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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
27.483.006.160.0036.64
Saucony Guide 7 Miles: 3.75Brooks Adrenaline 15 - White Miles: 28.15
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.750.000.000.003.75

AM - Easy 33 min. with Nathan - 3.75miles. Nathan was going long this morning.  I wasnt good for much more than a shakeout.

Saucony Guide 7 Miles: 3.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.150.000.000.003.15

New shoes -Brooks Adrenaline 15.  Bought a new rolling stick - still feeling it in the legs.  Eating a lot, chugging water, foam rolling, and taking it easy at home today.  I even took off work.

Brooks Adrenaline 15 - White Miles: 3.15
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.001.501.500.009.00

I am feeling a lot better about life after a couple days recovery and eating some comfort foods and getting some new shoes -Brooks Adrenaline feel great!  Cushion and support are a strange feeling after running in old shoes and flats primarily.  :)

Back to it today:

AM TM at gym.  Easy run/Shakeout - 30min. - 3.5 mi.  Started turning it up a bit at the end to get ready for this afternoon's workout. 

PM Lunch - TM at gym - it is raining outside.

WU w/ strides,
0.25mi. @ 10.7mph, 1min. rec. jog,
0.5mi. @ 10.7mph, 1min. rec. jog,
1.5mi. MP @9.5mph, 1min. rec.,
0.5mi. @ 10.7mph, 1min. rec.,
0.25mi. @ 11mph,
CD w/ stretching and foam rolling.

Feeling decent in legs.  Killing it aerobically.

Brooks Adrenaline 15 - White Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Lunch TM at gym - 4mi. - 32:12

Brooks Adrenaline 15 - White Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.001.501.500.005.00

AM TM at gym - 3mi. alt MP/HMP (MP = 9.5 mph / HMP = 10mph).  Stretching, core, and foam rolling afterward.  Legs feel good - got a little in the red on the last bit of HMP.

5mi. total - 34:30

Brooks Adrenaline 15 - White Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

AM: TM gym easy 30 min. - 3.75 mi.

PM: TM gym - easy 30 min. - 3.25 mi.

Brooks Adrenaline 15 - White Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Oktoberfest 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:17:46, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.580.003.160.004.74

AM Series 5k Race in Seymour.  Chili this morning and rain spitting on the windshield as I was leaving the house - almost kept me at home.  Had to text Nathan to confirm his attendance to convince myself to go :)

Not raining in Seymour fortunately, but, much cooler than it has been.  Windy also (hurricane weather making its way in land).  A great turnout (about 400), including a couple of younger guys and the local guy who wins every year toeing the line.  A young guy, the usual winner, and a funny older gentlemen going for a 1 mile PR apparently, shot off as the gun went off.  Older guy and younger guy fell back before one mile mark, but, the winner (Ryan) continued to pull away.  To my surprise, I never started reeling him in as in previous years.  He wound up running 16:4x and a huge PR for him.  

A decent showing for me: Mile 1 could've been a little more controlled, but, 5:29, and then a 5:49 for mile 2 evened me back out.  I recovered with a 5:39 last mile and 0:50 for the partial.  17:46 - 5k a week after a draining effort in another failed marathon - I'll take it.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
27.483.006.160.0036.64
Saucony Guide 7 Miles: 3.75Brooks Adrenaline 15 - White Miles: 28.15
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