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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:

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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

Mon, Jan 14, 2008

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
9.90	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.90

High 30's and sunny. Nice morning for a run. With my Mom visiting, I took the day off. After dropping Fiona off at pre-school and an errand at the post office, I ran from Rhodes Ferry Park. Scouted out the 1st Baptist 5 miler again. Heather had liked the Gordon Dr Bridge/Bike Path course so I ran that one. I came within 2 blocks of 5 miles on the Garmin 205. Pretty good. The course has a stretch on Memorial Parkway which is a fairly busy 4 lane road. We'll have to cone a stretch of about 3/4 of a mile to keep the runners in the right hand lane. Shortest distance running would have them run into the left lane lane because of a couple left hand curves. I'll meet with the folks at FBC in the next week or so to discuss their options. I did a small loop over to Leon Sheffield school. Church St. NW is a pretty good road to run on, nice and wide. Towards the end there were a couple mean looking pit bulls - caged , thankfully. I don't know if this would be good for a race - the Jaycees (Ledlow) are interested in a race in conjunction with River Fest and I'm scoping things out. The foot bridge near the Dancy Polk House would be a fun thing to incorporate into a race.

Goal this week is to exceed 43 miles. 46-49 would be nice.

Spend quite a bit of time yesterday working on my calf with The Stick. Lower calf is pretty stiff. need to keep at it. Not 22 years old anymore.

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