| Location: New Port Richey,Fl,United States Member Since: Aug 12, 2009 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: Disney Marathon 2010 - 3:16:11 (BQ again! PR)
Disney Marathon 2009 - 3:19 first Boston Qualifier
Holiday Halfathon 2008 - 1:33:35 (PR)
Holiday Halfathon 2009 - 1:32:40 (PR)
Armadillo Run XXVII (10K) 2009 - 42:12 (PR)
Disney Race for the Taste (10K) 2009 - 41:18 (PR)
Draft Day Dash (5K) 2008 - 19:55 (PR)
Short-Term Running Goals: Break 1:30 for the Half - Marathon
Break 3:15 for the full Marathon Long-Term Running Goals: Complete a 70.3 Tri - Athlon
Break 1:20 for a Half - Marathon
Break 3:00 for a full Marathon
Remain as injury free as possible! Personal: 45 years old this year (2010), Married with five kids between my wife and I (ALL GIRLS!) people wonder why I run?!?
My wife trains hard, but more weight training and has won many figure competitions.
We all love to go to Disney. We have a DVC membership, so I try to make a trip and do all of their races.
Love tattoos and have several. I designed a couple big ones that are running related and will most likley get more. Favorite Blogs: |
|
Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
|
|
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 113.74 | 17.60 | 15.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 146.66 |
|
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 85.68 | Asics Gel-Bandito Miles: 19.21 | Nike Skylon II Miles: 41.77 |
|
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.10 |
|
Headed to the Veterans Memorial Park at 6:30pm for an easy run. The weather was awesome at 80° with practically zero humidity and no wind. It was 77° by the time I was done (practically unheard of for this time of year).
The park was pretty full with the ususal soccer and baseball games going on. I know I should resist when I should be going easy, but when the weather is nice? I can't help it. The first four miles were nice and easy, but the last three were all under 7:10 with the final mile at 6:56. Overall average pace of 7:28.
I have heard Eric say the heat is his Kryptonite and I have to agree. I already have seen improvement with the lower humidity. Hoping (with my fingers crossed) for a good fall and winter season.
Ready to go EASY tomorrow for six and thirteen Saturday......... |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 7.10 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.11 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.11 |
|
Went to the Veterans Memorial Park with Christine and Morgan. They stayed at the playground while I ran on the mile loop around the park.
Had an overall average pace of 7:30. The last mile was 7:15. Although the weather is slowly creeping back up it was still nice compared to just a week ago.
Ready to go again.....13 tomorrow morning.....by myself...... |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 6.11 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 13.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.01 |
|
Headed to Starkey a little later than usual. Left the house around 6:05am. It was nice to sleep in a little. Plus the temperature was 69° to make it even better. I can definately feel the humidity starting to rise a little though.
With the "Race for the Taste 10k" next Sunday, this was the last run of signficance before it. All of the Striders were all ready out on the trail by the time I started around 6:45. Eric, Mark and several others were racing this morning, so I was going alone.
The first mile was easy at 8:15. After that I remained within a twelve second window of 7:24 to 7:36. Overall average pace was 7:35.
Felt real good with the cooler weather....
Ready to go again...... ready to race....... |
| Asics Gel-Bandito Miles: 13.01 |
| | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.01 |
|
Ran the Veterans loop for a short run at 5:00pm. Only 4 miles at an easy pace (thank goodness 'cause it was HOT!).
7:40 overall pace.....felt very comfortable even with the heat..
Ready to go again....another short one tomorrow..... |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 4.01 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.01 |
|
Started out on the Starkey Trail at 6:45am for another easy 4 miles. Temperature was comfortable at 74°, but the humidity was high.
There were surprisingly quite a few runners out there in the dark today which was nice to see.
Overall average of 7:44 pace.
Ready to go again....Tempo run tomorrow......gotta' do it in the heat.....ugghhhh...... |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 4.01 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.01 |
|
For the sake of sounding like I'm whining...... can you say.....
RECORD HEAT!
I have to say at this point.... I'm over it ..... but the love of running keeps me going. Had to complete a tempo run. Start temperature was 94° at 5:15pm. I was dreading it from the start, but decided to give it what I had. I started with two miles to warm up. Went pretty slow with an 8:07 and then 7:54. After that the remaining four miles were:
7:02, 7:07, 7:08, 7:07.
A little disappointed, but I promise not to brag about how great the cooler temperatures (last week) are. I'm sorry. I won't do it again. EVER.
Overall not a bad run considering the temperature never dipped below 92° when I returned.
Ready to go again..... another short one tomorrow before the race on Sunday..... |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 6.01 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.06 |
|
Veterans loop .... easy four miles before the race....
Ready to race.... |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 4.06 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Race: |
Race for the Taste (6.2 Miles) 00:41:18, Place overall: 35, Place in age division: 5 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
|
Race for the Taste
Had a great morning. The weather was not the best with a temperature of 78° and the humidity was thick. Somehow, I didn't feel it like a typical day. Adrenaline is something you can't factor into your training.
I've done this race several times, but this is the first time I got up front. If you don't there is a lot of weaving through people in the beginning. From the beginning of the race I felt pretty good. I didn't focus on anything except my running. I did not allow the distractions of disney get in the way of my pace. Although it is difficult at times, I remained constant throughout.
My time was 41:18, nearly a full minute better than my previous PR. An overall pace of 6:38. I was pleased, but like so many races I felt like I could of done a little more.
| Distance |
10K |
| Clock Time |
41:20 |
| Chip Time |
41:18 |
| Overall Place |
35 / 4013 |
| Gender Place |
33 / 1566 |
| Division Place |
5 / 227 |
| Age Grade |
70.9% |
|
| Asics Gel-Bandito Miles: 6.20 |
| | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
|
Start 6:22pm
Average pace 7:51 |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 6.10 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
|
Start 8:48am
Average pace 8:18 |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 8.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.02 |
|
Start 5:40pm
Average pace 7:32 |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 8.02 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 5.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.11 |
|
Start 6:04pm
Average pace 7:08 @ Veterans Memorial Park |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 7.11 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
|
Start 5:56pm
Average pace 7:35 |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 6.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.13 |
|
Start 6:28pm
Average pace 7:24 |
| Nike Skylon II Miles: 7.13 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 7.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.33 |
|
Start 8:28am
Average pace 7:27
Christine has been running with me. She completed 7 miles today. First time ever she has gone that far.
It has been a little tough since the race. I got pretty sick and had to take a pretty heavy medication. First time I missed work in 15 years. Then we went to the Bucs game and I got sunburned pretty bad. Then I had to take a promotional exam at work and now the little one is sick.
Man, when it rains it pours! hopefully, things will fall back into place from here.
|
| Nike Skylon II Miles: 10.33 |
| | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.14 |
|
Start 6:08pm
Average pace 7:37
Veterans Memorial Park. Christine came out again and did four miles. I felt a little sore, but got in a pretty good run anyway. The park was crowded and the weather was nice (warm but very tolerable).
Trying to get back to some higher mileage after the rough couple of weeks. |
| Nike Skylon II Miles: 8.14 |
| | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.01 |
|
4:07pm
7:45 average pace |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 7.01 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.01 |
|
8:53am Starkey Trail
7:46 Avg. Pace |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 5.01 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.13 |
|
5:52pm Veterans Park
7:25 Avg. Pace |
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 7.13 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 6.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.17 |
|
6:43am Starkey Trail
7:44 Avg. Pace
HALLOWEEN RUN Ran with the striders for the first couple miles and then headed out. Felt pretty good, but my quads were sore at the end. Overall a good run.
|
| Nike Skylon II Miles: 16.17 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 113.74 | 17.60 | 15.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 146.66 |
|
| Asics Speedstar 3 Miles: 85.68 | Asics Gel-Bandito Miles: 19.21 | Nike Skylon II Miles: 41.77 |
|
|
|
| Debt Reduction Calculator |
|
New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):
Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):
|
