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Location:

Windsor,Ontario

Member Since:

Jan 22, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Detroit Marathon....October 2008...3:48:16

Half Marathon...Tecumseh Run From Cancer....July 2009....1:30:13

Detroit Free Pree/Flagstar Marathon...October 2009...3:30:24. Qualified for Boston!!


Short-Term Running Goals:

Maintain weekly mileage at 80 or more....


Long-Term Running Goals:

train and run a 30 mile ultra-marathon.

Personal:

I am a 52 yr. old single father of four children.  I am retired after injuring my back in 2000. I had back surgery, stopped running, and gained about 80 pounds. Decided to take my health into my own hands....lost 100 pounds, went to Nepal and trekked for two months in the Himalayas...climbed almost 18,000 ft.....felt so proud of myself....began running again. I qualified for Boston in Oct. 2009. I have shifted my focus now on ultra-marathons with the hope to run my first this year.
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Thu, Aug 20, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.500.000.000.0016.50

Outside run......Cloudy, 80 F and winds gusting out of the S @ 17 mph. Humidity @ 79 % makes it feel like 100 F.

Ran 16.50 miles at a recovery pace of 8.18 minutes per mile...total time of 2 hrs, 17 minutes. Tough run.....heat and humidity was a factor and strong gusty winds. When I left for the run it looked like rain and I was hoping for that to cool things off, but no such luck!. Legs are tired.... I ran almost 70 miles in 4 days and 43 of those miles in the last 2 days.....might take tomorrow off...I'll see how the legs feel tomorrow.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From smally on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 14:28:03 from 209.195.82.206

YOU ARE NUTS

From Brian on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 14:46:58 from 24.57.193.132

I know....its that excessive, compulsive behavior of mine.....my strength as well as my weakness!!

Brian.

From Cal on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:57:38 from 66.133.117.3

But then again, if you have the time + ability + desire... I say go for it.

When is the Marathon that you're targeting?

From Brian on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:30:03 from 24.57.193.132

Cal.....

I agree.....and I think it is so important to listen to your body and not ignore those signs that could eventually lead to injury.....I try to do that.

I plan on running the Detroit marathon in October...I ran it last year and its a flat, fast coarse....a good BQ coarse.

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