The Quest for Boston

GBMC Father's Day 5K

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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

Sun, Jun 19, 2011

Race: GBMC Father's Day 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:21:22, Place overall: 30, Place in age division: 2

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

So, I figure I will call this weekend, the split half marathon weekend. My 10 mile run yesterday (in 7:19 pace) was followed by a 5K today (at a 6:54 pace). My legs definitely felt tired but I managed to get 30/536 finishers and 2nd in the male 40-44 year old group.

I started the race WAY too fast, (6:23) but it felt good at the start. Then, the last two full miles were at 6:53 and 6:49 and then the final (my watch had 0.19 rather than 0.1) I was able to pick up going up hill to the finish and I got my 21:22.

So, now the main key is to use this week to rest a bit. Two mile time trial on the track on Tuesday, I'll run hard. Other than that, I'll take it very easy this week and using the foam roller a bit. The joy of running will still be there but I need to be able to run to have the joy.

Food diary...

Bagel with cream cheese
Orange juice
Tomato juice
Pineapple juice

Mexican leftovers 
Pepsi

Philly cheesesteak
Chicken wings with ranch dressing 
Celery
Fries
Pickle
Ice cream
Cake
Beer

Comments

From Claudio on Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 21:53:08 from 173.67.62.153

Nice racing weekend. What's your next one?

From Kevin-Miler turned Marathoner on Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 22:03:32 from 98.140.204.40

Thanks, Claudio. I'm racing in the 20 in 24 in Philly in july (8.4 miles around the Schukyll river at midnight). I'll probably do some other short races with my 11 year old now and then but basically see few longer races on my list until the marathon. I'm actually going to take it easy for a while. A bit of an IT problem showing up. I need to train smartly for the fall and the biggest thing about training for the fall is to make sure that I can run it in a healthy way.

From Burt on Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 14:08:22 from 206.19.214.144

Wow Kevin. You really had quite the weekend. Great pace. Great paces :)

From Kevin-Miler turned Marathoner on Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 15:50:24 from 162.129.44.19

Thanks, Burt! It was. Just one mile yesterday (a welcome mile for new members of the Back on My Feet team I run with). Good rest last night. Two mile time trial this evening and then only cross training till Saturday.

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