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Location:

Buffalo,NY,

Member Since:

Aug 15, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Bests
  • 1500m : 4:43 (May 2001)
  • 1 mile: 5:18 (August 2012) 
  • 5k: 17:39 (December 2003)
  • 8k: 30:02 (June 2003)
  • 10k: 37:21 (November 2003)
  • 15k : 59:48 (July 2012)
  • 10 miles: 62:39 (February 2002)
  • Half-Marathon (Covered Bridges): 1:23:29 (June 2002)
  • Marathon (Wineglass): 3:04:42 (Oct 2011)
  • Half Ironman (Tupper Lake): Swim 38:19, Bike 3:01:xx (with flat tyre change), Run 1:58:xx, Total time 5:44:44 (Jun 2004)

Short-Term Running Goals:

General Goals for 2013

  • Break 3 hours as Boston
  • Mile in 5:00
  • 5k in 17:30

Results and my 'A' Races for 2013 (Click for Race Report)

  • Y-10 10 Miler (February 9)
    • Goal: 63? (honestly, no idea)
    • DNS
  • Boston Marathon (April 15)
    • Goal: 2:57
    •  Time: 3:12:46
  • Springville Stampede (May 9)
    • Goal: 18:36
    • Time: 18:28
  • Chase Corporate Challenge 3.5 (June 6)
    • Goal: 20:30
    • Time: 20:30
  • Brian Moorman PUNT Foundation Blackbird 8K (June 19)
    • Goal: 30:00
    • Time: 30:03
  • Boilermaker 15k (July 14)
    • Goal 58:00
  • Mueller Mile (August)
    • Goal 5:00
  • Run into Buffalo 15k  (Sept 2)
    • Goal 57:30
  • Troy Turkey Trot 10k (Nov 28)
    • Goal 37:00

Long-Term Running Goals:

  1. Sub 3:00 Marathon
  2. 17:00 5k
  3. 1:20 Half-marathon

Personal:

Originally from the small town of Galway, NY (near Saratoga), I currently live in Buffalo, NY.  I'm a community pharmacist  I  graduated from the University of Buffalo School of Pharmacy with my pharmD in 2007 and my PhD in 2011. I'm married and have 2 dogs (Sadie, a lab, and Ralphie, a Eskie mix).  We enjoy anything outdoors from Backpacking and hiking to snowboarding.

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Ralphie's Lifetime Miles: 346.60
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Checkers Practice #3 (8 x 400 at mile pace)

1.5 mile warm-up

8 x 400 at mile pace (~80 sec) with 400 recovery.
Times: 78.78,79.78.78.78.79.74

1.5 mile cool down

I also wore my HRM and was fitting about 186 bpm (96% MHR) at the end of each repeat which was fun to see. Cadence during the repeats was 93-97 spm.

Felt pretty good and I was surpised by how little I was hurting compared to the others in the group. I seemed to recovery a lot better, hopefully that bodes well for me. Right leg shin area was a little sore after, I'll have to watch it; these shoes are getting a little old.

I also got to meet one of my wife's former co-workers, he was in the same speed group as me

 

Brooks Adrenaline Red Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Benn Griffin on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 12:21:28 from 72.79.211.5

Really great last 400m in that workout! I just saw your 2012 goal to get to 155# and thought "dayumm I'm 230. That's like a million pounds less than me". Do you think upping my mileage into the 50s will help a bit? I am having an incredibly hard time losing any weight this year and have run about 100 miles more than this time last year!

From Nate on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 14:24:50 from 166.137.136.31

Thanks, I really like running with a group. It makes it easier to get the workouts done. I started at 210 and I'm not #165 right now so I didn't start off much lower than you are right now. I think, for me, counting calories (with loseit.com) was the most important thing that helped me. It reall curbed my eating. When you get down to it, its easy to eat back calories spent running. That was my problem. My loss is about the same regardless of mileage because I can't run well if I don't increase my eating to match hope this help!

From Benn Griffin on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 16:54:26 from 72.79.211.5

I'm going to check out that website right now. What did you end up setting your target calories as? Since I have become pescatarian/vegetarian I find I am eating more carbs which I know is not a good thing.

From Nate on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 17:15:49 from 67.252.184.93

I used the calculator and set my plan as 2#/week loss. It automatically deducts 700/cal a day from your daily maintenance requirement. I'm not losing 2 a week because I'm kinda sloppy with logging but If stick around the number I'm doing ok. I'm a pescitarian too and typically eat 55/35/20 carbs/fat/protein. I don't restrict any type of food but just aim to hit the number. I don't mind eating lots of carbs so I don't restrict them. The message boards also a good places for friends and info

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