Freethinker ~ Freerunner

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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

Wed, Nov 14, 2012

Total Distance

7.01

7 miles with 2 at marathon pace. Pfitz calls this a dress rehearsal. 7:27 AP. 28 degrees.

I ran 3 to warm up and 2 to cool down. I ran the 2 at marathon pace on the hilliest part of the run. Actually I ran them faster than my marathon pace because I wasn't sure the hills were going to affect me. So I ran down the hills faster in case I could not sustain the speed going back up. My splits were 6:46 and 6:51. The effort felt a little too hard considering I will need to run 26.2 miles at a pace close to this. I'm blaming it on the elevation and faster pace.

I got home and discovered my sock was blood stained where I cut my skin near my achilles yesterday. The stupid ankle zippers sometimes rub against my skin and I don't feel the sensations while I running. Probably because distance running numbs pain sensors in the body. Yesterday I got home and the skin was just a little bit raw, but not bleeding. This morning I made sure to roll the ankles up so the zipper could not touch the skin. I guess my sock and maybe my shoe just touching the already sensitive skin made it bleed. I think I'll go with Neosporin and bandaids for the next few days. This is not something I like to see just 4 days before the race.

Split	Time
Summary	52:14.1
1	7:42.0
2	7:51.5
3	7:40.0
4	6:46.6
5	6:51.8
6	7:38.7
7	7:40.6
8	:02.9

1260 Grey/Red Miles: 7.01

Night Sleep Time: 7.25	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.25	Weight: 150.00	Calories: 708.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 18:10:35 from 69.131.141.92

I have a pair of shoes that cut into me right there too, very annoying. I ended up being able to run just fine as long as there was a bandaid or tape over the area.

Getting close to the race....remind me where you said to park? Some running store near the starting line, right?

From Daniel Brunson on Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 20:46:21 from 68.14.174.169

There is a large parking lot across the street from the Fleet Feet store in the Blue Dome District. What time do you want to meet there? How early do you generally like to be at the starting line?

From SlowJoe on Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 07:20:21 from 155.219.241.10

ok I see it there on the map. i usually get there a little early, maybe 6:45 - 7am at the parking lot, to allow for a couple PoP stops, etc. i'm flexible though.

From Daniel Brunson on Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 08:14:37 from 68.14.174.169

I'll plan on being at the parking lot between 6:45 and 7:00 then to meet you. I'll text you when I'm there.

For the Tulsa Run they had several PoP's in the parking lot. I'm not sure if they will for the Route 66, but I'm sure they will have plenty as we get closer to the starting line.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 17:42:01 from 69.131.141.92

ok, sounds good, i'll meet you there.

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