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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
25.00
Night Sleep Time: 28.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 28.00Weight: 158.00Calories: 0.00
Total Distance
9.00

I got up at 6:00 this morning thinking that I was up early enough to dodge the heat.  I was only 1 mile in to a nine miler when I noticed beads of sweat dripping down my forehead.  I was fortunate enough to encounter some cloudy skies somewhere around mile 6, but that only lasted for about 1 mile at best.  I guess I'll have to get up before the sun rises, since it was already 76 when I left the house at 6:30.  

Time:  1:25:37

Average pace: 9:30

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

Time: 49:54

Average Pace: 8:19

Splits:

8:04

8:00

8:28

8:32

8:08

8:32


Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

time: 33:45

pace: 8:26

Splits:

8:35

8:19

8:22

8:29

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 158.00Calories: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

I wasn't sure if I was going to make my 5 miles tonight.  After putting in a 10 hour day at work, I changed clothes and headed straight to meet my wife and in-laws for dinner.  And since I usually find it easier to run before eating dinner, it looked like I might have to miss another night this week.

After we got home from dinner I logged on to the Fast Running Blog to quickly see who else was logging runs tonight to give my self a little motivation.  It is amazing how just reading about other runners experiences can help to fuel my desire to run. 

At around 10:00 PM after I had decided my food must have settled, I began stretching and stepped outsided.  As I type this, it is now 11:15 and the current temperature is 83.  It must have been about 85 when I left the house at 10.  But I can vouch that 85 feels a whole lot better without the sun beating down on you. 

My healing sprained ankle felt really good the whole time, and by really good I mean I did not feel a thing. 

Time: 0:51:45

Pace: 8:37

Splits:

8:32

8:10

8:37

8:51

8:35

8:50

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Total Distance
25.00
Night Sleep Time: 28.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 28.00Weight: 158.00Calories: 0.00
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