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Location:

Fort Atkinson,WI,USA

Member Since:

Jul 25, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

High School and Collegiate Major Accomplishments

1997 Illinois State Qualifier 4x800 meter relay, 2000 MIAC All Conference Cross Country , 2000 Division III National Cross Country qualifier, 2001 MIAC All Conference 1500 meter, 2001 Division III National 1500 meter qualifier

Personal Bests (Collegiate) 1999-2001

400 meter 52.9 (1999), 800 meter 1:58 (2001), MIAC Conference 5000 meter 15:01 (2001), Last Chance Qualifier 1500 meter 3:53.8 (2001), 8K 25:01 Division III Pre-National (2001)

Personal Bests (Post Collegiate) Began running again July 2010-

Capital Mile 4:50 (2011), *Luck of The Irish 10K 35:12, *Luck of The Irish 5K 16:24 (2012), Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K 26:18 (2012), Monumental Marathon 2:41:13 (Nov, 2011), 1/2 Champs, Dulth MN 1:16:22 (2012)

*Back to back races




 


Short-Term Running Goals:

2012 Accomplishements

Post Collegiate PR's in 5K,8K,10K

Lifetime PR in 1/2 marathon

Top 10 finishes in Madison Mini and Brewers Mini

Won my 1st 1/2 marathon (River to Ridge)

2013 Plans

Rehab my hamstring and build mileage

Crazy Legs?

Fort 1/2 Marathon?

Lake Front or Madison Marathon?


 

Long-Term Running Goals:

 

Personal:

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Hattori Lifetime Miles: 308.68
Nike Zoom Streak III Lifetime Miles: 201.43
Adidas Adizero Adios Lifetime Miles: 141.13
Saucony Fasttwitch II Lifetime Miles: 256.48
(Red) Nike Lunarlon Lifetime Miles: 562.75
(Black) Lunar Glide Lifetime Miles: 462.51
(Black II) Lunar Glide Lifetime Miles: 387.34
Air Pegasus 28 Lifetime Miles: 267.03
Saucony Type A Lifetime Miles: 27.31
Brooks Adrenaline Lifetime Miles: 249.18
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.190.000.000.0010.19

Evening:  10.19 miles after watching Jen's Aquathon.  The aquathon had a food theme.  They run these once a month in the Madison area.  For this one the athletes had to swim an open water mile swim (shot gun a beer along with scarfing down  a slider and a burrito to subtract 90 seconds from your 5K run time) or just run the 5K.  I was surprised to see a large number of people choosing the beer, burger, and burrito!

I ran my run along the lake shore mansions.  The homes were very stunning.  I finished in the dark, but right before sun down a fox came toward me and sat down in the sidewalk.  I moved to the street and for a second it started to follow me!  I've never seen one so tame.  Just before I reached my truck a family of raccoons came trucking out of the weeds in front of me.  They all looked at me and just slowly walked across the road while I waited for them pass.  Wound up getting in late, but I'm glad I didn't run any earlier.  The temps were well above 100 at 9pm - unbelievable!  We set another record high.  The dangerous part about this heat is the high humidity.  We've had heat indexes reaching 115-120 degrees.  We also haven't had a drop of rain since early May!  Looks to be some relief come Friday night though.   

(Black) Lunar Glide Miles: 10.19
Night Sleep Time: 11.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 11.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 16:17:33 from 155.100.226.54

Cool on the fox sighting... not so cool on the heat index!

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