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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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Saucony Guide Lifetime Miles: 219.06
Gel-Neo33 2 Lifetime Miles: 20.44
Cortana 3 Lifetime Miles: 46.88
Total Distance
17.11
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Total Distance
3.00

Not a great time today; humid, had the dog; just trying to get the 3 miles.  Tomorrow will be better.

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Total Distance
4.00

Decent run.  Another day of running all over the place trying to hit my mileage.  It was fun, saw some different things and stayed out of the sun most of the time.  I ran it in about 8:28 which is pretty good.  Not complaining about today's run.  Good thing I have off tomorrow, my legs aren't used to this many days of running in a row, but tomorrow is football practice so I will be getting exercise.

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Total Distance
4.00

Tempo Run #2 of training.  This one was better than last.  I ran warm up 1 mile in 8:30 then I ran mile 2 &3 at 7:19.5 and then 1 mile cool down at 9:00.  Last week was 7:25 per mile during the tempo portion of the run and I was having back pain.  I feel like this week was slow compared to last week but I will take a better time.  Getting excited for the Steeler 5k in a few weeks.

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Total Distance
6.11

It was a good solid distance run. I am feeling good.  I think the average per mile was about 8:15 or so.  It felt good, it was strong.  Getting better every day.

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17.11
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