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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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2:09.  This week was a very very stressful week, add on the fear of running 16 miles after I was hurting so bad last weekend.  So here is the thing, I am starting to try and increase my 'during the week' long run in order to gain some more strength in my legs.  These long runs hurt and I am not sure if I have a reasonable enough base to get the marathon done.  The reason my runs during the week have been so short is because I am trying to avoid any injury.  The long run on the weekend makes my plantar hurt some but not enough to avoid the run or cut it short.  By the end of the run today I was getting knots in my right calf and my quads were burning.  I really need to get this marathon done because I don't want another eluding me.  I think if I can slow the long run down some I might be able to get through it easier.  I am really not sure what I need to do now that my base time really is gone.  My major goal now is to complete the marathon but the goal I think can be achieved is finishing in under 4:00 (which is completely possible seeing my time today). 

Besides the running, life is allright minus my work life which is absolutely miserable.

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