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New Milford Moonlight Run

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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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Miles:This week: 24.00 Month: 90.00 Year: 1425.00
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: 238.50
Kinvara 14 Green Lifetime Miles: 280.00
Fri, Jun 05, 2009
Race: New Milford Moonlight Run (3.1 Miles) 00:20:01, Place overall: 69
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.001.001.001.3510.35

Quick 4 miles this morning...felt very sluggish and slow.  Threw in a couple of strides at a 5:30 pace to try and wake up my legs.  May take a nap this afternoon and take another short jog/stretch to get ready for tonight's 5k. 

Jogged 3 miles with a few strides before the race.  My legs were still pretty stiff.  Probably the 16 mile run on Monday followed by freeweight squats on Tuesday (hadn't done them for a few weeks).  Knew the race tonight was going to be a challenge...

Race time...well, I've had better days.  Started out by running the first mile in 6 minutes flat...at this point I was already pretty much done.  Shifted into training run mode.  Didn't give split at 2 miles and I didn't check my watch, so all I know was that I finished with a clock time of 20:03.  There were about 1,200 runners and I lined up in the 2nd wave, so figured I lost about 4-5 seconds at the start.  I'll find out my chip time tomorrow and will edit if necessary.  I'd love to do the course again...it's a perfect one for a pr.  I think I could have broken 19 on a good day.  I would have loved to have felt more fresh for a strong run today, but I'm still keeping my eye on a good race for next weekend.  Upon returning hope, jumped on the treadmill to see if my legs were awake yet.  Set it on 6 minutes and could only last .25 miles...again, this was not a good race day for me.  Oh well. 

 

Saucony Tangent III Miles: 6.35Saucony Trigon 5 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Robert on Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 00:14:32 from 71.32.163.35

Sorry it didn't work out as you had hoped. Just like the REO tune, "keep on rolling". Take it easy, run only 8:30-9:30 miles for the next 1-2 weeks and no weights. Then try another race and see what happens. Just my 2 cents. By the way, thanks for your support.

From JimF on Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 19:40:34 from 68.58.92.129

Sorry the race didn't go as planned. You have been pushing it pretty hard lately so understand the tired legs. You will catch a good day and then really nail one!

From rockness18 on Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 20:49:19 from 69.183.233.238

thanks guys...yeah, I do think I've been pushing it quite a bit. I also got careless with my eating in Florida and strayed quite a bit from my healthy eating patterns. I'm going to cut a bit of mileage this week and discipline my eating again.

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