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YMCA New Year's Eve Run

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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
33.00
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Total Distance
4.00

Ran in 29:40 tonight.  Still have not taken the time to determine speeds for runs.  I may be trying to do that tonight or putting in my entries from the previous few weeks as I have been trying out different websites for "blogging" and I think this is the best.  The only problem is this does not ask for my time and calculate a per mile pace.  The website that did, had many other problems.  I think this is it, I am staying with this one for the duration of my training for the marathon.  (Hopefully I don't have to cut it short due to injuries)

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Total Distance
6.00

Ran 6 miles in 45:30.  It was supposed to be an EZ run which I think that the pace was reasonable but I am not quite sure what my paces are.  I was too captivated by the sporting events last night to do work on my running.  I didn't hurt to much at the pace I was going, I think that having a slower pace may help me stay injury free. 

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Total Distance
4.00

Ran in 29:40, felt so good to be outside that I was not concerned with speed, just happy to be outside.

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Total Distance
4.00

Should have been 5, when I was in high school the coach always said it was a 5 miler.  My time certainly showed that it was very close to 4 miles.  Disapointed that I didn't get five in, but needed to end due to personal reasons.

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Total Distance
0.00

Bad headache will make up run tuesday and tuesday on wednesday when I am supposed to have off.

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Total Distance
4.00

On the treadmill at 7:19 pace.  I felt pretty good, no real problems.  Still not eating the best but I am getting my runs in which is good.

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Total Distance
6.00

This was at about 7:19 pace.  I did it on the treadmill and since I haven' blogged I cannot remember the time.  It wasn't too bad.

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Race: YMCA New Year's Eve Run (3.1 Miles) 00:21:14, Place overall: 23, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
5.00

I ran a two mile warmup to get my five miles for the day.  The race went well for it being at 7 pm and all of the slush, ice, and snow on the road.  Started to feel a little problem on the side of my leg.  Hoping it goes away.

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Total Distance
33.00
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