Trying to Get Back to Respectable

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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

Tue, May 25, 2010

Total Distance

2.00

Today was repeat hills, I warmed up with about a half mile, then did about 200 hills, then finished with a half mile cool down. Helped the calf a little bit, so all in all a pretty good workout.

The workout helped me get my head a little back together. Today I spent much of the day thinking about how one decision can have such a huge impact on your life. For the most part all of the decisions I have made make me feel good except for the whole what do you want to be when you grow up. I used to tell people I wanted to be a bum because then I would not have to work and I really feel that would be an ideal occupation minus the fact I have bills to pay. These bills unfortunately are quite necessary if I ever want to have a family (mortgage, school loans, etc..) I just feel like if I would have chosen some other degree or occupation I may in fact be happier. Since I made the decision to be what I am, I sometimes wish I had the guts to open my own running store since I have some business sense. The only problem is I have no confidence in myself to be successful and end up bringing in enough money to support my life. While my life is not so full of expenditures I still buy things and have bills. What a day!!!

Saucony Guide Miles: 2.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From baldnspicy on Tue, May 25, 2010 at 22:32:33 from 72.77.111.90

Ah, the what do I want to be when I grow up iTunes song. I'm almost 40 and that still plays in my head sometimes. Believe me, Steve, there are very few people that don't wonder if another career choice or decision made in the past would have resulted in a happier life or a "better" life. The best you can do is enjoy where you are today, and find ways to move in the direction you think you'd like to go.

If starting your own running store would be something you're interested in doing, pursue some of those ventures. Get a job to pay the bills since you have to do that, but then look for opportunities to talk to a running store owner. Get a feel for what it's like. Maybe have Sasha put you in touch with the St. George Running Center owner. Chat with him/her and find out about the business. Is there money to be made? Are you happy doing what you're doing. Why do you do it? What are the headaches? Etc. This will give you own owner's perspective. Then maybe volunteer to help putting together race packets for a race sponsored by a local running store. Chat it up with the owner there. The more info you can get will help you in deciding whether to pursue that avenue or not. You may find out that there's very little money to be made, but that it allows you lots of running/family time. Or maybe you have to work your tail off, but you make a boat load of money. Maybe somewhere in between. There's a million options out there, you just have to decide if it's something that will sustain your living, be enjoyable, and something you really want to do long term.

I could go on and on... Hope this helped!

From Steve on Wed, May 26, 2010 at 06:12:56 from 71.245.45.43

I am glad to know it isn't just me that has that song in their head! Thanks for the suggestions I never thought of any of that.

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