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Bloomsburg YMCA New Year's Eve 5k

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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
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59.33
Kinvara 4 Miles: 29.00Kinvara 3 (Blue) Miles: 30.33
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3.00

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3.25

Kinvara 4 Miles: 3.25
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4.75

Kinvara 4 Miles: 4.75
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6.00

3 in the AM.  3 in the PM.  Trying to do some doubles this week.  I think I will do one run tomorrow and one on Wednesday but on Thursday do another double. 

Let's see how this plan for building a base goes.

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4.10

Kinvara 3 (Blue) Miles: 4.10
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6.00

49:06.  Not to shabby.  Long run at 8:11 pace.  I am hoping to bring it down a little. My goal for the half marathon in April is 1:30:00.  That is something I think I can do but I need to spend the next few weeks bringing my times down a little so that I can have a strong training session leading up to the race.  I think that my goal is completly do-able but it will be a little stretch.  If I do not hit that in April, I will be shooting to hit that at some point next year.  I think that the training will be a little strenuous but I think that I can nail it out.  The times for paces are faster than what I have been accustomed to but I think that with the proper training, stretching and strength I think that I can hit my goal.  A 1:30 would be a PR. 

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Race: Bloomsburg YMCA New Year's Eve 5k (3.23 Miles) 00:23:05, Place overall: 57
Total Distance
3.23

This race was a bit of a liar.  My GPS watch had 3.23 but my sister-in-law had 3.3 which is what the results eluded to.  If you go off my watch, it looks like 7:08 or so per mile pace.  If you go off the results and my sister-in-law, I had a 7:00 per mile pace.  Either way, this race allowed me to hit my 500 miles for the year and it gave me a good base to understand where I am for my training starting in the new year.  I think that by the end of 2014, a 1:30 half-marathon will happen. 

2013 was not a bad year, had a baby, ran a new race, visited Greece.  Cannot complain about a pretty good year.

Kinvara 3 (Blue) Miles: 3.23
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Total Distance
59.33
Kinvara 4 Miles: 29.00Kinvara 3 (Blue) Miles: 30.33
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