| Location: Acton,MA,USA Member Since: May 12, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: 5K (PR) - 18:02
10 mile - 1:06:01
Half-Marathon (PR) - 1:30:36
2016 Gate City Marathon (PR) - 3:09:44 Short-Term Running Goals: BQ! - Got that monkey off my back.
Join a competitive running club Long-Term Running Goals: SUB 3 Marathon
Keep setting PR's as a middle of the pack Master. Personal: I am married with 2 daughters 12 & 14.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 97.27 | 3.05 | 100.32 |
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| Asics GT-2140 Miles: 32.30 | Saucony Grid Type A2 Miles: 3.05 | Inov-8 Roclite 295 Miles: 2.11 | Asics GT-2150 Miles: 62.86 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 115.00 | Nap Time: 7.00 | Total Sleep Time: 122.00 | Weight: 174.11 | Calories: 0.00 | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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3 miles - outside @ work
It's grossly humid out...... Boo Hiss!
2 miles - @ home (outside) - 13:25
Splits: 7:20, 6:04. liked the second mile
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| Asics GT-2140 Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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Emerson 5k run-walk for cancer (3.05 Miles) 00:18:23, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 2 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.05 | 3.05 |
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3.05 miles - 18:23
I was putting some pretty substantial pressure on myself to PR today. The reason being that I was running in my employer's yearly 5k race.... and yeah I knew 90% of the people attending. No pressure at all there!
I ran this race two years ago, (different course/my first 5k ever) and finished in a time of 21:52. In April of this year I ran another local 5k and finished in 20:06. My times were definitely heading in the right direction! Needless to say, I was intent on going sub 20:00 today.
On to the race. It was a 10am start and the temperature was hovering right around 70' with little humidity.... perfect weather. In my previous 5k, a 12 year old named Rylee finished 20 seconds ahead of me with a time of 19:46. Here she is.....
As you can see, she is a wispy little thing, but don't let her looks deceive you.... she hauls some butt and her times don't lie.
Anyways.... I have been checking her recent finishes on coolrunning.com and knew that she has been running well as of late and even went sub 19 on a couple of occasions. I was looking for her signature neon orange "RUN" singlet at the start line and found her immediately. I figured that I would just run behind her and see if I could hold on. The muskets fired and we were off. My Garmin got screwed up from the start, so I only have 2.5 miles of data recorded.... no big deal, only the finishing time counts right? (More on that later) This course was really fun with a beginning trail section and lots of neighborhood rolling hills.... nothing to steep or crazy though. The first 2 guys took off and the eventual winner ended up finishing in 16:08. I never saw that guy and I was just trying to stick with the 12 yr old girl. It turns out that since we were running in the second pack, Rylee made a wrong turn and we ended up cutting off .05 miles of this 5k. Bummer :( I was laboring pretty hard keeping about 10ft off of her heels and breathing like a wounded water buffalo. She must have been horrified....... oh well, all is good in racing! With about 2 tenths of a mile left, I passed Rylee and held on for 4th place and a 2 second margin over the speedy 12yr old girl. As I'm crossing the finish line, I see 18:23 on the clock and think to myself..... Holy Crap!
Barely able to catch my breath and my legs wobbling beneath me, I hear someone say, Rylee I guess you missed that turn. I took my hands off of my knees and walked over to the group. "Wait..... what happened?" I said. Like I said earlier in my report, it turns out that we missed a tiny off shoot on the course and chopped off .05 miles of the course. After some calculations, if we hadn't made the mistake, I would have ended up with a 18:44 or so.
I'm really proud of my sub 19:00 finish and the only way that I can make up for the bobble on the course is to race another 5k sooner than later with the same results.
Enjoy the weekend eveyone! |
| Saucony Grid Type A2 Miles: 3.05 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.11 | 0.00 | 2.11 |
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2.11 miles - trails
I couldn't get out of bed this morning so the only option was 90' degree temps after work. I brought a water bottle with me and thought that the shade of the woods would help. Maybe a little bit.... but not much. I'll test the morning motivation again tomorrow. |
| Inov-8 Roclite 295 Miles: 2.11 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 7.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.10 | 0.00 | 7.10 |
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7.1 miles - avg pace 7:37
I made it out of the house this morning! 4am and I had the roads to myself. It's supposed to reach 95' today...... "F" that shiz!
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| Asics GT-2140 Miles: 7.10 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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2 miles - roads
I had intentions of getting up earlier to beat the heat and get more miles in this morning, but alas, it was not to happen. Out the door and running at 4:30am and it was already hot and muggy. My wife wanted to get her walk in this morning as well..... I only had time for two measly miles.
Earlier bird gets more miles! |
| Asics GT-2140 Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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5 miles - 35:49 (avg pace 7:09ish)
Lunch time @ work. I won't have any time to run at home...... Daddy/Daughter dance tonight with Maggie my 7yr old! She's a great big sister..... they are getting so big :(
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| Asics GT-2140 Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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At 6am this morning my wife and I went for a walk. We beat the rain on our 2.56 mile jaunt and had a nice start to the day :)
4 miles - garage treadmill (avg pace 7:28)
Here are a couple of shots pre Daddy/Daughter dance. It was a lot of fun.... arts and crafts tables, cupcake station (my favorite), tattoos, face painting, games and of course dancing. I didn't know what to expect for music, but they had all the popular stuff playing on the radio these days. Gaga, Rihanna, Black-Eyed Peas, Kesha.... and the list goes on.
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| Asics GT-2140 Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
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9.2 miles - 1:05:53 (avg 7:10)
Didn't sleep well at all last night. I think that it had something to do with the glass of wine that I had @ 9pm and then most of the glass that my wife couldn't finish :) I don't drink often, but when I do, I never sleep soundly. So anyways, I was up at 3:30am and out the door by quarter of. What a beautiful morning..... probably 50' with a light mist. Perfect running weather! The run felt effortless and I didn't feel winded at any point..... love those days.
Splits: 7:29, 7:34, 7:26, 7:17, 7:10, 7:04, 7:03, 6:47, 6:47, (last .2 - 6:15)
1 mile at the track with my wife and girls. Family fitness! |
| Asics GT-2140 Miles: 9.20 | Asics GT-2150 Miles: 1.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.52 | 0.00 | 6.52 |
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6.52 miles - in da hood
Splits: 7:24, 7:19, 7:09, 6:56, 6:56, (6:08 for .52) - 1 mile cool down - 7:18 |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 6.52 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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4 miles - (avg. 7:30)
No energy at all today..... the legs were tired. |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.32 | 0.00 | 10.32 |
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10.32 miles - 1:16:04 (avg. 7:23)
Dead legs..... but I had to do it for my BOSTON BRUINS! It is so sweet to live in TitleTown!
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| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 10.32 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 4.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
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3.1 miles - 5k on the work treadmill
Thunderstorms..... negated any ideas of an outside run. MOTHER TRUCKER!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-N3F1FhW4
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| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 3.10 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 173.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.10 | 0.00 | 7.10 |
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7.1 miles - 7:31 avg.
Awesome run..... super relaxed. Psyched for the weekend people! |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 7.10 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 173.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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2 miles
Not what I was expecting on my day........ but I've learned to expect the unexpected. |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 173.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
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7.25 miles - 7:34 avg.
Yesterday I felt jipped on mileage..... this morning I made up for it. |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 7.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 173.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.73 | 0.00 | 10.73 |
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10.73 miles -7:34 avg.
It was very humid this morning, but overall a good run.
Splits: 8:17, 8:01, 7:55, 7:40, 7:40, 7:32, 7:24, 7:21, 7:17, 7:06, (last .73 - 6:56) |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 10.73 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 173.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.10 | 0.00 | 4.10 |
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4.1 miles
Running in the rain. |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 4.10 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 173.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.23 | 0.00 | 3.23 |
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3.23 miles - 22:28 (6:57 avg.)
Running in the cold rain.
Splits: 7:21, 7:12, 6:36, (last .23 5:44) |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 3.23 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 173.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.51 | 0.00 | 3.51 |
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3.51 miles - slow
Something is hurting bad in the front of my left ankle/lower left shin area. It started after yesterday's run, so I iced and took some Alleve. It felt worse today..... maybe some sort of a strain? I think I'll rest tomorrow and give it a go on Monday.
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| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 3.51 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 173.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 97.27 | 3.05 | 100.32 |
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| Asics GT-2140 Miles: 32.30 | Saucony Grid Type A2 Miles: 3.05 | Inov-8 Roclite 295 Miles: 2.11 | Asics GT-2150 Miles: 62.86 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 115.00 | Nap Time: 7.00 | Total Sleep Time: 122.00 | Weight: 174.11 | Calories: 0.00 | |
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