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Location:

OH,

Member Since:

Jun 03, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I started running in Feb of 2009.

First 5K- April 18th, 2009

First Marathon- Sept 19,2009 - Wright Patt Air Force Base Marathon.

PR 5K 19:36  7/04/11  Americana 5K   

PR 10K 42:25  8/06/11  Tadmor 10K (Dam run... HILLS)

PR Marathon 9/17/11 Air Force Marathon 3:14:38

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

Show up. 

REALLY show up.

2017 Races

Tie dye 50K - 29th

11/11 Richmond Marathon

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for Boston 

Run Boston!  

No injuries and another marathon.

Did I mention avoiding injuries? 

More marathons, help others around me achieve goals.  

Personal:

Married and have two daughters 15 & 21... I hope to convert at least one into a runner :)

Psalm 14:1 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."

John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

 

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Adidas Adizero - Adios Lifetime Miles: 333.37
Saucony Kinvara 2- Bright Lime Lifetime Miles: 744.21
Saucony Hattori Lifetime Miles: 514.86
Under Armor Speedform Lifetime Miles: 782.25
Saucony Kinvara 5 Lifetime Miles: 816.18
Newton Distance Lifetime Miles: 672.30
Innov8 220 Lifetime Miles: 637.27
Saucony Kinvara 6 - Wicked Orange Lifetime Miles: 582.87
Pearl Izumi N1V2 Flash Green Lifetime Miles: 719.03
Pearl Izumi EM N1 Cool Red Lifetime Miles: 800.36
Pearl Izumi EM N1 Neon Yellow Lifetime Miles: 670.32
Saucony Kilkenny XC5 Lifetime Miles: 185.08
Kinvara 7 Neon Yelarnge Lifetime Miles: 816.51
Adidas Duramo Cool Blue Lifetime Miles: 734.38
Pearl Izumi N1V2 Flash Green #2 Lifetime Miles: 720.23
Nike VaporMax Red/Back Lifetime Miles: 293.03
Newton Mv2 Ghost White Lifetime Miles: 387.90
Saucony Ride Blue Lifetime Miles: 261.25
Reebok Harmony Gold Lifetime Miles: 16.50
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
197.1034.70231.80
Pearl Izumi N1V2 Flash Green Miles: 79.00Pearl Izumi EM N1 Neon Yellow Miles: 84.10Pearl Izumi EM N1 Cool Red Miles: 39.50Saucony Kinvara 6 - Wicked Orange Miles: 10.00Innov8 220 Miles: 5.00Saucony Kilkenny XC5 Miles: 14.20
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.001.257.25

VERY VERY WINDY in Louisville. Dodged storms. 

Pearl Izumi N1V2 Flash Green Miles: 7.25
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.502.5010.00

Back home and rested again. Lots of travel and happy to be home... although.... that means cold still. 29º w/ 19º WC that  was brisk.

Not many people on the bike path today at all. Only 3 runners and a few dog walkers. No bikers, but that is to be expected. 

10 Miles. 4 steady and then 11x30s striders. The first few were steady and then I let it loose best I could. (over a 1/10th of a mile in 30s). Active recoveries and then the last few full miles at 7:24. 

 

Pearl Izumi N1V2 Flash Green Miles: 10.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.002.0014.00

Afternoon run. 29º with some cold wind. Steady run, with only 2 other runners and 1 slow biker on the bike path. I did see 8 deer though. Totally graceful in how they leapt through the woods. I thought about racing them, but with the whole family there I did not want to embarrass them.  14, a few fast, last mile 6:47 into the wind. 

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Neon Yellow Miles: 14.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

4 Easy

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Cool Red Miles: 4.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

Warm! 52º 8 around the big block

Pearl Izumi N1V2 Flash Green Miles: 8.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

LONG day of work.... 4 easy

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Cool Red Miles: 4.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.003.0010.00

48º but dang that wind. Under a wind advisory. The trees were creaking the whole time! Bike Path to Tadmor to Kyle Park. 10 Miles. 2 WU then 2 MP+ (7:24, 7:09) , 1 Easy, then 4x400 Intervals with active recovery. Did I mention a slightly uphill? What about into the wind? :) Good resistance. Last 3 easy. 

Saucony Kinvara 6 - Wicked Orange Miles: 10.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

Heat wave continues! 63º 6 easy

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Neon Yellow Miles: 6.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.001.258.25

Back to reality... 30º 8 miles with striders 13x 20s fast.

Pearl Izumi N1V2 Flash Green Miles: 8.25
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.007.0016.00

31º with a very cold wind. Luckily it was sunny. 2 miles WU. Then every other mile MP+ (7:47, 7:30, 7:24, 7:41, 7:37, 7:23, 7:22) with a slow mile in-between. Smoothie treat after, trying to warm up! 

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Neon Yellow Miles: 16.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

26º and 17º WC. Had a hard time waking up today for some reason. 5 Easy. 

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Cool Red Miles: 5.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.500.507.00

7 easy with some quick striders. 

Pearl Izumi N1V2 Flash Green Miles: 7.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.006.008.00

Not much time today- 8 Miles. 2 WU and the 6 MP+ (7:40, 4x7:30's,7:03) . 

Work work work

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Neon Yellow Miles: 8.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.001.008.00

8 Miles. Crisp wind. Slow, last mile a bit of speed, for me anyway. 

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Cool Red Miles: 8.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.100.004.10

Should have done more, but they day got away from me. 

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Neon Yellow Miles: 4.10
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
17.001.0018.00

Cold and windy - No I did not copy and paste that. Add some very cold rain and you have your basic base building Saturday run. Just a steady run slowly increasing the pace each mile. Last mile MP+. Fisburg to Kittyhawk to Island to Riverscape and back.  

Did come across a good number of people walking 25 miles.  They were doing a warrior walk to support the Veterans. 

Pearl Izumi N1V2 Flash Green Miles: 18.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5 Miles. Sugarcreek Trails. Tough miles. 

Innov8 220 Miles: 5.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.500.006.50

6.5 easy, heading out for work - on the road.

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Cool Red Miles: 6.50
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.500.006.50

6.5 Easy, hotel treadmill.

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Neon Yellow Miles: 6.50
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

On the way back home stopped at some nice trails in Columbus. 10 Miles, lots of trails and hills. Sunny afternoon, lots of people out. Ended up passing one lady a few times, she said "You just keep going don't you?" I stopped. 

Pearl Izumi N1V2 Flash Green Miles: 10.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.002.506.50

Sugarcreek Trails. 53º nice. 2nd day of tough trails and hills. Wore me down, but I did log my fastest hill mile here. 

Saucony Kilkenny XC5 Miles: 6.50
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.000.0012.00

Last Sat I waited to run so it would warm up to 30º, this Sat... 69º and sunny. It warmed up from there to the mid 70's. My legs were and are shot from 2 days of hard trails. 12 easy/recovery miles. 

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Neon Yellow Miles: 12.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.001.707.70

Sugarcreek Trails in a heavy rain. Made it muddy and the hills tough, but I was able to hit some paces I did not think I could on these types of trails. Good run. 

Saucony Kilkenny XC5 Miles: 7.70
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.500.008.50

AM 4 Recovery 

PM 4.5 Easy

Pearl Izumi N1V2 Flash Green Miles: 4.50Pearl Izumi EM N1 Cool Red Miles: 4.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.500.005.50

Long day of work. 5.5 night run. 

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Neon Yellow Miles: 5.50
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

6 afternoon. Trails. Considering an Ultra here in the fall. 

Pearl Izumi N1V2 Flash Green Miles: 6.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.005.0012.00

73º windy and warm. Ran from the underpass, to Kyle Park to Troy. 12 Miles, 2 WU and then E.O. MP+ 7:24, 7:21, 7:15, 7:15, 7:07 Considering the last ones were with a semi-strong headwind, I will take it. The front changed part way into the run as we were under a tornado watch. 

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Neon Yellow Miles: 12.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

8 Rainy, easy/recovery run

Pearl Izumi EM N1 Cool Red Miles: 8.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
197.1034.70231.80
Pearl Izumi N1V2 Flash Green Miles: 79.00Pearl Izumi EM N1 Neon Yellow Miles: 84.10Pearl Izumi EM N1 Cool Red Miles: 39.50Saucony Kinvara 6 - Wicked Orange Miles: 10.00Innov8 220 Miles: 5.00Saucony Kilkenny XC5 Miles: 14.20
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