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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
Sun, Jun 21, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Great day at church followed by Father's Day celebration.  Ate way too much mexican food.  The family settled down at home, so I headed off a run.  It was raining pretty good for 2/3 of the workout.  Started with a 1-mile warm-up, followed by two 3-mile tempos, and closed it out with 3-mile cooldown...

1st 3-mile tempo:  19:46 (6:35 pace...one steep downhill 1/4 mile and 1 mild uphill)

-walked for 2-min-

2nd 3-mile tempo:  20:20 (6:46 pace...same effort, but one 1/2 mile stretch uphill...mile 3 was flat in 6:34)

 

Felt good with th effort after 34-miles in 2 runs on Fri/Sat.  Plan on a 5-miler this Saturday.  Again, a fairly tough course, yet I hope to beat last year's time by at least a minute (or two). 

Saucony Tangent III Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From smally on Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 21:42:33 from 74.210.30.253

Hey nice fathers day run, like the tempo's....

God bless to you and your family.

We had a nice family day as well.

From Kory on Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 21:53:32 from 24.116.159.75

Great work and happy father's day. Like you I ate too much.

I hope the course becomes so easy for you to run. God is your strength.

From Barry on Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 23:53:57 from 67.60.189.215

Sounds like you had an awesome day. Great day at church, a full stomach and great family time and you even had time for a ten miler. Can it get any better than that? Now to my question about running the Pocatello marathon? I think i will be, but Steve Ashbaker (another person on the blog) asked me to run a marathon with him and so i am waiting for him to get back to me about that. But if nothing works out with him i will for sure run the Pocatello Marathon. I have been doing a lot of training on the course with Kory and i am almost feel like i am ready. Are you interested in running the Pocatello Marathon? You could stay with me and my wife, i have lots of room in my house. Anyway, something to think about. Have a great night!

From rockness18 on Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 17:25:44 from 69.183.252.159

Todd, thanks, glad to hear your day went well.

Kory, thanks...my endurance is 100% stronger than last year at this time, yet it might take a little time to build back some speed. These races force me to run harder than I would on my own.

Barry, great to hear! If I'm correct, this would be your first marathon. I think you will do quite well, based on the past year of training. Thank you for the invitation...Kory also expressed a willingness to host. One day of would love to run the course as well as meet you guys, however, this year I have a church conflict on the same weekend. Have a great week!

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