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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

Mon, Feb 09, 2009

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

High 30's outside! Would love to have been able to run hard, but I'm still in recovery mode from the weekend. Did 5-miles easy + weights w/legs. Plan to run again in the evening.

With the increased mileage, I've let go of following a strict diet. Still plan on eating healthy, but doesn't seem to be the time to skimp on calories and try to lose weight. Lost 5 lbs., but it's causing me to lose energy as well. I'll keep running hard, eating healthy, and let weight take care of itself.

5 more recovery miles on the treadmill.

Saucony Progrid Omni 6 Miles: 5.00	Mizuno Wve Inspire 5 Miles: 5.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From jtshad on Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 14:47:16

Good idea on the food. Be good and eat reasonably, but my experience has been when you start pushing the mileage up, you are hungry all the time and can eat like a horse and still not gain weight (or most likely keep losing it!).

From rockness18 on Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 15:51:30

thanks for your input on this Jeff. As I was beginning to successfully lose weight, I felt short on energy 2 weeks in a row on the long-run. This week I ate more on Thurs/Friday and had a much more successful 20-miler on Saturday. Glad to have lost the weight, but need to be careful not to over do it. May focus more on the weight loss after Boston, when the mileage is down and do it very gradually.

From smally on Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 22:35:23

Trust your body, you know what is healthy and we run to live so indulge here and there. Last night I could not sleep so I went downstairs and had a bowl of cereal, my god it was the best cereal I have ever had.... We work hard and deserve to eat all the great food that god blesses us with.

I have read a lot that people overtrain for Boston and don't consume enough calories leading up so I think we need to put as much healthy food in as possible over the next 10 weeks and the occational chocolate almond, etc...

Run well this week, weather is nice.

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