| 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: http://runkeeper.com/user/schotz/ 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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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 99.14 | 8.10 | 6.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 116.24 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| feeling good today. Only hamstring tightness from the marathon Sunday. Will run tomorrow. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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easy run on the trails at work. Ran with Bob after work. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| was after 8pm before I got this run in. Took it easy. Not ready for hard or long runs yet. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 7.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.20 |
| Ran with Jon in his neighborhood. Did hills in the Montevallo area. Tough. Jon left me in his dust. Nice run overall. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| As a break from mowing the lawn, I ran to Point Mallard. Wanted to get the start line set for this weekends 1/2 mile fun run at the 3M River City Run (www.rivercityrun.com) and also get a 1 mile split point for the 3.5 mile run. These two races are new this year and are a complement to the 10K which is now in its 28th year. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| busy day at work (a good busy though). Got to do my lunch run at 1pm but had a 2pm meeting to get back to. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 3.83 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.83 |
| Did two one mile cruise intervals (6:38 and 6:31) on Finley Island Road at lunch and one time up the plastics plant hill (0.12 long - 70sec). | | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.60 |
| Easy run after work on the trails by the river. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Making a new product at work. Long day but it went well. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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3M River City Run went well. Had about 250 runners. Good turnout for the 3.5 mile run (new this year). We may certify as a 5K or 6K next year.
Long day. Started at 4am and at park by 5am to mark the course. Got the final results to the paper around 3:30pm.
Watched Dexter with Liza last night. I had watched Season 1 on DVD and I wanted to see if she liked it so we watched episode 1. She had weird dreams all night so I think she liked it. It is an awesome show. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.68 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.68 |
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turning cold and windy. Felt good to get back out for a run. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 2.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 3.13 |
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Had 25 minutes to run at lunch as I needed to get to a 1pm meeting.
After warmup, did four 1/4 mile repeats on the back straightaway road at work. I got successively faster each one. 91,80,78, and 76 seconds. I doubt I could have gone faster a 5th one.
Its cooled off. Actually had a little sleet during the run but it was short lived. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Long work day. 7am to 10pm. Very unusual. I needed to get an operating standard written for a new process. Its the sort of thing you need long stretches without interuption. Late nights at the office are perfect. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Ran the paved roads at work. Went over and back the hill to the PVDF plant twice. Middle 3.5 miles was at 7:00 pace. Felt comfortable but hard. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 8.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.35 |
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Ran easy at lunch on the trails . 4.3 miles @ 8:03 pace. Nice day.
Ran 4 miles with Jon at night from the home. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Easy run at lunch. Racing a 5K tomorrow. Spent extra time stretching after a 1 mile warmup. | | Add Comment |
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Re-Creation 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:19:17, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 2 | | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 3.50 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.60 |
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Ran the Re-creation run in Huntsville for the 1st time. Course consists of 3 out and backs which is unique. This made it nice to keep up on how Jon Elmore was doing. He moved between second and third the entire race and was out kicked by Marty Clarke at the end.
My Garmin was dead so this was the first race is quite awhile that I didn't have it to help pace. I normally run the same speed as Mike Greene and Brooke Pruitt (top woman) so I paced off them for the 1st mile. I ended pulling ahead of them there and finished 10-20 seconds ahead of them.
For my first 5K since last September, I was pleased. I felt good. Tried out my new racing flats. ASICS Ohana racers. Like 'em. I haven't had flats since high school (nearly 20 years ago).
I'm now optimistic that I can break 19 min at the Senior Cup since its a little flatter and I'll have a little more speed training completed. | | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 2.70 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.70 |
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Did mile repeats on the small perimeter loop at work. The paved portion of the loop is slightly less than 1 mile and the gravel/RR tracks is 0.25 miles which I used for rest between intervals.
3X1 mile with 1/4 mile (3 min) active recovery.
6:30, 6:14, 6:24 (target was more like 6:25-6:30)
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
| 8:05 pace, down finley island road , BP nature trail loop, warm day (78F and sunny) | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.90 | 0.00 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.40 |
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Ran easy on the trails at lunch (3.5 miles). Another nice day - 80's and sunny.
Afterwork, I met Bob at the point mallard trail. Talked to Joe Beams for awhile. It was good to see him jogging again. Last 2.5 miles were at 7:05 pace. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| After getting tickets at the Princess Theater box office for a local play "Enchanted Sleeping Beauty", I ran portions of the Steeple Chase 8K course. Easy pace 7:50. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 11.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.45 |
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Easy long run. 8:12/mile avg.
Light sprinkling rain. Supposed to rain heavy later today. 66F.
Ran to Delano park, past old johnston St. house, took bike path to point mallard, scouted out a few possible course changes for the spirit run, and then headed back.
Dog on the 2000 block of Woodmont came out after me again. Growling, bearing teeth and chasing me down the street. He doesn't come closer than 3-4 feet but he is persistent and mean. I need to talk to the owners- they are never out though. I'd prefer to talk to them first before calling animal control. If he ever touches me, that is a whole different ball game. He really has already crossed the line coming out into the street based on city ordinances.
the city just raised rates to get dogs out of impound. Used to be something less than $10. Now its 30-50 dollars plus you must get your dog spayed or neutered to take it home. Good move by the city council in my opinion.
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Did 1/2 mile repeats at work. Two were at 5:30 pace with the others a bit under 6 minute/mile pace. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| Easy run on the trails and the PVDF plant loop. 8:15 pace | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 99.14 | 8.10 | 6.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 116.24 |
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