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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
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12.351.0013.35
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7.351.008.35

This was my first run back after 10 days off taking care of the baby.  Jeff was the guinea pig for some Sasha science data acquistion.  He had the heart monitor on during the run with various pick-ups to measure how it changed.  We ran out to the 8 mile turnaround on the trail while doing a couple of 100m sprints and varying paces.  Then we stopped at the gate to get Jeff's heart rate down as close to resting as possible.  He stood as still as possible while swarmed by mosquitoes while Sasha and I ran back and forth to avoid them.  That accounts for the extra 0.1.  Then Jeff ran an all out 100m from a standing start.  Then Sasha wanted to see how it would change while going 6 minute/mile pace.  They ended up hitting a mile in 5:50 and I was about 30 seconds behind.  I though that was pretty good for 10 days off and only 3 hours of sleep the night before.  I felt pretty good during the run except during the fast mile.

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Ran 5 miles along the trail with each mile successively faster.  I wasn't planning it that way, but I felt fine.  Started off with 7:30, 7:22, 7:11, 7:09, and 7:01.  Total time was 36:15 (7:15/mile).  Still tired and not getting enough sleep.

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