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Location:

Columbus,IN,US

Member Since:

Jun 13, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

37 Marathons -- PR - 2:48:53 (Fall 2014)

A bunch of Half Marathons -- PR - 1:19:20 (Aug. 2015 - Converted)

10k - 36:30 Unaided // 35:25 (July 2014 - Aided)

5k - 17:28 (Aug. 2015)

1mi. - 4:58 (July 2014 - Track)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

10k and 5k's to get back into the swing of thing this summer

Sept. 21:  Mill Race Marathon - Under 3:00.  LET's GO!  

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

R2R2R in Grand Canyon  5/18/19 

Marathon < 2:45

Half Marathon < 1:18

Top 10 in Bluegrass 10k

5k < 17

Personal:

400m/800m competitively in track in high school.  Took 15 years off. Started running again in 2010.  Married to my beautiful wife, Tiffany, with 2 little boys, now 4 and 6.  I'm a civil engineer working for the Indiana DOT in Seymour, IN.   I live in a slightly larger town about 20 miles north - Columbus, IN.  Originally from Lexington, KY.

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Barefoot Running Lifetime Miles: 4.00
Swimming Lifetime Miles: 6.20
Elliptical Lifetime Miles: 81.50
Vilano Road Bike Lifetime Miles: 1216.95
Vilano Bike On Mag Trainer Lifetime Miles: 277.85
Red Peregrine Velcro Lifetime Miles: 314.94
Red Peregrine NO Velcro Lifetime Miles: 171.83
Saucony Kinvara 11 Lifetime Miles: 237.33
Blue Arahi 4.2 Lifetime Miles: 662.17
Nordictrack TM Lifetime Miles: 358.98
Hoka Bondi 7 Lifetime Miles: 325.22
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
166.5543.0024.000.00233.55
CLIFTON 4 Blue 2 Miles: 50.00Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 128.55Saucony Iso 2 - Gray Miles: 25.40Saucony Kinvara 6 - White Miles: 16.50
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.100.000.000.0011.10

Easy 11.1 mile - 94:14. 

CLIFTON 4 Blue 2 Miles: 11.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
21.500.000.000.0021.50

First 20+ mile run ofthe year and it showed.  Out and back on Pppl. Trail to Haw Creek Bridge -- weak legs after 15 miles, and heart rate all over the place.  2:54:13

Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 21.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

Easy Runch - 7 miles - 58:41.

Walks at work.

Saucony Iso 2 - Gray Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.400.005.000.008.40

easy 30 minutes in the am - 3.4 miles

Feeling aggressive at Runch time - Rainy, but, 55 degrees.  5 miles - 31:49. 

Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 8.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.400.000.000.002.40

walked/jogged on the TM - 2.4 miles - 30 minutes.  This hurt my knee...

Saucony Iso 2 - Gray Miles: 2.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.100.000.000.006.10

Runch - 5 miles - 39:25

walk at work

Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 5.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

walked a 14:00 mile

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.0010.000.000.0016.00

10 MP - out and back on Ppl. Trail.  Had some 6:3x in there for MP.  Pretty encourageing.  16 miles total - 1:55:50

Saucony Iso 2 - Gray Miles: 16.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.100.000.000.0010.10

Runching in the cold. 10.1 miles - 85:18

CLIFTON 4 Blue 2 Miles: 10.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.003.250.0012.25

13x400 at lunch at Trinity track.  kept in the 85 sec range, and felt awful.  

walks at work

Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 10.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.800.000.000.009.80

easy 9 at lunch - 71 minutes

walk at work

Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 8.90
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.003.002.000.008.00

5 mile Cutdown at lunch.  Ended on a 5:39 :)  Good stuff for me.  

Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.200.000.000.001.20

walked at work.  day off apparently.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.005.001.000.008.00

2 mile walk jog on TM

6 mile cutdown on TM - 40:30.  Massive effort on our clunky TM.  Hurt my knee alittle bit also.  

Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles easy outside - 59:05

Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

7 miles easy at lunch - easy is 8:15 pace these days.  Getting better.  

walk at work

Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.004.500.0010.00

18x0.25 at lunch - all on the road.  Made it alot more challenge with wind and hills, and turns, etc.

was hitting 85-88 for most of the reps.  Felt a bit stronger, but, definitely feeling "good".  

9 total - 61 minutes.  

walk at work

Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Lunch run - easy 10 miles - 85 minutes.  Started with a soreand shaky knee, but, it came around after about 1 mile

Saucony Kinvara 6 - White Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.503.005.000.0011.50

11.5mi. total - 1:18:31

5x1 mi. TH: Tailwind helped - 6:09, 6:05, 6:05, 6:02, 6:01.  Recovered, turned around into a headwind and then 3mi. AT 

CLIFTON 4 Blue 2 Miles: 11.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

walked art work

Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.800.000.000.0010.80

Easy running around Tipton and neighborhood

CLIFTON 4 Blue 2 Miles: 10.80
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.4014.000.000.0018.40

Crushed it on a simulation: 14MP: 

6:53 (WU), 6:36, 6:32, 27, 27, 29, 29, 30, 30, 30, 32, 11 (?), 30, 29.  

Jogged it in for 4+ more miles.

 

Very encouraging - didn't think I was close to a 6:30 MP at this point.  

Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 18.40
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Easy 7 at lunch - 59:05

Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.008.000.000.0010.00

Wind gusting and snow blowing in my face.  Fiery effort to push through a workout: 2x4mi. MP kept it under 7 minute pace.  

Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

Easy lunch run: 4.5 miles - 40:22

CLIFTON 4 Blue 2 Miles: 4.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.003.250.007.50

Lunch Workout: Struggled through 13x0.25 - 85-90 second range.  The tough workouts in preceding days and wind accumulated into this poor workout.  6.5 total - 47:16

Walk at work also. 

Why is it ALWAYS WINDY in Indiana ?? 

Saucony Kinvara 6 - White Miles: 6.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

easy 2 miles.  Need the recovery and had a full day of travelling

CLIFTON 4 Blue 2 Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
166.5543.0024.000.00233.55
CLIFTON 4 Blue 2 Miles: 50.00Clifton 4 Blue 1 Miles: 128.55Saucony Iso 2 - Gray Miles: 25.40Saucony Kinvara 6 - White Miles: 16.50
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