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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:	17.00	Month:	29.00	Year:	1233.00
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:						509.50
Kinvara Blue/red Lifetime Miles:						377.00
Kinvara 15 (blue/grey) Lifetime Miles:						184.50
Kinvara 14 Green Lifetime Miles:						153.00

Wed, Nov 12, 2008

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

I've finally come to terms with my denial. Although my foot isn't horrible, I'm not allowing it to heal properly. Rather then fighting it, I'm going to ease back into my running schedule. Maybe even take a few days off. This will be difficult due to how good my legs feel, yet it's just silly to rush into things when I have almost 5 months to prepare for Boston.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Robert on Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 21:47:47

Good judgement. You won't lose a thing and will come back stronger. Might be a time to get it checked out by an MD or Podiatry just to make sure it's nothing serious. Lots of little bones in there you know. Just my 2 cents and clears up all doubt. Get well soon.

From rockness18 on Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:13:40

Thanks. I'm actually taking your advice. My wife's setting up an appointment for next week- rather be safe than sorry. I've had several aches and pains and have an extremely high level of pain tolerance, but I'm trying to see the "big picture" for Boston and want to get the best training in possible. Might as well start on the right foot.

From JimF on Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:28:32

Dave, I think you are smart for having your foot checked out. As you said you have a lot of time before Boston so good to get everything straight so that you can come back even stronger. You have a great base so some time off won't hurt. Hopefully, nothing serious maybe the rest will take care of it.

From Robert on Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:31:37

Yes, you probably developed that higher pain threshold from years of weight training. Once you get use to always being sore in weight training I think it desensitizes running induced pains. We might see the pain as no big deal, just a part of the process, and keep running. While others not use to persistent exercise induced pain might stop early. It can be both good and bad, but the trap is pushing too far while in pain from injury. I've had to work on that and be more sensitive to pain levels and what my body is telling me. Just some thoughts.

From rockness18 on Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 18:01:57

Jim, yes I'm hoping the doctor just prescribes rest. Robert, your assessment makes a lot of sense. I'd of kept going, but my body (or at least foot) would completely shut down. That's not normal for me. Got to the point where 10 miles was the absolute limit. Then I could only limp.

Have a doctor's appointment set for Monday morning. This will end my speculation. Hopefully it's nothing serious.

From jtshad on Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 16:26:59

Good choice. That is what I recently did with my foot problem and it cleared up with about a weeks rest (luckily it wasn't the issue that I feared). Besides, the break from running was not bad as it made me want to run again instead of feeling like I have to.

Good luck with the Doc on Monday.

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