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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
13.8522.604.470.0040.92
Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 17.00Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 25.70Brooks Ravenna 3 - Blue Miles: 2.00Brooks Ghost 4 - Red Miles: 13.17
Weight: 143.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

easy bike today to get the blood flowing and give the legs a rest (hammies and knee)  LAst big tempo run tomorrow!

Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.0015.100.000.0016.10

AM Tempo Run:

8am this morning - it was 70 degrees and muggy.  Final tempo run - taper for Fox Valley Marathon on Sept. 16th begins this week.  Garmin Connect inaccessible for me since our CP crashed and no access - can't upload... anyway - started off run at 6:30-6:35s and started falling off at mile 10.  Hmm, maybe due to the heavy mileage over the last month (300 mi. is about a 20% increase in monthly mileage for me).  I hope so...

Total 15.1mi. - 1:43:22 (6:50 avg.), 0.5 mi. WU and 0.5 mi CD.

Weight is looking okay, but I would have liked a better result today.

Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 16.10
Weight: 143.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

PM: easy bike-jog-bike over to Mill Race Park and back.  6 mi. bike, 2 mi. jog -19:00, 6 mi.

Its hard to know how to act or what to do when I'm not running 1.5-2 hours a day.

Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 12.00Brooks Ravenna 3 - Blue Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.750.000.360.003.11

PM: Easy 5k w/ strides around neighborhood - really letting the recovery sink in - my legs are feeling strong!  :)  10k tempo tomorrow 

Brooks Ghost 4 - Red Miles: 3.11
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.503.000.500.006.00

PM: Taper day tempo - hot and humid - feels like about 90 deg. and thick here in Indiana.

1.2 WU - 9:35 with the dog.  Indy likes to just stop and sit down at about 0.5 mi. now :(

3 MP (or what felt like MP effort :( )  This was not feeling good today :(  Hopefully, my body is still recovering from August 300 and Monday's long tempo?? 20:27 (6:45s-6:50s)

4 x 0.13 strides at about 5k pace,

1.68 CD - not really, since I was drenched with sweat :) 

 

Brooks Ghost 4 - Red Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.580.000.480.004.06

PM: easy 4.06 mi. w/ strides: 4x0.12 mi.(44,41,44,40) - 34:12 

Brooks Ghost 4 - Red Miles: 4.06
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Melonfest 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:18:24, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.024.503.130.009.65

AM: Melonfest 5k race in Brownstown, IN - 8a, 55-60 degrees, a hilly and soggy course after last night's rain.  PArt of the course was through some mud and puddles on a grassy path.  First mile was downhill, some good rolling hills over the rest of the course, including a nasty one to finish the race... 

5:29, 6:08, 6:02, :44

3rd overall, and a nice door prize - a watermelon :)

Feel good after an easy week.  I'd say another week like this one and I'll be feeling amazing!  Watch out, St Charles.

PM: 3.43 mi. buildup - 24:48 (7:46, 7:08, 6:35) -- the legs were a little stiff from this morning, but the effort level was very low on the last mile!  Very encouraging.

Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 9.60
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.8522.604.470.0040.92
Blue Nishiki 10 Speed Bike Miles: 17.00Saucony Kinvara 2 - Black/Gold Miles: 25.70Brooks Ravenna 3 - Blue Miles: 2.00Brooks Ghost 4 - Red Miles: 13.17
Weight: 143.00
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