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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
Sat, Jun 05, 2010
Race: JesVic (3.1 Miles) 00:19:57
Total Distance
6.20

Saturday I did something I never did before, ran 2 5-k's.  The first 5-k was at 9am, JesVic 5-k and I ran it in 19:57 reaching my 2010 goal of being under 20:00 in a 5k.  Pretty easy course one reasonably sized hill but mostly flat and downhill.  I finished 18th overall out of 210.  Not to bad of a race and I am looking forward to doing it next year.

The second race was at 5pm so I had plenty of time to relax.  The sun however was out and the temperature was way up.  The course was definitely filled with rolling hills, and proved somewhat of a challenge.  I ended up finishing it in 20:11, good enough for a third place overall. 

I was pleased with both races and running two races in one day was actually easier then what I thought and I am glad to help two really good causes.  I would be interested in doing it again some time.

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Comments
From baldnspicy on Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 10:26:33 from 167.164.3.140

Great job, Steve! Congrats on your great finishes and your awesome sub-20 time! You'll totally rock it again next year with your training. Running 2 5ks would be a challenge, but it sounds like these courses were made for that. Running for a cause is always better than just running to run.

Good luck in your next two 5ks! 19:45 is in your sights!

From Steve on Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 20:58:32 from 71.245.43.13

Thanks Wes! I hope that if I do it next year I will be slightly slower cause of all the marathon training we will be doing. 2 5k's in a day actually were easier then I thought because of the ton of rest in between, it was a very easy afternoon. I imagine you might not be so lucky with a family (I got lucky the wife was out of town so I didn't have to go shopping)

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