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Location:

Durham,NC,USA

Member Since:

Feb 13, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

5K - 0:20:46 (2007)

5M - 0:36:39 (2008)

10K - 0:43:04 (2008)

1/2 Marathon : 1:37:46 (2009)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Improve my 1/2 marathon time. Finish a marathon.

Long-Term Running Goals:

BQ

Personal:

I'm a college professor (Economics). I'm married to Galit and we have 3 kids: Guy (8.5), Liam (5), Maya (3.5). Time goes by too fast...
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Mon, Aug 18, 2008
Total Distance
6.40

8:45AM 75F 70% humidity. Tried my new pair again and the pain came back big time. This run was really painful. I think I should ditch these shoes and go back to the ridgid stability shoes. It didn't hurt a lot after the run but I don't think I want to go on with these shoes in hope things will get better. I did a very slow pace, especially at the first 1.5 miles. Over all I did 8:43 and I think I can safely assume that this can be more or less a marathon pace for me. If it wasn't for the pain in my left foot I felt I could keep running and running at this pace.

0:55:45

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
Comments
From Scott Zincone on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 20:10:34

Hey Arie,

I am not sure what your racing plans are for this Fall but here is a half marathon I am planning on doing.

http://www.danvillehalfmarathon.com/

Using Google Maps it looks like Durham is about 56 miles away. This is an 80 mile trip for me.

By the description of the course it is fast and flat. I ran a 5k there in March and it was pancake flat. I was told about the races they have in this area by some friends. They try to have one a month I think. I am not familiar enough about the area to tell you anymore about it than what the website says.

This will be my first half. I hope to set a PR !

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