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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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I ran an easy 4 in Indiana along the gravel roads near my parents house.  We are here for a visit.  It felt good.  The air is thick after being at 7200 ft. in Laramie.  I haven't blogged in quite a long time.  I have been busy with my thesis and moving to Laramie, WY.  I think I averaged about twice a week from the beginning of June until now.  I ran a few times in Laramie and felt it a little bit with the extra elevation.  I probably ran about 40 miles total during that time period with about 24 of that with Sasha and Jeff before we left.

New Balance Miles: 4.00
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An easy 5 miles along the gravel roads.  I went the opposite direction this time and ran to the cornfield my parents have.  They have about 53 acres of farmland that they share crop with a local farmer.  He plants it with his machinery, and my parents help pay for the fertilizer and provide the land in return for part of the profit from the sale of the crops.  The run felt great.  I'm loving the sea level elevation, but I could do without the humidity.

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Ran a small loop on the roads.

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