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Location:

Tallahassee,FL,

Member Since:

Jul 13, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Ran track/xc in high school

Track 2 years at FSU (400 and 400 hurdles) 

Skip ahead 15 yrs for my old man PRs... 

100m 12.31; 200m 25.74; 400m 56.94; 800m 2:17; Mile 5:11; 2 Mile 11:57; 5K 19:08; 10K 41:43; 15K 1:03:14; Marathon 3:26

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break through the 19 then 18 minute mark for 5K

Return to full speed track workouts

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

USATF Age Group All American times in 200 (24.6), 400 (56.0) and 800 (2:11)

Qualify and run Boston before I hit 50... but after I complete my sprint goals  

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Exalt Lifetime Miles: 250.20
Ignition3 Lifetime Miles: 285.90
Equation6 Lifetime Miles: 214.55
Trance12 Lifetime Miles: 411.40
Guide7 Lifetime Miles: 134.80
Total Distance
5.40

After an inspiring XC parents' meeting last evening (all the usuals plus 6-8 new faces - this is my 3rd season as booster chair), I was fired up for a good run this morning.  Planned on working the middle 3 miles of my usual 5.4 mile ravine trail/overstreet loop course at about 7:35 pace.  I hit them at 7:33, 7:32, and 7:21, and felt pretty comfortable still, so I decided to maintain through the next mile as well and ran 7:33 again - not bad.  Cruised in the last half mile slowly and was rewarded with a silly little fawn that pretty much ignored me as I eased past about 10 feet away - always fun.

The better than expected race a couple weeks ago, dropping below 160 lbs, a hint of Fall in the air, and the kids' enthusiasm for the first XC meet on Saturday are all combining to help me ease the pace down on these 4 to 5 mile runs - very encouraging.  I will start adding in a "long" run (7 or 8 miles) next week probably, but still keep the milage not much more than 25/week for a while.

Comments
From Bret on Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 09:09:09 from 64.128.133.66

Nice report Doug. Sounds like all of the careful planning and training (without overtraining) is really paying off.

We have our first HS XC meet this Friday evening under the lights at a soccer/softball complex (happens to be Delaney's club team's home fields). Has your son's school already started their season?

From dugco on Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 09:58:14 from 199.44.82.113

Travis and the gang has their first meet on Saturday. Traditionally a moderately fast course, so they are all fired up. So you guys are doing the FACA meet at Ed Radice - cool. We raced there under the lights 3 years ago - nice atmosphere. Our coach came close to putting that on the schedule, but opted for the nearby race and a trip to the beach on the way home.

From your earlier posts, I guess this is the evening race you're planning on running tomorrow - awesome. Good Luck! To you and your daughter - her first race ever?

From Bret on Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 13:46:20 from 64.128.133.66

Yeah it is the FACA meet at Ed Radice - it is her first HS cross country race -- which I now see has a schedule where I probably won't get from my race in Tarpon to Delaney's in time...argh.

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