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Location:

Mooresville,NC,

Member Since:

May 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

2007 Highlights: Litchfield Road Race (7.1) in 58:36

2008 Highlights: New Jersey Marathon in 4:12, Bay State Marathon in 3:10:30

2009 Highlights: Boston Marathon in 3:13:26, Litchfield Road Race in 49:30, New Haven 20k in 1:25:03, Bay State Marathon in 3:09:09

2010 Highlights: Bradley 10k in 39:58, Litchfield Road Race in 48:06, New Haven 20k in 1:23:59, Ghost Trail 1/2 Marathon in 1:29:12 (trail), Philadelphia Marathon in 3:06:59

2011 Highlights: Litchfield Road Race in 47:44, Ghost Trail 1/2 Marathon in 1:28:35, Goshen Turkey Trot in 40:46, Jingle Bell 5k in 19:05

2012 Highlights: Finished Boston Marathon in 3:41:59 in 89 degree heat, broke the top 100 in Litchfield Road Race (82nd), 1st Place (overall) in Solstice 5k, Hogsback 1/2 in 1:29:36, and bq'd in Bay State Marathon (3:14:20).

Personal Records

1-mile: 5:39/track (2008)

5k: 19:05/Jingle Bell (2011)

10k: 39:58/road race (2010)

20k: 1:23:59 (2010/New Haven)

1/2 marathon: 1:28:35 (2011/Ghost Trail)

marathon: 3:06:59 (2010/Philly)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-3:05 marathon in Fall

Sub-1:23 in New Haven 20k

Sub-46 min in Litchfield RR

Sub-19 in 5k

Sub-5:30 in mile

Upcoming Races:

TBD

Long-Term Running Goals:

sub-3hr marathon

sub-5:15 min mile

become a competitive master's runner

win age division in smaller marathon

Personal:

Married w/six daughters (9 year age span)

Pastor a church in NC

Enjoy travel and recreation with family

Began running in November of 2007

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to Ukraine's Armed Forces

Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	138.00	Year:	1473.00
Barefoot Lifetime Miles:						114.25
K12- Black Lifetime Miles:						401.00
Kinvara 13 (blue 1) Lifetime Miles:						341.00
Kinvara 13 (blue 2) Lifetime Miles:						366.00
Kinvara 14 Neon Lifetime Miles:						388.00
Kinvara 14/teal Lifetime Miles:						520.50
Kinvara Blue/red Lifetime Miles:						377.00
Kinvara 15 (blue/grey) Lifetime Miles:						256.50
Kinvara 14 Green Lifetime Miles:						310.00

Wed, Jan 14, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

Recovery run on the treadmill today. Began at 9 min pace and upped it every .25 miles by 2 notches. Peaked at 6:48/pace for a mile and then worked my way back down. This got me through 7.5 miles in 58 minutes. Took a break to do squats, leg extensions, leg press/curls, and calf raises. Finished with 2.5 miles on TM at a 9 min pace. 10 miles total.

Asics Cumulus Gel 9 Miles: 10.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From JimF on Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 20:05:54

You are getting in another solid week. You are doing a good job of mixing the treadmill running with getting outside which is great this time of year. Going to be a rough week weather wise.

From rockness18 on Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 22:16:10

Thanks...yes, it is a tough week. How's it been in your area?

It's hard to gauge improvement levels with the cold and ice. I'd love to be able to just run on the track a bit in descent weather to figure out where I am. May not get that luxury until March.

From smally on Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 23:04:07

I need to follow your lead and not stress to much on checking off the each day on the 2:50 program. I was a bit down because I could not get those mile repeats done when I should of realized it was an off day and just ran something easy. Going to try and read your entries, your a more mature runner than I am.

Julian is such a great kid, I was really proud of him and after its all said and done it was a special bonding day for us today at the hospital.

Mile repeats or tempo tomorrow.

20 this Saturday but for the first time I am really going to try and run nice and easy.

From rockness18 on Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 21:57:04

Glad Julian's ok. Experiences like that keep the whole running thing in perspective. Good luck on the long run this weekend!

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