| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 18.25 | 0.00 | 18.25 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| I got out today to test the ankle. It had been feeling almost normal after not running for almost a week. I ran 1.5 with a big group at 6am from Sasha's house and then turned around. The ankle was a little sore to start out, but it loosened up nicely. It feels pretty good right now at lunchtime. I'll take it easy the next couple of weeks and see how it goes. I would really like to do some races soon, but I don't want to hurt the ankle anymore. | | Add Comment |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Just three easy miles along the trail today. Pace was about 7:40/mile. The ankle felt good. I am convinced that it is my shoes and the way I was lacing them up that caused the problem. I think it just irritated and inflamed the tendon in the front where the ankle and leg are connected. I don't have any pain during the day if I wear sandals or dress shoes. It is just with running shoes. I think the tongue just hits it in the wrong spot. That's my super scientific analysis for the day. | | Comments(1) |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.25 | 0.00 | 3.25 |
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I ran 3 miles on the trail again today. The pace was 7:40/mile again. I felt really good today. The ankle felt fine, and the run was nice and easy. I enjoyed the bright Moon because I could see where I was going in the dark. Being an astronomer, I wouldn't normally like a nice bright Moon. It messes up your data and makes the stars hard to see, but it's nice to run with.
The extra 0.25 was running from the testing center at BYU to the science center and back. I was taking some graded papers back to my office. | | Add Comment |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Another 3 easy miles along the trail this morning. It was colder this morning, but it felt great. The pace was faster (7:25/mile), but it didn't feel like it. It felt like the same effort or less than the 7:40 I've been running. Legs and ankle felt fine. | | Add Comment |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| The legs felt great today, and there was no pain in my ankle. It was the usual 3 miles along the trail. I read my watch at 2 miles, and I think it said about 15:30 for a 7:45/mile pace. However, I ended up with a 21:30 for the run for 7:10/mile. That would mean I ran 6:00 for the last mile. I think I misread my watch because the last mile was not that fast. I didn't even think the pace was that fast! | | Add Comment |
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| Three miles along the trail at 7:10/mile pace. That's a little faster than I would like to go for easy, base miles, but it feels so comfortable. The legs felt the best yet. I'll take the day off tomorrow and then increase my mileage a little bit next week. Perhaps I'll add a couple of longer runs of 4-5 miles with the usual base of 3. | | Comments(1) |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 18.25 | 0.00 | 18.25 |
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