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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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Sat, Apr 20, 2013
Race: Carmel "Marathon" (26.65 Miles) 03:00:56, Place overall: 16, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.650.000.0026.65

 
Comments
From SlowJoe on Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 13:04:44 from 96.61.24.215

Good grief, a half-mile long! That is almost sadistic to extend a marathon like that.

Anyway, it's kinda hard to run fast when you feel like puking. Don't feel too bad about this one. You are probably in shape for sub-2:53 or at least very close.. just a bad day and weird set of circumstances. Still a good race.

From Andrea on Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 18:25:56 from 98.202.239.247

Nice race Joe, glad you were able to get it in before the little one came :) I know you're a little disappointed, but still a very solid race time. The course was very long...I can imagine how frustrating that was! Fueling is tough to figure out for the marathon...a peanut butter Gu sounds disgusting even not racing! Anyway, nice work.

From joebell1981 on Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 18:50:53 from 99.39.133.24

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement, Joe and Andrea!

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