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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
Totals
Total Distance
19.15
1260 White/Blue Miles: 13.90Brooks Ravenna 2 White/Red Miles: 5.25
Night Sleep Time: 29.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 29.50Weight: 152.00Calories: 2719.00
Sun, Oct 23, 2011
Total Distance
1.83

Alisha and I set out to run long today, but ended up running short.  We are learning that our individual preferred time of day to run is not likely going to work out. 

1260 White/Blue Miles: 1.83
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 152.00Calories: 631.00
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Tue, Oct 25, 2011
Total Distance
5.25

I drove out to the church parking lot at Elm and the Creek Turnpike this morning about 45 minutes before sunrise.  I ran towards the moon that was low in the sky.  There was so little visible light on the moon that all you could really see was it's circular outline in the night sky.  It was really a sight to behold.

I'm still closely paying attention to the arch of my right foot.  I still feel something there, just not the tightening that caused me to take time off.  I'm planning on running with Kevin tomorrow morning.  This will be my first opportunity in quite a few weeks to see how two days in a row feels.  

Brooks Ravenna 2 White/Red Miles: 5.25
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 152.00Calories: 631.00
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Wed, Oct 26, 2011
Total Distance
6.00

I was a nice 54 degrees this morning at 6:30.  Kevin and I ran from my house to the Creek Turnpike trail and headed towards NSU.  On the way back it started raining pretty good on us.

I felt the arch of my right foot a little less than yesterday, which I am happy about.  We ran a nice 8:42 pace today.  Yesterday I ran an 8:52 pace.  I had noticed in the past that running harder would actually make the pain go away or go down.  Since my pace today was very close to that of yesterday I think I can safely say that pace had nothing to do with the way that my foot felt.

1260 White/Blue Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 152.00Calories: 722.00
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Sat, Oct 29, 2011
Total Distance
6.07

This is the morning of the Tulsa Run.  I have run the last three in a row, but I'm going to miss this one.  The race starts in about 30 minutes.  I'm telling myself that it is alright to miss this year since my injury prevented the necessary training to improve on last years finish time.  I have never finished slower than the year or the time before and I intend on continuing that trend as long as possible.  And since I'm only thirty I should have quite a few good years left of improvement.  

So I ran six this morning and felt really good.  I ran an average 8:28 mile pace and felt very little if anything in the arch of my right foot.  I plan on running a long slow ten tomorrow morning, resting on Monday, then doing some speed intervals on Tuesday.  If I feel good after all of that I'm going to kick it up a notch for the Route 66 Half on November 20th.  

 

1260 White/Blue Miles: 6.07
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 152.00Calories: 735.00
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Totals
Total Distance
19.15
1260 White/Blue Miles: 13.90Brooks Ravenna 2 White/Red Miles: 5.25
Night Sleep Time: 29.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 29.50Weight: 152.00Calories: 2719.00
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