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Location:

St. Petersburg,FL,

Member Since:

Dec 30, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

  • 5k - 3/8/14 - Armadillo Run - 15:58
  • 10k - 2/7/15 - BDR, Safety Harbor - 33:17
  • 15k - 2/21/15 - Gasparilla - 51:05
  • 1/2 - 12/14/14 - Holiday Halfathon - 1:13:31
  • Marathon - 10/04/15 - Twin Cities - 2:38:46

Short-Term Running Goals:

2016 Races

Clearwater Halfathon - Jan 11
Donna Hicken Marathon - Feb 14
Gasparilla 15k - Feb 20
Florida Beach Halfathon - Mar 6
??? Chicago Marathon ???

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find balance. Run with my girls. Break 15 in the 5k.

Personal:

Born in 1973 in Southern California.

Ran in high school for Arcadia. They have a famous cross-country team now. In my day, we were famous for dodging our coach during runs.

Over the next 15 years I ran very little, but life was awesome. I lived mostly in Northern California, where I met my wife. We moved back to her native state of Florida in 2005, where I gradually started running more seriously.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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AM: 19 miles. Originally, I had today pencilled in for 24 miles @ 85% MP, around 6:45. Then I thought, why not 26? So naturally I wanted to run a marathon today.

My wife's parents were in town yesterday and things were nice. Cousins over too, all the kids running around and swimming. Rather suddenly, my older daughter threw up, and continued to do so for the next 12 hours.

My wife took the first shift with her until a little after midnight, so I got some sleep, then I took my turn. Elise finally stopped throwing up around 2:30am. It wasn't fun, but it wasn't a terrible ordeal either. She was so sick and exhausted, and all she asked for was a little water or gatorade.

I dozed a little more, everone was sleeping, then headed out to meet the group. Between the sleep deprivation and endless rain we've been getting, the run felt a bit distant and unreal. 11 or 12 miles rolled by on pace when I got a stomach cramp. I tried to recover and get back on pace, but it wasn't happening.

The rest of the day passed in a haze for everyone in the family. Looking back, I think I may have had the start of this flu on Thursday, but who knows. Kids bounce back so fast, Elise was back on her bike by lunch today.

 

Comments
From Bret on Sun, Aug 02, 2015 at 14:32:07 from 99.1.220.106

Bleah- hope you and the family get to feeling better soon.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Aug 02, 2015 at 14:48:32 from 24.10.247.181

Sorry!

This is why we use pencils for our schedules right?

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