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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
36.667.008.050.0051.71
Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 3.50Vilano Road Bike Miles: 10.0014 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14 - Blue Miles: 8.5615 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 4.4512 - Saucony Kinvara 4 - Neon Miles: 19.41Saucony Kinvara - White And Red Miles: 15.79
Weight: 146.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

AM - bike to starbucks and wlamart - 10 miles easy pace.

AM2 - easy shakeout run - 3.5 miles - about 30 minutes

Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 3.50Vilano Road Bike Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

PM: easy 5 miles around the hood - about 45 minutes.

14 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14 - Blue Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.290.000.000.004.29

AM: easy 30 min. before work around the hood - about 3.5 miles.  Legs are just fine.  Almost as if I ran about half the marathon at MP and the rest at 7:30-8min. miles...

PM: spoke too soon - pretty painful 7 minutes and gave up on it this evening - 0.7 mi. :)

14 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14 - Blue Miles: 3.5615 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 0.73
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.720.000.000.003.72

AM before work - easy 31 minutes - 3.72 miles.  Nice and cool with clear skies

15 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 3.72
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.120.004.880.0012.00

AM: before work - 60 degrees.  4x0.72mi. Threshold - 4:15, 4:10, 4:08, 4:08.  Weird distance, but works out well with the 1 mile block layout around my neighborhood.  6mi. total - 43:38.  Feel good today.

PM: after dark - 80 degrees.  8x0.25mi. LT w/ 1:00 rec. jog - 87, 85, 83, 85, 81, 81, 80, 80. Still feeling decent.

12 - Saucony Kinvara 4 - Neon Miles: 12.00
Weight: 146.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.390.000.000.003.39

AM: easy 30 minutes - 3.39 miles

Saucony Kinvara - White And Red Miles: 3.39
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Oktoberfest 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:17:51, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.647.003.170.0019.81

AM: Crossraods 5k - chilly and windy morning.  Lots of familiar faces.  Good times.  WU with some strides.  Mile 1 was a quick take off and immediately into what would remain top 3 places.  Pretty consistent pace by guys in front of me, actually.  It was strange because both of them are notorius for going out really fast.  2nd place came back to me in mile 2, but I struggled after a faster mile 2, honestly.  I am a little confused on what to expect from myself.  Everything I have done in training seems to point to a lower 17 minute 5k at some point. I could not get my breathing back in control, and my heart rate seemed to be going nuts after feeeling very calm and in control after 1 mile.  

5k Race - 17:52   Splits: 5:38, 5:29, 5:46, 0:57 for 0.17mi.

I did a workout of 8x0.5mi. at 5:20 avg. pace a couple weeks ago... but 5:30 pace puts me in the red after a 5:38.  I don't get it. 

Recovery pace CD jog for 2.6 mi. with a fellow Quaffer.  She broke the women's course record this morning and PRed - good job Sara!

Drove home and went out for the added MP workout I had wanted this morning at the race, but lazily neglected.  A little warmer, but still very gusty.  Workout quickly turned into a  7 mile cutdown  with erratic effort and pace from the wind.

7:26, 6:45, 6:39, 6:20, 6:18, 6:22, 6:17, 6:11, 7:21, 7:26, 7:18, 7:18, 3:01 partial.  

12.4 mi. total - 1:24:47

 

Saucony Kinvara - White And Red Miles: 12.4012 - Saucony Kinvara 4 - Neon Miles: 7.41
Weight: 146.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
36.667.008.050.0051.71
Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 3.50Vilano Road Bike Miles: 10.0014 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14 - Blue Miles: 8.5615 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 4.4512 - Saucony Kinvara 4 - Neon Miles: 19.41Saucony Kinvara - White And Red Miles: 15.79
Weight: 146.10
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