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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
50.006.003.100.0059.10
Blue Clifton 4 Miles: 45.80Saucony Kinvara 6 - White Miles: 6.00Saucony A5 - Green Miles: 4.20
Weight: 143.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
22.000.000.000.0022.00

Run to Grandview to run with Tim and Dave Browning.  Humidity and heat really snuck up on me near the end ofthe run.  22 mi. - 3:02:02

Lowest weight I have recorded in a while afterward.  Waaaay dehydrated, somehow

Blue Clifton 4 Miles: 22.00
Weight: 143.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.900.000.000.006.90

5 miles east in AM.  walks at work

Blue Clifton 4 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.803.000.000.007.80

AM - 3 mi. easy. 

Lunch runon Pensy Trail in GField: 3mi. Uptempo 4.7mi. - 32:27

Blue Clifton 4 Miles: 7.80
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.300.000.000.006.30

Lunch run on canal and up the stairs of government bldg.  6miles- 53:27

walk to car

Saucony Kinvara 6 - White Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.900.000.000.004.90

4 mi. easy before work

walk at work

Blue Clifton 4 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.003.000.000.007.00

3 miles before work easy

Lunch run in Gfield: 3mi. AT  4mi. total - 30min.

Blue Clifton 4 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Firecracker 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:17:46, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.100.003.100.004.20

Series 5k through Mill Race - 17:46 for a course that was a bit short.  Struggled down the stretch and some youngsters smoked me. 

5:44, 5:48, 5:56

5th place overall, and ran pretty well.

Saucony A5 - Green Miles: 4.20
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
50.006.003.100.0059.10
Blue Clifton 4 Miles: 45.80Saucony Kinvara 6 - White Miles: 6.00Saucony A5 - Green Miles: 4.20
Weight: 143.40
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