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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
17.701.0018.70
New Balance Miles: 8.50Asics Miles: 10.20
Mon, Dec 08, 2008
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

The usual 4 along the trail. Total time was 30:08 (7:32/mile).

New Balance Miles: 4.00
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Tue, Dec 09, 2008
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

Much different route today for the 4 miles.  Started off as usual and then headed down Independence to the north.  Made a loop and ended up back on Independence after going under I-15, crossing the overpass on Center, and going down some stairs.  It was an interesting route, but I didn't enjoy the cars flying by on nearly every stretch of it.  Total time was 30:00 (7:30/mile).

Asics Miles: 4.00
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Fri, Dec 12, 2008
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.500.004.50

Got a call from Sasha the night before asking if I wanted to run in the morning.  I took him up on the offer and did 4 with Mary Ann and him.  It was fairly warm out, and I ended up taking off the hat and wishing I hadn't worn pants.  The extra 0.5 was from running to and from Sasha's house.  Total time was 38:20 (9:35/mile).  I think that is getting into boltushka (sp?) territory.

New Balance Miles: 4.50
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Sat, Dec 13, 2008
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.201.006.20

Another morning run with Sasha, Mary Ann and Jeff.  It was a blistering 45 degrees this morning!  Ran to Sasha's house and then did ~2 warm-up to the start of the Provo River 5 mile tempo course.  Sasha and Jeff were doing a 15 mile tempo.  I did the first mile with the group (5:50) and then turned around.  It felt good to go that fast.  It felt tough in the middle, but I settled into a nice pace and felt great at the end.  I felt like I could have kept that pace for at least another mile.  I thought that was pretty good considering my sporadic training over the past several months.  Finished with a total time of 45:40 (7:22/mile).

Asics Miles: 6.20
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
17.701.0018.70
New Balance Miles: 8.50Asics Miles: 10.20
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