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Bloomsburg YMCA New Year's Eve 5k

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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
Totals
Total Distance
14.23
Kinvara 3 (Blue) Miles: 8.23Kinvara 4 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Sun, Dec 29, 2013
Total Distance
2.00

Kinvara 3 (Blue) Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Mon, Dec 30, 2013
Total Distance
3.00

Kinvara 3 (Blue) Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Tue, Dec 31, 2013
Race: Bloomsburg YMCA New Year's Eve 5k (3.23 Miles) 00:23:05, Place overall: 57
Total Distance
3.23

This race was a bit of a liar.  My GPS watch had 3.23 but my sister-in-law had 3.3 which is what the results eluded to.  If you go off my watch, it looks like 7:08 or so per mile pace.  If you go off the results and my sister-in-law, I had a 7:00 per mile pace.  Either way, this race allowed me to hit my 500 miles for the year and it gave me a good base to understand where I am for my training starting in the new year.  I think that by the end of 2014, a 1:30 half-marathon will happen. 

2013 was not a bad year, had a baby, ran a new race, visited Greece.  Cannot complain about a pretty good year.

Kinvara 3 (Blue) Miles: 3.23
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Thu, Jan 02, 2014
Total Distance
3.00

I have a feeling this will be a good year. 

Here are my goals for the year:
1.) Need to lose weight.  Need to be 146 lbs. (Optimal Race Weight)
2.) Run 3 Half Marathon's and 4 5k's.
3.) PR in a Half Marathon. (Shooting for a 1:30 in at least one of them)
4.) Stretch every day.
5.) Run 1000 Miles over the course of the year.
6.) Stay injury free.
7.) Blog runs more frequently
8.) Have one week of 60 miles running

All of this seems absolutely reasonable but may be a little bit of a stretch.
 

Kinvara 4 Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Fri, Jan 03, 2014
Total Distance
3.00

Kinvara 4 Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Totals
Total Distance
14.23
Kinvara 3 (Blue) Miles: 8.23Kinvara 4 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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