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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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Sun, Jul 26, 2009
Race: Running From Cancer (13.1 Miles) 01:30:13, Place overall: 20, Place in age division: 2
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Running From Cancer half marathon race.....a PR for me....never ran a half in a race and was not sure how I would do....my best half was my half split in last years marathon which was 1 hr, 39 minutes, so this is a great improvement for me! .,..an average pace of 6.53 minutes. Felt strong the entire run.....started with a very conservative pace and passed many people, then around mile 5, I caught sight of a friend.....2nd place female runner....and she had a good pace, so I decided to attempt and catch her and maybe keep up with her for as long as I could. I caught her at the turn around point and I was able to keep up with her pace and at mile 9 had enough left that I picked up my pace, passed her and caught about 5 or 6 more runners....all in all a great run for me and a huge confidence builder for my try at a  BQ in October in Detroit.

 

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Comments
From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 14:57:13 from 64.81.245.109

Congratulations on a PR! Shows you will BQ when you run the marathon barring a serious disaster.

From Brian on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 14:26:29 from 24.57.193.132

Thanks Sasha....I'm really seeing an improvement since increasing my weekly mileage, but I need to do more speed work. I love the long runs, but there is not enough left in the tank during the week to do some quality speed workouts, so I will modify my training schedule during these summer months....but all in all, I'm very motivated with the recent results.

From Jon on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 14:30:49 from 138.64.2.76

Once you have a good base and can easily handle long runs, that is when adding the speedwork can really be the topping on the sundae. Sounds like you may be at that point.

From rockness18 on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 21:55:15 from 69.183.233.238

Great race! You have reached a new level in running. I'm excited to see where the "speedwork" might lead you. Keep up the good work!

From Brian on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 08:37:29 from 24.57.193.132

Thanks Dave....and welcome home. I'm sure you had an incredible experience!

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