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Location:

Decatur,AL,

Member Since:

Jan 27, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

New blog at http://runkeeper.com/user/schotz/

Short-Term Running Goals:

2010 Race Schedule:

6/5: Eurocross 5K/8K

7/17: HTC Twilight Run 5K 

8/7: Hot to Trot 8 Hour (Atlanta)

9/18: Hartselle Depot Days 5K

9/25:  Elkmont Rails to Trails 10K 

10/16 Liz Hurley 5K 

10/24: Stone Steps 50K  (Cincinnati,OH) 

11/13: Chickamauga Battle Field Marathon (TN)

12/4: Frosty Freeze 5K (Decatur) 

12/31: Recover 50K (Huntsville) 

Long-Term Running Goals:

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Personal:

Born 1972 in north central Wisconsin

Married for 11 yrs to very supportive non-running wife. Two children : Fiona, 6 (in picture) and Elliott (2 yrs)

Co-Race Director of  Delano Park 12 Hour Run (www.delano12.com). President of River City Runners (www.rivercityrunners.org)

3 cats and 1 dog (chocolate lab)

In high school, I was an slightly overweight , badly asthmatic J.V. cross country runner.  I enjoyed being part of the team but never excelled.   The summer after my freshman year in college I decided to run a marathon.  6 weeks later I ran a 3:11 at Grandma's Marathon in Duluth (1991) and I was hooked on long distance running where my asthma wasn't as much of a factor. 

 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Ohana Racers Lifetime Miles: 232.86
Saucony Trail Lifetime Miles: 147.44
Lunar Racer Lifetime Miles: 69.61
Lunar Glides Lifetime Miles: 132.75
Kayano 16 - 1 Lifetime Miles: 276.41
Kayano 16 - 2 Lifetime Miles: 19.11
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
40.600.000.000.000.0040.60
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
9.900.000.000.000.009.90

High 30's and sunny.  Nice morning for a run.   With my Mom visiting, I took the day off.  After dropping Fiona off at pre-school and an errand at the post office, I ran from Rhodes Ferry Park.  Scouted out the 1st Baptist 5 miler again.  Heather had liked the Gordon Dr Bridge/Bike Path course so I ran that one.  I came within 2 blocks of 5 miles on the Garmin 205.   Pretty good.  The course has a stretch on Memorial Parkway which is a fairly busy 4 lane road.  We'll have to cone a stretch of about 3/4 of a mile to keep the runners in the right hand lane.  Shortest distance running would have them run into the left lane lane because of a couple left hand curves.  I'll meet with the folks at FBC in the next week or so to discuss their options.   I did a small loop over to Leon Sheffield school.   Church St. NW is a pretty good road to run on, nice and wide.  Towards the end there were a couple mean looking pit bulls - caged , thankfully.  I don't know if this would be good for a race - the Jaycees (Ledlow) are interested in a race in conjunction with River Fest and I'm scoping things out.   The foot bridge near the Dancy Polk House would be a fun thing to incorporate into a race. 

Goal this week is to exceed 43 miles.  46-49 would be nice.

Spend quite a bit of time yesterday working on my calf with The Stick.  Lower calf is pretty stiff.  need to keep at it.  Not 22 years old anymore.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.800.000.000.000.003.80

I had a full day so I got in an easy run early in the morning.  Pretty cold -  high twenties.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.200.000.000.000.006.20

Snowing!!  Couldn't pass up an opportunity to run in a snow shower.  Don't get that opportunity too often in Alabama.  It was a very wet snow - low thirties.

Ran after work on the trails with Bob.  We ran down to where the new trail will be.  Bob likes the middle distances so the pace was a little faster here and there.   Shoes got very wet.  I'll switch over to my new Kayano's and give the others a chance to dry a little.

Older Kayano 13 - (since Nov 10,2007)- 220 miles

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.500.000.000.000.005.50

Ran at Point Mallard afterwork.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
15.200.000.000.000.0015.20

Got a late start on this run. 1:30pm.  Ate a normal breakfast around 7am- yogurt and cereal.  About an hour into my run I was fairly hypoglycemic (rubbery legs, dizzy, etc..) , I took one cliff block and ate a dozen M&M's I was carrying and I recovered quickly.  This lasted another 4 miles and then the last 3 miles were a chore.  Still ended up averaging under 9min pace with breaks built in.  I should have eaten a mid-morning snack.

Bob drove by when I was running the Delano Park loop (www.delano12.com) and waited for me to finish a loop and invited me to Point Mallard to run.   It was nice not have to run alone for 6 miles.  He is working himself back into shape.  Pretty soon he'll give me a run for my money on 5K's.   We talked a little about doing a relay in the delano 12 hour.  Tempting.  It all depends on how many volunteers Jon and I line up.  Last year I was paranoid about turning the timing over to anyone else.  I had written a MS Access lap counter and couldn't pry myself away from it for more than a couple minutes at a time.  Maybe in the 2nd year I'll be a little more relaxed.

Running with new Kayano 13 now -  20 miles

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
40.600.000.000.000.0040.60
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