I want to introduce myself and explain the purpose of this blog in my first post. My name is Aaron Schmidt, I am a high school English teacher, cross country and track coach, and I work part-time at a sporting goods store. I ran cross country all four years of high school, competed in track my last two years of high school. I ran cross country for 2 seasons in college at Iowa Central Community College, and ran track for 1 season. It wasn't until very recently that I found a new love for running which I will explain in a later post, and I wanted to share my stories, insights, and knowledge with a wider audience. I am not a scientist or psychologist so perhaps a lot of what I have to say is mere speculation on the sport of running coming from my own experiences. I am not a great runner, but I am experienced in the sport. My list of personal records is at the bottom of this blog just to show some of what I have accomplished, most of the times are from high school and college, but I am slowly working my body back into that shape and hope to break some of those soon.
Running is a great sport. Anyone can do it, and anyone can do it well. I challenge anyone to go above and beyond. Read the words that I write, find inspiration, apply some of these things, and live a better healthier life. I am not going to pretend that some of the stuff I write is new information. Most of the research I have done has inspired me and I want to spread that information out. I will discuss personal experiences, research driven approaches, form, races, training, shoes, attire, and the list goes on. Please follow me on twitter: @schmiaah .
Personal Records:
400 = 52.8 (2007)
800 = 2:00.00 (2007)
1600 = 4:31 (2006)
3200 = 9:54 (2006)
5k = 15:59 (2006)
8k = 27:53 (2008)
20k = 1:31 (hour:minute) (2013)
Half Marathon = 1:19 (hour:minute) (2008)
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