I just felt like running

Week starting Aug 31, 2008

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Location:

Decatur,AL,

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

17 Marathons and 10 Ultramarathons Completed

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

Country Music Marathon 2006 - 2:58:06

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

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

PRs:

1 mile: 5:36

5K: 18:18

10K:37:26

1/2M: 1:26:13

Marathon: 2:58:06

Short-Term Running Goals:

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

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

Long-Term Running Goals:

PR in Marathon

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.

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Miles:	This week:	16.40	Month:	0.40	Year:	1715.94

Totals
Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
34.81	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	34.81

Sun, Aug 31, 2008
Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
5.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.40
Not a good run. I got to Delano Park (about 2 miles) and was very weak. Had to stop and walk. I'm sure it was a combination of lack of sleep, stress, and fueling. I slogged through it and rebounded alittle.
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Mon, Sep 01, 2008
Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
6.70	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.70
This one started like yesterday. Just slogged along the point mallard trail and couldn't muster any faster than 9 min/mile. Listened to several stories from the Moth.org podcast. This is a story telling club in NYC- all true with no notes. Ranging from poignant, depressing, funny, etc... One was from a guy who dropped out of college at UW-Madison (my college) after a semester and then slacked his way along in Madision for 10 years working as a dishwasher. He started writing jokes for a local humor paper which made it big time the year after I graduated. He now is the Editor of the Onion.com in NYC. The moral of his story is you can succeed even if you have no desire, no self-esteem, and no motivation. All this listening to story telling, did not do wonders for my running pace so I decided to listen to my pump-me-up running playlist. Nirvanna and RadioHead got me motivated enough to run several long stretches at near 6 min/mile pace.
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Tue, Sep 02, 2008
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
Ran the trail at work. Nice and easy. Felt good.
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Thu, Sep 04, 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
Lunch Run.
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Fri, Sep 05, 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
Ran while listening to Podrunner (167bpm). Middle three miles were at 7 min/mile. Feeling good. Legs not 100% but pretty close.
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Sat, Sep 06, 2008
Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
8.71	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.71
Went over to Jon's and ran with him after he got off work. Good hills. We took it easy. Did a hard mile (6:30) at the end.
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Totals
Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
34.81	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	34.81