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Location:

Columbus,IN,US

Member Since:

Jun 13, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

37 Marathons -- PR - 2:48:53 (Fall 2014)

A bunch of Half Marathons -- PR - 1:19:20 (Aug. 2015 - Converted)

10k - 36:30 Unaided // 35:25 (July 2014 - Aided)

5k - 17:28 (Aug. 2015)

1mi. - 4:58 (July 2014 - Track)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

10k and 5k's to get back into the swing of thing this summer

Sept. 21:  Mill Race Marathon - Under 3:00.  LET's GO!  

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

R2R2R in Grand Canyon  5/18/19 

Marathon < 2:45

Half Marathon < 1:18

Top 10 in Bluegrass 10k

5k < 17

Personal:

400m/800m competitively in track in high school.  Took 15 years off. Started running again in 2010.  Married to my beautiful wife, Tiffany, with 2 little boys, now 4 and 6.  I'm a civil engineer working for the Indiana DOT in Seymour, IN.   I live in a slightly larger town about 20 miles north - Columbus, IN.  Originally from Lexington, KY.

 

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Barefoot Running Lifetime Miles: 4.00
Swimming Lifetime Miles: 6.20
Elliptical Lifetime Miles: 81.50
Vilano Road Bike Lifetime Miles: 1216.95
Vilano Bike On Mag Trainer Lifetime Miles: 277.85
Red Peregrine Velcro Lifetime Miles: 314.94
Red Peregrine NO Velcro Lifetime Miles: 171.83
Saucony Kinvara 11 Lifetime Miles: 237.33
Blue Arahi 4.2 Lifetime Miles: 662.17
Nordictrack TM Lifetime Miles: 358.98
Hoka Bondi 7 Lifetime Miles: 325.22
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
238.0743.846.250.00288.16
Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 126.50Brooks Adrenaline - Navy Miles: 124.44Hoka Arahi Miles: 13.50Red Peregrine Velcro Miles: 20.30
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None. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.300.000.000.001.30

walked a bit

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
21.400.000.000.0021.40

AM in Notre Daem for a Leadership training.  10 miles in 2 big loops around campus - 1:23.  walking around campus to class room and on a gradn tour of the campus.  10 miles in evening - 2 more of the same loops - 1:23:22

Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 20.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.700.000.000.0011.70

Easy AM miles - pretty sore for some reason.  6.4 miles - 58:19.  walks around campus.  4 miles slow around campus at lunch - 38:02.  Last day at Notre Dame

Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 11.70
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

easy 2 miles before work - 19 min. 

Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 2.00
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Race: Oktoberfest 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:18:58, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.750.003.150.008.90

REally thought I was in a bit better shape... 5:43 mile 1 felt in the range of current fitness level 5k pace. 

Nope.  Last mile split was 6:15.  That is all. 

Brooks Adrenaline - Navy Miles: 8.90
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
21.900.000.000.0021.90

Struggled through a long run

Brooks Adrenaline - Navy Miles: 21.90
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

18 mile LR. Slow and almost over this sickness 

Brooks Adrenaline - Navy Miles: 18.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.620.000.000.0014.62

5a: Easy 2 mi. before work - 19:51

12p: easy 5 mi. at lunch in Greenfield - 42:44

6p: 6.25 mi. home from park

7p: wife locked us out of the house - 1.32 miles walk jog while a criminal... I mean locksmith came and let us in

Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 7.00Brooks Adrenaline - Navy Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 at lunch in Greenfield

Hoka Arahi Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.006.840.000.006.84

Wind in the Sails: Felt pretty good in the cooler weather and finally over this sickness compeltely.  6.84 miles on Pennsy Trail out and back - 46:44

Brooks Adrenaline - Navy Miles: 6.84
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.600.000.000.0013.60

Took afternoon off work.  Run from house over to Tipton Lakes and around the neighborhoods.  13.6 miles - 1:42

Brooks Adrenaline - Navy Miles: 13.60
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Race: Grind 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:18:41, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.800.003.100.004.90

9a Series Race at Becks Mill in Salem, IN.  Neat historic site of old mill and the surrounding residencies from that time period. 

RAn well on the hilly 5k course: GAP: 5:45, 5:51, 5:52 and then the finish is a massive downhill.  PAce was 4:15, with GAP 4:42.  Feeling alot better about this one than last weekend.  Also - great to have the family in attendance. 

Brooks Adrenaline - Navy Miles: 4.90
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.400.000.000.0018.40

18.4 mile loop out to Grandview.  Lots of bathroom stops.  Cooler weather, so I wasted a Tailwind packet in the handheld. 

Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 18.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

AM run at house - 2miles easy

Lunch run at work - 5 miles easy - 40:11

Hoka Arahi Miles: 5.00Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 2.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles easy - 31:37

Brooks Adrenaline - Navy Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

3.5 miles easy in the am - 28:23

Hoka Arahi Miles: 3.50
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Off - Work is nutso

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.607.000.000.008.60

3 miles quick in the AM on Pennsy in the dark - feeling good

5.6 miles on Pennsy at lunch - Still going strong

Red Peregrine Velcro Miles: 8.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.100.000.000.0014.10

Easy 14.1 miles - Mill Race out and back.  1:48:39

Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 14.10
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Race: Columbus Marathon (26.219 Miles) 03:09:53, Place overall: 193, Place in age division: 32
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.3024.000.000.0030.30

MAde the 3 hour drive Sunday morning and got to park in a pretty good spot, and with enough time to jog a bit before and pick up packet.  Wanted at least 30 miles today, and hoping for sub 3hours. 

warmed up with slow jogging before the race - about 3 miles.  Good weather, and a lot of people to contend with to get to bathrooms and corral.  Awesome race experience at the start line with a Thunderstruck montage, and fireworks.  Dude messed up the national anthem lyrics... :)

Anyway, race went just fine  through 17-18 miles.  Clicking off 6:40-6:55 miles, with GPS way off from about mile 4.  The 3 hour pace group was crazy big and made it tough to get water at aid stations, but, I think I managed to hit when I needed.  Mile 19 split had a pretty good hill, and a slower split for me where I los the group a little bit.  A well placed Clif gel at taht point really gave me a boost. and I started feeling good in some downhill miles: 21-23 miles were 6:19, 6:26, and 6:35.  Even passed the pace group and was targetting other people to pick off, my previous favorit game to play when I was oyounger man :)  Then, started fading again: 7:11, and then a dizzy feeling turning in to a severe dizzy spell.  HAd to walk mile 26... Not good.  I bounced back a little bit and ran hard over the finish line.  GPS showed 27 miles.  Crushed some food and warmed back up in the car.  took a a few minutes to recover and regain my senses.  27 miles - 3:09:51

 

Brooks Adrenaline - Navy Miles: 30.30
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Pretty wrecked from yesterday.  That was supposed to be a training run, and it turned in to a difficult day. 

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Eyes on the prize and playing it safe/smart:  100 miler, that I will finish, in less than 3 weeks.  Took today off again

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

easy 2 miles at lunch.  Feeling better.  

Red Peregrine Velcro Miles: 2.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.100.000.000.007.10

Back to it. Almost went in the morning before work, and then at lunch.  Finally made it out the door after kids in bed.  7.1 miels easy - 59:04.

Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 7.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.700.000.000.0012.70

AM before work: 7 miles on Pennsy Trail - 56:42.  Chilly and drizzling

Lunch Run on Pennsy the other way: 5.6 miles - 45:11.  Chilly and drizzling

Feeling pretty alright now.   

Red Peregrine Velcro Miles: 5.60Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

AM Long Run.  2 Weeks from 100.  Time to start thinking about that a bit more seriously.

Chilly and drizzling.  18 miles at easy pace starting in the dark (6:30a) - 2:28:45

Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 18.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Very windy but warm afternoon.  60 degrees.  14 miles out and back to Mill Race - 2 hours.  Pretty tired, and some bad acid reflux going on.  2 weeks til the 100

Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 14.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.100.000.000.006.10

am - easy 2 miles b4 work

lunch - easy 4.1 miles on Pensy

Red Peregrine Velcro Miles: 4.10Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 2.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.206.000.000.008.20

am - 3mi. uptempo before work around the neighborhood

lunch - 5mi. w/ 4mi. Moderate

Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 3.20Brooks Adrenaline - Navy Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

easy 4 miles before work around the neighborhood

Brooks Adrenaline - Navy Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
238.0743.846.250.00288.16
Hoka Clifton 5 Miles: 126.50Brooks Adrenaline - Navy Miles: 124.44Hoka Arahi Miles: 13.50Red Peregrine Velcro Miles: 20.30
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