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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
18.01

Long run - 18.  7:46 AP.  42 degrees (chilly). 

First time wearing full winter gear.  Gloves, ear warmers, pants, thermal.  I probably could have worn shorts and left off the ear warmers, but I figured I was not yet adjusted to the cold so I didn't want to take any chances.  We had a cold front move through the area and thus saw a drop of the high temperature by over 20 degrees in one day.  

Kevin ran 10 miles of this with me.  He joined me at 129th Street, which was four miles in and ran 10 miles right in the middle and left me at the same point so that I ran the last four miles by myself.  I think it is working quite nicely to have him pace a portion of my runs with me.  It allows him to run a faster pace than he otherwise would had he run the full load.  As it worked out today, his pace was just slightly faster than I otherwise would have run those miles in the middle.  When I got to the final four miles where he dropped off I was able to focus and really crank it up.  I had a good run today.  It was my 2nd fastest time for this distance.  My fastest time was the marathon pace run (18 w/ 10 at marathon pace) 7 weeks ago.

I should also disclose here that I skipped my Saturday run so I got an extra day of rest which most definitely helped me this morning.  I had a tune up race on the schedule of 10 to 13 miles.  I did not get enough sleep this week, and came down with something Thursday and Friday.  On Friday morning I woke up with a sore throat and decided not to compromise my immune system any more.  Had I ran the 10 I would have logged my first ever 70 mile week.

First 6: 7:53 AP, Second 6: 7:54 AP, Last 6: 7:27 AP.  

Split
Time
Summary2:19:48.3
18:02.8
27:54.7
38:01.8
47:53.9
57:54.4
67:39.1
78:02.1
87:44.2
97:54.7
107:47.1
117:53.1
128:07.1
137:45.5
147:42.0
157:24.3
167:29.1
177:22.6
187:05.6
19:04.4

 

1260 Grey/Red Miles: 18.01
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 150.00Calories: 1987.00
Comments
From SlowJoe on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 10:16:38 from 69.131.141.92

Nice LR, with another good finish. These will definitely pay off for Route 66.

From Daniel Brunson on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 11:14:39 from 68.14.174.169

I hope so Joe. I feel like through Pfitz training that I have much more control over my pace near the end of my long runs than I've ever had before.

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