| 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 | | 172.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 172.85 |
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| Orange Kayano 15's Miles: 13.70 | Kayano 15-4 Miles: 68.01 | Ohana Racers Miles: 30.50 | Saucony Trail Miles: 60.64 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 9.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.70 |
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Having a piece of toast, butter, and 3 slices oscar meyer turkey is not sufficient fuel for a 10 mile run.
Do not eat 5 servings of salad the night before a 10 mile morning run.
Carry toilet paper.
When trying to conceal oneself in the bushes on the side of the road, take off your fluorescent yellow reflective vest.
4 lessons in one day. Very productive. |
| Orange Kayano 15's Miles: 9.70 |
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| | 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 |
| lunch run |
| Orange Kayano 15's Miles: 4.00 |
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| | 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 Lunch run | |
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Frosty Freeze (3.1 Miles) 00:18:41, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
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My annual pre-marathon workout. I've run this race 5 times in its six year existence.
Cold morning with a biting wind.
Felt good for not having done much speedwork over the last month or so.
5:47 first mile followed by two 6:05's. I had Jon E. in my sights but he put in a sub 5:30 first mile and that gap held.
Ran the Steeple Chase 8k course with Eric C afterwards. |
| Ohana Racers Miles: 3.50 | Kayano 15-4 Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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Did a blind marathon interval workout (no looking at GPS watch). Wanted to target 6:45 +/- 5 second pace. First quarter was at 6:10 pace , whooops. After that I did one more quarter and 5 1/2 miles, and they all came in within target range. The last one was right at 6:45 pace.
My goal is to do the first 20 at 6:45 pace and then give it all I have for the last 10K. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Easy lunch miles, | |
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| | 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 |
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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 |
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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.
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| Ohana Racers Miles: 27.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 3.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.24 |
| Felt good for being day 2 after marathon. My quads feel great. I think the best they've felt after a hard marathon - must be something to the CWX shorts. Managed 8:14 on the final mile.
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.82 |
| trail run at work | |
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| | 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 |
| lunch run | |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Went home in the morning for Elliott's intake into hospice. Numbing. Their services will be a good thing for Elliott and Liza. Elliott now has a dedicated nurse who will visit him at home a couple times a week. He is slowly slipping away mentally but he is comfortable and content. Hospice will help us keep him comfortable. We don't know how long the process will take - 6 months, 1 yr, 2yrs, ??? After all of this, I needed a run so while Liza napped with Elliott , I went around the neighborhood (my refuge and Elliott St. Loop). Felt weak but felt better afterwards
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.34 |
| Rainy and chilly
I almost did two bad things. 1) break my streak of not running on the treadmill ( 42 weeks) 2) break in my brand new trail shoes on the treadmill Luckily, once I got my running clothes on , the rain lightened a bit and stuck to the roads and trails around work.
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| Saucony Trail Miles: 4.34 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 12.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.65 |
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I always seem to botch nutrition on a mid afternoon run. I never want to eat lunch and today I thought the big breakfast at 8:30am would hold me. Nope... I will eventually learn my lesson. Run was good otherwise. Got a chance to try out my new CWX tights. Chilly and windy day. Reminded me of last Saturday. Trying to fight off a cold. Have a cough and chest congestion. My brother attempted a 70 mile bike race through the snow in Phillips, WI today. It was on snowmobile trails- rough going. He completed 15 miles in 5 hours and then dropped out. It was a bike/run/ski option race. All competing with one another. Very soft snow. Some bikes had 6" wide tires and made better progress. Hope conditions in Duluth on Jan 2 are better.
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.30 |
| Refuge/Elliott St Loop. Felt Good. Listened to This American Life (story about party schools- entire hour was based on a weekend at Penn State this year). Reminded me of my college days- not that I was a big party-er but I did enough to know what goes on. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 31.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.20 |
| 1st Annual Wheeler Refuge 50K. or 50K Trail Run from the Ranger as Kari and the fagermans' named it. Fun run . Had a great group of guys out . Ran together pretty much through 26 miles and then we got strung out. Nevels and I picked it up and he finished about 30 seconds ahead of me . 4 hours 56 minutes. |
| Saucony Trail Miles: 31.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Ran point mallard trail and refuge trail after a morning of Wii Fit with family. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
| very easy run at work | |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 11.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.50 |
| In Wisconsin.... Ran on the snowmobile trail from my parents house. Very nice surface. Groomed and packed down with a 1/2 inch of powder. Very runnable. In forests mostly, some fields, some roads. Turned around when my ziploc bag of mini-marshmellows was empty. Plan to run more trail tomorrow. |
| Saucony Trail Miles: 11.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 13.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.60 |
| Ran with my brother (he was mtn biking) on the snow mobile trail to my parents cabin. Didn't see a snowmobile- just quiet trails through the woods. Fiona and mom met us along the way to give us cookies and warm water. My water bottle froze after 6 miles. Temps were decent when out of the wind- around 15F. |
| Saucony Trail Miles: 13.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 172.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 172.85 |
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| Orange Kayano 15's Miles: 13.70 | Kayano 15-4 Miles: 68.01 | Ohana Racers Miles: 30.50 | Saucony Trail Miles: 60.64 |
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