| Location: Pittsfield,MA, Member Since: Jul 02, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments:
- 2006 Mohawk Hudson River Marathon (NY)
- 2007 Vermont City Marathon (VT)
- 2011 BPAC 6 Hour Run (NY)
- 2011 Mind the Ducks 12 Hour (NY)
- 2012 Maple Leaf Indoor Marathon #1 (IN)
- 2012 Maple Leaf Indoor Marathon #2 (IN)
- 2012 BPAC 6 Hour Run (NY)
- 2012 Mind the Ducks 12 Hour (NY)
- 2012 Memorial Day Marathon (MA)
- 2012 Around the Lake 12 Hour (MA)
- 2012 Hancock Shaker Village 50 (MA)
- 2012 Bay State Marathon (MA)
- 2012 First Descents Marathon (DE)
- 2013 Maple Leaf Indoor Marathon #1 (IN)
- 2013 Maple Leaf Indoor Marathon #2 (IN)
- 2013 Circular Logic Marathon (IN)
- 2013 Lake Waramaug 50M (CT)
- 2013 BPAC 6 Hour Run (NY)
- 2013 Ragnar Cape Cod Ultra Team (MA)
- 2013 Memorial Day Marathon (MA)
- 2013 Relay For Life No. Berkshire (MA)
- 2013 Ragnar Adirondack Ultra Team (MA)
- 2013 BayState Marathon (MA)
- 2013 One Day At the Fair Marathon (NJ)
- 2013 West Palm Beaches Marathon (FL)
- 2014 Arena Attack XL Center Marathon (CT)
- 2014 Maple City 6-Pack Marathon #1 (IN)
- 2014 Maple City 6-Pack Marathon #2 (IN)
- 2014 Maple City 6-Pack Marathon #3 (IN)
- 2014 Maple City 6-Pack Marathon #4 (IN)
- 2014 Maple City 6-Pack Marathon #5 (IN)
- 2014 Maple City 6-Pack Marathon #6 (IN)
- 2014 Circular Logic Marathon (IN)
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 3:59:18 (1/25/14)
- 50 miles 11:44 (5/14/11)
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: 200 miles @ 72 Hour Race in May
Under 200 #
Sub 4:00 Marathon
Long-Term Running Goals: QUALIFY AND RUN IN THE BOSTON MARATHON. Personal: I am 27. Have done 33 marathons and ultras. Really trying to get in shape to get back to running the miles I want to. I love to read and worked for four years in a bookstore. I like to keep track of the books I read. Currently I work as a 6th & 7th grade history teacher at the only charter school in Berkshire County, as well as serve as the coach for the cross country team! Been experimenting as a pescatarian (eating only fish) since August 10, 2011.
Just earned my Master's Degree in Adolescent Education for Social Studies. I have the most wonderful WIFE in the entire world.. EMMA! October 16, 2010
Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must. Just never give up! - Dean Karnazes -
We are all teachers and we are all students in this sport. - Dean Karnazes -
The simple act of putting one foot in front of the other and moving forward at an accelerated rate can be one of life's greatest - and simplest - pleasures. ~Dean Karnazes
"Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny." - MK Gandhi
"The marathon mercilessly rips off the outer layers of our defenses and leaves the raw human, vulnerable and naked. It is here you get an honest glimpse into the soul of an individual. Every insecurity and character flaw is open and on display for all the world to see. No communication is ever more real, no expression ever more honest. There is nothing left to hide behind. The marathon is the great equalizer. Ever movement, every word spoken and unspoken, is radiant truth. The veil has been obliterated. These are the profound moments of human interaction that I live for." - Dean Karnazes
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8:30 AM - Have to work this evening and early tomorrow a.m. for New Years so not sure if I'll get another chance for running this year. So here it is, my final run of 2009. It's been a pretty good year, and aside from the lingering achilles pain in my left leg as of late, I have been fairly injury free. Just wish it'd go away so I could put as many miles as my heart longs to log. Goals for next year include running a trail marathon, logging a couple trail 1/2 marathons, and hopefully finishing Curly's Trail Marathon in September. Maybe a marathon PR?! One can dream. Read from Geoff Williams's C.C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race: The True Story of the 1928 Coast-to-Coast Run Across America, the first 50 pages. A good book. Really puts it into perspective how crazy people were in the 20's.
Total Time: 41:00 Total Distance: 4.25 miles Average Pace: 9:39 2009 Accomplishments: 50 MILE PR! 2:48:50!! (4/2/09)- 50 MILE PR! 2:46:00!! (5/25/09)
- Long Ride: 55.2 miles (4/2/09)
- Long Ride: 60.5 miles (4/9/09)
- Long Ride: 78.56 miles (4/16/09)
- CENTURY 100.5 miles in 6:31:00(5/2/09)
- Fastest sustained speed: 43 MPH(5/19/09)
- Fastest sustained speed: 45.7 MPH(5/21/09)
- Highest Mileage Week: 185.02 miles(5/30/09)
Short-Term Running Goals: Complete Camp Saratoga Summer 5k Series: DONE! - Week #1 (6/29): 25:25, 21st place!
- Week #2 (7/13): 23:00, 13th place!
- Week #3 (7/27) 23:12, 11th place!
- Week #4 (8/10) 24:01, 17th place!
- Week #5 (8/24) 24:09, 20th place!
- Mount Greylock Road Race (8mi): 39th place! 1:22:21
- Finish Curly's Trail 1/2 Marathon (Sept. 20th) 22nd Place, despite getting lost and doing extra 1.5 miles; 2:44:32
- Monroe Dunbar Brook Trail Run 10.5 miles (10/11) - 2:02:54 good for 53rd place overall and 2nd in age group.
- Saratoga National Bank 5k XC Classic (10/18) 20:36, 54th place overall and 9th in age group
- Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon (10/25)2:02:18 on a sore ankle in the mud! 94th place overall.
- Fall Back 5 Mile (11/1) DNS - ankle injury
- Stockade-athon 15k (11/8) 1:14:31, good for 429th place of 1268 total runners and 24th of 37 in age group.
- Troy Turkey Trot 10k (11/26)
2009 Books I've Read: - Peace: The Words and Inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi, M.K. Gandhi
- Ultramarathon Man, Dean Karnazes
- The Extra Mile, Pam Reed
- A Husband's Little Black Book, Robert Ackerman
- The Forgotten History of America, Cormac O'Brien
- Animal Academy, Pat Ramsey Beckman
- Miracle in the Andes, Nando Parrado
- The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
- The Complete Book of Long-Distance Cycling, Edmund R. Burke & Ed Pavelka
- 26 Miles to Boston, Michael Connelly
- The Elements of Style, William Strunk & E.B. White
- Race to the Pole, Sir Ranulph Fiennes
- The Greatest Stories Never Told, Rick Beyer
- Excavation, James Rollins
- Lincoln at Home, David Herbert Donald
- The Devil's Cup: Coffee, the Driving Force in History, Stewart Lee Allen
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
- Born to Run, Scott McDougall
- My Life on the Run, Bart Yasso
- Once a Runner, John L. Parker, Jr.
- Stealing Lincoln's Body, Thomas Craughwell
- The Boy Who Saved Baseball, John H. Ritter
- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami
- T4, Ann Clare Lezotte
- Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust, Eve Bunting
- Faithful Elephants, Yukio Tsuchiya
- Shin's Tricycle, Tatsuharu Kodama
- The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
- Leading From Within, Sam M. Intrator
- Tuned In and Fired Up, Sam M. Intrator
- Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
- Again to Carthage, John L. Parker, Jr.
- Pox Americana, Elizabeth Fenn
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
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