Trying to Get Back to Respectable

February 2010

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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
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87.75
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3.00

Going to need to play it about the same as last week, my leg was feeling a little off tonight but as long as I can stretch and watch my mileage I should be okay.

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4.00

My foot was bothering me on this run, my left knee started to bug me as well.  I am taking off tomorrow, hopefully this will help it heal up.

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3.00

Arch was really bugging me, I will try with these shoes on Saturday (off the treadmill) and see how it goes, if it goes like the treadmill I will be buying inserts for them.

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10.00

Yesterday nothing was clean so I postponed my long run until today.  I felt good, finished it fairly quickly, and had no significant problems.  I think that the treadmill is causing my foot problems, hopefully I can make it through this training program and get my marathon done.

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3.00

Ran on the treadmill and the foot felt okay for most of the run, by the end of the run it was starting to get tight.

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4.00

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11.00

Finished in 1:30.  Felt okay, through in a very large hill and after the hill it was hard but after a few miles I was able to pull it together.  Need to make sure I am increasing my during the week miles.

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3.00

24:30, 5 x 1 minute speed ups.

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2.50

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12.00

1:38 which isn't too bad, threw in that hill again this week.  Feeling weak by the end of the run, think I need to start getting my miles up during the week, shouldn't be hard, the problem is that treadmill and how it hurts my foot when running on it.  I gotta figure something out though, I will start getting outside during the week now seeing as the sun is staying up just a little longer now.

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4.00

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13.25

1:46

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87.75
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