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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

Upcoming Races



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
Sat, Oct 25, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.004.000.000.0014.00

I made it official and signed up for the Huntsville Rocket City marathon. After the disappointment at Chicago I really felt that I had to give myself one more shot at a decent marathon this year. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate this time. So back to the training...

It was nice this morning (43) but pretty windy. Since Huntsville is more hilly than I am used to I want to get some time running on rolling hills. There is about a 1 mile stretch of road close to my house with some rolling hills so I ran over there and then ran back and forth on that 4 times to get in some hills. I felt good running today and gradually picked up the pace as I went. The last 4 miles were probably close to MP but I was not checking my splits. It was a good run today.

1:48:05 (7:43 avg)

Comments
From jtshad on Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:11:23

Nice run! When is Huntsville?

From JimF on Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:18:46

Huntsville is on Dec 13th (Sat). It is 9 weeks after Chicago so should give me time to get ready.

From rockness18 on Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 13:38:44

Looking forward to seeing what you can do. Feel like your legs are back?

From JimF on Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 14:55:34

Dave, I am feeling pretty good. I was very conservative the last two weeks on recovery but think I am ready to go now. Next week I plan on getting the mileage back up to normal then the following week doing more faster stuff.

From Jon on Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:29:13

Have fun in Huntsville!

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