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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
49.490.002.380.0051.87
14 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14 - Blue Miles: 5.5015 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 9.50Vilano Bike On Mag Trainer Miles: 15.0017 - Salomon Speedcross 3 - Black Miles: 34.87IN State Park Hiking/Trail Running Miles: 29.62
Weight: 155.33
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.120.002.380.005.50

PM treadmill@1%: WU, 1mi.@10mph, 2min. rec. jog, 0.625mi.@10mph, 1:30 rec. jog, 0.5mi.@10.4mph, 1:00rec. jog, 0.25mi.@10.8mph, CD.  

Wow - these paces are depressingly slow for the effort they are requiring.  My mileage is really been down, too... these up coming 4 hr trail races should be awesome... :) 

 

 

14 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14 - Blue Miles: 5.50
Weight: 152.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

easy 30 minutes on the treadmill - apprently, that's exactly 3.5 miles.

15 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

am: easy jog testing out new tights for 50k this weekend.  willneed warmer socks and maybe something to cover the face if its this cold saturday. single digits is a bit much. 2 mi. - 14:30

early pm- using the christmas present from the wife - mag bike trainer.

no bike computer yet, but i put in a moderate effort for 30 minutes. good timing, weather wise - indoor cardio is preferable when its like 5 deg. outside...

later pm: mag bike trainer - moderate effort for 30 more minutes - I'm assuming 15mph

Vilano Bike On Mag Trainer Miles: 15.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

OFF - Merry Christmas!!  Weighed myself at the end of the day today for a good laugh - 159.0!! :(

Weight: 159.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

easy 6 mi. Terr. Lake - w/ 1.5 mi. pickup - 46:10 total.  50k Saturday

15 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

easy 5.25 mi. around the hood - 42:30 total.  50k tomorrow - gotta leave at 4am to get there in time :(

17 - Salomon Speedcross 3 - Black Miles: 5.25
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Huff 50k (29.62 Miles) 03:50:25, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
29.620.000.000.0029.62

this race turned out well, but not as expected. 

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/420905810

40 degrees, but snow on the trails in Albion, IN this morning.  The course is a 2x15mi. loop with a little bit of road running, one water crossing, but about 80% of the trails were non-technical/manageable.  Partly due to the Saloman Speedcross 3's, I think - they get an A+ rating for trail running from me BTW.

Very good pacing hleped me today.  It all worked out - went out at right about what I thought was manageable, given recent low mileage in training.  Think the splits from 2 laps were almost identicle: 1:55:xx for the first lap, 1:55:xx for second. 

Lap 1: 8:03, 7:39, 43, 34, 29, 31, 38, 33, 34, 38, 45, 53, 8:16, 7:44, 7:34

Lap2: 7:59, 32, 46, 42, 50, 51, 50, 32, 8:02, 7:47, 7:26, 8:04, 8:09, 7:55, 4:31 for 0.62mi. ?  Second lap I moved up about 10 places, and was literally blowing past people - again the correct pace was planned and dialed in from the beginning (I'm very proud and surprised with myself :) )

Yeah, I don't know what was going with this course, but, it was likely that my Garmin was just losing signal.  I also stopped to use bathroom twice and a couple times required stopping at aid stations.  Much different from road races - less aid stations, and they almost require you to stop at them... at least in this trail race :(.  I hit every one - mostly just pounding about 3 gatorade cups and a water since the aid stations were at about every 4-5 miles and I carried 5 GUs with me.  Nonetheless, it worked out for my GI system for some reason, and I managed to not really ever crash.  Prob also attributed to running a manageable pace (especially in the beginning of the race)

Good race - well organized and decent enough swag/food/aid stations and directions.  The 3 hour drive wasn't too bad either.  Might do this one again if I can get some company next year.

 

IN State Park Hiking/Trail Running Miles: 29.6217 - Salomon Speedcross 3 - Black Miles: 29.62
Weight: 155.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
49.490.002.380.0051.87
14 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14 - Blue Miles: 5.5015 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 9.50Vilano Bike On Mag Trainer Miles: 15.0017 - Salomon Speedcross 3 - Black Miles: 34.87IN State Park Hiking/Trail Running Miles: 29.62
Weight: 155.33
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