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Location:

New Palestine,IN,USA

Member Since:

Oct 23, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 18:59 (3/09)
4M - 25:06 (9/09)
10k - 41:01 (11/07)

Half - 1:25:58 (11/09)

Marathon - 3:06:33 (12/09)

Short-Term Running Goals:

1:25 for the half marathon
Sub 39:00 for the 10k.
3:07 marathon
18:30 5k

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Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 3:00 for the marathon.

Personal:

Married, two daughters (18 and 15).  Masters runner trying to get competitive in my age group.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Lifetime Miles: 372.70
ASICS Excel 33 Lifetime Miles: 152.00
Saucony Ride 7 Lifetime Miles: 249.00
ASICS DS Trainer Lifetime Miles: 212.20
Asics Cumulus 16 Lifetime Miles: 241.30
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
53.700.000.000.0053.70
Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 41.70Saucony Kinvara 3 (Green) Miles: 12.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

Stayed up real late and slept in this morning.  Got in a few miles before New Year's activities with the family.

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Nice day out today (38).  Nice easy run.  Felt good and glad to be outside.  Supposed to cool down next week so trying to get out as much as possible.

32:52 (8:13 avg)

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Cold (8) and windy this morning so ran on the TM.  Felt good today.

Saucony Kinvara 3 (Green) Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

Taking Ashtin back to school today so didn't have a lot of time but was able to get in a few miles.  Felt good with a little tightness in right hip.

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Another cold (4) and windy morning so back on the TM.  Just an easy run.  Right hip felt much better and no issues.

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Very cold (-7) and windy this morning.  Thankful to have the option of running on the TM on days like this.  Nice easy run.  Just trying to get back to everyday running then build from there.

Saucony Kinvara 3 (Green) Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Warmer today (14) but still windy and the roads were snowy so another day on the TM.  Felt good today and just ran easy.

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Another cold (0) morning so off to the TM.  I had planned to run 6 today but my calf tied up around 4 miles and I had to stop before I hurt it more.  Hopefully a little ice and massage will work it out.

Saucony Kinvara 3 (Green) Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

My calf has really been hurting over the last few days but decided to give it a try today.  I was able to get in a mile without too much pain but started tightening up so I didn't go further.

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

Tried running again today but same issue as yesterday.  I am going to have to take some time off to get this healed.

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

After taking a week off to let my calf heal I tried it again today and seemed to be much better.  It was a little tinder but it didn't tighten up like before.  I am going to continue to baby for a few more days and then hopefully I can get back to normal.

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

I was able to get in two consective days on the calf without any problems so hope that I can continue on as normal from here.  I will try to get back up the mileage more next week.  I think my problem has been a change in shoes.  I had great success in the past with the shoes I was using but changed a couple of years ago and I have been having problems ever since.  I am going back to more traditional shoes and see how that works.

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Felt much better today.  No tightness or soreness in the calf.  Hopefully, I have put this one behind me.  

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Cold and snowy this morning so ran on the TM.  Felt good today and no problems with the calf.  Going to continue to build up.

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Cold and windy morning today so ran on the TM.  Felt pretty good today but just ran easy.  Glad to get a couple of consective days in.

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.700.000.000.003.70

Cold out so ran on TM.  Had a breaker blow on my TM so had to stop early. Otherwise it was a pretty good run.

Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 3.70
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
53.700.000.000.0053.70
Saucony Ride 5 (Red) Miles: 41.70Saucony Kinvara 3 (Green) Miles: 12.00
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