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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

16:52 Phillies Charities 5k (2016)

35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

58:10 Broad Street 10 Mile (2016)

1:16:02 Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (2015)

2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

Personal:

I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

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Miles:This week: 32.70 Month: 57.70 Year: 1986.65
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles: 613.75
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles: 99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles: 21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles: 253.80
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles: 357.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles: 145.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles: 465.10
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles: 287.00
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles: 5.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles: 304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles: 310.95
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles: 23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles: 64.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles: 23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles: 12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles: 4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles: 13.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
24.080.000.000.0024.08
Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Miles: 2.75Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 4.60Kinvara 10 Miles: 8.70Kinvara 10 II Miles: 6.20
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PM: 40' @ 132 BPM (14:45)

Had to go extremely slow to keep the HR down. Go some cleaning and other house stuff done today and yesterday.

Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Miles: 2.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.600.000.000.004.60

PM: 60' @ 132 BPM (13:04).

HR was much better today. Cool and damp. Very fallish. Megan is at 34 weeks today. Not much longer. 

Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 4.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.830.000.000.001.83

AM: 25' @  ~130 BPM (13:52)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.400.000.000.001.40

PM: 20' @ 135 BPM (14:51)

Got two new pairs of shoes. That got me out the door, but just barely.

Kinvara 10 Miles: 1.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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AM: 45' @ 130 BPM (14:24)

PM: 25' @ 135 BPM (13:15)

Kinvara 10 Miles: 3.10Kinvara 10 II Miles: 1.90
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.300.000.000.004.30

PM: 60' @ 134 BPM (14:05)

Warmish fall day. Quite lovely. I graded and assembled the crib and organized a bunch of stuff in the nursery. 

Kinvara 10 II Miles: 4.30
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4.200.000.000.004.20

PM: 60' @ 130 BPM (14:28)

A little more overcast, but still decently warm. Graded a bit and worked on the crib accessories. Just a little over a week now (at most). We caught some sun out in the driveway for a little while, which was nice. 

Kinvara 10 Miles: 4.20
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Mostly course prep and some other stuff. Just didn't get out.

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Night: 30' on the trainer. HR 137.

Decided to put my bike on the trainer as I haven't been riding outside as I have been worried Megan would go into labor. Working on my TV setup. 

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Megan has an appointment around 7:30AM and her blood pressure was quite high for a prolonged period of time, so they decided to do an emergency C-section. The boys were born at 2:51 and 2:52.

Welcome to the world Charles Wallace Dodge (4lbs 14 oz) and Sawyer Graham Dodge (5 lbs 2 oz).

Sawyer had to go into the NICU pretty quickly as he wasn't breathing normally on his own (something that happens with early twins). Charlie was fine for a while, but then had to go in as well. They improved a good deal over night and as of Wednesday morning are doing fine breathing on their own. We went in to hold them as Megan really didn't get so interact with or hold Sawyer yesterday. I saw him and visited him, but  haven't held him yet.

 

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PM: 60' on TrainerRoad (Lazy Mountain). HR 118.

I stayed at the hospital last night after coming home to check on the cats. The boys were doing well. Megan might be there until Satursday and it all depends on how the boys are progressing for when they are coming home, but things look promising. 

I'm staying at home tonight to feed the cats and make sure they don't get too off schedule and weirded out before the boys come home and their life really starts to get interesting :-)

Working on school work and making revisions to Megan's classes and answering her students' emails. I told them to just email me as I am working on the same materials.

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24.080.000.000.0024.08
Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Miles: 2.75Saucony Kinvara 5 Blue (Vault Shoe) II Miles: 4.60Kinvara 10 Miles: 8.70Kinvara 10 II Miles: 6.20
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