| Location: Pittsfield,MA, Member Since: Jul 02, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments:
- 2006 Mohawk Hudson River Marathon (NY)
- 2007 Vermont City Marathon (VT)
- 2011 BPAC 6 Hour Run (NY)
- 2011 Mind the Ducks 12 Hour (NY)
- 2012 Maple Leaf Indoor Marathon #1 (IN)
- 2012 Maple Leaf Indoor Marathon #2 (IN)
- 2012 BPAC 6 Hour Run (NY)
- 2012 Mind the Ducks 12 Hour (NY)
- 2012 Memorial Day Marathon (MA)
- 2012 Around the Lake 12 Hour (MA)
- 2012 Hancock Shaker Village 50 (MA)
- 2012 Bay State Marathon (MA)
- 2012 First Descents Marathon (DE)
- 2013 Maple Leaf Indoor Marathon #1 (IN)
- 2013 Maple Leaf Indoor Marathon #2 (IN)
- 2013 Circular Logic Marathon (IN)
- 2013 Lake Waramaug 50M (CT)
- 2013 BPAC 6 Hour Run (NY)
- 2013 Ragnar Cape Cod Ultra Team (MA)
- 2013 Memorial Day Marathon (MA)
- 2013 Relay For Life No. Berkshire (MA)
- 2013 Ragnar Adirondack Ultra Team (MA)
- 2013 BayState Marathon (MA)
- 2013 One Day At the Fair Marathon (NJ)
- 2013 West Palm Beaches Marathon (FL)
- 2014 Arena Attack XL Center Marathon (CT)
- 2014 Maple City 6-Pack Marathon #1 (IN)
- 2014 Maple City 6-Pack Marathon #2 (IN)
- 2014 Maple City 6-Pack Marathon #3 (IN)
- 2014 Maple City 6-Pack Marathon #4 (IN)
- 2014 Maple City 6-Pack Marathon #5 (IN)
- 2014 Maple City 6-Pack Marathon #6 (IN)
- 2014 Circular Logic Marathon (IN)
Personal Bests:
- 400 - 1:01 (2004)
- 800 - 2:16 (2004)
- Mile - 5:12 (2004)
- 2Mile - 11:27 (2004)
- 5k - 19:44 (2005)
- 10k 40:46 (11/22/07)
- 15k - 1:07:40 (11/11/07)
- 13.11 Half - 1:38:31 (12/9/07)
- Marathon 3:59:18 (1/25/14)
- 50 miles 11:44 (5/14/11)
Eagle Scout with Bronze and Gold Palms (2002)
Biked from Ticonderoga, New York to Old Orchard Beach, Maine in August of 2005 (Total of about 290 miles Short-Term Running Goals: 200 miles @ 72 Hour Race in May
Under 200 #
Sub 4:00 Marathon
Long-Term Running Goals: QUALIFY AND RUN IN THE BOSTON MARATHON. Personal: I am 27. Have done 33 marathons and ultras. Really trying to get in shape to get back to running the miles I want to. I love to read and worked for four years in a bookstore. I like to keep track of the books I read. Currently I work as a 6th & 7th grade history teacher at the only charter school in Berkshire County, as well as serve as the coach for the cross country team! Been experimenting as a pescatarian (eating only fish) since August 10, 2011.
Just earned my Master's Degree in Adolescent Education for Social Studies. I have the most wonderful WIFE in the entire world.. EMMA! October 16, 2010
Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must. Just never give up! - Dean Karnazes -
We are all teachers and we are all students in this sport. - Dean Karnazes -
The simple act of putting one foot in front of the other and moving forward at an accelerated rate can be one of life's greatest - and simplest - pleasures. ~Dean Karnazes
"Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny." - MK Gandhi
"The marathon mercilessly rips off the outer layers of our defenses and leaves the raw human, vulnerable and naked. It is here you get an honest glimpse into the soul of an individual. Every insecurity and character flaw is open and on display for all the world to see. No communication is ever more real, no expression ever more honest. There is nothing left to hide behind. The marathon is the great equalizer. Ever movement, every word spoken and unspoken, is radiant truth. The veil has been obliterated. These are the profound moments of human interaction that I live for." - Dean Karnazes
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| Day #437: 6.35 miles total. 5.1 miles in 47:00 earlier in the day and another 1.25 before watching COSMOS. Earned myself my first beer in a long time. Tried Honeycrisp Apple Wheat from Shocktop. Yum! No fast miles for a while. Steady as she goes. No increase in pain is good. Lots of stretching. Will foam roll every other day.
Limitless potential, kid.
So long as you take it slow, got it?
Don't rush the magic. Just wait.
“Running, you should know, is a kind of stillness.”
― Tiphanie Yanique, How to Escape from a Leper Colony
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| Day #438: 5 miles in 45:45, 9:09 pace. Included 5 x 3 mins @ 6% grade and 3 mins "off". Doc called and says I just need to monitor pain. No stress fracture appeared on the X-Rays. Yay! Arch still painful and probably a good idea to stay in regular shoes, not minimalist for a while with orthotics. Other than that, onwards and upwards cowboy!
Into the beast's lair we run
to set our eyes upon the prize there.
Immortality bitches!
"What matters most is that we loved at all." - Kenny Rankin
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| Day #439: 5 miles in 43:30. Last 2 miles were 8:35 pace. Strongest I've felt in a long time. Only minor twinges of pain that lasted momentarily. Lesson I learned today: Whilst farting on a treadmill, increasing speed will not allow you to run from the gas.. it will only make you inhale said stank cloud at a faster rate. Planning on wearing orthotics through rest of month and any long runs I suspect in the near future.
Toot toot! Time to sprint ahead!
Oh crap! I'm stuck in one place.. shit shit!!
Fire ze missiles, beeotch!
"My doctors told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother." - Wilma Rudolph, winner of 3 gold medals at the 1960 Olympics
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| Day #440: 4 miles after going out with Emma and Jess (MoonMoon) for Sushi. I didn't believe the time. 31:27. 7:52 per mile baby! Ran in Merrells for first time since 6-pack. Felt all but perfect. 90-95% better. The streak lives! What a glorious end to an otherwise shitty day. I need a day off.
Wasabi up the nose hurts,
Especially when trying to drink
down a Guinness. Fuckin' A!
“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
― Winston Churchill
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| Day #441: 5.78 miles, 50:01 - last mile at 8:00 pace. 8:39 pace for throughout. Basically 0 pain. Getting stronger. Keep strong on the diet. Got to get under 200 soon! No mas Clydesdale!
Running is just natural.
Just taking one foot in front of the
other. No excuses kids!
"Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand."
Henry David Thoreau
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| Day #442: 1 mile after 16 hours at school. Stayed and set up dance and worked dance, cleaned up and then brought two runners home. We made 317 dollars for the xc fund. 8:30 pace. Didn't even get home until almost 11.
Sometimes there is nothing but
one option - push on and capture the
essence of wild freedom.
"It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word."
Andrew Jackson
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| Day #443: 3.11 miles in 24:36. Full day of fun. 30 min ab workout with Emma, then drove to Northampton, put up flyers for Sweltering Summer 8 Hour Ultra Race, then lunch at Noodles. Finally came home and then did 3.11 mile run before reading date, reading "Divergent".
Time to make the skinny belt
One notch smaller. Work hard, run harder.
Victory is at the door.
"Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it." - Albert Einstein
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