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Re-Creation 5K

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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

Sat, Apr 19, 2008

Race: Re-Creation 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:19:17, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 2

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
3.50	3.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.60

Ran the Re-creation run in Huntsville for the 1st time. Course consists of 3 out and backs which is unique. This made it nice to keep up on how Jon Elmore was doing. He moved between second and third the entire race and was out kicked by Marty Clarke at the end.

My Garmin was dead so this was the first race is quite awhile that I didn't have it to help pace. I normally run the same speed as Mike Greene and Brooke Pruitt (top woman) so I paced off them for the 1st mile. I ended pulling ahead of them there and finished 10-20 seconds ahead of them.

For my first 5K since last September, I was pleased. I felt good. Tried out my new racing flats. ASICS Ohana racers. Like 'em. I haven't had flats since high school (nearly 20 years ago).

I'm now optimistic that I can break 19 min at the Senior Cup since its a little flatter and I'll have a little more speed training completed.

Comments

From Tom on Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 21:23:32

Nice job on the race! Always nice to beat the folks you're typically the same speed as by a decent amount of time for a 5K.

In notice our PRs are similar, hopefully I can break 3 hours this year in the marathon like you've already done.

From schotz on Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 21:11:47

good luck on the 3 hour goal, looking back I think there were a couple keys in me being able to do it

1)Ran 2 marathons and 1 ultra as base training long runs in the 4 months before the CM marathon

2)Lots of 1/2 to 1 mile intervals at 6:25 pace

3)Consistent mileage (45-55 miles/week)

4)Lower body weight (down to 165lbs, I'm 73" tall).

The weight part I think was mostly a function of 1, 2,and 3. It wasn't intentional but it helped alot. I'm at 175 right now and I notice a difference.

From Jon on Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:30:50

There was no kicking on my part, he had me beat when he passed me at 2 1/2 miles.

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