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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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A little over 4 hours sleep.  Was up from 3:45ish--working on a lecture for today, making bagels to sell at the kids' school, and making pizza dough for dinner.  Then just out for a nice little run.

The 162 rather than 159 is because of a little too much holiday eating.

Pace was all over the place today.

Need to run a little more deliberately/slowly.  OVerall pace was 8:05 (in 35:01) and there is no reason to run that fast.

Knee acted up from about 2.5 miles.  

Need to make sure to have pre-stretch and post-stretch time if I am going to keep this up.

I'll feel better by tomorrow, but I'd rather not hurt while I run.  

 

Comments
From Rye on Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 08:00:01 from 168.103.132.65

What .... holiday eating. Only 3 pounds... you need to work on that!

From Kevin-Miler turned Marathoner on Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 11:11:37 from 162.129.44.19

That was only Thanksgiving pounds. I may put on a few more with the Christmas/New Year's holidays. But since I am exercising regularly this year (which I wasn't during the 8 weeks following the Baltimore Running Festival last year), I'm confident I won't put on too much.

From Burt on Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 22:09:01 from 72.223.84.236

I gained 8 lbs over Thanksgiving. count 'em! woot woot!

From Karen on Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 00:04:14 from 69.171.160.127

UGH! 5 for me--and that was WITH running...mmmm...chocolate

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