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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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Race: Richmond Half Marathon (13 Miles) 01:18:48, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Early am drive up to Richmond, IN for a small town half marathon.  Cool course - 2 loops with loop 2 as a reverse of loop 1.  A couple of nasty spots with some good hills.  Great weather - 55-60 degrees and sunny with low humidity.  Shaded for 60% of course on paved trail and neighborhoods.

Race start at 7:30 am after waiting around, several bathroom stops, and about a mile WU.  Frequent bathroom stops seems to be one of the side the effects of the newly found vegan way of life... ;)

Taking off from the start I am a little surprised to find myself leading.  I hear about 3 or 4 behind me heavy breathing after a mile.  It is downhill and feels easy going through in 5:56.  I realize today will be a good day for me.  Was a little doubtful/apprehensive after going all out in 5k yesterday.  

Mile 2 levels out and I focus on relaxing... a little too much.  One other guy is still hanging around so I start chatting with him - revealing that he is struggling with the pace.  Mile 2 is a little too laxed at 6:17.  I think I do this guy a favor by dropping him at mile 3, speeding back up to 5:56.  The course rolled steadily throughout and mile 4 was a climb - 6:09.  Mile 5 and 6  inlcudes a long climb that is roughly 3-4% avg.- 6:03 and 6:13.  Still feeling strong and well in control effort wise once the hill is conquered.  Loop 1 is 10k distance traversing through start finish area and timing mat at the hospital.  Back around parking lot cones and turn around and reverse the same loop - and go down that monster hill for most of mile 7 - a very aided 5:43 feels easy.  6:02 for level mile 8, 5:52 for aided mile 9, and now some more rollers - 6:10, 6:08, 6:02.  The last mile of the course is a nasty climb back up to the hospital and finish line.  I feel like I am crushing it, and only manage a 6:13 mile 13 and 6:08 for partial.  GPS is a bit short - 13.01.  Nonetheless, translated, this is a big PR for half marathon.  Race clock finish time = 1:18:44.  Translated Finish time of 13.11 ~ 1:19:20ish.  Call it a PR.      

Saucony Kinvara 6 - White Miles: 14.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From FREYGUY on Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 06:41:43 from 70.198.133.206

Great race yesterday. Isn't that a PR?? I would just like to break 1:25.

From Jason D on Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 16:36:13 from 68.80.27.222

That a nice PR. You are coming into shape nicely. And the win! I'm still waiting to win something longer than 10k.

Looks like the adjusted pace is sub-6:00, which sounds about right given the hills. Mile 5-6 looks like it had some change.

Vegan, eh? I did the diet for some time and found it actually decreased my bathroom stops (lots of unprocessed foods, and so on). I've since started eating meat again but I am drawn to a lot of vegan dishes and the idea of it.

From joebell1981 on Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 15:54:21 from 99.39.133.24

Thanks, guys.

I don't think I'm doing the vegan thing right... too much fiber it seems like. I'm holding strong so far. It's been especially tough at my place of work.

Nathan can attest to that :)

From FREYGUY on Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 16:39:35 from 70.198.130.0

Vegan is pretty hard core for anyone working at indot or living in Seymour. Stick with that idea and try going vegetarian or vegetarian fir 2 of 3 meals a day. It's not as much of a stretch

From FREYGUY on Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 16:40:19 from 70.198.130.0

Your looking very trim the way it is.

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