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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Mon, Aug 10, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.10

Outside run.....Sunny, 78 F and winds out of the S @ 11 mph. Humidity @ 79 % makes it feel like 97 F!

Another hot day....man its difficult to run in this heat and I cannot run earlier in the day because of other comittments, so these runs make me feel like I am regressing in my training....ran 10.1 miles today and it felt like a 15 mile run! Total time of run was 1 hr, 17 minutes with an average pace of 7.37 minutes.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From smally on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:12:26 from 209.195.72.107

Brian relax a bit, its not you its for everyone. Yesterday I ran 11 miles knowing that I would run a speed workout in the afternoon. You have to adapt to the season's. Split up your runs if you have to run outside or leave your watch on the table and not worry about pace/time.

food for thought.

Hope your mom is doing ok.

From Brian on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:30:54 from 24.57.193.132

Thanks for that Todd...needed to hear that!...it does get frustrating.

My Mom is getting worse by the day....its getting more and more difficult to feed her and that requires more time in the evenings....a reason why its been impossible to get to the running clinic on Tuesday night, but I have to do what is necessary...hopefully, I can find a way to work it in to my schedule....I need those hill and track workouts.

From smally on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 13:45:18 from 209.195.72.107

Tough Brian, hang in there and be there for her, that is really all you can do.

I almost ran outside, I would have been stormed on.

See you soon

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