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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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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
38.400.003.600.0042.00
Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 12.80Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 42.00
Weight: 151.00
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Off run after Carmel Marathon yesterday- legs feel about 6 out of 10 on the soreness scale, 8 out of 10 on the tired scale.  Easy biking in the evening today - 7.7 mi. on the crappy/clunky 10 speed Nishiki - 34:00

Got new shoes yesterday as a reward for PR and BQing (hopefully good enough to get in this time :) ) - I like the current Blue Ravenna 3's I have so much that I bought another pair (a different color).  I'm excited about running in those. :)  Tomorrow...

Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 7.70
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Off run after Carmel Marathon Saturday - legs feel about 6 out of 10 on the soreness scale, 6 out of 10 on the tired scale. Eating whatever I want today :) 

8 pm - 30 minutes of easy bootcamp video (light core and light legs)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

New shoes! :)

PM neighborhood loop - easy 8 - 2x4mi. (34:13, 33:44)

Marathon Legs: Soreness = 5 of 10, Fatigue = 6 of 10

Feel much better today after running and eating well again.  The last 2 days I've been pigging out and enjoying all the bad food I don't usually eat.  :)

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.300.000.000.009.30

PM outside run - great weather!  I feel summer coming in the air :)

soreness and fatigue still a there but fading...

6 mi. easy - 50 min., 3.4 w/ dog - 30 min.

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 9.30
Weight: 151.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.800.000.500.005.30

PM outside recovery workout: 1.5 mi, 0.5 mi. 5k pace, 1.2 mi., 5.1 bike - 21:25, 2 mi. 

Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 5.10Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 5.30
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Off - poker tonight at Horseshoe!

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Race: Couch Tater 5k (3.1068 Miles) 00:18:48, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.300.003.100.0019.40

AM run:

7.9 mi. Easy run (1:03:32) over to 5k race across town,

0.5 mi. WU, Columbus 5k race in 18:48 - fatigued legs from Carmel, I guess... Anyway at the 1.5 mi. mark I slipped on wet pavement and fell and landed on my left knee pretty hard - bruised and skinned.  

Felt really taxing on the last mile to run a 6:15 (5:42, 6:03, 6:15, 0:48), any way, good enough for a distant 4th and 1st age group... I need to get this 5k time down to 17:30 in a month (17:48 before marathon on semi fresh legs, so I think a little more speed work, and I'll be close?)

8 mi. easy run (in the pouring cold rain) home (1:02:07).  I kept thinking of Forrest Gump for some reason - "big ole fat rain"

 

 

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 19.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
38.400.003.600.0042.00
Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 12.80Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 42.00
Weight: 151.00
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