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Location:

St. Petersburg,FL,

Member Since:

Dec 30, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

  • 5k - 3/8/14 - Armadillo Run - 15:58
  • 10k - 2/7/15 - BDR, Safety Harbor - 33:17
  • 15k - 2/21/15 - Gasparilla - 51:05
  • 1/2 - 12/14/14 - Holiday Halfathon - 1:13:31
  • Marathon - 10/04/15 - Twin Cities - 2:38:46

Short-Term Running Goals:

2016 Races

Clearwater Halfathon - Jan 11
Donna Hicken Marathon - Feb 14
Gasparilla 15k - Feb 20
Florida Beach Halfathon - Mar 6
??? Chicago Marathon ???

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find balance. Run with my girls. Break 15 in the 5k.

Personal:

Born in 1973 in Southern California.

Ran in high school for Arcadia. They have a famous cross-country team now. In my day, we were famous for dodging our coach during runs.

Over the next 15 years I ran very little, but life was awesome. I lived mostly in Northern California, where I met my wife. We moved back to her native state of Florida in 2005, where I gradually started running more seriously.

 
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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Thu, Dec 31, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

AM: 8 miles.

PM: 3 miles, 2 with Elise on her bike.

I'm not great at resolutions, but running resolutions are easier (to come up with at least). For 2016:

  • Find ways to run with my girls as often as possible.
  • Run with at least 10 new people.
  • Be a better friend to the people I already run with.
  • Run 5,000 miles.
  • Run 3 PRs.

Easy! Happy New Year!

 

Comments
From jtshad on Sat, Jan 02, 2016 at 14:29:35 from 173.198.176.201

5,000 miles??!! Wow! Like the new pic!

Happy New Year!

From Drew on Sun, Jan 03, 2016 at 09:16:02 from 173.171.218.92

Thanks Jeff! Happy New Year to you. I hope the running breaks go your way en route to a great marathon.

I'd give myself a 15-20% chance of hitting that goal - but writing it down helps a little. Oh yeah, and it's a leap year!

From Jake K on Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 08:47:09 from 159.212.71.173

Those are excellent goals. A good balance there.

My resolution is to not run 5000+ miles in a year ever again :-)

From Drew on Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 11:22:41 from 24.73.66.122

Jake - having watched your training in full beast mode, that resolution may prove a challenge. Happy New Year!

From Jake K on Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 21:13:03 from 67.166.113.191

Not anymore! :-) I suspect at some point I'll do some blocks of time at the higher mileage levels, but I can't see myself doing it year-round like I used to.

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