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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
Race: Tulsa Run (9.32 Miles) 01:01:48, Place overall: 106, Place in age division: 14
Total Distance
9.32

New PR!  Woohoo!  6:39 official AP.  32 degrees with 6 mph winds. 

Going in to this race I was gunning for the 60 minute mark, but the nice hill on the last mile had other plans for me. That and the running into the wind at the 4.5 mile turn around point.  I ran the first 5k in exactly 20 minutes, but then I slightly fell off from there.  I didn't think the wind was affecting me at first, but about a half mile into it I looked down at my Garmin and saw that it was.  My take away from this race is that I might be in shape to run 6:26 miles for 9.3, but probably only on a flat course with no wind.  

I missed this race last year due to injury, but in 2010 I clocked a 1:05:12 time for 7:00 minute miles.  Overall I'm happy with the PR by taking 3:07 off my previous time.  If I can knock another 3 minutes off my time next year then I will get that 60 minute award. 

My Tulsa Run history:

2009:  1:09:05

2010:  1:05:12

2012:  1:01:48

2013:  I'm projecting to come in under 60 minutes!

 

This year's statistics:

Age division: 14/258,  Men 89/1956.    

First 5k (3.1):    20 minutes

10k (6.2):          40:43

15k   9.3:           1:02:05

 

Split
Time
Summary1:02:03.2
16:25.0
26:21.4
36:27.9
46:28.3
56:28.2
66:37.5
76:40.7
86:40.3
97:06.0
102:48.0

Ravenna 2 White/Black Miles: 9.30
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 150.00Calories: 1074.00
Comments
From SlowJoe on Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 14:49:18 from 69.131.141.92

Wow look at that improvement. You are going to kick my @$$ in the marathon! Great race!

From Daniel Brunson on Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 05:56:28 from 68.14.174.169

Thanks for the kind words. The day I kick your butt in a race I will feel like I have arrived.

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