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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
Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
25.780.7226.50
Mon, Jul 05, 2021
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

I decided to get out early in the morning before the 90 degree weather hit. I did my elementary school loop plus in 30:23 (7:36/mile). I felt fine. The legs were a little tight to start, but they loosened up okay.

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Tue, Jul 06, 2021
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.500.005.50

I did a half mile warmup with my youngest in 6:31. Then I ran my housing school loop plus in 36:45 (7:21/mile). It was hot and humid, but my legs felt pretty good. I passed a guy running in the housing addition, and he said, "Man, you're making me look bad." I didn't think that at all. It is rare to ever see anybody out running at all around here.

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Wed, Jul 07, 2021
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.500.004.50

Just after I started running I remembered I wanted to get a drink before I headed out. I ran my Walgreens short loop and then returned home for a drink. I ran that part (2.5 miles) in 19:40 (7:52/mile). I then ran a couple more miles in 15:40 (7:50/mile). I'm not sure why the times were a little slower. I had been working outside in the yard for a bit and got out for a run in the late evening. It was humid but a little cooler.

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Thu, Jul 08, 2021
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.780.724.50

I got out in the late evening again. It was cooler with a nice breeze. I did my Walgreens-Wabash loop with a little tempo run in the middle. I wanted to try a little tempo run in the middle, so I ran out to the housing addition on this run and ran the loop around it. It gave me a nice smooth route with no traffic to contend with. I was figuring about 3/4 mile, but it was a little less. I ran it in 4:27 for a 6:11 pace per mile. It felt pretty good and sustainable. I was guessing it was around 6 minute pace, so I was a little off on my estimate. My total time for the 4.5 was 32:47 (7:17/mile).

 

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Fri, Jul 09, 2021
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

It was cooler today, and it felt nice. I got out in the early evening again and decided to run along the trail. I did my power station run with a little extra for about 5 miles in 36:59 (7:24/mile). The legs felt pretty good today.

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Sat, Jul 10, 2021
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.000.003.00

I did a quick three around the school. I got out a little later because I was working on dinner and didn't have time for a longer run. It was cool and humid from the rain and felt like running in Vancouver when I lived there. It was a nice run.

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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
25.780.7226.50
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