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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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Interview @ 1:00 for a Graduate Assistantship Program for school. Butterflies in my estomacho! eek! Hopefully a walk later this evening to enjoy the weather though!

 

4:00 PM - Went walking with Emma today in Pittsfield. It was so much fun! Sunny and a little breezy. Temperature was about 75 or so. We went walking on a back road and walked up Dean Hill Road in Richmond, Massachusetts and then came across this marker from 1898 that marked the MA/NY border which was cool. Emma gave me a little kiss and it was funny because then we concluded we were kissing each other in two places at the same time :-*. All in all a nice walk. We went 4.5 miles in 70 minutes. Wish we could live there!

Comments
From MichelleL on Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 11:16:09

A job where you get to sit?!? I hope it pans out! Best of luck!

From Benn on Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 15:15:41

Thanks Michelle. Yeah you actually get to sit at this one! It's only 10-12 hrs a week during the school year but you get to sit AND it pays for 2 of your grad classes. I went and met everyone. They seem nice. Only bummer is there are 3 applicants. One interviewed last week, and I interviewed today. The third one hasn't returned their phone calls. We'll see what happens. I haven't used the Microsoft Access program that they use, but it seems easy enough to pick up. I just hope they give me a chance at it.

From MichelleL on Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 16:06:41

Access is easy to pick up. If I were you and wanted the job, I would the Access tutorial, then email those you interviewed with, thanking them for the interview and letting them know that you did the tutorial and it looked like it will be easy to pick up. Perhaps that could push you over?

From josse on Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 16:19:09

I agree with Michelle, doesn't hurt a bit to make contact. The one who pursues is usually the one who get what they want.

From Benn on Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 09:16:30

Well I didn't know which I should do, so I sent out a thank you card this morning to them, though they won't get it for a few days. Should I go ahead and email them too? I don't want to seem begging or anything you know? In my thank you note I put in a line "My brother's offered to tutor me in Access in exchange for me helping him on his Global Studies Regents Exam". Don't know if I should go ahead and email her, since she'll get the email today and the thank you note not until Friday at the earliest.

From MichelleL on Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 11:26:31

I am not sure on etiquette but I asked my husband who is a professor and he said to go ahead and email since some professors only check their snail mail once a week. I wouldn't use the word "tutor" when mentioning your brother's help. Perhaps just say you are getting acquainted with the software in some more generic sense. The "trading tutoring with my brother" sounds more hokey, no offense intended :) Best of luck!

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