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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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Tue, Oct 27, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.004.000.009.00

PM: 9 miles at track. Light rain all day. Settled on running 2 x 2 miles targeting 5:30 pace. Sean joined me, and a new guy Anthony ran some of it with us. Both came in a bit under 11 minutes. Jogged 400 between, and stood and drank water for another minute or two.

The first 2 miles felt pretty awkward, since I haven't run any workouts in a month, and it's probably been 5 weeks or more since I ran 5:30 pace or better. Things actually started clicking in the second two miles, which felt good. If I can string together5-6 weeks of solid miles and workouts I can be in a good place again.

 

 

Comments
From Mike on Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 06:35:15 from 168.213.5.107

Love seeing this, Drew! With Sean back, I think that'll be a help. Sorry I wasn't there this Tuesday, and I will be sparse in the next month, FYI with the marathon training and mileage. But, December should be good (as long as no injuries).

From Drew on Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 06:46:32 from 24.73.66.122

Thanks Mike - I know it's a long haul for you under the best circumstances, and with your marathon makes even less sense.

Yesterday was a step in the right direction at least, and it got me feeling more excited for Saturday. Sean will be out there too.

From Mike on Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 11:05:54 from 168.213.5.107

Sean too! Now we just need Quint, Lee, Charles, and Christina...

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