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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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Total Distance
7.00
Night Sleep Time: 15.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 15.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

Today is the official start to my Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon training.  The race is sixteen weeks out from this past Sunday.  Today's run was scheduled to be a 6 mile easy run at a 9:07 pace.  Since I finished my six miles in 51:13, which is an average pace of 8:34, I think I over shot this one a little.  I need to learn how to hold back a little bit more in my training.  That is one of the things I have learned from the Marathon book I have been reading.  

The temperature during my run was a frigid 22 degrees and the trail I ran today still have some pretty dangerous icy spots.  Some of the trail was covered in deep frozen snow.  I had to make my way carefully through these areas that I could see other runners had already helped to pave the way. 

 My right knee felt fine all the way through, but my right ankle was a little sore after about 2 and half miles.  I think it had to do with the rough and uneven terrain of the packed icy snowy areas.  Overall I'm feeling really good.  I'm looking forward to next week when there may be a break in the below freezing temps.  

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Total Distance
1.00

I was supposed to run 5 miles today including 3 at a tempo pace of 7:37, with one warm up and one cool down mile on top of that. 

I got outside and ran my warm up mile and figured out that with 20 mile per hour winds on top of 14 degrees is just not for me.   I somehow ran my warm up mile in under my 7:37 tempo pace by the time I got back to my house.  My face was a little to red to go on. 

Looks like I'm going to have to lay low until Sunday when we go above 30 degrees again.

I'll just substitute tonight with a supplemental weights workout. 

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Total Distance
7.00
Night Sleep Time: 15.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 15.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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