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Location:

Chicago,IL,USA

Member Since:

Jun 09, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Chicago Marathon - 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (9 in total)

Boston Marathon - 2010, 2015. 2016

Kiawah Island Golf Resort Marathon - 2012

 Marathon PR: 2016 Chicago Marathon - 2:57:20

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Continue running Boston and Chicago every year, adding in others here and there

Complete in a Ironman 70.3 in 2017, and if all goes well an Ironman in 2018

Long-Term Running Goals:

- Run at least two marathons every year

- Run the 6 Majors (Chicago, New York, Boston, Berlin, London, Tokyo)

- Inspire and encourage family/friends and run marathon(s) with them

  

Personal:

I am a 34 year old male from Chicago, Illinois. I graduated from the University of Colorado in May 2006 and started running in the spring of 2007. Since then I have gone from a max of about 220 pounds to my current weight of roughly 175 lbs, and more importantly have developed a true joy and passion for running. 

 

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Sun, Sep 13, 2009
Race: Chicago Half Marathon & 5K (13.2 Miles) 01:22:10, Place overall: 84, Place in age division: 22
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.0013.2013.20

84th out 14,854 total finishers. Felt good, finished strong. Chicago Marathon in 4 weeks!!

6:14/mile overall pace

Mile 1 - 6:21

Mile 2 - 6:14

Mile 3 - 6:16

Mile 4 - 6:19

Mile 5 - 6:21

Mile 6 - 6:18

Mile 7 - 6:22

Mile 8 - 6:28

Mile 9 - 6:18

Mile 10 - 6:17

Mile 11 - 6:10

Mile 12 - 6:01

Mile 13 - 5:46

 

Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 1788.00
Comments
From Bec on Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 19:45:47 from 67.177.35.60

Nice race! You will hit your PR and goal for Boston. Stay true to your training these last few weeks and for sure you will be registering for a race in April (Boston).

From Andrew_Boston_2010 on Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 13:36:56 from 66.54.158.66

Thank you for the support and words of encouragement Bec! I really appreciate that. I'm feeling good about my chances, a little anxious, and looking forward to Oct 11th. Stay tuned..

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 13:50:31 from 192.168.1.1

Congratulations on a PR! Your splits suggest you were in about 1:19 shape but held back too much in the early miles.

You should be able to go under 3:00 in the marathon. I would suggest pacing yourself at 7:00 per mile. This will give you some room to BQ if you blow up. But you should not blow up too bad. You if you can run 1:22 half closing in 5:46, 1:30 for the first half will be a jog. Then you should have at least another 5 miles at 7:00. If you can make it to 20 miles in 2:20, you can go as slow as 8:00 for the last 6 and still BQ.

So I would just focus on no miles slower than 7:00, but no miles faster than 6:55 until you get to 20.

From Dustin on Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 13:56:17 from 204.113.48.77

Good luck with your upcoming race. Based off your last race you should be able to qualify with room to spare.

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