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Location:

IL,USA

Member Since:

Oct 23, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

800 - 2:03 - 1999 Mid-Con. Championships - Kansas City, MO

1500 - 4:12 - 1999 Mid-Con. Championships - Kansas City, MO

Mile(indoors) - 4:34 - 2000 NIFS track - Indianapolis, IN

3-mile - 18:04 - 2021 Broadway Bolt, Mattoon, IL

5K - 16:59(split) - 1998 Mid-Con. CC Championships, Chicago, IL; 17:33 - 1995 Charger Classic, Crawfordsville, IN

8K - 26:52 - 1998 Indiana Intercollegiates - West Lafayette, IN

10K - 37:28 - 1998 - NCAA Great Lakes Regional - Terre Haute, IN

Ran in the 2002 Hood-to-Coast Relay.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back into shape and lower my running times (5K and 10K in particular).

Run a half marathon and possibly a marathon.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Still be running 20+ years from now.

Personal:

I ran cross country and track in high school in good old Indiana and at Valparaiso University in college. I've been married for 17 years now to my beautiful wife Kathleen. We have 4 wonderful kids, and I teach physics, astronomy, and earth science at Lake Land College in Mattoon, IL.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 96.75
White/black/yellow Lifetime Miles: 306.90
Saucony Cohesion 13 Lifetime Miles: 111.25
Sat, Oct 18, 2008
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.500.002.50

I decided to run in the early morning because I wanted to get the blood pumping for my Physics GRE test at 9:00am.  I thought I would never have to take that foul test again, but my previous scores had expired.  I needed some new scores so I can apply to Ph.D programs that require it.  The run went great.  I did 2.5 in 20:20 (8:08/mile).  The test was another story.  Now I get to wait for my lousy score to show up.  I love standardized tests!

Comments
From Little Bad Legs on Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 20:53:21

Any idea how you did on your test? I took the GRE and thought the same as you--not fun!

From Daniel on Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 22:04:47

The scores don't come for 4-6 weeks so I won't know officially until then. I think I did about the same as I've done in the past, which is not very good. The questions aren't really that tough, it is just the amount of formulas and information you must remember and the time limit that kills me.

From Little Bad Legs on Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 22:31:11

I hear ya! For me it was just the pressure of the moment, compounded with the clock ticking in the background... Hope you did well enough so you can move on to grad school.

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