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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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Wed, Jan 23, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.500.002.000.0011.50

Ran outside today....SW wind @ 20 km.....road was snowy, and lots of ice/black ice. ran 8 miles easy @ 1 hr. 12 min....after reading comments in the forum, I am going to modify my training to concentrate on mileage instead of speed...want to increase my base to 60 miles per week

ran 3.50 miles at the gym on the tread mill....1 mile warmup at 8 min. mile, 4 times 800 meters at 3.25 min with 200 meter rest in between.

2 hours of strength training at the gym. Tonight I am going to a group meditation session in town...I finally found a group to meditate with locally. I've attended 4 Vipassana meditation retreats...one in Nepal..one in Washington and 2 in Barrie, Ontario. They are 10 days of 11 hours per day of meditation. I found that this has helped me with my focus and willpower during long runs!

I feel very upbeat today....I'm excited about this forum....so much experience and wisdom to draw from.....in time, I'm sure that I will be able to share some of my own experience to help others.

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Comments
From josse on Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 13:51:18

That is what I was going to suggest was to build up mileage. The pace will naturally come down. Just be consistant. What marathon are you training for?

From smq on Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 08:24:14

How are you? My name is Steve Quick. I read your post and can relate. I am 53. I always had in my mind that some day I was going to run a marathon. I ran 5k - 10 mile road races with friends, but I had never run a marathon. I decided I had better do it before I was too old. I chose the Delaware Marathon, and I started to train. I didn't know what I was doing, but I figured what the hell. I trained for about 8 months and then ran the race. I had read that the race was a Boston qualifier and the time didn't seem too fast. I set that as a goal. I did qualify but barely (3:34:32). I am going to run Boston this year. You are already running 40-50 miles/ week. I am at 50/ week as well. I think you should enter a marathon just to do it. I am sure you can do it. Before last year I was running about 15-20 miles a week. You have been running 40-50 for three years! I say - Go do one! Agendo discimus!

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