Month: July 2011

  • I believe God made me for a purpose

    In my training I did a personal best for 7 miles – completing the distance in 1 hour and 4 minutes – also I completed a 1/4 mile in 1 minute, 25 seconds, which also is a personal best (in training).   Reminds me a quote which I read in Bethany Hamilton’s book – where she quotes Eric Liddell, quote:

    “I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure.”

    Not that I am a fast runner – but I am challenging myself - to improve and to know that God is pleased.

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    Personal Bests
    3.0 m run (22:47), pace=7:36, 05/17/2011 (Wall Street Run) in NYC
    3.1 m run (24:17), pace=7:48, 05/19/2009 (Wall Street Run) in NYC
    13.1 m run (2:15:31), pace=10:20, 03/21/2009 (Washington D.C. Half-Marathon)
    26.2 m run (4:35:00), pace=10:32, 03/26/2011 (Washington D.C. Marathon)

  • Training update (third week)

     This week I realized that I should be recording my time.  I need to do this because my goal for training this time is to beat my 2009 half-marathon time of 2 hours and 15 minutes. 

     Personal Bests
    3.0 m run (22:47), pace=7:36, 05/17/2011 (Wall Street Run) in NYC
    3.1 m run (24:17), pace=7:48, 05/19/2009 (Wall Street Run) in NYC
    13.1 m run (2:15:31), pace=10:20, 03/21/2009 (Washington D.C. Half-Marathon)
    26.2 m run (4:35:00), pace=10:32, 03/26/2011 (Washington D.C. Marathon)
     

  • Running Update (a new race)

    I have not been updating this blog because there has not been anything to say (at least not anything positive).   After I did the Wall Street run (a personal best for me doing 3 miles) – my calves were burning for at least 3 weeks.  So after 3 weeks – I got back on the horse, in a minimum way – only lightly training.   Two of the races I was going to enter – did not pan out for me. 

    The other day – I received my monthly issue of Runner’s World and the issue was about half-marathons.   So I ‘ran’ the idea (sorry for the pun) of training and running in a half-marathon, sometime in September by my wife and the race was received well by her.   I think Jennifer has been seeing me languishing in my running lately (starting to gain a little weight) and wants to encourage me.  So with that in mind I have selected a new training schedule for the next 2 1/2 months and a new race.  

    The race – which I have zeroed in on – is the Amish Country Bird in the Hand Half-Marathon in Lancaster, PA – which is held on September 10, 2011.  Four reasons for selecting this race; 1) It on Saturday 2) The timing is good [10 weeks of training] 3) For a marathon it relatively close [2.5 hour drive] and 4) My wife loves reading books on the Amish. 

    The link for this race is here.

     This is my new schedule :

     The grey means it’s been done – which means I have 10 weeks of training left.  
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    “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before” (Phil. 3:13)