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Rocket City Marathon

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Location:

Decatur,AL,

Member Since:

Jan 27, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

New blog at http://runkeeper.com/user/schotz/

Short-Term Running Goals:

2010 Race Schedule:

6/5: Eurocross 5K/8K

7/17: HTC Twilight Run 5K

8/7: Hot to Trot 8 Hour (Atlanta)

9/18: Hartselle Depot Days 5K

9/25: Elkmont Rails to Trails 10K

10/16 Liz Hurley 5K

10/24: Stone Steps 50K (Cincinnati,OH)

11/13: Chickamauga Battle Field Marathon (TN)

12/4: Frosty Freeze 5K (Decatur)

12/31: Recover 50K (Huntsville)

Long-Term Running Goals:

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Personal:

Born 1972 in north central Wisconsin

Married for 11 yrs to very supportive non-running wife. Two children : Fiona, 6 (in picture) and Elliott (2 yrs)

Co-Race Director of Delano Park 12 Hour Run (www.delano12.com). President of River City Runners (www.rivercityrunners.org)

3 cats and 1 dog (chocolate lab)

In high school, I was an slightly overweight , badly asthmatic J.V. cross country runner. I enjoyed being part of the team but never excelled. The summer after my freshman year in college I decided to run a marathon. 6 weeks later I ran a 3:11 at Grandma's Marathon in Duluth (1991) and I was hooked on long distance running where my asthma wasn't as much of a factor.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Ohana Racers Lifetime Miles:						232.86
Saucony Trail Lifetime Miles:						147.44
Lunar Racer Lifetime Miles:						69.61
Lunar Glides Lifetime Miles:						132.75
Kayano 16 - 1 Lifetime Miles:						276.41
Kayano 16 - 2 Lifetime Miles:						19.11

Sat, Dec 12, 2009

Race: Rocket City Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:57:34, Place in age division: 5

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
27.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	27.00

race went pretty much according to plan. that never happens. Wanted to stick around 6:45 pace and then push it in on the last 10K. The first part went well but there wasn't much "pushing" it in. I did do one 6:30 mile for mile 22 or 23.

19th marathon and 7th time doing the huntsville marathon.

Not a PR but I didn't really put in the training to expect one.

Ohana Racers Miles: 27.00

Comments

From Nevels on Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 18:19:20 from 68.221.219.195

Solid run, Eric. Holding even, much less dropping the pace that late in the race is impressive. Good luck on the recovery...

impressive performance from riddle, too...

From Walter on Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 02:46:26 from 24.10.169.110

Great running! Doing a marathon in December for us in Utah is dang near impossible!

From Eric Schotz on Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 08:23:02 from 68.190.4.225

walter, the racing schedule is flipped down here. The alabama marathons are in December, January, and February. thanks for the kind words.

John, Riddle ran great but didn't have enough competition. His 2nd half (1:11) was quite something. He's got a 2:20 in him.

I would have liked to negative split the second half but I'm happy with 1:28:30 / 1:29:00 . Not falling apart in the 2nd half makes this much more fun.

From Burt on Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 10:07:36 from 98.177.216.165

Great job Eric. Incredible. Your race report looks eerily similar to Jelmo's.

From mike mcclellan on Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 02:51:55 from 192.28.0.21

Another marathon completed under 3 hours.Amazing!!

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