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Location:

Fort Benning,GA,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Pretty new. Have done some training for specific Army competitions which have got me running a pretty decent amount, but by no means incredible.

5k-  21:00 (Oct. 2008) 

19:43 (May 2009)

10k-  41:07*

10 mile- (upcoming)

1/2 marathon- (haven't done it yet)

Marathon - Hopefully this year... 

*5.3 miles

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 19:00 5k

Run one marathon within the next 12 months

Stay healthy this year. Coming off of a bad shin splint which took about 3-4 months to fully recover.

Build back up to 60+ miles a week

Long-Term Running Goals:

Finish a marathon sub 3:00:00 

Personal:

A CPT in the US Army stationed at Fort Benning, GA. I've three wonderful kids and the best wife I could ask for. Been away from the running scene for a while, and I sure miss it. Trying to make a comeback!

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Omni 8 Lifetime Miles: 880.41
Saucony Grid Fastwitch 4 Lifetime Miles: 88.39
Altra Zero Drop Instinct 1.5 Lifetime Miles: 280.15
Total Distance
2.80

Wow first run in a while. I was on leave last week in Orlando to see my inlaws with the family. My wife's mother was diagnosed with Uterin cancer a few years back. They were recently on a mission in Malaysia and she noticed a growth on her abdomen and sure enough the cancer returned. So she has been in SLC at the Huntsman Cancer Institute getting treatments and things were looking pretty good through her first 3 rounds of Chemo.

She had a surgery to remove the dead Cancer cells and decided to make a trip to Orlando to see us and my brother-in-laws family. The vacation was great, but her health took a bad turn and she was in the ER for a few days and had to get an early flight back to SLC. She has ASCITES (I think that is right) in which over 10lbs of black fluid was drained from her abdomen. It was putting a lot of pressure on her lungs, stomach, intestines, etc.

So it was a good, but rough week last week.

Back to the run. Wow it was fast today. I ended up running with our "A group" which I am not in shape for currently...and averaged around a 7:00 pace. Yuck, I made most of the run, but that was much to quickly for me at this point in time.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 182.00Calories: 385.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 05:50:53 from 24.10.249.34

So sorry about all that Colby. We've had quite a lot of cancer in my family lately as well including my wife's mom. Hope it turns out ok - even the worst cancers sometime respond quite positively to treatment.

Keep with the running!

From Burt on Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 09:36:34 from 71.223.39.43

Sorry to hear about your MIL. My uncle just died yesterday from cancer.

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