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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
42.1520.111.000.0063.26
Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 38.06Brooks Ravenna 3 - Blue Miles: 25.20
Weight: 152.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.256.000.000.0015.25

Broken GPS watch = guestimates of splits...

AM runs: 8:30a easy run 6.25 -54:41 

9:30a 1mi.WU -8:20, 2.5 MP - 17:20

mother's day with Grandma and mom :)

PM run: 7:45p ~2 mi. WU -17:00, 3.5 mi. tempo - 22:54.   This felt like faster than 6:32/mi., but I feel like I accomplished the goal of the workout. (3-4 @ HMP)   Looking to break 1:23:00 this weekend in Geist Half, hopefully... 

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 15.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.200.000.000.004.20

Man, I ate way to much today - Pap johns pizza for dinner and trying to run an hour later wasn't too productive :)

4.2 sluggish miles around the neighborhood

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 4.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.501.001.000.0010.50

5:30p run to the track:  6.5 mi. w/  2x0.5mi. (2:56, 3:00) - It was pretty hot, but my legs also felt dead.  Saving up for Geist Half this Saturday. Total time - 56:22

Mowed the lawn and suffered my usually mild allergy attack.

8p neighborhood run: 4 mi. w/ dog - 3 mi. easy, finished up with 0.5 mi MP and 0.5 mi. HMP.  Legs felt a lot better than earlier in the day. 

Total time - 31:45

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Blue Miles: 10.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

7pm run - 7.25 rec. mi. - 57:16

8:30 pm - 1.75 rec. mi. w/ dog - 14:00

Nice and easy today

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Blue Miles: 9.00
Weight: 152.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.700.000.000.005.70

PM rec. miles:

2.5 mi. w/ dog - 20:47, 3.2 mi. easy - 24:36 -- bad spaghetti tonight - :( - pukey face

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Blue Miles: 5.70
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Race: Geist Half Marathon (13.11 Miles) 01:26:02, Place overall: 27, Place in age division: 7
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.5013.110.000.0018.61

1 mi. WU over to start line, 

Course is very hilly, and I've been feeling bad with a stomach bug the last couple days.  I was feeling some cramping /tightness and had digestion  issues throughout the race today.  Fairly pleased with the result considering all the excuses I had :)

Last 5k was horrible... 21:11 :(

The legs also felt tight from mile 1, so oh well.

15k under an hour and 1:04:52 though 10 mi.  No GPS watch still, so no splits.

God, my stomach is still churning while sitting here typing this.  :(

This is a point to point race, so 4.5 mi. slow rec. jog back to car.

Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 18.61
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
42.1520.111.000.0063.26
Brooks Ravenna 3 - Red Miles: 38.06Brooks Ravenna 3 - Blue Miles: 25.20
Weight: 152.00
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