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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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Race: Alzheimer's Run (3.1 Miles) 00:21:21, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
3.10

I signed up for this race at the last minute.  I got an email on Thursday from my local running shoe store about the Alzheimer's 5K race.  This was the first year that this race has been held.  So I decided to sign up and see if I was ready to break the 20 minute mark.  Well I did not end up hitting that goal yet, but I'm quite happy that I won my age division anyway.  Not that there was major competition today, but I feel like I get the bragging rights none the less.  

I think I could have done a little better had I been a little more familiar with the course.  Near the end both I and the runner in front of me thought we were headed on a straight away to the finish.  So both of us opened up wide only to realize that we had several hundred meter loop to make before we would eventually get to the end. 

I had a lot of fun in the end spent most of my time trying to keep up with two veteran runners in their sixties.  I finished 6th overall and 1 of 8 in my age division.  I'm happy.       

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 160.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Kelli on Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:08:47 from 71.219.102.155

Way to be happy, you get the bragging rights for sure! Nice job on the last minute race!

From Daniel Brunson on Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 12:56:41 from 98.184.136.74

Thanks. It was really fun to run a 5K again. It had been a while since I'd run one.

From Kelli on Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 18:48:19 from 71.219.102.155

5k's are the HARDEST!!!

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