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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Sadie's Lifetime Miles: 298.30
Ralphie's Lifetime Miles: 346.60
Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
12.070.000.00
Asics 2110 Miles: 12.07
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 189.50
Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
3.000.000.00

This weekend was a waste,  I sat around the house, watched Football (go Bills) and ate like a good lil' American.  Today was the start of my new week and I ran 3 miles with Ralphie.  It was the first time I ran with him as he is a little younger, but he's 10 months this week to I figure we can start.  He did great as a run buddy.  Somehow, with next to no formal leash training, both Sadie and Ralphie are very good running partners.  I see great distance running careers in their future.

 I've pretty much decided that I'm gonna do Around the Bay 30k at the end of March in Hamilton, Ontario.  I set my goal time as 2:15 (to get a silver medal) which is 7:15 miles.  I think this is doable because it converts (using Purdy Points) to a 19:40 5k or  40:30 10k which I'd hope I would be capable of by then.  Plus the race doesn't warrant extremely long training runs which I'm a fan of so we'll see how the training goes.  I think my sister is gonna do it with me. 

 I better get to training...

Asics 2110 Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
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To do something fun and exciting I brought my running clothes and shoes to work and ran home from work today.  The route is 1/2 heavy traffic surface streets and 1/2 quiet residential streets so it's ok.  Luckily the whole route has a sidewalk.  It was pretty good and the longest run I've done in a while.  Surprisingly, I ran faster than I though I was going to.  I had no real idea of what pace I'm capable of right now so I just ran at an 7-8 effort level.  I ended up getting home in 43:20 which came out to a 7:45 min/mile pace!!  I was expecting 8:15ish so this is wonderful.  This puts me in great position of hitting my goal for the Turkey Trot 8k of 35 minutes with 3+ weeks of training.

Side note:  I was under 190 pounds this morning.  Lost 20 pounds since mid-May!  Only 30 to go.

Asics 2110 Miles: 5.57
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 189.50
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Worked 9-5 today at the Pharmacy, it was pretty good but really slow.  When I got home I ran 3.5 with Ralphie.  I'm feeling much faster and can run with general ease now when before it was a serious struggle.  I'm glad my fitness is coming back much faster than I've had hoped.  Yip.  

I have 1 more week of school and then I get to go to New Orleans for a Pharmaceutical Science Conference to present my research.  It's such a crazy place so hopefully it'll be a bunch of fun.  It'll be nice running in warmth too!. 

Asics 2110 Miles: 3.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
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Asics 2110 Miles: 12.07
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 189.50
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