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December 10, 2025

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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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Total Distance
8.40

6:15AM start, 60F light wind, sunrise. I didn't sleep much last night. We had a friend over  yesterday and he stayed longer than I was hoping. The first couple of miles were a bit sluggish with lots of negative thoughts. But I pulled myself together and started to feel stronger.

What are you thinking about while you're running? I was thinking about all sort of things this time but most of the time it was about work. Somewhere between mile 6 and 7 I came up with an idea that will make my FORTRAN program run faster. I was now even more motivated to get home fast so I can implement it :-)

Over the pace was good 7:47 on average with the last 3 miles better than the first 3. It was the exact same course as last week and I did it a few seconds faster.

1:05:19

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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