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Location:

Middle Grove,NY,

Member Since:

Nov 01, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Finished two marathons before my 21st birthday this year (5.28.07),
First Marathon - 10/08/06 - Mohawk Hudson River Marathon 4:26:57,
Second Marathon - 5/27/07 - Vermont City Marathon 4:32:xx

Personal Bests:

400 - 1:01 (2004)
800 - 2:16 (2004)
Mile - 5:12 (2004)
2Mile - 11:27 (2004)
5k - 19:44 (2005)
10k 40:46 (11/22/07)
15k - 1:07:40 (11/11/07)
13.11 Half - 1:38:31 (12/9/07)
Marathon 4:26:57 (2006)

Gave up soda starting November 23, 2006. Still going strong.
Eagle Scout with Bronze and Gold Palms (2002)

Biked from Ticonderoga, New York to Old Orchard Beach, Maine in August of 2005 (Total of about 290 miles)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Be able to run more than 3 miles pain free again.
Eliminate processed foods from my diet.
Increased Focus on Core Strength Exercises.
No Eating After 8:00pm!
Get more sleep.
Most importantly, Think POSITIVE!!!

50 MILE and 100 MILE bike rides before the end of the year!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Be able to lace up my shoes and head out the door into my 70s, 80s, and 90s. Would like to do a marathon in as many states and countries as I can.

Break 19 minutes for a 5k
Break 39 minutes for a 10k
Break 60 minutes for a 15k
~~Break 1:40 for a half marathon~~
Break 1:33 for half marathon
Under 3:10:59 in full marathon (*BQ)

QUALIFY FOR AND RUN IN THE BOSTON MARATHON!!!!!

Run a TRAIL Marathon as well as at least one 50 or 100 MILER in my life!

Personal:

"Just Race" - Jonn during Stockade-athon 15k 11.11.2007

"Get out the door and let the run happen." - Sasha

**Trying hard to live up to both of these goals!** Determined to finish more marathons, and hopefully a 50miler one day!

I live in upstate NY. I am the oldest of four kids. I've been running since the spring of 2003 when I decided to shed some extra weight and maybe go out for my high school cross country team. Currently am doing MS in Education. Hope to teach Social Studies one day. I have the most amazing girlfriend ever, and she frequently goes running/jogging/hiking with me. Going to marry her one day :)

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Fri, Nov 16, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
6.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.30

8:00AM - Decided to give sore ankle a rest last night, though it was still sore when I woke up this morning. Decided to "test the waters" and started off slow; didn't want to drop sub 8:00 (Funny because a few weeks ago this was a "faster" run). Ended up going 6.3 in 51:25. Overall : 8:09 pace / mile

So I'm looking ahead, and just got an email from the Keybank Vermont City Marathon (held the last week in May each year) - - and informed me that registration was opening for next May, 2008 running. I loved the atmosphere and it was a nice course, though over half the field are relay runners which gets kind of confusing and annoying at times. I'm really wanting to set a PR in the marathon.. and I want to do the small-scale Mohawk-Hudson River Marathon in Albany, NY which limits participation to 500 runners - first weekend in October of 2008... should I hold off on completing another marathon until then? What do I need to do to build up my mileage base to be able to set a PR in the Marathon? I guess I'm just asking advice for how long to build up mileage before trying another 26.2. Hopefully by the time I move up to the next age bracket I could possibly get a qualifying Boston time, but I think it would take a lot of work in order to break the 3:10:00 barrier. Heck, I might have a better shot at raising the required 3,000 bucks :-.

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 12:20:16

Benn - if you just want a marathon PR, sign up for the next marathon you can get into, and you'll get it. Your current PR is much slower than your current fitness. However, to get a BQ you probably need anywhere between 6 months and a year of solid training. I would say do not worry about a marathon until you are breaking 1:30 in the half. Marathons are much more enjoyable when they last less.

From Benn on Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 12:45:34

Haha. Okay then. Yeah I heard Bill Rodgers last week at the expo say that he gives credit to people that are willing to run for 4hrs + because he could not imagine running that long. I agree with your judgment then. I'll enter the October one (which is flat, with one 100m hill and overall 400 ft net elevation loss) .. and gun for a huge PR there! Thanks!

From MichelleL on Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 20:37:54

I agree with Sasha, but I would do lots of half marathon races between now in October so that you can progress as much as possible and not procrastinate on your training.

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