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Hogsback Half Marathon

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Location:

Mooresville,NC,

Member Since:

May 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

2007 Highlights: Litchfield Road Race (7.1) in 58:36

2008 Highlights: New Jersey Marathon in 4:12, Bay State Marathon in 3:10:30

2009 Highlights: Boston Marathon in 3:13:26, Litchfield Road Race in 49:30, New Haven 20k in 1:25:03, Bay State Marathon in 3:09:09

2010 Highlights: Bradley 10k in 39:58, Litchfield Road Race in 48:06, New Haven 20k in 1:23:59, Ghost Trail 1/2 Marathon in 1:29:12 (trail), Philadelphia Marathon in 3:06:59

2011 Highlights: Litchfield Road Race in 47:44, Ghost Trail 1/2 Marathon in 1:28:35, Goshen Turkey Trot in 40:46, Jingle Bell 5k in 19:05

2012 Highlights: Finished Boston Marathon in 3:41:59 in 89 degree heat, broke the top 100 in Litchfield Road Race (82nd), 1st Place (overall) in Solstice 5k, Hogsback 1/2 in 1:29:36, and bq'd in Bay State Marathon (3:14:20).

Personal Records

1-mile: 5:39/track (2008)

5k: 19:05/Jingle Bell (2011)

10k: 39:58/road race (2010)

20k: 1:23:59 (2010/New Haven)

1/2 marathon: 1:28:35 (2011/Ghost Trail)

marathon: 3:06:59 (2010/Philly)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-3:05 marathon in Fall

Sub-1:23 in New Haven 20k

Sub-46 min in Litchfield RR

Sub-19 in 5k

Sub-5:30 in mile

Upcoming Races:

TBD

Long-Term Running Goals:

sub-3hr marathon

sub-5:15 min mile

become a competitive master's runner

win age division in smaller marathon

Personal:

Married w/six daughters (9 year age span)

Pastor a church in NC

Enjoy travel and recreation with family

Began running in November of 2007

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	33.00	Year:	424.00
Barefoot Lifetime Miles:						114.25
K12- Black Lifetime Miles:						401.00
Kinvara 13 (blue 1) Lifetime Miles:						335.00
Kinvara 13 (blue 2) Lifetime Miles:						363.00
Kinvara 14 Neon Lifetime Miles:						384.00
Kinvara 14/teal Lifetime Miles:						334.00
Kinvara Blue/red Lifetime Miles:						98.00

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
46.90	16.10	7.00	0.00	70.00

Riders Red/yellow Miles: 40.90	Brooks Pure Cadence (red) Miles: 13.00	Brooks Launch (orange) Miles: 16.10

Weight: 178.00

Sun, Sep 16, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.00

8 easy miles- 5 w/my wife and 3 on my own.

Riders Red/yellow Miles: 8.00

Weight: 0.00

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Mon, Sep 17, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

10 miles- 8 of them through trails @ about 8:40 pace.

Riders Red/yellow Miles: 10.00

Weight: 0.00

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Tue, Sep 18, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.00	1.00	3.00	0.00	6.00

Really busy today, so didn't get to run until evening. Hit the TM and did a 3-mile progressive warm-up, working down to 5:45 speed. Stretched and then ran 3 miles in 18min. Good, quick workout. May try a longer speed tempo tomorrow.

Brooks Pure Cadence (red) Miles: 6.00

Weight: 0.00

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Wed, Sep 19, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.00	1.00	4.00	0.00	14.00

7 at the gym TM: 3 mile warm-up and then 3 miles in 18min...quick pause and then 1 more mile @ 6min pace.

7 more miles after dinner outside- 8:30ish pace.

Brooks Pure Cadence (red) Miles: 7.00	Riders Red/yellow Miles: 7.00

Weight: 178.00

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Thu, Sep 20, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.50	1.00	0.00	0.00	8.50

Ran 8.5 miles while my 9-year-old accompanied me by bike. 3 of them on trails and 1 on the track. She stopped to run and I paced her to a 7:25 mile- not too shabby!

Riders Red/yellow Miles: 8.50

Weight: 0.00

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Fri, Sep 21, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.40

Ran 7.4 miles with my wife at 9-9:30 pace.

Riders Red/yellow Miles: 7.40

Weight: 0.00

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Sat, Sep 22, 2012

Race: Hogsback Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:29:36, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 2

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.00	13.10	0.00	0.00	16.10

Ran the Hogsback Half in Colebrook, CT. Seemed to be 300-350 runners. The course runs alongside a river down and back. The first 2-3 miles have a fairly steep downhill, the middle section is mostly gently rollers, and the last 2-3 was a nasty uphill. I kept track of my time until about mile 10 and then it was just survival mode.

Mile 1: 6:15 (actually ran quite conservatively)

Mile 2: 6:21 (continued to be careful on the downhill)

Mile 3: 6:36 (seemed a managable pace, rolling, yet more down than up)

Mile 4: 6:45 (rolling)

Mile 5: 6:41 (still rolling)

Mile 6: 6:46 (stopped to drink water and still felt good)

Mile 7: 6:41 (rolling and now beginning to gradually go uphill)

Mile 8: 6:54 (definitely feel a gentle upward)

Mile 9: 6:57 (hanging on well)

Mile 10: 6:59 (might have been my last sub-7)

Mile 11: 7:05 (here comes the big hill!)

Mile 12-13.1??? (It wasn't pretty, but I held position, passed one runner at the 12 mile marker and finished 1 minute in front of him.)

Official time: 1:29:36 (2 full minutes faster than my pr on this course)- 9th overall and 2nd in my age division- I'll take it!

Brooks Launch (orange) Miles: 16.10

Weight: 0.00

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
46.90	16.10	7.00	0.00	70.00

Riders Red/yellow Miles: 40.90	Brooks Pure Cadence (red) Miles: 13.00	Brooks Launch (orange) Miles: 16.10

Weight: 178.00

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