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Location:

Bloomsburg,PA,USA

Member Since:

Sep 02, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Half Marathon: 1:34

Honestly, I need to get my PR's compiled.  This is something I started a year ago and then lost my file.  I have them on my old computer but need to dig them out.  There is still more I need to find.

Short-Term Running Goals:

February 1st: Frosty 5k
February 22nd: Run for the Cookies
April 6th: Scranton Half Marathon (with Wes)
July 19th: New York Giants Run of Champions
October: Gettysburg Half Marathon

On top of some races, need to lose some weight to get to a good competition weight and also need to get rid of all my injuries.  I would also like to drop my times

This year I would also like to hit 1000 miles during the year.

Long-Term Running Goals:

I think that eventually I would like to qualify for Boston.  That is something that weighs on me but not as bad as not completing a marathon.  Think I will take the approach of trying to complete a marathon within the next 3 years and then we will see after that.

I also want to keep dropping my times and stay competitive in age groups and get competitive overall.

Personal:

I am 29 years old, soon to be 30 and I have the best most supportive wife (Courtney) and we just had our first child (Isaac) in December.  I ran track most of high school and one year of Cross Country.  I then went to college where I ran for a year on the college team.  Since then I have been trying to get myself back on track with my running, I run more days then not but I have not been able to have one year without some type of injury.  I would really like to get back to being injury free and a competitive runner.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Guide Lifetime Miles: 219.06
Gel-Neo33 2 Lifetime Miles: 20.44
Cortana 3 Lifetime Miles: 46.88
Total Distance
8.00

Kinvara 4 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From baldnspicy on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 07:18:33 from 71.162.1.30

Great week, Steve! Everything feel good today on the long run?

From Steve on Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 14:04:25 from 50.29.206.9

Thanks Wes. No, this run was awful. I got sick the night before because I think I ate Gluten. Everything felt off and I struggled to finish this. If it was any longer, I probably would have needed to been scrapped off the side of the road.

How are you doing?

From baldnspicy on Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 17:39:01 from 167.164.3.140

I'm hanging in there. I need to decide if I'm going to be an early morning runner or a late afternoon - early evening runner. I like running later but that cuts into the family time. But getting up earlier to run and get to work on time makes me cringe. I'm lucky to get to work on time as it is! I may have to try the early morning thing and see if that helps to get me up and going rather than dragging for an hour before getting out the door to work. It would be a big change, but maybe that's what I need.

From Steve on Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 18:50:38 from 50.29.206.9

I was an afternoon runner for as long as I can remember. Once Courtney started going to a trainer and then got pregnant, morning has really been a life saver. We get up at 4:50 to get to the gym by 5:30 and then to bed at 9:30 or 10pm. That has been great for me. It wasn't too hard of an adjustment, I always thought it would be terrible but the getting to bed at a reasonable time is key.

From baldnspicy on Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 18:53:06 from 167.164.3.140

Yeah, the getting to bed is the hard part for me. I've got a night owl for a wife, so I usually last until about midnight then I'm falling asleep on her. So getting up at 5am to get a run in before work would be tough. I may have to give it a shot tho!

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