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January 09, 2009

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8 Men

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Location:

Decatur,AL,

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

18 Marathons and 11 Ultramarathons Completed

Black Warrior 50k 2006 2nd Overall - 4:14

Rocket City Marathon 2008 - 2:54:13

Hot to Trot 8hr - 51.34 miles (1st overall)

Boston Marathon 2001: 3:22:32 (painful!)

PRs:

1 mile: 5:36

5K: 18:13

10K:37:26

1/2M: 1:26:13

Marathon: 2:54:13

Short-Term Running Goals:

1. Requalify for Boston Marathon (@ Rocket City 2008 or Grandma's 2009) DONE!

2. Run some fun point-to-point adventure runs

Long-Term Running Goals:

PR in Marathon Done! Again??

Complete Badwater 135 and Western States 100

Personal:

Born 1972 in north central Wisconsin

Married for 11 yrs to very supportive non-running wife. Two children : Fiona, 5 (in picture) and Elliott (10 months)

Co-Race Director of Delano Park 12 Hour Run (www.delano12.com) and Spirit of America 5 miler (www.spirit5mile.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.

Favorite Blogs:

Miles:	This week:	17.84	Month:	45.94	Year:	45.94

Tue, Oct 21, 2008

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

its going to be a busy next couple days at work so I got in a early morning run before heading in to work.

Comments

From JimF on Oct 24, 2008 at 12:06:44

I noticed that one of your goals is the Rocket City marathon. I am considering running that as well. Do you know anything about the course? I am mostly concerned about hills since most of my training is on flat land. Thanks for any info you have!

From Nevels on Oct 24, 2008 at 14:23:22

Rocket City is pretty flat; the year I ran it, I did most of my training on flat land, and it wasn't too bad at all. The toughest part of the course is the ~5-mile stretch on Baily Cove Road/ Carl T Jones Drive (same road) that has a long, slow grade uphill for a few miles, but that is relatively early in the course (ends right around the halfway point). If I had to choose one marathon to run off of strictly flat land training, it would probably be Rocket City. Go for it, and good luck!

From JimF on Oct 24, 2008 at 15:27:44

Thanks for the feedback on Rocket City. Everything I have heard is good so I think I will do it.

From schotz on Oct 25, 2008 at 10:07:52

I agree on flatness. Of all the SE US marathon's I've run (Georgia, Atlanta,Country Music, B'ham) , it is the flattest and probably the fastest. I'm sure Mobile (1st light) is flatter. B'ham is by far the hilliest- its hot several huge inclines but its such an interesting course it is worth it.

From JimF on Oct 25, 2008 at 15:16:29

Based on all the positive feedback I got, I registered for Rocket City. I am looking forward to checking it out. Thanks!

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