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December 29, 2025

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Location:

Arlington,TN,USA

Member Since:

Jun 01, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

One of the highlights of my short running career thus far has been a rather surprising 10k finish. I had never cracked sub 40:00, but while in training for a marathon, surprised myself with a 38:49 (it remains my PR). 5k - 18:45 10k - 38:49 1/2 - 1:26:57 Mar - 3:15:54 (BQ by a few seconds!)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Set PR's at every distance and count down to becoming a Master runner. Realistically, I would like to run sub 18:00 this year and lower both the 1/2 and full marathon times. Not many chances here in Memphis to run a good/fast 10k. Oh yeah, try to juggle running/racing with a full-time job, home business, family, and a new baby.

Long-Term Running Goals:

In August of 2008, I begin training for my first sub 3:00 marathon.  The race will be the St. Jude Marathon in Memphis, TN. (my hometown).   

* I began blogging, again, to help me maintain my motivation for my attempt!  Encouragement, advice, etc. is always welcome.

Personal:

I am married with one little girl (age 5) and a little boy (12 months). My daughter is beginning to run a little with me at her own leisure, I don't push her. My wife runs as well and I hope my son will someday run.
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Sun, Oct 28, 2007
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles in 54:20 (7:46 pace).  My body seems to fall into this pace as of late.  My last 4 runs have been within :02 seconds of this pace.  By the way, 7 miles is a new record since the injury.  I felt no fatigue, etc.  I will still stay conservative with my mileage buildup.  Next week, I will start adding a few hill repeats for strength and then some uptempo running as Dec. approaches.

It's amazing that since my running has been a positive lately (i.e. no injuries and they are going well), I find myself in a much better mood.  The injury and time off really made me appreciate it soooo much more. 

Our baby (Ethan) is also doing well.  He sleeps about 9.5 hours a night at 11 weeks.  Lately, the weather, for running, has been absolutely perfect.  I truly feel like a runner again and not some poor injured guy trying to get back into shape.  

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Comments
From jtshad on Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 10:06:10

Sounds like your running is very consistent as of late...keep it up. Glad to hear that running has added to the quality of your life and that you are recovering well from your injury.

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