| 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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7 miles in 52:39 (7:31 pace). Hwy 205., 10:00 a.m., partly cloudy, 58. I ran w/Bruce today and we kept it around 7:45 pace for awhile. The wind was really blowing, so I took the lead on the return portion. My fitness is really coming around, so I asked if it was okay to pick it up a bit. "The horses started neighing!" I estimate that we ran ~1.5 miles @ sub 7:00 pace, which felt like 6:30 into the wind. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.53 |
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5.5 in 43:00 (7:48 pace). Tour de Wolf, 9:50 a.m., cloudy, 62, and humid. I ran with Enrique today for the first time. I was surprised how fit he was. I could tell that he was pushing the pace and hurting. I wanted this to be a really tame trail run, but I guess not. The 7:48 pace doesn't appear that fast, but I was looking for 8:00+. This trail course constantly undulates and is quite technical. It is actually difficult to run that fast on it. The rain has also rutted it pretty good. It did feel nice to get some different scenery. Planned day off tomorrow! I registered for the Germantown Half-Marathon today. It is my hometown race and is now my GOAL race (1:25:00)!!!!! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.10 |
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7.1 miles in 54:23 (7:39 pace). Hwy 205, 3:30 p.m., cloudy, 50. Out and back - nothing special. My low back seems to tighten up as I go over 5 miles. At 3.3 miles, I headed back and had to add on. I run on some rural highways/farming areas. I spotted a very large dog that didn't look too friendly, so I turned back before my usual 3.5 miles. I have never seen that dog before. The weather was quite nice, but a bit windy. I hope this trends keeps up so I can be ~40 mpw around mid-December. |
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Hwy 205 course - perfect weather (55F). I debated whether or not to run today, but decided to take it very easy. I really wanted to run 8:00 pace, but was a bit quick. I kept a watch on my pace and couldn't run that slow. Oh well... Everything is feeling good again.
4 miles in 31:32 (7:46 pace)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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Again, Hwy 205 course. The temp was ~60F. I meant to do this in the a.m., but our little one (Ethan - 3 months) was wheezing, etc. Fast forward a few hours and a flu shot for me and...Bronchitis! The coming nights should be fun!
8 miles is the farthest that I have run, post injury. My splits were consistently in the 7:4X range and I avg. 7:45 for the total (1:02:00). I found another rural hwy that has recently been paved. It is flat and smooth. Within a few miles of my house, I have miles and miles of rural hwys that pass farms, creeks, large trees, etc. A big concern would be a stray dog, but I haven't seen any yet. I wish these roads that went on for miles were softer trails, but oh well! |
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