JohnK

May 21, 2024

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Location:

Athens,GA,USA

Member Since:

Oct 01, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2:51.13 marathon PR (Drake Relays, 1983) 2:59.12 masters best (Snickers Marathon, Albany, GA, 2008) Other PRs: mile 4:42, 3,000m 9:30, 5K 16:30, 10K 34:31, 20K 1:12.27, half-marathon 1:18.57

Short-Term Running Goals:

~2:57 marathon in '08 (missed by 2:00 with a 2:59.12, but I'll take it)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub-3:00 marathon at age 50 (2010) and possibly a sub-2:57.15 (Georgia state 50-54 age division record) that year; continue enjoying running for another 50 years from that point!

Personal:

Born in Iowa, I now live in Athens, Georgia and have been married to Amy for 17 years. We have two children: Emma age 13, William age 12
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Mon, Jul 21, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.001.000.508.00

8 miles, easy to moderate pace the first 3 then mixed in several fairly hard uphills (mostly :45 to :60) and a rolling half mile in ~2:50. Felt pretty good, still having some groin and hip tightness and pain but stretching seems to be helping.

Comments
From jtshad on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 09:53:30

Thanks for the note on Poky.

Where are you, how is the running going?

From MichelleL on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 03:11:45

John - you're a lost sheep! What's going on? I hope you are still training and groin and hip are ok.

From JohnK on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 14:10:31

Thanks for the interest and I'm still alive, sort of. Still having odd pains (groin, lower abdominal area) and tightness (hip/butt). It hasn't stopped me from running but I'm sort of down in the dumps. I'm doing 2/3 the usual mileage and about 1/3 the quality, if that. It's probably the inevitable as I'm 48.5 and not getting any younger. Probably won't ever see another sub-18 5K when that used to be my 20K/half-marathon pace (on a good day). Everyone has to deal with aging, I realize that. I've thought of going to a chiropractor but our insurance is terrible and wouldn't cover it so it probably won't happen.

So anyway, I'm glad a lot of you guys are running great. It's nice to see. Best of luck in your marathons next month -- I'm expecting big things! Maybe I'll get back to the blog but there's nothing interesting for me to report...

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