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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
47.408.008.100.0063.50
Black And Blue Nike Lunar Fly - Flats Miles: 6.00Black Nike Lunar Fly 2 Miles: 20.00Mountain Bike($50 Walmart 10 Speed) Miles: 9.00Saucony Kinvara - White And Red Miles: 33.10Old New Balance 595 Miles: 1.00Old Asics Gel Miles: 3.40
Weight: 149.60
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 mi. very slow and easy - 56:50

Black And Blue Nike Lunar Fly - Flats Miles: 6.00
Weight: 151.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.004.000.000.0012.00

easy 8 mi.- 1:06:40 (8:20s)

4 mi. MP - 28:32 (7:08s)


Black Nike Lunar Fly 2 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 148.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.001.000.000.008.00

About 75deg., overcast, mod. humidity @ 7pm

x-train: 9 mi. on bike- 40:32 (4:30/mi.), light stretching

mod. 8 mi. w/ last mi. at MP (7:07), Total Time - 1:04:45 (8:06/mi.)

Amazed at difficulty of the bike-run transition

Black Nike Lunar Fly 2 Miles: 8.00Mountain Bike($50 Walmart 10 Speed) Miles: 9.00
Weight: 149.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.004.000.0011.00

New Shoes! Saucony Progrid Kinvara - Feel Super Light after running in Nike Lunar Glide 2.

11 mi. run.

Warmup: 3 mi. easy with Tiff./1 mi. alone,

3 x 1 mi. Hill Repeats w/ 0.5 mi. recovery jogs - 6:45, 6:45, 6:35,

1 mi. flat Threshold Run - 6:09

1.5 mi. easy cooldown


Saucony Kinvara - White And Red Miles: 11.00
Weight: 150.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Slooow 4 mi. -- 37:04

Legs heavy today, rest up for next 3 days (long run and 2 races)  

Saucony Kinvara - White And Red Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.003.001.000.0014.00

14 mi. in Seymour w/ FREYGUY - PM run after work:

easy 10 mi.- 1:28:51 (8:53s)

mile 11-14 -- 7:07, 6:31, 7:27, 7:32

Last 4 mi. - 28:37 (7:09s)

Total time = 1:59:05

 


 

 

Saucony Kinvara - White And Red Miles: 14.00
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Firecracker 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:19:17, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.400.003.100.008.50

1 mi .warmup (8:15), strides

Race - 5k in Columbus, IN - hilly course through a Tipton Lakes neighborhood

1 mi. - 5:44,

2 mi. - 6:29

3 mi. - 6:28

Overall Time - 19:17

Easy 1 mi. walk/jog w/ Indy (our retarded puppy) in old New Balances

Bean Blossom Half Marathon is tomorrow in Martinsville, IN (Morgan Monroe State Park near Bloomington)

PM run (ate too much) - slooow 3.4 mi. - 33:22  

Saucony Kinvara - White And Red Miles: 4.10Old New Balance 595 Miles: 1.00Old Asics Gel Miles: 3.40
Weight: 150.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
47.408.008.100.0063.50
Black And Blue Nike Lunar Fly - Flats Miles: 6.00Black Nike Lunar Fly 2 Miles: 20.00Mountain Bike($50 Walmart 10 Speed) Miles: 9.00Saucony Kinvara - White And Red Miles: 33.10Old New Balance 595 Miles: 1.00Old Asics Gel Miles: 3.40
Weight: 149.60
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