Trying to Get Back to Respectable

January 2012

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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
15.78
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Total Distance
2.00

Okay so it has been how long?  Way to long!  I have been trying to get back on the healthy eating track and now I am trying to get back to running.  My foot has its ups and downs now that I have the foot rocker, I try to use that as often as possible and it seems to be helping.  I went to a health fair on Saturday and talked with the owner of a local running shop and he said that he runs through it.  He also made some suggestions for shoes so I bought a brand new pair.  It is a pair of those minimal shoes, they are the Saucony Kinvara. 

I took them for a spin today and foot felt pretty good.  I decided to do every other day at about 2 miles.  I think this coupled with the foot rocker should help some.

Let's do this!

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Pretty good run.  Foot held up.  I keep taking the rocker to work with me.  It is something easy to do while sitting at the desk.  I hope that everything keeps feeling like this.  Hope the foot improves some but it isn't bad, so I will take it!

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About 9:05 pace.

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Snow yesterday so I was not able to get out, so I went today.  Pace was slower than the other day but there was snow all over the road and it was somewhere around 8 degrees, maybe colder.  I haven't been that cold on a run since the good old college days.

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