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Location:

Lawton,OK,United States

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Got off the couch and started running

5K PR   : 30:25
8K PR   : 58:53
7.2mi PR: 01:21:53
HM PR: 02:49:06

2010 Results --
Dallas RnR Half Marathon: 02:49:06

States --
AZ, AR, CA, CO, FL*, KS*, MO*, NC, OK*, TX*, VA*
Countries --
CA*

Short-Term Running Goals:

Build up to a 30 mpw routine.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Establish and maintain a program of cardiovascular fitness.
Participate in one of the Ragnar Relays.
Manage to place within the top 3 in my age group in a race. Any race.

Personal:

My wife, Teresa, has stayed by my side for over 21 years and I am a much better person as a result. Kristoffer, our only child, is now 15 and continues to exceed all my expectations. If you look in the dictionary under the word luck you will see my smiling face.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Nike BRS 1000 Lifetime Miles: 95.25
Asics Gel 1130 Lifetime Miles: 370.74
Asics Gel 1140 Lifetime Miles: 456.73
Asics Gel 1150 Lifetime Miles: 278.94
Asics Gel 1150 Lifetime Miles: 290.95
Asics Gel Kayano 16 Lifetime Miles: 152.32
Thu, Aug 14, 2008
Total Distance
3.51

3.51 miles in 42:30 for an avg pace of 12:05/mi burning 327 calories.

Today's splits ---
12:15
12:18
12:20
05:37 (10:57/mi pace)

Achy run today with the calves being the loudest complainers. It felt like I was working extra hard to keep my pace in the target range. Everything eased out around 2.5 miles and I pushed the pace during the last 0.33 miles. Reached down to the mid 8 range. It's fun to flirt with those sorts of numbers but I am not ready to maintain that pace over any distance.

Three rabbits this morning and an equal number of joggers or walkers. For some reason I must have been looking skyward a great deal because I recall seeing several groups of what I guess to be geese flying overhead. Surely it's too early for migrating so they must have been local flocks moving from one pond to another.

Location: Chesapeake, Va

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
Comments
From Hildisvini on Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 15:10:59

You are the most consistent run blogger I know of.

Not that I really know anything but in my circles, school of thought is to flirt more often with the fast times, thus working your way toward being able maintain that pace for greater distances. I would do that myself more if I were able.

I'm just curious if you have heard that philosophy and if you disagree with it.

In any case, your running and blogging are impressive.

From KellyP on Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 08:15:15

Thanks for the nice comments, Hildisvini.

I too have heard that you need to do a bit of speedwork to get your body accustomed to racing at the faster paces. Being a new runner though (less than a year) I have a great fear of injury from overtraining. For this reason I try to keep my faster paces to short distances and only as small segments of a larger workout.

From Hildisvini on Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 15:08:38

Hmmm. I see. That may be exactly what I've done to myself -- overtrained. I'm going to have move on to low impact workouts i.e. no hard runs until I figure out what's wrong with my joints.

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