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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

Thu, Jan 17, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
6.22	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.22

9:00 AM - Yeah, it's definitely winter. As if there weren't any other way for Mother Nature to affirm that in fact it is not late November, but rather the full-fledged assault on mankind's existence we like to call winter, another single digit temperature to start the day. Legs felt fresh. No soreness whatsoever. But after the first mile, despite 3 upper layers, and a full length spandex bottom as well as a pair of winter running pants, certain appendages began to freeze and I opted for a slightly shorter run than I had hoped. I had wanted to do the 8.25 loop, but by mile 3 it had not only gotten cold, but had begun to actually hurt. I turned around and booked it home. Oh what I wouldn't give to be anywhere where there was a temperature at least with two digits!

Total Time: 45:24 Total Mileage: 6.22 Average Pace: 7:18 / mile

Asics 2120s: 44.03

Comments

From josse on Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 10:18:31

I feel for you man! I hope school is going well.

From MichelleL on Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 10:20:25

At least you are wearing pants instead of shorts! And you ran more than me today!

From Benn on Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 10:23:48

School is going alright. But the financial Aid office called me back during my class the other day, and left a number, which I called and had to leave a message. Now I called back again yesterday and it says : "Error you have dialed an invalid number". I checked and dialed again, and same message. I hope they are not going to make me pay too much late fees for not having my bill paid on time. I still need to find out what bank or whatever I need to go to to get the rest of the money I need to just pay off my bill! Emmy said to just take out another loan, because I shouldn't have to empty every penny I've saved in the last two years to just pay for a semester of grad school. The point is to go into debt and worry about that when I get a real job. Hopefully my mom can help me out tomorrow with this.

From josse on Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 10:45:27

I would rather pay for it know and enjoy the money you make later. Intrest is no fun! But if you are going to go in dept school or a house is a good reason. Best of luck with all that.

From Bonnie on Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 13:08:36

Benn, hang in there. Regarding the grad school bill, I don't know what sort of situation you are in exactly, but I (and most of my friends) had some sort of financial crises (relating to loans or payments) while in school. Most of the time the office (and bank) will work with you if you call them.

With respect to the future, it will get better! It does not happen overnight, but one day (and I promise this), you will wake up and feel like the financial woes of school are over (and it will be worth it).

Unfortunately, it is things like this that distract you from focusing on both the learning and experience of your education. Don't let it ... keep your eye on the prize and don't get bogged down in the minutia. And, enjoy the flexibility of this time in your life.

Happy running,

Bonnie

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 14:03:57

Sarah and I made it through school with no debt. The trick was to go to a cheap school (BYU), to always work a job, and to live off bare essentials. BYU is a good school, and I love it, but you would not be able to get into certain places just with a BYU degree. But I do not care to be in those places anyway. And few people I worked for ever cared if I even had a degree. At least that was not what I was going to brag about during the interview. Instead I talked about my favorite programming projects I had done. Now the guy I work for really does not care if I have a degree or not because that guy is myself :-)

Bottom line of all there are many well-paid professions where 10 years down the road what you have accomplished will matter more than where you got your degree. So I would just focus on getting really good at something that you can be good at, save your money as much as you can, and not worry about school too much.

Regarding being cold in odd places - a pair of shorts over two layers of tights does the trick for me for 0 F temperatures.

From Benn on Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 23:56:55

Yeah, well I should have gone into business or computer science I guess. Can't do much with a history undergrad.

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 17:29:39

Benn - never too late to start. To tell you the truth, the stuff they teach in CS in undergrad college is not worth 4 years of your time. It is something you will learn naturally in a year or two of hands-on experience. If you think you have some natural talent for computer programming, and are interested, I can give you some tips on how to get started.

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