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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
55.22
Brooks Ravenna 2 White/Red Miles: 32.581260 White/Blue Miles: 17.41Brooks Cascadia Red Miles: 5.23
Night Sleep Time: 41.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 41.50Weight: 151.83Calories: 6668.00
Total Distance
15.02

Easy 15 today.  It was a beautiful 60 degrees with a very nice breeze.  8:08 AP.  


Brooks Ravenna 2 White/Red Miles: 15.02
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 154.00Calories: 1818.00
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Total Distance
8.39

My legs felt so sore getting out of bed and on the first mile.  I ran progressively harder on towards the end of last week and capping it off with my 15 mile long run.  It definitely caught up to me today.  AP was 8:21 today. 

I believe it was 70 degrees at 5:45 this morning.  Yes it is about to get hot out here.  


1260 White/Blue Miles: 8.39
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 155.00Calories: 1010.00
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Total Distance
5.23

I ran Turkey Mountain with Kevin today.  I think it was somewhere in the upper seventies.  9:45 AP.  Both of us were pretty sore and walked a couple of the more technical hills.  I'm still recovering from the end of last week, and he is recovering from the xterra race in Arkansas over the weekend.   


Brooks Cascadia Red Miles: 5.23
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 153.00Calories: 620.00
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Total Distance
8.68

I'm not sure what happened, but I think my entries from Monday and Tuesday vanished from the blog.  I'm going to have to go back and re-post them.  I admit I can't fully remember posting on Monday, but I know I posted on Tuesday about my Turkey Mountain run with Kevin.  

Today I ran with a nice cool breeze and about a 68 degree temperature.  AP of 8:04.

Now that is really bizarre.  After I posted this entry and hit the publish button, the missing entries from Monday and Tuesday had reappeared on my calendar.  Freaky.    

 

Brooks Ravenna 2 White/Red Miles: 8.68
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 150.00Calories: 1054.00
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Total Distance
8.88

I woke up this morning to thunder and the sound of rain.  I checked my weather app and it appeared that I would have to wait about half an hour for the severe weather to pass.  So I went back to sleep for a little bit.  When I woke back up it was still raining but it looked like the worst was over.  I set out on my one hour and ten minute run with hardly a sprinkle of rain.  By the time I was 20 minutes into the run it had started coming down harder.  It was one of those runs where the rain gradually builds up to a bit of a down poor.  I ended up finishing soaking wet, but it did feel nice and we certainly needed the rain.  

AP of 7:51.  I think it was about 68 degrees with light winds and rain.  


Brooks Ravenna 2 White/Red Miles: 8.88
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 149.00Calories: 1077.00
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Total Distance
9.02

I made it out the door at 5:40 this morning.  It was 69 degrees.  AP of 7:45.  This closes out 55 miles this week for me, which I believe is a high for the year. 

Update:  I just check my training logs back to January 2010 and discovered that my max mileage for one week is 54 miles.  So at 55 miles I just set a personal maximum for one week.  Woohoo!     

When I left the house I could swear I heard a rooster crowing somewhere in my neighborhood.  This is about the third morning this week I noticed it.  When I told Alisha about it she joked that it could be the reason why Ty started waking up at sunrise this week.  


1260 White/Blue Miles: 9.02
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 150.00Calories: 1089.00
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Total Distance
55.22
Brooks Ravenna 2 White/Red Miles: 32.581260 White/Blue Miles: 17.41Brooks Cascadia Red Miles: 5.23
Night Sleep Time: 41.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 41.50Weight: 151.83Calories: 6668.00
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