Age: 38
Athens, AL
Website/Blog: http://rocketcitytraining.blogspot.com
Brief Biography
I am a native of North Alabama, born and raised in Athens, AL. I earned a BS in Electrical Engineering at UA Huntsville. I am a deacon at the Eastside Church of Christ in Athens. I am married and have 9 year old twin daughters. I started running in 2008 just after losing 70+ pounds. I began running just to improve my aerobic conditioning, but training for the 2008 Cotton Row 10k got me hooked on running. I went from being unable to finish a 3 mile run to Boston Qualifying in less than 2 years. I have since run 4 marathons and 5 50k trail races. I am the race director for the Duck and Run 5k, currently the longest running annual race in Limestone County. I also organize occasional training runs in Athens, including a Sunday morning 10 miler that's been running for over 2 years. I particularly enjoy long runs and tempo runs. I log my training and races at http://rocketcitytraining.blogspot.com/
Short Term Goals
- Run a sub-38 minute 10k
- Run a 50 miler
- PR every distance I run in 2011
- Sub 3:00 marathon
- Sub 5:00 Mountain Mist
- Continue to encourage others to get fitter and faster
- 5 km at Spooktacular 5k 18:29
- 10 km at Cotton Row Run 40:36
- 15 km at Fleet Feet Monte Sano 15k 1:01:39
- 10 Mi at Rocket Run 10 Miler 1:05:18
- 13.1 Mi at Huntsville Half Marathon 1:28:13
- 26.2 Mi at Country Music Marathon 3:07:29
- 50 km at Black Warrior 50k 4:47:35
- Spooktacular 5k 5 km 18:29 24th OA 2nd AG
- Cotton Row Run 10 km 40:36 67th OA 6th AG
- Fleet Feet Monte Sano 15k 15 km 1:01:39 15th OA 2nd AG
- Rocket Run 10 Miler 10 Mi 1:05:18 14th OA 2nd AG
- Huntsville Half Marathon 13.1 Mi 1:28:13 23rd OA / 4th AG
- Country Music Marathon 26.2 Mi 3:07:29 36th OA / 4th AG
- Boston Marathon 26.2 Mi 4/18/2011 Near 3 hours
- McKay Hollow Madness Other 3/26/2011 Top 10
- River City Run 10 km 4/9/2011 sub-38 minutes
- Rocket Run 10 Miler 10 Mi 3/19/2011 sub-65 minutes
- Alabama A&M 10k 10 km 6/11/2011 sub-40 minutes
- TBD 50 Mi Fall/Winter Finish Strong