| Location: Broken Arrow,OK,United States Member Since: Dec 13, 2009 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: Route 66 Marathon 2012 (3:12:34)
Route 66 Marathon 2010 (3:35:05)
Glow Run 5k Aug 2012 (19:28)
Aquarium Half Marathon 2013 (1:30:17)
Post Oak Lodge Half Marathon Trail Run 2012 (1:46:22)
Aquarium Half Marathon 2011 (1:39:19)
Oklahoma City Memorial Half-Marathon 2010 (1:42:22)
Williams Route 66 Half-Marathon 2009 (1:42:52).
15k Tulsa Run 1:00:34 (2013) 1:01:48 (2012), 1:05:12 (2010) 1:09:05 (2009), 1:11:37 (2005), 1:14:26 (2004).
Short-Term Running Goals: 2013 Goals: Qualify for Boston in Oklahoma City on April 28th. Goal missed. Actual time: 3:20:37.
Qualify for Boston in Tulsa at the Rt. 66 in November.
PR in the half marathon in Jenks on April 6th. (Sub 1:30) PR of 1:30:17...close enough!
Marathon Finish Williams Route 66 2010 (3:35:05)
Run a sub 20 5k Full Moon 5k 2011, 19:34
Long-Term Running Goals: Win my age division. (Alzheimer's 5k 2010, 21:21)
Run a sub 3 marathon
Run an ultra.
Personal: I'm married to a very supportive, although slightly less enthusiastic runner than I. Alisha has run a little with me and participated in several 5k's, but mostly she supports me at races. She ran her first half in November, 2011. We have a son who was born in 2010, the year that I ran my first marathon. I participated in my first Triathlon in April 2011. I think I may have been bitten by the Ironman bug. Though an Ironman finish is a long term goal, I want to BQ first.
I find that the more I run the more I want to run. I consider my self a running addict. I like the motto: pain is weakness leaving your body. Favorite Blogs: |
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| New Balance 1080 Blue Miles: 53.67 | Mizuno Elixir 7 Miles: 112.17 | New Balance 1080 Orange Miles: 25.02 | Ravenna 2 White/Black Miles: 30.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 140.50 | Nap Time: 5.50 | Total Sleep Time: 146.00 | Weight: 152.30 | Calories: 24042.00 | |
| | 5 mile recovery jog this morning in 83 degrees with high humidity. |
| New Balance 1080 Blue Miles: 5.03 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 153.00 | Calories: 472.00 |
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| | The humidity about knocked me out this morning. I drank all of my Gatorade and had to refill my bottles at the fountain. I drank a total of 5 8 ounce bottles, when I usually only drink two. Sometime I drink three. My AP sucked at 8:51, but I think it's partly because of the humidity and partly because I've been taking it easy on mileage during the past few weeks. So basically I'm not in tip top shape.
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| Mizuno Elixir 7 Miles: 16.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 151.00 | Calories: 1815.00 |
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| | MLR - 11. 8:21 AP, 75 degrees, 81%. |
| New Balance 1080 Blue Miles: 11.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 152.00 | Calories: 1085.00 |
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| | Mid-week MLR. 13 miles at 8:46 AP. I felt like I was dragging. I'm going to need to readjust myself to 55 plus mile weeks again, and get used to it in the heat. Hopefully it cools off soon. |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 Miles: 13.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 152.00 | Calories: 1239.00 |
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| | Recovery jog. 5 miles in the rain at a nice and easy 8:48 pace. |
| New Balance 1080 Orange Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 152.00 | Calories: 435.00 |
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| | Tempo of 9 miles with 4 at tempo pace. Three warmup and two to cool down. My tempo pace needs to be about 6:39. Actual Splits: 6:51, 6:49, 7:01, 7:14. I'm looking at this workout as a success considering it was raining on me the whole time and that I have gone about 4 or more weeks without any type of speed work. I've also been running considerably lower weekly mileage during that time. Now it's time to build back up both speed and volume.
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| Mizuno Elixir 7 Miles: 9.06 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 152.00 | Calories: 977.00 |
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| | Recovery jog. 5 at an 8:29 AP. It was an amazingly cool 70 degrees with 94% humidity. I'm feeling good about this week. It closed out at 59 miles and feel really good considering I've not been at this volume in several weeks.
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| New Balance 1080 Orange Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 152.00 | Calories: 419.00 |
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| | Long run of 15 at an 8:22 AP. Kevin and his friend Keith joined me for about 4 miles. |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 Miles: 15.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 152.00 | Calories: 1605.00 |
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| | General aerobic run with 10x100's. 70 degrees with 100% humidity. |
| New Balance 1080 Blue Miles: 9.05 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 152.00 | Calories: 830.00 |
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| | MLR - 14. 68 degrees. Awesome weather. I also felt really energized this morning. I wish all mornings were like this. Especially the long run mornings. |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 Miles: 14.11 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 153.00 | Calories: 1301.00 |
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| | MLR - 11. 64 degrees. It was a beautiful morning and still very humid, but at these temperatures in August I will take it.
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| New Balance 1080 Blue Miles: 11.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 155.00 | Calories: 1311.00 |
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| | Recovery run. 5 miles at an 8:20 AP. The temperature was a beautiful 63 degrees. |
| Ravenna 2 White/Black Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 154.00 | Calories: 588.00 |
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| | Long run. 18 miles. First 4 with Kevin. This weather is AWESOME! It was 64 degrees. It almost feels like fall. I had a really good run. I ran the first half between 8 and 8:30 pace and the last 6 under an 8:00 minute pace. I'm feeling strong.
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| Mizuno Elixir 7 Miles: 18.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 5.50 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 154.00 | Calories: 1752.00 |
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| | 9 continuous with 5 very uneven tempo splits. 2 to warm up followed by these five: 6:35, 6:45, 6:54, 7:00, 7:12. Two to cool down. The last few tempo miles were uphill. |
| Mizuno Elixir 7 Miles: 9.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 154.00 | Calories: 945.00 |
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| | MLR - 78:23 AP. 66 degrees, 100%. I met Carl and Larry at two different points along my route today. The are two really nice guys.
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 151.00 | Calories: 1308.00 |
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| | Recovery jog. |
| New Balance 1080 Orange Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 150.00 | Calories: 593.00 |
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| | MLR - 12. I ran in my Brooks Ravenna 2's that have almost 700 miles on them. I've decided that is my favorite shoe. It's amazing how light it is and how good it still feels even after 600 miles. 8:04 AP today. 67 degrees. I feel strong this week. I should be in good shape for my pace run on Sunday.
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| Ravenna 2 White/Black Miles: 12.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 152.00 | Calories: 1182.00 |
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| | Recovery jog - 5 |
| New Balance 1080 Blue Miles: 5.02 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 152.00 | Calories: 599.00 |
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| | Pace run. The goal was to run 18 miles with the last ten at marathon pace. The problem was two fold; heat and hills. 73 degrees with 94% humidity. I also ran towards to Riverside Drive down the Creek Turnpike trail, which seems to be a lot hillier. The second two miles of the marathon pace portion of the run had 59 and 62 feet of elevation respectivelly.
I started at 5:35 to meet Kevin and Keith for the first 4 miles. I probably should have started half an hour earlier like I usually do to get most of the hard miles in before the sun got too high in the sky. The heat was really getting to me this morning.
The first 8 miles averaged 8:22 pace.
The last ten that were supposed to be run at marathon pace ended up averaging a 7:31 pace.
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| Mizuno Elixir 7 Miles: 18.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 152.00 | Calories: 1953.00 |
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| | General aerobic run with 10x100's. The 100's were run in about 20 seconds a piece. I still felt sore from the pace run on Sunday, but my turnover felt good and I felt strong on the 100's.
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| Ravenna 2 White/Black Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 153.00 | Calories: 717.00 |
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| | Mid-week MLR. 72 degrees with 100% humidity. 8:20 AP.
I ran 4 with Shane who advised me to take the day off after the Tulsa Run this year instead of running the 17 on the Advanced Marathoning schedule.
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| New Balance 1080 Blue Miles: 12.57 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 151.00 | Calories: 1302.00 |
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| | MLR - 10. 77 degress, 94%. I'm ready for the heat to break. It looks like next week we will be back to lows in the uppers 60's.
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| New Balance 1080 Orange Miles: 10.02 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 152.00 | Calories: 1027.00 |
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| | Recovery run of 5 miles. 73, 94%.
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| Ravenna 2 White/Black Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 152.00 | Calories: 587.00 |
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| New Balance 1080 Blue Miles: 53.67 | Mizuno Elixir 7 Miles: 112.17 | New Balance 1080 Orange Miles: 25.02 | Ravenna 2 White/Black Miles: 30.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 140.50 | Nap Time: 5.50 | Total Sleep Time: 146.00 | Weight: 152.30 | Calories: 24042.00 | |
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