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Location:

Broken Arrow,OK,United States

Member Since:

Dec 13, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Route 66 Marathon 2012 (3:12:34)

Route 66 Marathon 2010 (3:35:05)

Glow Run 5k Aug 2012 (19:28)

Aquarium Half Marathon 2013 (1:30:17)

Post Oak Lodge Half Marathon Trail Run 2012 (1:46:22)

Aquarium Half Marathon 2011 (1:39:19)

Oklahoma City Memorial Half-Marathon 2010 (1:42:22)

Williams Route 66  Half-Marathon 2009 (1:42:52). 

15k Tulsa Run 1:00:34 (2013) 1:01:48 (2012), 1:05:12 (2010) 1:09:05 (2009), 1:11:37 (2005), 1:14:26 (2004). 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2013 Goals: Qualify for Boston in Oklahoma City on April 28th.  Goal missed. Actual time: 3:20:37.

Qualify for Boston in Tulsa at the Rt. 66 in November.  

PR in the half marathon in Jenks on April 6th.  (Sub 1:30) PR of 1:30:17...close enough! 

Marathon Finish Williams Route 66 2010 (3:35:05)

Run a sub 20 5k  Full Moon 5k 2011, 19:34

Long-Term Running Goals:

Win my age division.  (Alzheimer's 5k 2010, 21:21)

Run a sub 3 marathon

Run an ultra. 

 

Personal:

I'm married to a very supportive, although slightly less enthusiastic runner than I.  Alisha has run a little with me and participated in several 5k's, but mostly she supports me at races.  She ran her first half in November, 2011.  We have a son who was born in 2010, the year that I ran my first marathon.  I participated in my first Triathlon in April 2011.  I think I may have been bitten by the Ironman bug.  Though an Ironman finish is a long term goal, I want to BQ first. 

I find that the more I run the more I want to run.  I consider my self a running addict.  I like the motto: pain is weakness leaving your body.    

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Cascadia Red Lifetime Miles: 41.39
Barefoot Lifetime Miles: 1.00
Ravenna 2 White/Black Lifetime Miles: 750.54
New Balance 1080 Orange Lifetime Miles: 705.99
New Balance 1080 Blue Lifetime Miles: 524.47
Mizuno Elixir 7 Lifetime Miles: 513.14
Mizuno Sayonara Blue Lifetime Miles: 71.48
Mizuno Sayonara White Lifetime Miles: 42.19
Total Distance
8.53

Kevin and I ran at 6:30 this morning which is about the usual time for us to meet.  As we started off down the road he told that he put in 2.4 miles before he got to my house.  He is participating in the GU challenge on Strava.com and trying to hit 150 miles by tomorrow.  I would have easily hit the 100 miles needed to win free GU had they not launched the challenge right in the middle of my planned two week break from running.  Kevin is going to end up with 150 miles and will be awarded Roctane instead of peanut butter GU.  

I told him I could tell that he had been putting in more miles than me recently because for the first time in several weeks I felt like I was slightly behind his pace.  I was happy though because I like the challenge.  We ended up averaging 7:43 on the run of 8.53 miles this morning.  


1260 White/Blue Miles: 8.53
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 151.00Calories: 1029.00
Comments
From SlowJoe on Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 15:32:27 from 69.131.141.92

Solid run today. Looks like your pace is already starting to come back a little from your layoff. You definitely have time to build up some good mileage before Route 66.

From Daniel Brunson on Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 16:26:28 from 68.14.171.105

Thanks Joe. That's my plan. Are you following a program you created or that of someone else? I've had a hard time finding a program that builds up to the forty and fifty mile week range.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 18:39:31 from 69.131.141.92

Bizarre, I posted a reply and it disappeared.

Anyway, apoligies if this is a double post somewhere, this is a re-type. What I do for mileage buildup is increase my weekly total by 5-10 miles every 3-4 weeks. So everytime I hit a new level, I have a few weeks to adjust to it. I just kind of lay it out on an Excel spreadsheet and just worry about fitting in the consistent mileage. I don't worry much about workouts, maybe 1/week, and only when I feel strong. I do base a lot of my training on Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning, although I've never specifically followed one of his plans. The mid-week MLR of 13-15 miles and the long MP runs (close to the race) are the key things from his plans that have helped me.

From Daniel Brunson on Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 20:51:25 from 68.14.171.105

Thanks Joe! It is cool that you use a spreadsheet for your training. I have done that myself since sometime in 2009, but I'm not sure I've ever known anyone else who has. I'll check out Pfitzinger. I've based my plans on Hal Higdon and more recently on Gordon Bakoulis' advanced marathon plan. The Bakoulis plan builds up the mileage, but is not real specific about the type of workouts needed. Your long answer was helpful. Thanks.

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