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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
36.4515.103.750.2555.55
Brooks Ghost 4 - Blue Miles: 9.20Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 10.10IN State Park Hiking/Trail Running Miles: 3.50Brooks Ravenna 3 - Blue Miles: 13.00Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 29.85
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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I wanted to ride my bike to Brown County State Park and do some trail running today but:

10.1 mi. bike - 42:27 (halfway to Brown County State Park - got a flat tire).  Turned around and rode the rim for a little bit, and then decided it would be wise to not destroy my bike and left it leaned up against a telephone pole beside SR 46.

9.2 mi run home 1:17:31,

Got Tiff and drove back out to pick the bike and then continued on to hike in Brown County Park -- 3.5 mi. hike - 1:15:14

Brooks Ghost 4 - Blue Miles: 9.20Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 10.10IN State Park Hiking/Trail Running Miles: 3.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.001.000.000.007.00

PM run after work:  Easy 7 outside - 80 degrees -

6 slow, finished up with 1mi. at MP to beat the rain - 58:30

Legs are feeling almost 100%

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Blue Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.500.002.250.004.75

Light Track workout today to test the legs:

T-Storms scattered throughout the day - so I barely got this short workout in before the warning sirens went off:

4.75 mi. - 1.5mi WU,1mi. - 5:36, 800 rec, 1200m - 4:24, 400 rec, 800m - 2:53, 400m, sirens and dark clouds rolling in...

 

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 4.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.251.001.500.259.00

PM Pacing workout - 85 degrees:

2.5 mi. WU w/ strides - 20:27, 0.75 - 4:46, 200m rec. - 1:02, 0.5 - 3:03, 200m rec. - 1:05, 0.25 - :79, 1.5 mi. rec. - 13:19, 1 mi. - 6:33, 2 mi. CD - 17:07

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

PM - Easy 6 mi. - 50:07

Gonna get some early miles in tomorrow morning - off work - and then heading to Churchill Downs for the Oaks!! (The second biggest horse race at the world famous track the day before the Kentucky Derby.)  Seymour Half Marathon on Saturday - looks like its going to be in the 60s with a slight chance of rain for the Saturday morning...


Brooks Ravenna 3 - Blue Miles: 6.00
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Race: Seymour Mini Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:24:55, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.0013.100.000.0016.10

I woke up this morning and felt like there was a freaking stress fracture in my left leg.  So I jogged about a half a mile in the neighborhood before laving to drive to the race.  It felt like it maybe needed to loosen up and it would be fine.  Fortunately, it did just need to loosen up and work itself out.  Anyway, the race was a good one apart from the weather - a little warm but very humid.  Didn't wear my watch for this race because of how my leg was feeling as well as the heat, so no splits.  3 guys take off from the start line not to be seen again until later in the race.  Me and a couple of the Crossroads Race Series regulars, Nathan, and several others that I don't recognize are in the chase pack.  By mile 4 or 5 it appears as though the pack is down to 3.  Then the only climb on the course and I began to fall off of the other 2 (they actually sped up I think :))  So around mile 10 I pass one of the early leaders, mile 11 another early leader is walking as I pass, and mile 12 the guy who was way out in front for the first 7 or 8 miles is noticeably limping as I pass - cramping issues I discover.  

I'm surprised as I approach the finish and see that I can get under 1:25 - I feel as though I have been much slower in the last 5k, but it turns out that the guys I was running with until the climb were speeding up.  So much for stress fracture :)  My leg feels fine.  I jog back to the mile 12 water station for a beer! :) (after chugging some water/sports drink) -- great cooldown strategy ;)

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 16.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
36.4515.103.750.2555.55
Brooks Ghost 4 - Blue Miles: 9.20Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 10.10IN State Park Hiking/Trail Running Miles: 3.50Brooks Ravenna 3 - Blue Miles: 13.00Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 29.85
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