour. Is this a result of your lab work? Also, you've lost your wedding ring - hopefully this doesn't mean you are having marital problems.

Of course, this then made me look closer at your profile. I notice you finished school in 2002 and yet you are hoping to run the '3000m race' as a 'Master track athlete'. Hmmm - you would be very young to run as a Masters athlete.

Busted! Leave these good people alone and stick to your running.

Nice try though.

From Hobby Jogger Elite on Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 07:17:45 from 128.187.97.21

Yeah Kam,

I sure hope I can get a good following. I still have so much to learn about the intricacies of physiology and endurance performance, but hopefully as I learn I can pass some of that good stuff on!

From Hobby Jogger Elite on Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 07:24:52 from 128.187.97.21

HAHA BAM,

1. Thanks for the compliment on the username ;)

2. The biggest I've been up to was 215 lbs a few years ago (and I benched 335 lbs). I got back into running shortly after that and the pounds came off rather quickly. I am about 170 lobs now, almost back to high school weight (160-165 lbs)

3. My profile pic was actually from before getting married, so nope, no marital problems here ( I happily have my ring on ;)

4. You seem to be a road racer, so you may not be aware of Master's classifications for track & field. Road racing starts at 40, but the track Master's classifications start at 30 yrs ( I will be 31 this year):

http://www.nationalmastersnews.com/aa_tf_m.htm

From Bam on Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 07:28:32 from 89.126.28.24

haha good man - ;)

From Hobby Jogger Elite on Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 07:38:27 from 128.187.97.21

Luke,

I do use HR to a certain extent. I try not to let it dictate all of my workouts... it could be as controlling as a stopwatch. Some days it's better to just listen to your body than to let a watch or monitor tell you what you are supposed to do. That being said, i use it for specific workouts (just like i use a stopwatch for track stuff). For me it helps me stay controlled and 'honest' on tempo or marathon paced runs. As a middle distance guy I remember being able to go for 10 or 12 mile run at 7:00 pace.... the endurance guys always recovered better and although I could complete the run just fine I was really worn out from runs like that for a few days. I realized i had probably been running too fast for what the purpose of the run was and I have used a HR monitor to help me rein it in a little on the longer runs.

I had a kid I coached in HS that was stuck around 10:20 for the 3200... I made him do some easier running at HR (he hated having to slow down to keep the HR in the zone) so that he could recover on the easy days and really work the hard days. After running 10:20 for a PR under his other coach as a freshman and sophomore, he got down to 9:40 and 9:01 (3000m) by his senior year. Of course, there is maturation and other training factors that went into it.... but i remember a marked difference in the quality of his workouts after using HR as a training tool.

From Luke Parks on Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 20:23:53 from 75.142.4.155

Wow, that's really cool. Maybe I'll try it out sometime.

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