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Location:

South Hill,VA,United States

Member Since:

Oct 23, 1983

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

1 Mile - 4:54 (16 yrs.) - 1986

2 Mile - 10:49 (16 yrs.) - 1986

5K - 16:44 (16 yrs.) - 1986

8K - 30:32 (16 yrs.) - 1986

5K - 19:36 (37 yrs.) - 2008

8K - 33:29 (36 yrs.) - 2006

10K - 42:38 (38 yrs.) - 2008

13.1 - 1:38:53 (38 yrs.) - 2008

26.2 - 3:31:26 (38 yrs.) - 2008

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train consistently and smart. Run some local races and hope to lower PR's every once in awhile.

Long-Term Running Goals:

I would love to see a 5:XX for a mile just one more time. Go under 20 in a 5K. And a sub 40 for a 10K.

Personal:

Born in 1970. Grew up in Richmond, Virginia. Ran high school track and cross country. Also lived in the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a few years. Now living in South Hill, Virginia. Married since 1995 and have two children. Have been a police officer since 1994.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Asics Gel - Fortitude 3 Lifetime Miles: 422.92
Saucony Grid Shadow 11 Lifetime Miles: 357.21
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.660.000.000.000.008.66

am - Got home late from work and could not get in my short and quick morning run.  Had to to get to bed instead.  I also did not sleep well today.  I kept waking up.  This will come back to get me working tonight I believe.

afternoon - Wanted to go at least 6.  1.6 into it I saw Steve Jones.  He is a local runner who lives on the other side of the county.  He said he owns a rental house here in town and decided to run from there today.  We ran the next 3.4 miles together.  It was a casual pace and we were able to keep up a conversation.   It has been a few years since I have run with someone and I enjoyed it.  But running and talking was a little harder than I remembered.  After we went our seperate ways I ended up with about 6 1/2.  Once home I took off my shoes and had a little surprise.  A spot of blood was on my sock about the size of a nickel.  Apparently my "index" toe was rubbing against the nail of my "middle" toe.  I am not sure what made this happen today, but I will trim the nails and use a band-aid for a couple of days.

night - Wanted to get in a couple of more miles before work. 

run - 6.51 - 8:05, 8:07, 8:13, 8:27, 8:29, 8:08, 4:15 - 53:47 (8:15 avg.)

run - 2.15 - 7:53, 7:35, 1:07 - 16:36 (7:43 avg.)

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Comments
From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 15:47:11

Glad to see that you have been recovering so well from your injury. A word of caution is to not try to force the pace. Run at 8:00 pace, not much faster for another month or two. Your aerobic fitness will still keep developing, while your legs will have a chance to become more injury resistant.

Does your friend realize how famous he is? Steve Jones set a world record in the marathon back in the 80s - 2:08:05, then lost it, and and then missed it by a second in another attempt running 2:07:13.

From Scott Zincone on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 16:00:47

Thanks for the advice. It has not been proven wrong yet in my training. I have been trying to keep it comfortable. But on a few runs I have pushed it a little just to see if I could. But caution is always on my mind. I do remeber the name Steve Jones now that you mention it. My mind wants to associate the name with the Chicago Marathon for some reason.

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