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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 14 years now to my beautiful wife Kathleen. We have 3 wonderful kids, and I teach physics, astronomy, and earth science at Lake Land College in Mattoon, IL.

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White/black/yellow Lifetime Miles: 306.90
Saucony Cohesion 13 Lifetime Miles: 14.50
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This was the start of a very bad, very lazy week in Houston.  At least as far as running was concerned.

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I got home this morning at about 2 am due to weather troubles at the airports.  I was originally scheduled to fly from Houston to Denver and then to SLC.  Denver was stuck in a blizzard so they switched us to another airline going through Phoenix that got us home at about the same time.  Unfortunately, the nasty thunderstorm in Houston grounded us for 2 hours on the tarmac and resulted in nearly everyone on the plane missing their connecting flights.  They got us on a plane that left about 3 hours later.  We got some lunch/dinner and waited.  Finally, we boarded the plane.  Then the wind decided to pick up to 50 knots, beyond the safety limits for takeoff, and grounded us for another 2 hours on the tarmac.  It was all very tiring and frustrating.  Add to that the fact that I was forced to check my bag because there wasn't enough room on their overbooked plane, and it was a pretty good day.

The conference went well, but I was lazy and didn't get up to run all week long.

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Got out in the early afternoon for a run.  It felt good, and it was warm enough for shorts and a tshirt.  I decided to only do an easy 6.  The last time I didn't run for a week I went back to my regular mileage and intensity and ended up injured for 3 months.  I thought it would be wise to go easy today and see how I felt.  The legs felt fine.  I think I'll go back to 8 a day next week.  Total time was 46:02 (7:40/mile).

New Balance Miles: 6.00
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