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2007
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Daytona Beach,Fl,United States

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2007

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Running Accomplishments:

2 time autumn rock n run 5k champion

Short-Term Running Goals:

Do what I should in the following races: 1/27 - Mantanzas 5k 2/3 - Suncoast Run for Kids 10k 2/10 - open 2/17 - Edison Festival of Lights 5k 2/24 - ERAU Invite Mile 3/2 - Snowbird Relays (FSU) 5k 3/10 - Gate River Run 15k 3/18 - open 3/24 - Winter Park 10k

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Total Distance
80.00
Total Distance
17.00

17 miles 104:29

Daytona Sidewalks

It was sunny and warm which made for a nice day to run.  I felt really good considering I raced yesterday and felt absolutely horrible on my second run.  Then I spent about 6 hours on my feet at Daytona Speedway watching the rolex 24 hours of racing.  Nothing was really aching at all and I cruised through a fairly easy 17 miler.  Even by the end of the run my form hadn't broken down at all and I was running comfortable.  Well, mostly comfortable...the cool warm day was a chaffing waiting to happen.  But it was a good run and it was nice to shake of yesterday's disappointment.  I've got a 10k coming up next Saturday so luckily I won't have time to dwell on this race too much.  I'm hoping to get a solid workout in on Tuesday but we'll have to see how I'm feeling tomorrow and what my options are for track access. 

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Total Distance
10.00

10 miles 62:00

Daytona Sidewalks

After a long day of classes I went out and struggled through a 10 miler. I am feeling the last two days of race/pm run and long run today. With that in mind though I'm still looking to front load this weeks work and get in a workout tomorrow so that I can get a good weeks training in and still back off a little for Saturday's Run for Kids 10k in St Pete. The pay structure for the race is 600-500-400-300-200 so even if I don't win I can still get paid well with such a small drop off per place. But today's run was uncomfortable and stiff.

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Total Distance
10.00

Daytona Sidewalks

Did 8 X 3 min with 1 min recovery.  Was moving a little quicker than 5 min pace from the few sections that I run that are measured out.  Felt really good early considering the previous 3 day's efforts but eveventually around the 4th interval it seemed to catch up with me as my form fell apart a little and I felt flat.  It was the coldest day in Florida in 4 years but it was upper 40's when I ran which wasn't so bad for a workout.  It was good to get a legit workout in the week and beneficial to do it early so I've got time to recover and be ready to go for Saturday's 10k. 

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Total Distance
15.00

AM 10 miles 61:06

Daytona Sidewalks

Another day, another 10 miler.  With morning classes then a 5 hour break until my next class I finished my sluggish feeling/never too comfortable run before noon leaving me an option of a second run today.  It's the 31st day of the month and I've as of right now run 311 miles for the  month which is almost exactly 10 miles a day/70 miles a week.  Seems pretty decent mileage but I really should have been up averaging in the upper 70's with only one race this month that I backed away for.  Over the next few months I won't be able to get the mileage up there so I'm hoping I've built a good enough base.  SICK!  Fuse channel is playing the Social Distortion video for 'Ball and Chain,' one of my favorite songs ever!  I've never seen this on tv before.  I love the Fuse channel.  One of my favorite lines from the song is 'you can run all your life, but not go anywhere.'  Right now I feel school is my ball and chain and I gotta get away.  I'm rambling. 

PM 5 miles 30:37

Daytona Sidewalks

Got in a double run after classes.  Felt ok not terribly great but still managed a decent clip.  The right achilles seemed a little sore which I guess could be expected.  The achilles is always the indicator for overtraining and by my count in the last 5 days I've logged 66 miles (>13 a day) while for the past month I've been averaging exactly 10 a day.  Throw in a race and a workout in those 5 days and the achilles is destined to get set off.  But I front loaded the week on purpose and now can take two big time down days heading into Saturdays 10k. 

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Total Distance
8.00

8 miles 48:55

Daytona Sidewalks

Sat around all day doing nothing because I had no classes today and the clinic was closed.  The weather was nice all day until about 3:00 when it started to pour.  I paniced.  I feared that it'd pour until darkness and I wouldn't run so I just took off and run.  It stopped raining 5 min into my run but well after I had gotten soaked.  So I continued on for 7 plus miles wet and hot in the humid upper 70 degree weather over dressed from the hat to the shirt and long socks and shorts and overheated.  But it kept me slow and should help me recover for Saturday's race.  The right achilles was still a little tight but should be fine by Saturday.

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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles 25:23

Daytona Sidewalks

Did an easy prerace 4 miler.  Felt a little flat.  The achilles is still a bit tight which is a little troublesome but hopefully with a good night sleep it'll be better.  I could use a good night sleep too as I'm pretty tired.  Of course having to wake up early enough to get to a race that starts at 8am 160 miles away isn't going to help the sleep cause.  We'll see though.

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Race: Suncoast Run for Kids 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:30:23, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
16.00

Suncoast Run for Kids 10k - 1st 30:23.8

I set a new record for both bedtime and wake up time.  Usually any attempt at going to bed early leads to a night where I never fall asleep, but yesterday I was exhausted and passed out at 7:30pm.  Incredible.  Of course I had to get up at 4:30am to drive across the state to make the 8am race start time so a good nights rest wasn't what I got.  It was a nice day for racing though, about 60 degrees and overcast at start time.  Eric Walker set the pace pretty much for the first 5 miles with Tyrone Bell and I running right with him running consistent 4:55 pace.  With about 800m-1000m to go Tyrone made a move and got some seperation on me.  He opened up about 10-15 meters on me with Eric Walker about the same distance back.  We turned a corner and had about 300m left and I opened up a furious kick.  It was incredible.  Arms flailing, legs flapping, and the head bouncing.  It was the type of kick that'd make one observer say "that guy once ran 3:43 for 1500m" while another says "that guy once ran 3:43 for 1500m?"  It was sloppy but it was effective as I closed the gap and quickly went past Tyrone about halfway down the final straight away.  From there I did a lot of looking over my shoulder to make sure I used as little energy as possible because energy was running short.  I was really impressed though by both Tyrone and Eric.  They ran tough and have a ton of potential as they're both young.  They talked afterwards about hoping to join a professional group and I hope they do so because they've got a ton of potential.  The race was good though as I got the win and found I've still got the finishing speed but this is the second race in a row were I've fallen off with about 1k to go.  Obviously it's something I need to work on in the future. 

PM 5 miles 30:05

Daytona Sidewalks

Since last weeks post race evening run really helped in the recovery process I went out for a second run today.  For the first half mile my plantar was extremely tight but it loosened up and I felt pretty good on the run.  Plus NC State beat UNC-CH tarholes in BBall.  All in all a good day.  I'm tired.  Peace.

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Total Distance
80.00
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