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Frosty 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
Total Distance
12.87
Kinvara 4 Miles: 12.86
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.00

Hamstring was a little sore today but got through and did some good stretching.

Kinvara 4 Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
3.00

Held off on the hills yesterday so that I could let the hamstring heal a little more.  Today all day, it felt good. I was moving around for most of the day so I thought that was a good guage to see if I should run tonight,  I did and it felt okay.  No real problems tonight.  We will tweak tomorrow night's run to try to keep it within reason but still push myself.  Probably will take off Thursday and Friday before the 5k race on Saturday.

Kinvara 4 Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
3.76

This was supposed to be a 30 minute tempo run.  I made it a modified tempo run.  I ran the first 10 minutes @ 8:34 pace.  Then 5 minutes @ 7:30, the next 5 @ 7:05, the following 5 @ 7:30 and then finished slowly.  This was good to make sure I did not aggrevate my hamstring.  I felt it a little while I was moving quicker but it wasn't more then a small feeling of something being off. 

I may run a small amount tomorrow but need to keep it fresh for the race Saturday morning.  If I keep feeling the way I do today, I think I will hold up for the remainder of this training plan. 

Actively started looking at running coaches.  I think that I will probably go that route.  I can use the extra help.

Kinvara 4 Miles: 3.76
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Race: Frosty 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:21:24, Place overall: 22
Total Distance
3.11

Kinvara 4 Miles: 3.10
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
12.87
Kinvara 4 Miles: 12.86
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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