The Quest for Boston

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Member Since:

Nov 01, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Best Post High School 5K (Nate Bruckenthal Memorial 2011): 20:28

Best half marathon (Maryland Half Marathon 2011): 1:38:02

Best 20 Miler (NCR Trail 2010): 2:34:43

First (and so far only) marathon (Baltimore 2010): 3:39:48 (nursing an overuse injury)

Short-Term Running Goals:

I think I have a shot at qualifying for Boston if I put in the time, train for strength and speed, and avoid injury. With the new times that may be only a distant dream. Running is about becoming a better person and not just qualifying for Boston.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running as a part of my fitness routine after I do 4 or 5 marathons

Personal:

Married with 3 boys

College professor by day (and night a lot of times)

My best event was the mile in high school (two decades+ ago)

Blogged about the spiritual nature of my first marathon (http://p-s-wellbeing.blogspot.com)

Wrote a book called The Radical Transformation of Runner 1313--all profits go to charity

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Tue, Jun 07, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	4.00

Pre-run water

Went out to the local high school track at sunrise and ran 8 laps in 12:35. My Garmin put the 2 miles at 12:24. I had to swing wide around a class that entered the track on lap 7/8 and the track at the local high school never seems to give a perfect mile on exactly 4 laps. So, while I'd love the 12:24 even the 12:35 is a 6 second improvement over the last time trial at the end of the recent half marathon training season and bodes well for my 10 miler coming up and the start of the marathon training season leading to Baltimore this fall.

Soy milk
Shredded mini wheat in soy milk

Pineapple and tart cherry juices mixed

Diet pepsi x3

Raisins and dry mini wheats

Dried mango

Candy

Applesauce

Pistachio

At olive garden

Breadsticks

Salad

Chicken with apricot sauce and broccoli and asparagus

Syrah

Calamari

Fried dough and chocolate syrup

Coffee

Comments

From Burt on Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 09:44:43 from 72.223.90.79

That's blazing fast! Great job!

From Kevin-Miler turned Marathoner on Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 21:51:06 from 98.140.204.40

Thanks, Burt. Sometimes I'm not sure if I'd say Blazing, but I just ran with a woman with whom I'd run the marathon training last year. We had commented after the race last year that we would both try to put ourselves in a position to be in the 3:20 pace group this October in Baltimore. She still takes hills better than I do. We made a deal--she'll push me on hills and I'll push her on the track, where she still feels a bit worried about her performance. In any case, this training season is going well so far.

From Burt on Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 22:03:36 from 72.223.90.79

I guess it's a relative term. If I was running that fast, to me it would be blazing :)

From Kevin-Miler turned Marathoner on Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 22:10:50 from 98.140.204.40

Fair enough! I know that on a day like today, while I ran in a group of three, we have three very different things that we might call blazing--particularly on a hot, humid morning.

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