| 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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| | 1:03.51. This was a very speedy run. It was rainy and it was cool which allowed me to get through this quick and strong. I hope that all the training I am doing for the marathon pays off for the half marathon. I think that all the training will in fact be more helpful for the half then the full. Again, the goal is to finish the full in under 4 hours which might be a stretch after seeing last year's winning time. I think that there are lots of hills, obstacles and on a trail which will slow down the time some. I just hope to do well and that will make me happy. I want to focus on time when it comes to the half. I am hoping to beat my best time of 1:34. While my time today was good, I have a bit to go to bring it down to a 1:34. Let's focus on the marathon first then go after that half. Good day, cannot complain about this run. Let's just hope everything stays together.
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| | Was supposed to be an 18 miler. Was not an 18 miler. P!ssed off? Yes I am. Absolutely ridiculous that I barely could get half the run done. I felt like garbage today, started the run late, it was hot, cramping up, tight muscles. You name it, I had it today. Boy does something like this shake your confidence. How could I ever finish 26.2 miles when I cannot even finish 18. Now my confidence is off and I need to hit this this time. The only benefit of this is that I did not hurt myself. Part of the issue today had to be all the hills, I am normally used to running in flat Bloomsburg but today I was in Kunkletown with tons of hills. Still should have gotten a lot closer to the end then I already did. So irritated today wish this run did not happen like it did. UGH!!!
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| | Nice 5 mile tempo run today. Felt pretty good considering my shoulder has been hurting for over a week now. But this felt right. I am starting to get some fear creep going on in my brain. This week's long run is a 20 miler and I am dreading running it. I start getting my doubts when I get to lengths like these. I am pretty sure that I can finish this 20 miler and then it is a few simple workouts before the marathon. I know that I will get major fear creep once I am thinking about the marathon. The mind is a powerful tool and it can really mess with you if you let it and it always does with me come marathon time. (Not to mention all of the injuries I have faced over the last few years)
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| | So this was supposed to be a 20 miler and it ended up being a 19 miler. I met up with an old work buddy at mile 10 and he said he had 8 to go. Then we proceeded to run together for the majority of my run. However, he took me up some killer hills and while I felt good until mile 15-16, it all went down hill from there. I ended up needing to run up another hill to get home and struggled. I ened up walking and jogging the last 2-3 miles. I think that with proper hydration and some gels I should be able knock this thing out in a few weeks. I had some concern about only getting 19 miles but the guy I ran with said he only ran 18 before his first marathon.
Confidence is back up but I am still a little scared. Good thing I have 2 weeks of cutting back and that should make things nice. Nothing is stopping me know, I am going to nail this and be done with it. The other plus is the guy from work is going to run this marathon and do it at a much slower pace so if I start to die, he can motivate me to keep going. Good news all around.
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