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Location:

OH,

Member Since:

Jun 03, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I started running in Feb of 2009.

First 5K- April 18th, 2009

First Marathon- Sept 19,2009 - Wright Patt Air Force Base Marathon.

PR 5K 19:36  7/04/11  Americana 5K   

PR 10K 42:25  8/06/11  Tadmor 10K (Dam run... HILLS)

PR Marathon 9/17/11 Air Force Marathon 3:14:38

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

Show up. 

REALLY show up.

2017 Races

Tie dye 50K - 29th

11/11 Richmond Marathon

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for Boston 

Run Boston!  

No injuries and another marathon.

Did I mention avoiding injuries? 

More marathons, help others around me achieve goals.  

Personal:

Married and have two daughters 15 & 21... I hope to convert at least one into a runner :)

Psalm 14:1 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."

John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

 
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Tue, Aug 24, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.325.0010.32

Had a work meeting this am and had to take Angel to the dentist for an emergency extraction (infected and quite painful) so I took a little personal time from work and ran this afternoon. Did I mention how I really dislike running in the afternoon? It is hotter, and just feels worse. That being said today was the tempo run that was not! I am pretty sure it is all mental today. I started with a 2 mile warm up and thinking 'I do not think I can push it this afternoon' - of course no real good reason to think that, but mental like I said. After the 2 mile warm up I sped up the next 2 miles to about a 7:50ish pace and then the next 2 at a 7:15-20ish pace. Ahhh then my body decided it could not hold the pace for some reason. Again I think it was mental. I backed off the pace some and just ran the next 3 miles as a base run...

So after 9 miles 'Devil Dan' (Bon that is for you if you are reading today) said... 'you're not done are you? Letting your mind get the best of you...tisk tisk'... so I ran a little more and did some quick strides 6x200. After that I was ready to punch myself for the abuse of running those on tired legs. I know it was good for me to teach my body to run fast when tired, but I certainly was not thinking that during them!

Brooks Launch - Nightlife Miles: 10.32
Comments
From Bonnie on Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 19:13:01 from 128.196.228.134

Gotta watch out for the Devil-runner-Dan (you need to differentiate him from your just standard Devil Dan ;-) ).

I hate afternoon running too, but I find I am usually running much faster than the morning -- I think it is mental (maybe you should try covering your watch and try to run by feel next PM run and see if you don't surprise yourself)...

Sorry to hear about Angels extraction, I had one of those emergency ones last year too ... I hope she recovers quickly. At least the pain is better now.

From Dan on Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 19:48:21 from 24.209.83.20

Thanks Bon... humm Bon Bon.. anyway I will try that advice next afternoon run and leave the watch behind! Right now I am looking forward to a cool morning run.

From Bonnie on Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 19:53:25 from 128.196.228.134

Both of those have been/are nicknames ...

along with BonnieJean (one word).

Me too Dan the man, me too (looking forward to a cool morning run -- I have about 3-4 weeks left).

Although, we are having a monsoon right now, and it is pretty darn cool!

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