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Running - Race Heartland Marathon Certified? Yes 7:00am	26.2 miles 04:51:00 (11:06 min/mile)	Height: 5' 7

Hot and humid - survived. Adopted run/walk from start. 2 miles run/2-3 minutes walk - repeat.

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Running - Aerobic 7:30am Weather: 80* humid	6 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Adrenaline 15 0 miles on shoe Height: 6-00

Joined Ron, Bob and Nel for an easy run on the marathon course. Knee hurt all the way. Started swelling up as soon as I was done. Call Orthowest for an appointment as soon as I can.

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Running - Long Keystone Trail 7:00am	19 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: A2000 2015-09 Red 0 miles on shoe

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Running - Aerobic Elevation: Ascent+4006 8:30am Weather: 72° 8 mph SW wind Humidity 31%	14.1 miles 03:21:06 (14:15 min/mile)

My first mountain summit! Mount Rosa! It was an incredible experience. It was the highest I have been up in altitude too. The views on top of the mountain were breathtaking.

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Running - Aerobic 6:00pm Weather: 72° 6 mph SSE wind Humidity 27%	3.1 miles 00:30:56 (9:58 min/mile)

Garden of the Gods sight-seeing.

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Running - Long Highline Canal Trail 7:00am	18 miles 00:00:00	Height: 5'07

Easy long run. All with John, ran some with Kempton, Kevin and Eric Mellow the 2nd half.

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Running - Race Keystone Trail Heartland Half Marathon Certified? Yes 7:00am Weather: 77° 72 DP	13.1 miles 01:45:49 (8:04 min/mile)	Shoe: Brooks Dyad 8 (2) 0 miles on shoe Height: 6' 4

Just brutal conditions for a race this morning, but given that I'm pretty happy with my time. It gave me a feel for where I'm at fitness wise and where I want to be for my goal races in a few weeks. I felt pretty good through mile 8 where I started feeling the heat a little. I started slowing down at mile 10, and at mile 12 I thought I was gonna die. Lots of Ndorfriendz out there today which was great!! Special thanks to Stud for pacing me in the middle and to Shy for dragging me in the last mile and a half. Looking forward to some cooler races this fall!
Splits: 7:23, 7:52, 7:43, 7:50, 7:52, 7:54, 7:52, 7:59, 7:53, 8:12, 8:09, 8:28, 8:59

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Running - Aerobic Candlewood 2:00pm	3.12 miles 00:30:00 (9:36 min/mile)	Shoe: Asics Nimbus 16 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'9

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Running - Hills Running out of town today	6 miles 01:06:20 (11:03 min/mile)	Height: 5' 9

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Running - Tempo Urbandale, IA Trails 10:00am Weather: Hot and Humid	7 miles 00:00:00	Height: 5'9

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Running - Regular run 4:45pm	2 miles 00:20:16 (10:08 min/mile)	Shoe: NB890 Blu/Blk 2015C 0 miles on shoe

Ran with my son and grand-dog. Also did some stretching and about 30 min pool exercises.

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Elliptical - Aerobic 7:00am	01:15:00	Height: 5'5

Followed by bosu ball core

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Running - Aerobic	7 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Black 1000s 0 miles on shoe Height: 6'1

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Running - Aerobic David City 7:15pm	5 miles 00:44:30 (8:54 min/mile)	Shoe: Mizuno Universe 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'10

Easy with 6 stiders

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Running - XC	2.5 miles 00:20:51 (8:20 min/mile)	Height: 5'11

Went out to do 1k repeats at pioneers park.
got 1 in 4:18 before lightning shortened the run.

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Running - Race Heartland Marathon Certified? Yes	18.4 miles 02:29:00 (8:05 min/mile)	Shoe: Brooks Defyance 8 Aug 0 miles on shoe Height: 6'2

Well, just wasn't in the cards today. Felt tough from the get go. Started to get off pace early......mile 5. Going with the wind ended up being worse because it was that much hotter. Decided with a group of 2 others that we were going to call it a day. Ran/walked from 14 on. My first DNF, and I'm not regretting it at all. Will race another day.

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Goose - Napping	0 miles 00:00:00

Thought about running.. Then I didn't. maybe tomorrow

Congrats to all the racers!

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Biking - key stone trail	15 miles 00:00:00 0 mph	Height: 5' 4

Lead bike for the women's Omaha half marathon. Exciting race last half mile to go second place gained on number one then passed nice and steady (Nicki Kubiak) then 20 yards to go second place had a kick and was right on her tail through the finish line. Hot, hot day for all!

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Running - Race vast majority on Keystone trail Heartland Half Marathon Certified? Yes Weather: 77; 83% humidity; 8 mph SSE wind	13.1 miles 01:39:45 (7:36 min/mile)

Congratulations to all runners today in very tough conditions! We were all in it together!

Peg once commented on a past race something like 'disappointed with my time, not disappointed in myself'. I am feeling that way a bit following this one. Although I went into it with a downer attitude which I hope didn't rub off on too many of the folks I was chatting with pre-race. I was really dreading the race with the heat and humidity factors. I did 2 slow warm up miles and knew it was going to be a rough race.

I felt OK in the first 3 miles, doing 7:00-7:15 pace miles. Then I just started consistently loosing about 5 seconds for every mile following. It was all I could do to keep it together. Although the Garmin data didn't imply a gale force wind on the southbound turnaround, it felt like a fight. The last half mile off the trail with the hills felt much harder than the hills actually were. Finished in 1:39:45. Although I was 4th in my men 45-49 age group, I got the 3rd place age group award, as the 1st place guy was the men's masters winner. You all know that I will take any hardware I can get, in this case it was glassware--a commemorative Heartland marathon glass.

I did witness the drama of the 1st and 2nd place women right before me in the last half mile...the long time lead woman had done some late race walking, 2nd place woman caught her and then the 2 traded off leads. The long time 2nd place woman finished before long time lead woman, BUT she actually was still officially 2nd to her due to chip timing! Those 2 ran incredible races which I told to both of them.

On the plus side, it was GREAT to have support from other Ndorfnz and friends racers, volunteers and spectators!! Thanks to all who came out to cheer. Also, it was nice to get a thumbs-up, or 'good job' to those runners on the turnaround--before I hit it and afterwards. All the volunteers were sensational as usual. Kudos to Omaha running club for making the best out of the situation with the late course change. They also had an excellent pasta party and a nice post race area.

My dream is to redeem my race here today with a better effort and result in Toronto next month.

Song of the day: "I'll Work For Your Love" by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

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Biking - Aerobic Heartland Half Marathon	15 miles 00:00:00 0 mph	Height: 67.5

The Omaha Running Club can put on a marathon. Under the worst of weather and civic conditions, the leadership and volunteers managed to make the most of every crappy card dealt them today. I was also proud of how the Omaha running community, including many ndorfnz, came out and made the statement that this is our city and we won't go down without a fight. Great job to everyone today!

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Running - Aerobic Keystone 7:00am	13.2 miles 01:33:13 (7:03 min/mile)	Height: 5'10

I hope everyone is okay from this one.

I was the 1:30 Pacer with Gerald Kubiak. After the split at Mile 1, we had a group of 5 with only a handful of guys ahead of us. By Mile 4 we were down to a group of 4 with only 2 guys ahead of us. At the turn, Gerald had already taken off and Brian Bergt had dropped off. That left me pacing the third place (excluding Gerald) runner.

By mile 10, he was dropping off to 7:15s and I though I could go up and pace the 2nd place runner to 1:30. So I took off and to my surprise my thoughts of running a super easy 6:00 mile were going to be false. I grinded out a 6:45 mile to catch 2nd place by Mile 11 and committed that I would get him in. Good thing because I'm not sure I could have caught the guy ahead of him if I tried.

We ground out the last two miles in the high 7's, including the final hill. I turned back to help the 3rd place guy (who I had left at 10 miles) up the same hill, but he was tearing that b#*&$ up. Sprinted with to the line and then fully comprehended how bad I felt for running a 1:33 half marathon. Immediately thoughts went to everybody else still out there.

Debra made it in safe in 2:09 as did everyone else I know. Debra and I went back out to a cool spot on the Keystone (an underpass) to cheer out the marathoners. It was mostly carnage; with most people walking at Mile 19. It was part cheering and part making sure everyone was alright. Some didn't look so good.

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Running - Race Heartland Half Marathon NE15008KU Elevation: Ascent+417 Descent-416 2015 HeartlandKeystone HALF Marathon Certified? Yes 7:00am Weather: 77°, 8 SSE, 83%	13.1 miles 02:08:08 (9:46 min/mile)	Shoe: Saucony Guide 7 [20150820] 0 miles on shoe

2015 HeartlandKeystone Half Marathon

Running w/ Mrs.Becker for 10 or so; then faster finish FTW.
Final long/training run for Wabash Trace Marathon; ORC can suck it.

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Executed my plan to near perfection; save for a pit stop w/ about a mile to go. Weather was as hot as expected, wind was tough. Shade of NFM was a slap in the face! ;)

Nice to see ShyShy again! And, and, and Mrs.Becker!!
CongratZ to hskrrs for picking up some hardware (and, getting to see me)!

Tracked distance: 13.25

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Running - Long Zorinsky 5:00am Weather: Hot	20 miles 03:00:38 (9:01 min/mile)	Shoe: Ravenna 5 - Red 0 miles on shoe Height: 6'00

Long run. 8 solo then 12 w/ Ilahi. This really sucked.

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Rowing - Easy Row Basement Erg 12:00pm	3.73 miles 00:30:09 (8:04 min/mile)	Height: 6' 1

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Running - Easy Run Treadmill 11:30am	1.5 miles 00:22:30 (15:00 min/mile)	Shoe: Vibrams 0 miles on shoe Height: 6' 1

Knee is little swollen after.

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Running - Race Keystone Trail Heartland Half Marathon Certified? 7:00am Weather: Sunny, 84, Humid, S wind 13 mph	13.1 miles 02:01:00 (9:14 min/mile)	Shoe: Asics Kayanno 21 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'11

Rough rough day for me. Kept my 1:40 group cruising till the turnaround then hit the wall. Too many factors against me on this one (lack of sleep, outside all day yesterday, very dehydrated early). No excuses for dropping the ball today. My co pacer took the lead but not many people up that far at the half way point.

Lesson learned. Haven't ran as much as I need to for this due to coaching softball. Love the team, just gotta get the mojo back. Took a hard hit today too.

Great to see everyone. I'll be a different person in 2 weeks. Period

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Running - Aerobic	.40 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Asics Kayanno 21 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'11

Easy jog afterwards to round it out.

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Running - Race Omaha NE Heartland 10k Certified? Yes 7:00am Weather: 78 degrees s 16 clear humid	6.2 miles 01:02:17 (10:02 min/mile)	Shoe: Brooks 0 miles on shoe Height: 6.0

Knew going in with the temps that it was a 'just finish' type of race. Hope everyone in the half and full are ok, tough day. Good to see everyone, those who were running, helping out, and those cheering everyone on. That last half mile was not much fun, bet the half and full runners really enjoyed it, not.

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Running - Aerobic 9:00am Weather: 78. sunny	6.5 miles 00:58:20 (8:58 min/mile)	Shoe: Merrell Trail Glove 2 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'9

Came out to Kearney to see the Archway museum and spent the night. Ran on a path that follows a canal north to the university. Very nice but could have done without the heat or wind.

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Running - Aerobic Omaha NE 6:30am Weather: 78 degrees s 16 clear humid	1.0 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Brooks 0 miles on shoe Height: 6.0

wu / cd

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Running - Race Heartland Half Certified? Yes 7:00am	13.1 miles 01:59:21 (9:06 min/mile)	Shoe: Guide 7 F 0 miles on shoe Height: 5' 9'

Paced @ 1:50, obviously fell short. The weather got the best of me. Luckily Macy was my pacing partner and took care of business for us. First time ever I puked after the race. Good thing is I hadn't opened the chocolate milk yet. Bad thing is I had opened my car door. Managed to get most of it on the pavement.

Props to everyone who ran today - the conditions were less than ideal.

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Running - Long Hobby Lobby Loop 7:00am Weather: 75 Sunny humid	15 miles 02:17:13 (9:08 min/mile)	Shoe: Green Ride 7 0 miles on shoe Height: 6ft

Very warm humid morning. Ran with Booty for 8 and then solo for the rest. Felt really good till around mile 12 then rough for the final 3. Tough day for the heartland marathon runner's.

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Running - Aerobic 6:30am	1.43 miles 00:12:43 (8:53 min/mile)	Shoe: Guide 7 F 0 miles on shoe Height: 5' 9'

warm up

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Running - Aerobic	.4 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Brooks Dyad 8 (2) 0 miles on shoe Height: 6' 4

Not much of a warmup given the race conditions

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Running - Aerobic Zorinsky and Beyond 7:00am	11 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: New Glows 0 miles on shoe

Muggy morning. Whew!

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Running - 6:30am	4.75 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Asics Gel Cumulus 16 Orange 0 miles on shoe

Foot is really hurting. That and the weather made for a short run. Maybe get something longer in tomorrow. We'll see.

Good luck to all the races today. Be careful and drink.

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Running - Aerobic Zorinsky 6:00am	8 miles 01:10:00 (8:45 min/mile)	Shoe: Asics Nimbus 17.4 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'8

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Running - Regular run 5:00am	18 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: NB890 Blu/Blk 2015B 0 miles on shoe

Needed to get it done early before a day trip to the Cape.

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Running - Aerobic Hilly Pine Lake. 3:15am Weather: 76. Very warm.	7.07 miles 01:02:43 (8:52 min/mile)	Shoe: BrooksLaunch2Purple/Lime 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'3

Yep, early. Yep, weird. But so very peaceful. This was a very enjoyable run, even without my MIA iPod. Very serene and calm. Nice. :)

In Omaha, at Heartland Marathon. Lots of friends here! Andy, Shy, Tim, Trevor, Chuck, Debra, Jayci, Shawna, and of course, Sir Carl. Haven't found Dan yet. Escorted my guys, Bryan and Matty, to the start. Smiles all around, despite the heat. Good folks. Great day:). Hoping for a safe race for all.

Have a great Sunday.

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Running - Aerobic 5:30am	11.5 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Hoka Cliftons 0 miles on shoe

This morning reminds of Chicago 2007, race where they black flagged it at 3.5 hours. Good luck to the folks running Heartland this morning be safe.

Ran downtown Lincoln today. Props to the crews who do clean-up post game day.

Core work, MYRTL+