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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
28.58
1260 White/Blue Miles: 20.58Brooks Ravenna 2 White/Red Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 14.75Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 14.75Weight: 152.00Calories: 3461.00
Total Distance
10.00

Kevin and I ran an easy 10 at an 8:17 miles pace today in 32 degree calm conditions before sun rise.  It was a good Sunday morning run as usual.  The blue sky and beautiful pink cirrus clouds that emerged in the east just as we were finishing was a sight to behold.  


1260 White/Blue Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 152.00Calories: 1211.00
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Total Distance
8.00

I ran 8 miles today at a 7:46 pace.  I'm glad I got the run out of the way early.  This is going to be one of those days where the high is at 6 AM and it's only going to get colder from here.  It was a nice 48 degrees this morning.  


Brooks Ravenna 2 White/Red Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 152.00Calories: 963.00
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Total Distance
4.15

I ran an easy 4 this morning at an 8:35 mile pace.  

Just outside my neighborhood entrance I found an empty bag of deer feed.  When I first passed it I thought maybe it was a full bag.  When I went to pick it up I realized it was just trash.  So I ran home with it to throw it away.  Luckily I was only about 3 blocks from my house.  

I am now well on my way to hitting 1,000 miles for the year.  I only have 32 miles to go.  I'm a little short of last year since last year I ran 1,387 miles.  Damn that injury that wiped out my only planned marathon of the year.  I can always look forward to setting a new bench mark in 2012. 


1260 White/Blue Miles: 4.15
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 152.00Calories: 506.00
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Total Distance
6.43

I ran a nice 6.43 miles today at an easy 8:13 mile pace.  I had only intended to run 5 today, but I was feeling pretty good.  It's funny how that tends to happen on days that I don't have to work.  Today is one of my last vacation days of the year, and I'm really excited to be at the start of my 3 day holiday weekend.

My next run will be my usual Sunday morning easy 10, which just happens to fall on Christmas this year.  I have made a tradition with my self of running long runs on the big holidays such as Christmas, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Labor day, and Memorial Day.  Even though I'm not one to go out and get sloshed on New Years Eve, in fact I'm pretty sure I've spent the last few totally sober, I've yet to do a long run on New Years Day for some reason.  I know that on New Years Eve 2009 Alisha and I ran the Race Into The New Year run, which is a 5k that begins at 11:45 PM so that you literally are running from one year into the next.  That would explain my lack of running on New Years Day 2010, but I'm not sure why I skipped out on New Years Day 2011.  I may have to add that holiday to my list of traditional holiday runs for 2012.   


1260 White/Blue Miles: 6.43
Night Sleep Time: 7.25Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.25Weight: 152.00Calories: 781.00
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Total Distance
28.58
1260 White/Blue Miles: 20.58Brooks Ravenna 2 White/Red Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 14.75Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 14.75Weight: 152.00Calories: 3461.00
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