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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
16.400.000.000.0016.40

AM before work: 2 miles fast walking around the neighborhood - birds chirping, sun shining... :)  30 minutes

Lunch Run - out and back to Tipton Champion Drive route (better).  9.35 miles - 1:17:28

1pm Dentist trip for the boys.  At 5 and 7 years old, and all the crazy careless people that apparently live in this town, this was an absolute debacle and cluster.  The dentist office was not ready for re-opening, had over booked appointments, and with our appts. at around lunch time, we were there for over 2 hours mostly waiting (in our car in the parking lot) and for the large group of people to sit out in the parking lot without masks not even pretending to social distance to be called in.  My wife actually went in with the boys and told me another horrifying incident from inside - in a pediatric dentist office, a grown man apparently was being seen and was insisting on getting whitening done (which the dentist refused and couldn't do anyway)... while coughing up a storm... GD! 

After finally getting out of there, followed that up with a decent curbside pickup from one restaurant (Smoothie Cafe), but, then a harrasment level experience from the Jimmy Johns employees.  Apparently, those little shits laughed at my wife for wearing a mask, none were wearing masks or gloves to prepare our raw food, and asked here mockingly if she was taking this seriously. 

:(  

Tough to get out the door for the rest of the mileage this evening: 5 miles around the neighborhood - 46 minutes.    

Blue Arahi 4 Miles: 16.40
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Mike on Fri, May 08, 2020 at 14:18:47 from 35.142.90.55

WOW that sounded stressful. Is she still upset about it? I would be...

From joebell1981 on Sat, May 09, 2020 at 07:48:31 from 68.50.58.216

Yea, man - I was pretty heated about it (and hangry to boot). The wife just shrugged it off... :)

From Jason D on Sun, May 10, 2020 at 21:42:34 from 73.144.88.57

Ugh. You should have ordered an extra sandwich and smacked them with it. No, I think they are probably scared but don't know it and are trying to make light of the situation. Not that they should be acting that way.

Every employee in Michigan (the few times I go out) that I have encountered wears gloves and a mask. People still need to understand that you shouldn't shop as you normally would (getting close to people when it is not necessary).

Kudos to you for taking things seriously. It's easy for people to downplay it when they are not in a critical area. I hope you and your family are well.

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