PR's By Decade

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Junior High
800m - 2:38.2 - 4/22/82 - Dual Meet, New London, OH (age 14)

Mile - 5:44 - 5/19/82 - Firelands Conference Meet, Mapleton, Ashland, OH (age 14)

2-Mile - 13:00 - 10/3/81 - Ontario Invitational, Ontario, OH (age 13)

High School
800m - 2:02.7 - 5/24/86 - District Meet, Shelby, OH(age 18)

Mile - 4:37.8 - 5/12/86 - Firelands Conference Meet, Mapleton, Ashland, OH(age 18)

2-Mile - 10:19.5 - 4/23/86 - Edison Ivitational, Milan, OH (age 18)

5K - 16:41 - 9/21/85 - Galion Invitational, Galion, OH (age 17)

5M - 31:53 - 6/22/85 - Honeybaked 5-Miler, New London, OH (age 17)

10K - 37:58 - 6/29/85 - Tiffin 10k, Tiffin, OH (age 17)

College
1500m - 4:07.5 - Baldwin Wallace, Berea, OH (age 21)

Mile - 4:28.04 - 2/28/88 - North Coast Athletic Conference Meet, Ohio Wesleyan, Delaware, OH (age 20)

5K - 15:24.8 - 4/19/88 - Cleveland City Championship, Baldwin Wallace, Berea, OH (age 20)

5M - 25:48 : -10/29/88 - NCAC Championship, Denison University, Granville, OH(age 20)

10K - 33:08 - 9/24/88 - Malone Invitational, Canton, OH (age 20)

Half Marathon - 1:21:07 - 8/19/89 - Parkersburg 1/2 Marathon, Parkersburg, WV (age 21)

Age 22-29
5K - 16:12 - 6/26/94 - Two For The Road, Lakewood, OH (age 27)

5M - 28:21 - 8/14/94 - Johnnycake Jog, Painesville, OH (age 27)

10K - 34:28 - 9/25/94 - Great Race, Pittsburgh, PA (age 27)

Half Marathon - 1:16:50 - 8/18/90 - Parkersburg 1/2 Marathon, Parkersburg, WV (age 22)
Marathon - 3:26:36 - 11//91 - Columbus Marathon, Columbus, OH (age 24)

Age 30-39
5K - 19:27 - 9/2/2000 - Firelands 5K, New London, OH (age 32)

5M - 33:33 - 5/27/2006 - Avon Eagle Run, Avon OH (age 38)

10K - 43:27 - 8/12/2000 - North Ridgeville Lions 10K, North Ridgeville, OH (age 32)

Half Marathon - 1:44:00 - 11/4/2007 - Inland Trail Half Marathon, Elyria, OH (age 39)

Age 40-49
5K - 17:41 - 8/7/2010 - Cleveland Clinic 5k, Independence, OH (age 42)
5M - 31:04 - 11/25/2010 - Turkey Trot, Cleveland, OH (age 42)

10K - 38:54 - 5/16/2010 - Cleveland 10k, Cleveland, OH (age 42)

Half Marathon - 1:26:52 - 9/12/2010 - River Run 1/2 Marathon, Cleveland, OH (age 42)

Marathon - 3:59:21 - 10/10/2010 - Towpath Marathon, Peninsula, OH (age 42)

50K - 5:01:53 - 3/6/2010 - Green Jewel, Cleveland, OH (age 42)

December Carnival Of Running

Welcome to the December 4, 2007 edition of Carnival of Running and Racing. I also run the Carnival Of Pizza. This is the inaugural edition of the Carnival Of Running. December is probably not the best month to kick this off, but we've got some good submissions (and some not so good) so we will get started.

First off, we have a pre-marathon carbo-loading dinner submitted by a Manhattan attorney. Katy presents Pasta di Verdure Autunno posted at sugarlaws. Katy ran the NYC marathon last month and this is what she ate beforehand!

Warren Wong presents How To Feel Better And Be Happier posted at Personal Development for INTJs. Warren has some practical tips you can use now to feel better and be happier. And you can bet that exercise is near the top of the list.

Ed H presents Video games as fitness tools posted at A Viking, running, saying, "Video games as cross training? Why not?" I know we have a DDR game for our Xbox and at our house, playing DDR counts as a physical fitness activity.

Finally, we have a post that is directly about running! FitBuff presents Track Workouts | FitBuff.com's Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog posted at FitBuff.com's Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog. Want to rev up your fat-burning metabolism? Try this challenging track workout.

Now I got 2 more submissions that really have nothing to do with running at all. Alex M presents How to Make Your Car Faster. Driver. Part I. If I'm running, why would I want a faster car? This would almost be more appropriate at my pizza blog, but of course pizza drivers don't speed. Finally, Kevin Fleming presents 5 Great Ways to Watch Live Sports Games Online. Nothing at all to do with running, I'm not even sure why I'm including it.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of running and racing using our carnival submission form.

Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Thursday Circuits - emphasis on Push Ups

I attended Chris' circuits class today and there was a heavy emphasis on push ups. Not only was there a push-up station, a push up / mountain climber station, and a bench press station, but we also did 10 push-ups after each song ended, for the entire 45 minute class.

And the 2nd group exercise was doing step-ups for 30-45 seconds, followed by 10 push-ups, then more step-ups. The push-ups in this group were wide base, narrow grip, right leg up, left leg up, and normal for a total of 50.

I bet in the entire class we did close to 250 push ups.

Then at the end, before abs, we did arm-walks.

To me, it was quite a work-out.

• Dynaband Row - This actually goes between the curls and the run-in-place / side-hops station I described on Tuesday. Seated on the floor, row using a dynaband wrapped around the bar on the side of the room.
• Wrist Curls - Seated on the bar, we hold our arms still and just curl with the wrists. I used a 45 lb bar for this.
• Step Up With Weight - Stepping up onto an exercise step, holding a 17.5 lb dumbell in each arm.
• Push Ups - As I said, this is it's own station.

Weight = 191 lbs.

Tuesday Circuits

I attended circuits class yesterday with Matt as the instructor. We had 18 participants, not counting Matt.

It was a tough class, I thought, we did alot of arms and shoulders in our group exercises. After one set I was lucky enough to return to the Dips station afterwards. Going back to a station that works the same muscles you just worked is always an extra challenge.

The next stations for me to describe as I continue around the room:

• Step-Ups - repeated stepping up on to a bar, about 16-18 inches high, that runs around the side of the room. Most people always step up with the same foot first, but I always alternate. Also, I make sure to not hold on to the top bar while I'm stepping up.
• Alternate Straight & Hammer Curls - I used 17.5 lb dumbells for this exercise. Hammer curls are similar to regular curls but the wrist is twisted so the weight is up and down (like you hold a hammer.
• Alternate Jog In Place & Side-To-Side Hops - Another cardio station.

I happened to be lined up right next to Matt as we did our stations and suggested that he add a song by Quiet Riot to the next mix tape, to commemorate the untimely death of lead singer Kevin Dubrow. This led to a discussion on a possible mix tape of all dead artists. Blind Melon, Nirvana, Inxs, and Alice In Chains were some of the other artists mentioned.

Weight = 192 lbs

Monday Treadmill 2.5

I ran easy today on the treadmill. I haven't done much running since the half marathon 3 weeks ago so I decided to ease back into it. I started at 6.6 mph (9:05 per mile) and worked my way up to 7.3 mph (8:13) at the fastest. Not very fast at all.

The entire 2.5 mile run took me a little less than 22 minutes.

Weight = 192 lbs

Tuesday Night 4.5 Miles

I ran tonight in Oberlin with the Tuesday night group. There were 7 of us tonight, a pretty big crowd for November. I rode with Ken and rode home with Randy. Greg made it also. The surprise was seeing twins Gabrielle and Danielle, home from college at Malone, and their friend Courtney.

We ran 4.5 miles on the bike path, the same path where we ran the Inland Trail race a couple weeks ago.

Thursday Circuits

I went to Circuits today. Chris was the instructor and we had 11 students for a total of 12. The next workout station, going around the room, is described below:

• Dips - with your arms on a bar about 18 inches off the ground, your back to the bar, and your legs extended out in front of you, dip your body down and then lift it back up (with your arms).

Unfortunately, due to where I started and where we finished class, I didn't get to do the next 2 stations after this, so the descriptions will just have to wait.

I can say that we did alot of legs today. There was a wall sit / lunges station, a squats / reverse lunges station, and a station for stepping up onto a box while holding weights. For our first group exercise, we did sprints. While 1 person sprinted, the other 11 of us ran in place with high knees. Then the 2nd group exercise was lunges, reverse lunges, & squats (with weights - I used 15 lb dumbells).

Then at the end of the class we did 10 push-ups, 10 squats, 9 push-ups, 9 squats, all the way down to 1.

My legs were a little sore before class, I can only imagine how they will feel tomorrow. I am planning on 3 more rest days (Friday - Saturday - Sunday) to help my achilles heal.

Weight = 193 lbs.