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Location:

Westminster,CO,USA

Member Since:

Nov 11, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Finally started learning how to run in '09 after totally botching it up for the 14 years prior and dealing with chronic IT injury...have had zero IT band pain since fall of '09 and have run way more than ever before in my life...loving it.

PR's

Road Mile: 4:44 - Pearl St Mile August 2011 

2K: 6:32 - Uni HIll 2K 2011

3K: 10:07 - West end 3K 2011

5K - 16:53 - Turkey Leg 5K 2011

10K - 38:38 - Butte to Butte Eugene OR 2003 

Half - Never raced a half

Road Marathon - 2:57:19 - 11/12/2011 - solo.

Trail Marathon - 4:48 - Kings peak August 2011

55K - 4:59:54 - Moab red hot 55K 2011

Short-Term Running Goals:

Be healthy, run injury-free, listen to my body.

Sub 16 min 5K

Sub 34 min 10K

Sub 2:40 Marathon

    2012 Tentative Schedule

  1.  Quicker Quaker 5K January
  2. Boston Marathon - April
  3. ??

Long-Term Running Goals:

Get stronger, faster and more fit as a runner and biker to allow for bigger adventures as the years go on.

Still be running in my 80's.  

Personal:

I'm married to Nan Kennard and she kicks my butt at running.  She has beat me handily in every race we have done together except for a downhill mile we did once.  She is my running inspiration.  I'd like to run a marathon with her someday and actually keep up.  

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Bare Feet Lifetime Miles: 282.68
Cycling 2011 Lifetime Miles: 291.40
Altra Instinct July '10 Lifetime Miles: 637.35
Altra Instinct Sep '11 Lifetime Miles: 481.45
Altra Lone Peak Lifetime Miles: 157.50
Altra Instinct Black Lifetime Miles: 69.00
Altra Adam Lifetime Miles: 27.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Revised goals:  

Because of overdoing it on my hip, I’m not planning on running 30 miles on my 30th birthday at this point.  The hip is recovering fine, but I don’t think it would be a healthy thing for me to do next week.

I also clarified and simplified for myself my goals for this year with running:

I’m going to focus on those goals, and I think it will be a blast.  I think the races will be fun, but what really excites me is the excuse they will give me to head to the mountains and run every week in the meantime.

(Oh...and I just signed up for steamboat and golden gate...drew the line in the sand and crossed it.  Anybody want to join in on the fun?) 

 

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Comments
From jun on Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:29:20 from 97.126.237.192

Wow, great goals. I wish I could get out there for the Golden Gate race, but that is only a week after Sapper Joe. Not sure I could pull it off. Maybe I'll try and set the idea in my wife's head, just in case.

From Aaron Kennard on Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:32:26 from 174.51.250.151

There's always the steamboat 50 miler in September which is going to be epic I'm sure.

From Aaron Kennard on Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:35:18 from 174.51.250.151

except it looks like you have a race plan already for september

From Twinkies on Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 08:08:59 from 67.166.116.191

Nice goals. Should be a fun year.

From Bryce on Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:46:14 from 174.52.190.220

Sounds like a great plan. Both of your ultras sound like great races. If I chicken out of the Bear 100 I'll be there at Steamboat. It looks like a great course.

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