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Location:

Fort Benning,GA,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Pretty new. Have done some training for specific Army competitions which have got me running a pretty decent amount, but by no means incredible.

5k- 21:00 (Oct. 2008)

19:43 (May 2009)

10k- 41:07*

10 mile- (upcoming)

1/2 marathon- (haven't done it yet)

Marathon - Hopefully this year...

*5.3 miles

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 19:00 5k

Run one marathon within the next 12 months

Stay healthy this year. Coming off of a bad shin splint which took about 3-4 months to fully recover.

Build back up to 60+ miles a week

Long-Term Running Goals:

Finish a marathon sub 3:00:00

Personal:

A CPT in the US Army stationed at Fort Benning, GA. I've three wonderful kids and the best wife I could ask for. Been away from the running scene for a while, and I sure miss it. Trying to make a comeback!

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Omni 8 Lifetime Miles:						880.41
Saucony Grid Fastwitch 4 Lifetime Miles:						88.39
Altra Zero Drop Instinct 1.5 Lifetime Miles:						280.15

Sat, Jun 04, 2011

Total Distance

2.05

Felt good today. Wasn't able to run until about 8:00am which made it pretty warm and very humid. Everything felt good though and my forefoot strike is feeling very comfortable. I still have to consciously think about it, but it is starting to feel pretty good. Another injury free week down. Oh, I ran this is 15:44.

Saucony Grid Fastwitch 4 Miles: 2.05

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 177.00	Calories: 276.00

Comments

From Burt on Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 11:58:43 from 72.223.90.79

Great job Colby. I like the new pic, too.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 13:21:26 from 24.10.248.6

I like the new picture Colby AND I'm glad you're running pain free.

I assume you do additional stuff during PT right? Ever think about posting those workouts as well?

Oh yeah... isn't earning an EIB considerably easier than earning a Ranger tab?

From Colby Park on Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 13:50:26 from 80.117.68.71

Rob, I haven't been doing any additional PT the past couple of weeks. Just upping my miles and getting back into the swing of things. But I can definitely start posting workouts that we have been doing.

Every day I've been doing a push-up set of 40-30-20-10 just to stay fresh. Then I do 11 different ab exercises, each with 30 crunches, so that keep the abs working. Sometimes I finish with another 40-30-20-10.

I should be good to go this week with whatever is going on. I am going to try for 2.5 miles a day now.

And with EIB...it isn't similar to Ranger School in any way. Just knowing a lot of basic infantry stuff. It is still pretty hard though!

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