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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
86.8114.206.250.00107.26
Brooks Ghost 4 - Blue Miles: 8.0015 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 43.64Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 27.0512 - Saucony Kinvara 4 - Neon Miles: 9.00Ravenna 5 - Red Miles: 19.57
Weight: 144.87
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.630.000.000.0018.63

AM: recovery pace for about 90 minutes in the rain.  A bit tired, but the rain felt great.  10.63 miles - 1:31:20.  Glycerins are pretty awesome - 600+ miles and still all warm and cushy inside.

PM:  easy 8 mi. in the drizzling rain - about 8:45 pace

Brooks Ghost 4 - Blue Miles: 8.0015 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 10.63
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.350.000.000.007.35

easy hour in PM - 7.35 mi. - 64:20.  felt terrible for first 30 minutes

15 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 7.35
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.605.003.150.0017.75

Double Day today

AM: 2mi. WU, 5mi. MP - 6:30, 24,24,29,29, 2mi. CD

9mi. total - 1:04:45

PM:  5x1mi. LT scheduled This didn't happen - I felt aerobically taxed from the start of the first mile.  1mi. (6:08) / 2min. rec. / 0.75mi. (4:45) / 2min. rec / 0.5 mi. (3:12) ... and I was toast at this point.  Jogged for 10 minutes and felt like I was gasping for air still.  2x3min. "efforts" that were barely MP.

I think humidity is to blame... yeah, that's it.  And the sun was in my eyes.

8.75 mi. total - 1:07:23

Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 8.7512 - Saucony Kinvara 4 - Neon Miles: 9.00
Weight: 144.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM before work: 5:30 am - I do not get to enjoy the sunrise for these shakeouts anymore.  6mi. around the neighborhood - 52 min. 

15 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 6.00
Weight: 146.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.660.000.000.0019.66

PM: mid day   1st of back to back long runs   home from work - Seymour to Columbus.  Hot and humid - about 90 degrees and 85%.  Got pretty fried on this journey.  Struggled to keep it under 9minutes near the end :)

19.66 mi. - 2:42:23

15 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 19.66
Weight: 144.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.570.000.000.0019.57

4am:   2nd of back to to back long runs   back into work.  Dark the whole way, but still about 75 degrees and very humid.  Headlamp, and white shirt causing some nipple bleeding made for some character building.  Legs were pretty tired from yesterday afternoon's run in the heat.

19.57 mi. - 2:48:14

Ravenna 5 - Red Miles: 19.57
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Sprint for the Spirit 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:17:58, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.009.203.100.0018.30

AM: Similar to Last Saturday's workout, but added one more 3mile AT effort.  jogged over to race across town and did some strides/pickups when it got closer to race time.  local 5k again - I've run this one the last couple years.  No ringers showed up today, so after the usual silliness in the first half mile thinned out, I was solo.  Humidit and last 2 days really took their toll in the last mile, but, I was happy that I lasted that long - 5:44, 5:44, 5:55, 0:35 - 17:58 - 5k.  Cooled off with a wonderful water bottle poured over the head shower, got a sip, and ran the course again at 5k @ AT - 20:17.  Got some cookies and nanas from the finish line collected my winnings :), and on with the rest of the workout.  2x3mi. AT with a 3 min. rec. jog - 20:00 & 20:30.

18.3 mi. total - 2:10:15 total moving time

Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 18.30
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
86.8114.206.250.00107.26
Brooks Ghost 4 - Blue Miles: 8.0015 - Brooks Glycerin 11 - Blue Miles: 43.64Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 27.0512 - Saucony Kinvara 4 - Neon Miles: 9.00Ravenna 5 - Red Miles: 19.57
Weight: 144.87
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