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Matthews,NC,US

Member Since:

Dec 04, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

  • Finished - 2006 Pinehurst Turkey Trot 1/2 marathon(approx. 2 hours 29 min.)
  • Finished - 2007 ING Georgia 1/2 marathon(approx. 2 hours 22 min.) - without walking.
  • Finished - 2007 Pinehurst Turkey Trot 1/2 marathon(approx. 2 hours 6 min.).
  • Finished ING Georgia Marathon March 2008
  • Finished ING Georgia Marathon March 2009
  • Finished ING Chicago Marathon October 2009 

Short-Term Running Goals:

  • Finish full Marathon - Completed March 2008
  • Run ING 2009 Marathon - Completed March 2009
  • Run Chicago Marathon - Completed October 2009
  • Run Charlote Douglas Airport 5K with family October 2009
  • Run the Disney Marathon January 2010

Long-Term Running Goals:

  • Qualify for and Run the Boston Marathon.
  • Train for and Finish an Iron Man

 

Personal:

  • Married- going on 13 years.
  • 2 kids: 6.5 yrs old and 4 yrs old.

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Wed, Jan 02, 2008
Total Distance
10.00

Ok two days and I am finally starting to get back into a groove.  Gotta love the Christmas holidays but the varying schedule is not good for the work-out schedule.   Almost got bit this morning by the excuse bug but managed to fight it off and get my run in.  I was indeed being lazy however in addition.... mentally I was not excited about getting out into the 24 deg. F. (with winds) for a run.  After I got about 0.5 miles into it it was not too bad; although I have to be honest... when the first wind gust hit me... I thought about sprinting back to my BED! Lol

The second set of shoes are definitely a keeper... I am happy with my selection now and my feet/body appear to approve!  I noticed this morning that I am going to have to focus more on my running form. It appeared to take a little more energy but the results were huge when I focused on trying to take a longer stride as well as pushing my arms... forward and backwards.  Not exactly sure if this is good form or not although I do plan on doing some research now to determine what is indeed best.

I think I am down approx. 2 lbs this week as I weighed in at 193.. good news as I need to be down approx. 18 more in the next 8 weeks.  Obviously I will be watching my diet a lot closer now with the New Year!

Lastly I am finally getting my Garmin 305 programmed to my specs... on my first run it was beeping at me the entire run telling me to speed up.. speed up.... then when I would run faster it would tell me that my heart rate was too fast!  :-)   I am excited to be able to use the heart rate feature.... after about two more weeks I plan to try and identify my optimal running heart rate and use that for my upcoming marathon in March.

Will try to hit the gym later today for another 4 miles! Stay tuned!

Lunch Update:

Was able to squeak out 4.2 at lunch today to round off today at 10 miles.... first 3 miles I ran in 22.32 seconds... from my rough calculations that puts me at a 7 min 31 sec / mile pace! :-) I am very happy with that... ok so after I exhausted myself on the first three, I literally walked some, jogged some, and sprinted some for the last 1.2 miles.  I believe I finished the 4.2 in 35min and 45 seconds? although I am not really sure because I was focusing only on distance at the end.

Comments
From MichelleL on Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:33:18

You were stronger than the excuse bug! Every day it gets easier, both on that front and on the healthy eating front. It's hard to adjust back to healthy foods after all the holiday junk. So fun to get a Garmin. It is my favorite toy, not like the toys you play with for a week then forget about. It becomes a permanent appendage! Good luck with the rest of your week.

From Brrrzerk on Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 15:01:54

Thanks for the feedback... after my runs are finished, I am always glad I did them .... but wow sometimes it is hard to go at it alone. I wish I had a running partner/group- they would keep me honest and help to push! My wife would love to run with me, although our kids (4yrs and 2.5 yrs) are too young to stay at home alone and not old enough to tag along.

I am definitely estatic about the Garmin.... currently it makes me laugh more than anything else...but I can tell it will quickly become my best running friend! Awesome level of data! Makes a road pounder like me almost feel like a real runner! Lol

Hey it is like I say with golf... if you can't play... at least "look" like you can play right! When I step up at my next race (before the gun goes off) I will at least look like a runner!! Ha!

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