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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

Sat, Feb 09, 2008

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

Blah seems a pretty good term for summing up today. Feel like junk and want to run but can't. Stuck at home babysitting and can't go to the YMCA. Man this is peachy. Not to mention have to do a stupid paper for grad school that is absolutely pointless. Tried reading more from Running Through the Wall. All that does is make me more depressed. Now it's snowing a ton too. And to make a horrible day even better, found out that somehow all 3 sets of my keys got locked in my car. I need a redo at life.

Going to plan my hardest to get to the YMCA and do a good 40 min + bike ride or something. Got my paper done which is good. That leaves tomorrow open (more than usual) to get in a cardio. me = Misses Running :'(!!

Comments

From Paul Ivory on Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 13:19:03

Benn, cheer up, dude. Here is a note from the March Runners World, page 46.

"Know when to rest.

Injuries happen, but by allowing ample recovery time during training, you can help avoid arriving at the start with aches and pains. Follow a hard day with one or two easy days, and a hard two weeks with an easy one (reduced mileage by 10 to 20 percent). Take a rest day at least every 10 days. And at the slightest hint of injury, reduce workload and intensity, or resort to cross-training, and seek physical therapy."

This past week for me has been a very easy week of running (because I have been working so late at work), so today when we did 10 speed interval miles it turned out to be the easiest 10 miles of intervals that I have ever done.

Please look forward to the great times when you are healthy again, but this time work in more of the rest that Runners World is talking about. The above advice is from an article about elite world class runners, so it certainly applies to the rest of us.

From Benn on Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 13:29:48

Yeah, I will try Paul. Injuries just really suck to put it bluntly. The rest of me just wants to run, and my achilles is like the stubborn deciding vote in a Senate debate that won't cave to popular opinion. And it's not like it's a knee injury or quad injury that you can run through, because a sore achilles ruins everything. I've been stretching, icing, heating, everything and it's just as sore as it was on the first day now. And if I go to physical therapy all they'll do is take a lot of my money and give me the same advice. It's just that when running is your vice and you're forced to go without it, you feel empty inside and it reflects in your attitude. You feel lazy, sluggish and just don't have the normal chipperness. At least this is my experience. And all this when I am supposed to be looking forward to my spring races. :-. I think its a bigger depressant than alcohol.

From Paul Ivory on Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 13:34:36

No doubt it is a big downer, but imagine the height of the happiness when you are running free and easy with the wind in your hair in a few months and you reflect back on this dark period of your running life.

All it can do is get better from here. Enjoy, Paul

From MichelleL on Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 15:51:45

Dang Benn. I agree, I don't like to go to specialists when you pretty much know the answer to your problem, and I certainly wouldn't do it on your budget :) Just take the rest one day at a time. You'll survive. The spring will come, the injury will heal, and you will reach your goals.

From Jody on Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 16:18:17

HANG IN THERE!!! It will get better!!!

From James on Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 20:21:51

Sorry about the crappy day.

From Benn on Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 22:16:53

Thanks for all the positives everyone. I'm really hoping that soon I will get out of the dark sulky blahness and able to run free again. Just trying to stay positive and think about that June 1st marathon. I CAN DO THIS! This year I just want to be able to smash my Marathon PR, and I think that if I train right all year, then definitely the October 12th marathon might be the breakthrough. I'll go all for broke and beat my 4:26 time then I think. For now, just trying to get back healthy and able to run, so I can complete that trail marathon !

From Curtis on Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 22:43:44

Hey Benn thankyou for the encouragement. That's very nice that someone from N.Y. is reading my little blog. Sorry about your crappy day and the snow. We have had about 2 feet on ground here for about 2 month's. I am ready for spring. My grnaddaughter is pretty much out of options. So it looks like she will be going on the heart transplant list.

Keep up the good running.

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