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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:

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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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
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
37.750.000.001.000.0038.75
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.000.000.001.000.006.00

Starting to warm up again here. Ran 4 mile warmup on trails ,2 X 1/2 mile intervals, 1 mile cool down.  I didn't do at exactly VO2Max pace but pretty close (3:06,3:04).  Trying to break into speed work slowly.    Calf and achilles on right leg felt tight again.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
9.200.000.000.000.009.20

Went to Quad Cities of IL/IA on business.  I checked the weather yesterday which predicted a high in the 40's for today but cooling off considerably tomorrow.    The weather report from the pilot just before arrival doused my hopes for decent running weather-  12F and winds 25-35mph with 45 mph gusts.  They say it was 50F at 9am but an artic front has pushed in.

  I was bound and determined to get in a run outside anyway -  three days of treadmilling was not an option.  I added layers and put on my running pants in the Airport restroom.   I knew my face would freeze so  I stopped by the local running store in Davenport,IA (Running Wild) and got a Wigwam face mask.   I ran on the Duck creek path - first into the wind.  After I warmed up, it was decent.  I had ice formed on the mask, eyebrows, and eyelashes by the time I returned downwind toward the store.     The mask worked great.  highly recommend it.

The wind is supposed to subside by midnight.  Maybe I'll get to run again outside tomorrow when the forecast is for a high of 18F.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.350.000.000.000.007.35

Took a short run (2 mile easy) on the hotel treadmill before heading to the plant.  Watched some superbowl hype on espn2.  I'm not sick of superbowl coverage yet- suprising...

Weather forecast is for warmer weather today- hopefully wind will be less than yesterday.

Got back to the hotel at 5pm.  It was 10F but minimal wind.   I went out around the neighborhoods of LeClaire,IA for a an easy run of 5.35.  First bit was right along the Mississippi- very pretty.  Huge new houses.  Several canada geese-  I'd figure they'd have more sense then me and stay further south.

I listened to my first Podrunner.com track -  a 150bpm segment called Square One.  It took me awhile to get used to it-   I'm used to podcasts where I'm concentrating on every word.  After 5 minutes or so, it slipped in as a background theme song where I focused mostly on the road but was pushed along by the very percussive rhythm.  It was cool.     I've been struggling to find a good way to secure my ipod headphones-  the two earphones do not cooperate and I've had to tape them on to get them to stop jumping around while I'm running.  Today (and yesterday) I wore them under a hat which kept them secure.  I finally could forget the darn things were there and just run.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.200.000.000.000.003.20

Hotel treadmill in morning.  I'm ready to be home.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Flights got delayed last night and then missed connection in Atlanta.  Spent the night there and got home around 9am.  Pretty tired.

Ran 4 miles on the trails at lunch.  Felt pretty peppy despite the lack of sleep. Someone scheduled a meeting right at noon so I had to cut the run short after 30 minutes.   I am not a big fan of noon meetings.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

run actually on Sunday.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
37.750.000.001.000.0038.75
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