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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
Tue, Oct 21, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Still a little bit sore from the race...but a "good" sore.  Went to the gym and did 20 minutes bike, 30 minutes weights, and 4 miles on the treadmill (9 minute pace).  Will be careful this week, but feel ready to ease back into mileage again.  After a week or two of "recovery running" (nothing much under mp), I will entirely focus my running on getting faster.  Did very little sprinting over the past 5 months (knew that endurance was my weakness).  Hopefully speed will come more naturally...I was much more of a sprinter in high school- never ran a mile under 6 minutes, but was always the fastest white kid on the team.  Will be interesting how much of it I can gain back (do remember running a lap around the track in college in 55 seconds...I be happy to get it close to an 60)...I'm getting old though...we'll see.

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Comments
From JimF on Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 15:53:56

Glad to hear that you came out of the marathon in pretty good shape. You definitely deserve some downtime and will do the body good. You bring up some interesting points about speed. I ran the 400/800/mile in track in HS but I haven't tried to run all out at any of these distances since I started running again. I am probably afraid to see how slow the time would be!

From rockness18 on Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 19:35:26

yeah, I gave an all-out on the mile at one point in my training which made me feel good. Then gave a "close-to-all-out" in the 200 which made me feel not so good. Oh to be young again! Glad to see you keep perspective and continue on in your quest for a BQ...you undoubtedly have it in you.

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