| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 20.77 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.77 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
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10:00 PM - Had a wonderful Easter with Emma and her family in Massachusetts, and after a nice lunch, I zipped home and got to see my sister before she headed back to school as well. Have been feeling pretty good these past few days, and I am anxiously anticipating the Spring and hopefully being able to slowly get back into my running 'thang'. Keeping it slow and steady though for now. Did a mile walk for warm up, light stretching, then 1 mile @ 12:00 jogging, then .5 miles walking to cool off. All in all a nice excursion.
Total Time: 35:23 Total Distance: 2.5 miles Average Pace: 14:09 / mile | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.41 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.41 |
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10:00 AM - Since it's only been about 12 hours since I did my walk last night, I did not want to push it too hard. Did a mile warm up, then 1 mile slow jogging @ 12:00, then a 5 minute walking cool down. Read some from Jack Batten's The Complete Jogger (c. 1977) and I have found at least through the first 30 pages that Batten supports what I am feeling about my training right now. He suggests:
- 1. Train, don't Strain (oh how true is that!)
- 2. Practice LSD (long, slow distance)
- 3. Let progress come at your own pace. (I think of the three, this has been the most difficult, but most rewarding concept for me to embrace during my 2 month layoff; We all heal at different rates, as do we progress in our training, but if you try to push the pace too early, you are only going to achieve minimal satisfaction and prolonged setbacks e.g. one step forward, 2 steps back)
Total Time: 32:25 Total Distance: 2.33 miles Average Pace: 13:54 / mile
Best of luck to everyone recouping after a stressful winter. We've made it. The end is in sight! And from there it's smooth roads and Spring delights! Cruise on friends!
3:00 PM - Went on the treadmill and did 2.08 miles in 28:00, with 10:00 minutes of jogging @ about 11:48 pace. Felt really good and relaxed. Really feeling great today. Light stretching afterwards.
Total Time: 28:00 Total Distance: 2.08 miles Average Pace: 13:27 / mile | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.65 |
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8:00 AM - Great day for a walk. Feeling pretty good today, no soreness or tightness. Did some light stretching and off I went. Ended up doing over 40 minutes straight without breaks, sign that my fitness is slowly coming back. (all painfree mind you). And big breakthrough: After 1 mile warm up, did 1.75 miles of jogging non-stop (Most since January!) I think the slow, cautious progression of training has been an important part of my progress. I think things are definitely on the upswing! 1 mile of warm up walk, 1.75 miles of jogging @ 11:31 pace!!, .5 miles cool down.
Total Time: 41:18 Total Distance: 3.25 miles Average Pace: 12:42 / mile
1:00 PM - Study break before lunch. Went for a nice 20:00 walk. Did easy 1.4 miles.
Total Time: 20:00 Total Distance: 1.4 miles Average Pace: 14:17 / mile | | Comments(5) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.70 |
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9:00 AM - Easy day today. No soreness from the last week, so that's good! Anxiously anticipating Spring and Summer this year! Did 1 mile warm up walk, 1 mile jog in 11:23, and then .5 mile walking cool down. Feeling good. Light stretching afterwards.
Total Time: 33:55 Total Distance: 2.5 miles Average Pace: 13:34 / mile
Reading Running A to Z: An Encyclopedia for the Thoughtful Runner (circa 1983) Some of the stuff in here is great! I will have to post some of the 'fashion tips' on here later. :)
Hope everyone is recouperating nicely; Have a safe and happy run all!
12:00 PM - Quick 15:00 on treadmill. Included a .75 mile in 8:29 (11:18 pace). Total distance was 1.2 miles for this short little jaunt. Now time to study and then off to work until 11:30 tonight. Ick. | | Comments(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.25 |
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12:30 PM - Today is an easy day. Did 2.25 miles in 30:18 including 1 mile of jogging @ 11:28 pace. Felt nice and relaxed. Want to go more, but have to continue to do slow, steady increases. I might in the near future aim for doing on - off of 1 mile jogging one day, 2 miles of jogging the next day... Not sure how fast to increase though. Feels good to see continued improvements.
300 crunches, 150 situps, 100 pushups and 3 x 15 @ 12 lb weight for arms. Stretching
Total Time: 30:18 Total Distance: 2.25 miles Avg. Pace: 13:28 / mile | | Comments(1) |
| | 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 |
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Today is a day off. After 8 straight days, taking a breather :). Plus with a nice walk/jog tomorrow I'll be right on pace for improvement from last week's 18+. Hoping to get to 21 or 22 after tomorrow. Then start transitioning to the 2 miles of jogging a day for 5 days.. for 10 miles of jogging next week and see how that feels. On a downside.. I could see part of my lawn yesterday and the track as well was almost completely melted, yet woke up this morning to 6" of fresh snow. GRRRR! I thought we were done with this junk!
Keep on truckin' FRBloggers! We're almost there!! We can do it! | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.26 |
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7:00 PM - The best is yet to come! Felt really good after a day off; Now if only I could feel as motivated about my homework as I do about my training's steady progression! Started off with easy walking and then eased into a jog. I ended up doing the longest steady run since January! Did 2 completely "pain free" miles in 22:06 (11:03 / mile pace!). Then cooled down with a brisk walk. Stretching. I'm getting excited about fitness coming back. Goal is to do 2 miles at a time several times this week and then start easing into a 2 - 2.5 or 3 on off sequence in the following week. :) Running is definitely one of the most amazing feelings in the world! So glad I can feel this again! Hope all my fellow FRBloggers are healing up nicely!
Total Time: 41:00 Total Distance: 3.26 Average Pace: 12:34/Mile | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 20.77 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.77 |
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