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January 2008

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Location:

Austin,TX,USA

Member Since:

Jan 08, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

4:50 mile  1987

18:01 5k 5:48/mile  2002

36:36 10k  5:53/mile  1988

1:24:37 Half Marathon 6:25/mile  2003

3:42:00 Marathon 8:25/mile  1998

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

18 Minute 5k

Personal:

Location:  Austin TX

Born 1968 in Columbia, MO.

Engaged to Lori Juergens.  We have a black lab named Abbie who was my trail running partner for years, but she's in her golden years now, and a Belgian Sheepdog named Maggie, who is a nut.

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104.30
Night Sleep Time: 55.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 56.00
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3.90

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4.10

Included 2 1/8 mile sprint repeats

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4.10

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4.60

Included 4 1/8 mile sprint repeats

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6.00

Ran 6 miles at Point Mallard

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6 miles at Point Mallard

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4.60

Included 4 1/8 mile sprint repeats

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4.10

Ran after work on the 3M trails with Eric.  Included one 1/8 mile sprint repeats.  There was a mixture of snow and freezing rain falling and I got quite cold.

 

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Ran after work on the 3M trails.  Included 4 1/8 mile sprint repeats

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6.00

I happened across Eric http://Schotz.fastrunningblog.com/ running at Delano park and he joined me for a detour to Point Mallard for an easy 6 miles.  It was about 36 degrees, but it was clear and nice.

 

Tennessee River Trail

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It was colder than I'm used to running in today at 27 degrees, but it was sunny and nice out.  I did 6 miles on the Point Mallard trail at a fairly fast pace.

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4.60

Today I did the 5k course in 3M's park and also did 4 1/8 mile sprint repeats after work.  It was about 42 degrees.

Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.50Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Too cold and rainy to run today.  In truth, I was exhausted from not enough sleep.

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4.60

Did a 5k followed by 4 1/8 mile sprints after work

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6.00

Did a 6 mile run at the Point Mallard trail in the early afternoon.  The evening was spent having about fifty 13 year olds over for the birthday party of a friend's daughter at my house & barn.  I don't know what the threshold value is for the group size that induces normally reasonable 13 year olds to start acting like loons, but I can report that it's something lower than fifty.

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Ran in the afternoon at Point Mallard.  Very nice day out today.  Temp about 40 but sunny.  I listened to a Science Friday Podcast about how music is stored and processed in the brain, and how it is fundamentally different from other information.  It talked about several different types of disorders that people have that regard music, such as brilliant composers who can only remember the last 7 seconds due to brain injury, and can't remember that they know a certain piece of music, but who can play pieces straight through.  Other people have music hallucinations, and think they are actually hearing music all the time, or see various colors in response to differient pieces of music.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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4.60

5k plus 4 1/8 mile repeats.

I listend to a segment on Wernher von Braun, the rocket scientist. It touched on how he was an officer in the SS, and joined the rocket program in the US after the war. His SS past was a secret and he wasn't known to the american public until the 60s when he popularized the concept of space travel, most notably in films with Disney. The weather was quite nice for January in Alabama, in the 60s.

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The weather outside was frightful after work.  Raining buckets.  Couldn't run. Simply impossible. Went home to take a nap and drink some wine while watching Tivo'd CNBC.

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Did a very nice 6 mile run at Point Mallard with my new Forerunner 205 GPS watch.  I know Casey will appreciate being able to see the stats.  : )

This run is a flat out and back on a 3 mile long crushed limestone trail that runs through the trees between a golf course and the Tennesee river.  It's very scenic with views of the river and lots of wild waterfowl.

Summary Data
Total Time (h:m:s) 0:46:04 7:39 pace
Moving Time (h:m:s) 0:46:05 7:39 pace
Distance (mi ) 6.02
Moving Speed (mph) 7.8 avg. 10.9 max.
Elevation Gain (ft) +1,153 / -1,114
 
Temperature (°F) 41°F avg. 42.8°F high
Wind Speed ( mph) NE   9.2 avg. NE   9.2 max.

 

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A huge storm came through in the late afternoon and it was cold and raining hard.  I deemed it a good day for recovery.

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104.30
Night Sleep Time: 55.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 56.00
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