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

Sun, May 22, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.30

Sub 8:00 pace on average on this run. It was a perfect morning, although I'm starting to notice a little pain in the bottom of my right foot and a little irritation in my right knee. Have to remember to stretch, strengthen, and cross train...


Water only pre-run
 
Electrolyte beverage during and after
 
1 peach
1 pear
2 pieces sweet crunch bread with peanut butter and honey
 
1 pear
Potato chips
Olives
Chicken mango sausage
 
Lemonade 
Pit beef sandwich
Onion rings
Mozzarella stick 
 
Smoothie with kiwi, banana, pineapple, coconut, pomegranate juice, and sky 
milk (and a little bit of ice and a but of Godiva liqueur

Comments

From Bonnie on Sun, May 22, 2011 at 22:31:00 from 150.135.115.182

Welcome to the blog (a little late).

Now *that* is a smoothie!!

What area are you "professing"? And where? I am at the U of Arizona (biostatistics).

From Kevin-Miler turned Marathoner on Sun, May 22, 2011 at 22:34:02 from 98.140.204.40

Thanks, Bonnie. I am a health economist. 15 years at JHU and 20+ years of doing this type of work. I like doing cost-effectiveness and have worked with some biostats folks on some interesting simulation issues, although don't have a lot of pubs. PubMed (Frick KD) would give you a good idea of the (too) wide range of stuff I do.

I've been trying different smoothie combos in an effort to leave ice cream behind.

From Bonnie on Sun, May 22, 2011 at 22:42:15 from 150.135.115.182

I think that the Godiva liqueur really does the trick ;-)

I know many biostats people at JHU (it is a small field). I have worked with some cost-effectiveness folks in the past. I am more in the cancer biology/genomics field myself these days. Very cool.

From Kevin-Miler turned Marathoner on Sun, May 22, 2011 at 22:45:36 from 98.140.204.40

I've been moving more and more into cancer HSR/cost-effectiveness over time. Lots of $ there. Interesting ties with my running, too. The world is a very interconnected place. Have to finish preparing for a summer institute course I'm teaching this week...

From Burt on Sun, May 22, 2011 at 22:46:43 from 72.223.90.79

You two are too smart for me.

From Kevin-Miler turned Marathoner on Sun, May 22, 2011 at 22:55:45 from 98.140.204.40

Burt--if I was all that smart, I'd learn to avoid doing stupid things that make me susceptible to overuse injuries and not be planning for a course four days in advance...

From Burt on Sun, May 22, 2011 at 22:59:02 from 72.223.90.79

LOL! That's where Bonnie can help you out. She's a running genius, too.

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