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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
39.005.000.000.0044.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

AM: 14 miles, easy to moderate. A strange mix of peaceful recovery, self-doubt, static noise and expectation. Taper madness.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 miles on the treadmill during the quarterly company call.

Technology's relentless dehumanization does have its moments.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.005.000.000.007.00

AM: 7 miles. Standard 5-day out tuneup. 1 warmup, 5 miles MP (29:32, 5:55 avg), 1 cooldown. Felt pretty easy, and taper kicking in.

Light rain and humid, tail end of summer running. I'm ready to run this race and turn the page.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 miles at lunch.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM: 5 miles with strides.

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Day off, flying to Minneapolis.

A lot of things went right in this training block, and there are things I learned that I'll do differently next time. But that's a later topic.

It's been a hectic last month of work and getting the kids back to school. Before the race, in the next 48 hours, I want to get centered, relax and enjoy the moment.

Then run as well as I possibly can.

Bib# 240

Goals
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A: 2:35:xx
B: 2:37:xx
C: sub-2:39:00
-and probably most important-
Have fun!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM: 4 miles. Met up with Jason which was very cool. We headed over a bridge and followed a beautiful path along the Mississippi. A few strides by the hotel, then jogged to Joe's hotel for a huge, free breakfast at Embassy Suites.

The energy of walking into so many crazy fast runners is exciting and unnerving. I've read stories about guys getting pulled out of a Double-A game and two hours later they're walking onto a Major League field. Small fish in big pond syndrome. It's a good thing, even if it's hard to get the head around.

Perfect weather here. It's going to be an exciting race tomorrow.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
39.005.000.000.0044.00
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