| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 64.50 | 0.90 | 65.40 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.30 | 0.00 | 4.30 |
| Around the block with my youngest and then extended school loop.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.30 | 0.00 | 3.30 |
| School loop and around the block. Weather in the 40s.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| School loop. I felt good and tried pushing the pace a little more.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.90 | 4.90 |
| Did my Walgreens-Wabash loop plus 0.4 with my youngest. I did 12x1 block strides in the middle to stretch the legs a little bit. It felt good and better than the last time I did this workout. My fitness is definitely improving with the consistency.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| I ran my usual school loop but decided to pick up the pace a little bit and time my run to see how it felt and where my fitness is at. I started off pretty easy for the first half mile to warm up and then started to push the pace for the next 2.5 miles. I ended with a time of 21:30 (7:10/mile) for the 3 miles. It felt good and certainly sustainable for a longer distance. While running I guessed my pace was around 7:00/mile, and I think it was pretty close with the slower first half mile. I then ran another mile cooldown.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Half mile warmup with my youngest and then extended school loop. My legs felt tight and sluggish today. The new semester just started, and I hadn't gotten out for a run since Saturday. It felt good, and the weather was a little warmer.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.40 | 0.00 | 4.40 |
| Half mile warmup with my youngest and then housing school loop. Legs were still a little sluggish and sore to start but loosened up by the end. It was sprinkling the entire time but not too bad. I had a kid on a bike ride up on the other side of the street trying to race me near the end of my run, so I sped up and kept pace with him. I don't think he expected that so he sped too. He eventually gave up, or he got to his house. I'm going to claim the first choice.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.90 | 0.00 | 4.90 |
| I had some errands to do, so I decided to drive over to the Lincoln Prairie Grass trail and do a run while I was out. The plan was to do an out and back along the trail, but it was really cold and windy. The temp was in the 30s but it felt like 22 degrees. I was glad I wore my running tights for the first time because the wind was brutal. The wind was almost directly from the west, and I would be running out east and coming back with the wind directly in my face the entire time. I decided to do a loop around the sofball complex so that I would only be doing about 0.75 into the wind instead of the entire time once I turned around. The loop is 1.6 miles long, and I did it 3 times. The first time I turned into the wind it was so cold! My fingers were frozen by the time I got to the turnaround point. The next 2 loops weren't as bad because I had warmed up considerably by that point. My total was 4.8 miles for the 3 loops plus 0.1 to the trail and back to the car.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Extended school loop. It was sunny and warmer today. The legs didn't want to go, but it felt good to get out.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| I ran 0.5 warmup with my youngest and then my Walgreens-Odd Fellows Loop. It was deceptively cold with a strong wind and sunny skies.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.40 | 0.00 | 4.40 |
| Housing school loop on a sunny afternoon. Then I ran 0.5 with my youngest.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.40 | 0.00 | 5.40 |
| I tried combining my housing school loop with the extended school loop I sometimes do for some extra miles and variety. It ended up being 4.9 miles. I then ran an extra 0.5 with my youngest. She fell down while running and after a few tears, she was ready to keep going. I though I might have to carry her the rest of the way. If it were my oldest at that age, I would almost certainly have carried her, and I would probably hear about it for the next week. Kids are so different and fun.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.80 | 0.00 | 4.80 |
| I ran my Walgreens-Wabash loop and then 0.3 with my youngest. Legs felt tired, and the body didn't want to go today.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| We finally got some snow yesterday! It was around 4-5 inches, and it made today's run interesting. I did my Walgreens-Wabash loop again, but most of the sidewalks were covered with snow and ice. It reminded me of running at the Indiana Dunes State Park on weekends in college. We would go there on Saturday mornings as a team and run the trails and along the dunes. It was fun but hard work. Running in the snow is similar. It was a fun, refreshing run.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| I did an extended school loop. It was a bit warmer today and very slick.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 64.50 | 0.90 | 65.40 |
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