| 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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| Merrell Road Glove Miles: 4.00 | Vibram Bikilas (red) Miles: 13.00 | Vibram Bikilas (blue) Miles: 15.60 | Altra Instinct (grey) Miles: 7.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 12.50 | Nap Time: 3.00 | Total Sleep Time: 15.50 | Weight: 214.00 | |
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| Round 2, Day #44: 4 miles in 34:00, 8:30/mile. Started reading "Bunion Derby" by Kastner today. Enjoyed the day spent in Galway with Harry celebrating his 19th bday. Got to go on a road trip with him in the PriusC, watched my first ever episodes of Dr. Who, and enjoyed some birthday cake/birthday doughnut. Enjoyed procrastinating from work and it would be nice to not have school tomorrow. Come on ice day! (jk).
Light feet, think light feet Tread lightly, run swiftly then Hop, skip, jump away!
"In a wild grab for glory, a cast of nobodies saw hope in the dust: blacks who escaped the poverty and terror of the Old South; first-generation immigrants with their mother tongue thick on their lips; Midwest farm boys with leather-brown tans. These men were the 'shadow runners,' men without fame, wealth, or sponsors, who came to Los Angeles to face the world's greatest runners and race walkers. This was a formidable field of past Olympic champions and professional racers that should have discouraged sane men from thinking they could win a transcontinental race to New York. Yet they came, flouting the odds. Charley Pyle's offer of free food and lodging to anyone who would take up the challenge opened the race to men of limited means. For some, it was a cry from the psyche of no-longer-young men, seeking a last grasp at greatness or a summons to do the impossible. This pulled men on the wrong side of thirty from blue-collar jobs and families." - Charles B. Kastner
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| Merrell Road Glove Miles: 4.00 |
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| Round 2, Day #45: 6 mile progression run. (48:32; 8:05/mile) Emma's credit card got stolen at work and some asshole charged $511 to it at a food store (guess he was friggin hungry, eh?). After nearly 1.5 hours on the phone and emailing about this, we finally got it sorted out and I was able to hop on the treadmill at nearly 10pm tonight. I am changing my name to the NSK, Negative Split King! Splits were: 8:24, 8:16, 8:08, 8:03, 7:56, 7:42. I wanted to keep going but it is so late and I did not get to any of the grading I need to have done before 8am tomorrow. Going to be a rough day with a 3am wake up call on 4 hours of sleep. Yikes! I think I could have pushed for another 2-3 miles of steady negative splits before my legs started to scream. Only one twinge of pain from the calf muscle that hurt from the elliptical. I think I'm good to go! No mas ellipticales para mi!
Light feet, svelte feet itty bitty sweaty feet. Kissy feet, stinky feet. All mine!
"Across the far flung nation, The bunion clan is sprinting, Toward that distant station, With energy unstinting, Though blistered dogs are aching, And tongues are dry like dust, The gang is bent on making the journey's end - or bust!" - Daily Oklahoman, April 13th, 1928
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| Vibram Bikilas (red) Miles: 6.00 |
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| Round 2, Day #46: 7 miles total in 56:26, good for 8:04/mile. What a long strange day it has been. Barely survived work, kids are nuts and so disrespectful, and found out that the asshole that stole our credit card also stole at least two laptops and other things from Emma's work. So it is definitely a douchebag she works with. I hope they catch the bastard and he gets time for the felony robbery. Oddly enough went to see "Identity Theft" at the movies tonight. Then stopped at the grocery store so Emma could drop off a police report. Finally home and a cup of coffee and then a 10pm run. Felt good to relax and let the miles come.
Someone at work said I am looking thinner. There's some motivation, yo!
Williams: 'lo Andrew. I'm a newspaperman Payne: I knew you were. Williams: How, Andrew? Payne: They look alike, kind of worm eaten. Williams: How would you like to come over to my office tonight, and we'll go out and get a highball somewhere. Payne: Never touch it. At this point, Williams couldn't keep up, and stopped in the road, breathing hard, as Andy pulled away. Payne: Well, so long. I'll see you in the funny papers.
The sacrifices of the long-distance runner - no social life. Check and mate.
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| Vibram Bikilas (red) Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Round 2, Day #47: 6 miles total. First 5 miles in 41:24, relaxed and then ran the 6th mile for my friend Ana's boyfriend who is in the hospital. Sending good vibes your way. Went for broke and hoped for a sub 8, and ended up with a 7:26!! 48:50 for the entire thing, good for 8:08/mile! Got through today with only about half a dozen kids getting angry with me> Guess that's the silver lining. Trying to survive until break. Two days. I can do this! Got to page 150 in Kastner's book. Multi tasking for the win! (Blue Vibrams)
Tense metatarsals breed awkward gaits; Instead relax And let the run come.
"Hark! Hark! Their dogs go bark! Pyle's cuckoos are comin' to town. With addled brains and aches and sprains and arches breakin' down!" The Cleveland Plain Dealer, by way of Charles Kastner's "Bunion Derby"
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| Vibram Bikilas (blue) Miles: 6.00 |
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| Round 2, Day #48: 5 miles, I'm a bad Valentine. Came home and had a nice dinner and sat down to watch a show with Emma only to pass out on the couch. I was smart enough to set an alarm, but dumb enough to hit snooze. Crashed from about 7:30 to 9:45, before getting up in a "sleep drunk" stupor and stumbled onto the treadmill. Survived, running 41:24, good for 8:17/mile. I am barely surviving. Hoping to hang on for tomorrow. Going to go pass out now and then wake up at 330 to lesson plan and figure out some masterpiece theatre monster to teach tomorrow.
Sleep running should be Revered, not an isolated crime! Just let me close my eyes one more time!
No one ever taught me and I can't teach anyone. If you can't explain it, how can you take credit for it? - Red Grange
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| Vibram Bikilas (blue) Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Round 2, Day #49: 3.10 itty bitty miles. Came home and crashed. Body just gave out. I zonked on the couch for most of the night, then woke up at 10:30 and hopped on the treadmill. Took a mile to get things cooking, easing in about 8:30 pace, but then I picked it up and ran steady for the remainder. Total time was 23:58, good for 7:44/mile. I am looking at barely breaking 40 miles this week! Yikes!Hoping to get about 10 miles tomorrow, then easy 3's all the way up until next Saturday and Sunday!
Caffeinated run,
Fueled by adrenaline.
Run scared. Run fast. Mine!
The 1929 race was even tougher - over 3,600 miles, with six fewer days allowed. The route was more southern, so hotter and more humid. Gavuzzi describes going through the Texas oilfields - "the smell was terrible ; all you could see was these pumps going up and down, and every time they went up and down it was a dollar in someone's pocket. We were poor and they were rich." Having led almost all the way until the final stage around LA, Gavuzzi eventually lost ( after running for over 525 hours) by 2 minutes and 17 seconds.
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| Vibram Bikilas (blue) Miles: 3.10 |
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Round 2, Day #50: 7.5 miles total. 2.5 around the block exploring in the wind with Emma and then later tonight, after watching "Sherlock Holmes" I did 5 miles in 37:58!! Holy crap! (7:35/mile!). Dare I say it felt refreshingly easy? Last hard run before driving to Indiana to tackle marathons 1 and 2 for the year next weekend. Huzzah! Started reading Amy Snyder's "Hell on Two Wheels" about RAAM. (Altra Instincts)
Shin strengthen surprise! Surreal stealthy stupefied stinks, stunk, shocking STANK!
"Even today ProTour cyclists consider ultra distance racers to be a lesser breed - just a bunch of kooky outcasts who could never make it on the pro circuit." Amy Snyder
President John Adams liked to exercise. He was an excellent swimmer. Often, he would rise early in the morning, walk from the White House to the Potomac River, strip, and swim. On one occasion, someone stole his clothes, and the naked President had to ask a passing boy to run to the White House and fetch him some others! (Now that's one politician whose personal business was completely exposed!) 9PM; Extra 1.5 miles at 8:20 pace just now because I did the math wrong and needed to add a couple to get over 40 for the week. |
| Vibram Bikilas (blue) Miles: 1.50 | Altra Instinct (grey) Miles: 7.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 3.00 | Total Sleep Time: 10.50 | Weight: 214.00 |
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| Merrell Road Glove Miles: 4.00 | Vibram Bikilas (red) Miles: 13.00 | Vibram Bikilas (blue) Miles: 15.60 | Altra Instinct (grey) Miles: 7.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 12.50 | Nap Time: 3.00 | Total Sleep Time: 15.50 | Weight: 214.00 | |
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